Boring Updates in a day in the life continue....
Posted by PandaFan at 02:29 PM on November 11, 2007 in Site Stuff, Books & General Babble.
So, the bone scan went ALOT better than the MRI - still sucked basically but, BoyScoutJim was nice enough to be bored out of his mind sleeping in the waiting room for the day (poor guy!). It was nice to have company. I got scanned at least. Did they tell me anything - no. I have to go see the doc Thursday about that. fa la la la la la - pthbth. Anyway - thats where that is. Waiting, more to come....aren't you excited? I am. WooHoo.
They did ask me if I had any trauma and I couldnt think of any but, Jim said something that I just had to investigate. I took a bad fall on one of our hiking excursions and he says I've had pain and problems since then. So, lucky to have a blog! One my first camping/hiking entries was to tell about a lovely trip we had in June of 06 and how I fell down into a washed out dirt road hurting myself and bruising up and basically killing the hikes for the rest of the time. Since then, trying to hike has basically sucked. And, it's gotten worse. I mean, I can see that hiking would suck - in addition to the pain I am out of shape and not getting any better. But, I would think that normal everyday things wouldn't suck so much. Driving, walking, sweeping or vaccuming all really really suck. I really cant wait to get some kind of answer because I need to shape up and it just gets worse, not better...argh. I also really need to do normal things. It helps with you know, your ordinary everyday life experience to go to the grocery and get food, clean up the mess you made the night before, drive to work and actually be able to work all day....these are all good things - really.
So - blah blah blah...same stuff just another day...right? Wrong.
Here's another interesting tidbit for you. Saturday night Ms. Heather came over to shoot the breeze and get 10 minutes out of the house and we sat and talked for probably an hour at least. When she left - I got up to go do something...no pain. Whatsoever. do do do do do do do do. Whats with that? I felt like trying to jump, run, take the puppy for a walk...anything since I hadn't felt that good normal feeling in so long. Luckily BSJ was here to sit me down and wonder how odd it was and try to come up with scenarios, options, etc. We didnt get anywhere but with more questions and I woke up today with - doesnt feel bad, doesnt feel good so - back to normal. Still. Odd. Maybe it was the drink he made me, maybe it was sitting differently, maybe it was social interaction (LOL) I don't know. Do you? Does the doc? Who knows - only time will tell.
In other lovely events from the life..... the telemarketing is going well. If there is a big charitable thing coming up in the next few days that you call on don't be surprised to find me answering the phones.....I just love that stuff - helping people is great. We're also starting to get bonuses and stuff but, we are also getting lots of new people hired on so, I'm not talking straight through my shifts but, sometimes you need a break too so, that's fine. With the bonuses, it evens out.
I did start getting some of those lovely calls that I thought had gone away but, I guess the holidays have veryone selling all the silly stuff again...oh the joy! Sometimes I just want to say - hey, you called me -- haven't you heard of the internet you dope? How about AsSeenonTV.com? If you don't want to talk to someone, get offered other items - do what it takes to avoid it...duh. Still, it keeps me in extra cash so, thats good...painful sometimes but, good still.
Here's a clue for all of you out there with elderly parents or relatives though.....dont let them have a charge card, bank card or checking account...okay? Sit them down and talk to them about how you can order things for them via sending in a check or money order or getting it yourself to give to them. I can't believe the amount of 70-90 year olds that call to order things. And I do my best to make sure they understand every single thing I am saying and doing for them but, sometimes I wonder. I've gotten calls from people in nursing homes too!!! WHAT?! I understand independence but, man oh man - some old people shouldn't have credit cards. I have to chuckle sometimes with them though so, it brightens my day. Especially the 80 year old ladies who order the workout videos to just keep moving or dance or something like that....how cute is that? The older men aren't as grumpy or frustrated as the younger people either so, I don't mind being helpful and just do what I can for them.
I have found a great bit of time and order information now that I've been doing this for a year.
People are grumpy in the afternoons and early evenings. They are especially grumpy on Sundays. Either before or after church - and they have no problem telling you about church either. Surprising really at times....believe me. Anyone calling early in the mornings on Sat or Sun is very happy - maybe they just aren't awake enough yet, or haven't had anyone pee in their Cheery O's but you know - I'll take half awake calls all day compared to just going to church calls.
Anyway - there's the tidbits and tads from here.
Thanksforlistening.
