Have fun!

15 things to do at Wal-Mart while your spouse/partner is taking their sweet time:

1. Get 24 boxes of condoms and randomly put them in people's carts when they aren't looking.
2. Set all the alarm clocks in Housewares to go off at 5-minute intervals. 3. Make a trail of tomato juice on the floor leading to the rest rooms.
4. Walk up to an employee and tell him/her in an official tone, 'Code 3' in housewares..... and see what happens.
5. Go to the Service Desk and ask to put a bag of M&M's on lay away.
6. Move a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area.
7. Set up a tent in the camping department and tell other shoppers you'll invite them in if they'll bring pillows from the bedding department.
8. When a clerk asks if they can help you, begin to cry and ask 'Why can't you people just leave me alone?'
9. Look right into the security camera; use it as a mirror, and pick your nose.
10. While handling guns in the hunting department, ask the clerk if he knows where the anti-depressants are.
11. Dart around the store suspiciously loudly humming the "Mission Impossible" theme.
12. In the auto department, practice your "Madonna look" using different size funnels.
13. Hide in a clothing rack and when people browse through, say "PICK ME!" "PICK ME!!"
14. When an announcement comes over the loud speaker, assume the fetal position and scream "NO! NO! It's those voices again!!!!"
(And; last, but not least!)
15. Go into a fitting room and shut the door and wait a while; and, then, yell, very loudly, "There is no toilet paper in here!"


by the way, I have done #13 before - hehe

Bright light...bright light!

Today was not a fun day. I had to go to the opthamologist for a plaquenil screen. If you don't know what that is, let me tell you alllllllll about it . First, I had to go into a room and basically get a mini eye exam. The assistant looked into my eyes and asked me some questions...no big whoop. After that, I had to sit and do a color test...All that was, was to arrange these little colored circles into their proper order, going from different shades of blue, green, brown, red and purple. I got all of those right...so far, so good. Next, I had to go into another room with a different assistant. She basically just asked me more questions, and shone bright lights into my eyes and tested my side vision...again, so far, so good. Then I was taken into another room, with yet another assistant, This is where the whole thing turned ugly. First, she told me she was gonna have to measure my pressure. I thought, no biggie...blood pressure, right? Wrong! She proceeded to put these anasthetic drops into my eyes to numb them. Ok, maybe they are supposed to numb your eyes, but first they have to burn - lol. And burn, they did. And then, once they stopped burning, they felt just plain funky. Then, she took out this pointer looking thing which blew air into my eyes, which I didn't feel since they were all numb. After that, she tells me she has to dilate my pupils. UGH. If I would have known I was gonna have that done, I would have had someone drive me to my appointment and back. So, she puts the dilation drops in my eyes and tells me it takes like 15 minutes to work. In the meantime, I had to sit in this bright office, my eyes growing more and more blurry and the light was just driving me nuts. After a little while, I could barely see. And just when I was at the point where everything was a complete and total blur, she makes me get up and walk into another room. Mind you, I can't see very well at this point, and I almost fell. Then she brings me to a dim room (thank the lord!) and makes me sit there for a while til the doctor comes in. So I sit there.....and sit.....and sit. And finally he comes in. Then he proceeds to shine more lights into my already painful eyes, and looks into them with a microscopic lens to examine the nerve endings. Ok...not too bad. He says my eyes look fine and healthy. Good! Next, he tells me he has to have the nerve endings in my eyes photographed....photographed?? Hmmm...that seemed a little weird. So, the next thing that happened was that the assistant who put the drops into my eyes tells me that she has to put the reversal drops into my eyes now. Huh? Reversal drops? They are supposed to reverse the dilation effect of the dilation drops. Ok...let me tell you something about those...they BURN! Ouch. After this, I really could barely see. But I had to go to yet another room to get my eyes photographed. This part was excruciating cuz I had to look into this bright ass light and my eyes were already so worn out from all the other lights. He took like 10 pictures in all...maybe more. I lost count. And after he turned the room light back on, everything looked pink! Yep....everything. It wore off after a few minutes though. I was told after all this was done, that I will have to have this whole experience repeated every 6 months while I am taking plaquenil. Ugh!!! I guess it is to make sure the plaquenil doesn't start builing up on the nerve endings in my eyes. That could lead to vision problems, color blindness (thus the color test) and even blindness. I mean, the plaquenil does seem to be helping with the pain in my joints, but man! I don't know about all of this eye stuff. I guess we'll see. I just know that next time, I am having my mom drive me! I got out of the appointment at about 3:30 today and my right eye is still all dilated. My left one seems ok. I am gonna lie down cuz my eyes hurt like a mo-fo! Don't even get arthritis! It is too much trouble !!!

2005 - a new year, same me

Well, here it is.......January 2, 2005. Hope everyone's New Year was great. I spent mine at a friend's house, but to tell you the truth , I wasn't feeling very good that night....pain is a beeeyach. But it was nice to be around other people who were having fun. Made the pain seem a little less intense. I decided to stay sober for New Year's, which was probably the best thing for me to do. All of my Christmas decorations are still up. And no, I am not trying to extend Christmas or winter for that matter... I am looking foward to srping's arrival. This cold weather just kills me. I don't like it! I guess I will take down my stuff this week. It is back to work tomorrow, after a nice 4 days off. I am not looking foward to that very much, to be perfectly honest. I have to go to the opthamologist this week for an eye exam, and I am not quite sure what to expect there. He is supposed to exam my eyes to make sure I don't go blind or something from this medicine I take, Plaquenil, for arthritis/lupus. On the plus side, the medicine seems to be helping, which is good. Instead of being in pain 4-5 days out of the week, I am down to maybe 1-2 days a week. And that is great for me :) I am not worried about going blind or anything....that is very rare that that happens. I just hate having bright lights shining into my eyes and stuff. I am a complete wimp when it comes to any doctor's appointment. Seems like to I go the freaking doctor every month - lol. Well, here's to hoping this year is full of fun, friends, family, and less doctors' appointments ! Happy New Year...a little late....but better late than never.