there is something REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY wrong with you....all of you....all of ya'll....except lyric, jackie & sharon....really something WRONG!
i got more comments on my TOILET PAPER QUESTION post than when i poured out my HEART---literally! about my recent health issue.....
what is wrong with you people?
this is me now
5.25.2010
5.20.2010
its the big one, elizabeth!
if you recognize that saying---then you are of my generational timing---and you will totally understand whereof i speak....
when you hit a certain age bracket, there are experiences that are expected....teething at about 6 months....growing pains during elementary years...puberty...menopause....you get the idea....so when i go to a doctor that tells me 'YOU HAVE HIT THE TIME IN YOUR LIFE THAT THIS IS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY'-----AAAAAAAARGH!
picture this---sitting in a Rodeway Inn in Larned, KS--population 4,000---2 shows done that day---have to catch a plane in 12 hours in wichita....enjoying a nice relaxing evening ....just finished watching "The Office".....and
OUCHSTINKINOUCHWHATTHEHECKOHMYSTINKINGOSH
chest pain....nausea....sweating....pain down my arm (which arm? merf---which arm?---my right arm--okay---thats okay)....dry heaves (tmi---i know)....oh my gosh---i'm in a small town---no car---i'm going to have to call Gordon--the guy i work with---he's gonna have to take me to the ER---it will be nothing---i'll have wasted HOURS and it will be nothing....stretch---no....lay down....nope---still dying....gosh this really hurts....lay on my other side...on my back...on my stomach...sit up....stretch again...all still no.....
pain gone....total time elapsed...10 minutes.
wow---hmmm---that was weird.....
3 minutes pass
OUCHSTINKINOUCHWHATTHEHECKOHMYSTINKINGOSH
CHEST PAIN....NAUSEA....SWEATING...PAIN DOWN MY ARM (STILL THE RIGHT ARM, MERF? YEP)....DRY HEAVES...OH MY GOSH-----I'M STILL IN A SMALL TOWN....GONNA HAVE TO CALL SOMEONE....IT WILL STILL BE NOTHING....STRETCH...NO JUST LIE DOWN AND HOPE IT ENDS...THATS IT...I'M GOING OUT LIKE MARILYN MONROE---ONLY IN PAJAMAS AND NOT THE WHOLE DRUG AND ALCOHOL THING---BUT I'LL BE FOUND IN A MOTEL (MARILYN PROBABLY WASNT IN A RODEWAY INN)
pain gone...total time elapsed....10 minutes.
wow...hmmmm..that was weird...merf, if it happens again, you have to go to the hospital....i know, merf....thanks.
3 minutes pass....
nuthin
3 minutes pass....
nuthin
slept HORRIBLY...waiting for the grim reaper to knock at room #109.....
got on an airplane and got home..........called my dr on monday-----saw him on wednesday----saw a cardiologist on thursday. 2 EKG's later (hmmm---do you have an apostrophe s with plural ekgs?) and a chest x-ray later...NUTHIN. wellllll---both drs agreed i had reason for concern...and both agreed i did the right thing by calling---and both agreed i should have gone to the ER that night in Larned, KS.....and both agreed i have NO risk factors except family history and 'YOU ARE IN THAT AGE RANGE NOW'.....it was probably an esophageal (sp?) spasm....so i get an rx for that...have to do a stinkin stress test and some blood work (fasting---really?!!!!!)....so i'm fine.....and i was scared.....and i dont think i like being "at that age".
when you hit a certain age bracket, there are experiences that are expected....teething at about 6 months....growing pains during elementary years...puberty...menopause....you get the idea....so when i go to a doctor that tells me 'YOU HAVE HIT THE TIME IN YOUR LIFE THAT THIS IS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY'-----AAAAAAAARGH!
picture this---sitting in a Rodeway Inn in Larned, KS--population 4,000---2 shows done that day---have to catch a plane in 12 hours in wichita....enjoying a nice relaxing evening ....just finished watching "The Office".....and
OUCHSTINKINOUCHWHATTHEHECKOHMYSTINKINGOSH
chest pain....nausea....sweating....pain down my arm (which arm? merf---which arm?---my right arm--okay---thats okay)....dry heaves (tmi---i know)....oh my gosh---i'm in a small town---no car---i'm going to have to call Gordon--the guy i work with---he's gonna have to take me to the ER---it will be nothing---i'll have wasted HOURS and it will be nothing....stretch---no....lay down....nope---still dying....gosh this really hurts....lay on my other side...on my back...on my stomach...sit up....stretch again...all still no.....
pain gone....total time elapsed...10 minutes.
wow---hmmm---that was weird.....
3 minutes pass
OUCHSTINKINOUCHWHATTHEHECKOHMYSTINKINGOSH
CHEST PAIN....NAUSEA....SWEATING...PAIN DOWN MY ARM (STILL THE RIGHT ARM, MERF? YEP)....DRY HEAVES...OH MY GOSH-----I'M STILL IN A SMALL TOWN....GONNA HAVE TO CALL SOMEONE....IT WILL STILL BE NOTHING....STRETCH...NO JUST LIE DOWN AND HOPE IT ENDS...THATS IT...I'M GOING OUT LIKE MARILYN MONROE---ONLY IN PAJAMAS AND NOT THE WHOLE DRUG AND ALCOHOL THING---BUT I'LL BE FOUND IN A MOTEL (MARILYN PROBABLY WASNT IN A RODEWAY INN)
pain gone...total time elapsed....10 minutes.
wow...hmmmm..that was weird...merf, if it happens again, you have to go to the hospital....i know, merf....thanks.
3 minutes pass....
nuthin
3 minutes pass....
nuthin
slept HORRIBLY...waiting for the grim reaper to knock at room #109.....
got on an airplane and got home..........called my dr on monday-----saw him on wednesday----saw a cardiologist on thursday. 2 EKG's later (hmmm---do you have an apostrophe s with plural ekgs?) and a chest x-ray later...NUTHIN. wellllll---both drs agreed i had reason for concern...and both agreed i did the right thing by calling---and both agreed i should have gone to the ER that night in Larned, KS.....and both agreed i have NO risk factors except family history and 'YOU ARE IN THAT AGE RANGE NOW'.....it was probably an esophageal (sp?) spasm....so i get an rx for that...have to do a stinkin stress test and some blood work (fasting---really?!!!!!)....so i'm fine.....and i was scared.....and i dont think i like being "at that age".
5.08.2010
where ya been?
.....not a real post---more just a teaser!
in the last month i been to:
- illinois to surprise my mom as she performed...blog to come
- georgia for 2 shows
- oklahoma for 2 shows
- houston for a show
- easter at my sister eden's....wait...already blogged about that...nvrmnd
- utah for joe's graduation...moving leah & joe and boys down to texas....meeting leah's birthmom and extended family....yeah---serious blogging to come...serious, serious blogging to come.
5.07.2010
my last...his first
***this was written last fall----never posted it---but since Ace turns six-stinkin-teen next wednesday---and gets his license next week----and got his braces off this week----yes----its an OH MY GOSH type of time.....here ya go....
ace got his drivers permit the other day. we have been studying and preparing for it for a few weeks. he was very serious in his study and a little anxious as we sat at the testing center for him to take the permit test....he passed the test with a 91% (sorry girls...but didnt most of you get in the 70-80%....i took him to our football stadium parking lot to begin his driving lessons ( i teach----bless you, state of Texas)....a real deja vu moment for me...i begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel...so begins my ponderings....
my last to teach to drive....his first time behind the wheel
my last to march....his first year in the uniform
my last to go to high school meet the teacher night....okay....who cares if its his first....YAY! only 2 years of THAT left.
my last to wake up for seminary....
my last to chauffeur around town....
my last to check homework...
i remind myself to be excited for him at the moment...no matter how many times i have done this---this is his first....so i enjoy his enthusiasm...
ace is a darling and a joy of a young man....he sings with me, he puts his arm around me, he tells me he loves me in front of his friends, he texts me for the heck of it...not bad for a 6' 1" almost no longer 15 yr old....
for all of you in the throws of 2 yr potty training and 6 month sleepless nights......it gets better...it gets worse....it gets terrific....
and then they are gone....i'll let you know in 4 years how that feels.
ace got his drivers permit the other day. we have been studying and preparing for it for a few weeks. he was very serious in his study and a little anxious as we sat at the testing center for him to take the permit test....he passed the test with a 91% (sorry girls...but didnt most of you get in the 70-80%....i took him to our football stadium parking lot to begin his driving lessons ( i teach----bless you, state of Texas)....a real deja vu moment for me...i begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel...so begins my ponderings....
my last to teach to drive....his first time behind the wheel
my last to march....his first year in the uniform
my last to go to high school meet the teacher night....okay....who cares if its his first....YAY! only 2 years of THAT left.
my last to wake up for seminary....
my last to chauffeur around town....
my last to check homework...
i remind myself to be excited for him at the moment...no matter how many times i have done this---this is his first....so i enjoy his enthusiasm...
humming....no more....bells to answer
no more...eggs to fry...
no more man to pick up after...
i should be happy....
WAIT! I AM HAPPY!
ace is a darling and a joy of a young man....he sings with me, he puts his arm around me, he tells me he loves me in front of his friends, he texts me for the heck of it...not bad for a 6' 1" almost no longer 15 yr old....
for all of you in the throws of 2 yr potty training and 6 month sleepless nights......it gets better...it gets worse....it gets terrific....
and then they are gone....i'll let you know in 4 years how that feels.
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