Mind Wanderings Uphill Both Ways

The room is uncomfortably small for the number of people stuffed into it. We all thought we were clever enough to beat the rush and be the first to get in and out, but it seems no matter how early you arrive there is always a line. I guess everyone wants to get it over with...no one can possibly enjoy getting blood drawn.

Sitting directly across from me is an old man. He's the type of old man that all directors try to create in movies. His cane is gently resting between his chair and the adjacent one. His pants, while sitting, are clearly 2-3" shorter than they should be, leaving his skinny ankles exposed and completely lost as they plunge into his awkwardly large orthopedics.
His eyes are thin, dark pools of knowledge and experience that send out dark circles like ripples of flesh downwards, forcing his cheeks to hang below either side of his chin. His head and back also hang earthbound in a severe hunch. Nature's plastic surgeon has done quite the number on him. He glances up at me. There's nothing but the wait in his eyes.

Directly above him is a sign reading "Welcome to LabCorp." It's neither welcoming or noticeable...in fact if it weren't for the old man I wouldn't have even noticed it. All you truly notice when in a waiting room such as this, is the others around you. Here we all are waiting for something to happen. In this particular case we are all waiting for our blood to drawn, but in reality you can tell that we are all waiting for more than that. Each of us are clearly waiting for something more personal than being stuck by a needle. We are all sitting together in this small, overcrowded room, yet we are all by ourselves in our own waiting rooms. Each waiting for our name to be called.

I'm fortunate. Though I'm waiting on a lot of things currently, my names been called already for the important things. As for the blood...my name just got called. Now lets hope I don't faint.

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Its election day....and regardless of your views and/or who you vote for, I would hope everyone would join me in praying that whomever the winner, he chooses wisely those that surround him and advise him in matters. And that ultimately he makes the right decisions for this country and those we assist worldwide. Also, may those decisions meet little or no major challenges, and those challenges that do arise be overcome quickly.

Lets see, i'm about to be 32, my hair is continuing its 'cluster and depart' strategy from head, and now my blood is full of fat (does this A- make me look fat?). Apparently my triglycerides are way higher than they should be. In fact a doctor looked at them and said that it looks like its 10 years from a heart attack (or HA as its been dubbed in my house).

Anyha, i mean how, its solution is 2 part at the moment.

Part 1: Exercise
No problem, we got a stationary (sit down) bike in the back room so i don't even have to do much but relax and peddle. Um, i don't remember getting out of complete shape, but the sweat that beads up on my forehead from just pressing the Mode button isn't a good sign. I'm up to 7 miles in about 25 minutes, and this week i actually did the exercise all week. Thats really been the hardest part (aside from the physical part) is having the will to stick to it.

Part 2: The Meds
Fish oil....nothing more, nothing less. Just pill form fish oil via prescription. Sure there are over the counter fish oil pills you can buy, but they are less pure (as if pure fish oil weren't bad enough, to know there is 'un' pure versions...ugh) and the side effects are more pronounced in them. What side effects? Oh, i didnt mention it already? Well, apparently these side effects can include nausea, belching, bad breath and sometimes diarrhea. YEAH!!!! But, they are "rare" to start with and if they do appear (so far no sign of them) they fade after a few weeks.

Part 3: Stupid Lettuce
ok, so there are 3 parts, not just 2. The third being the reduction in consumption of some of my favorite foods. So if you'll humour me and read (or sing) the following to the tune of "these are a few of my favourite things"...

Big juicey burgers with french fry potatoes          
mexican goodness in an overstuffed tacos
corn dogs with beer battered onion rings
these are few of my favorite things

loads of great cheeses that make my mouth smile         
greasy italian foods all stacked in a pile
chocolate and cheesecake, my internal bling
these are few of my favorite things

I can't have these
I must eat less
and this makes me sad
i wish i could eat all of my favorite things
but it makes my heart feel bad

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The feel of book in your hand and the "fffwit" sound as you turn the page...the unsuspected joy across someone's face when they checked their mailbox and found a letter from an old friend...

These and many others are just some of the things we as a culture and species are losing. Email has replaced regular mail and in doing so it has destroyed the excitement of communication. So much is connected with that tangible element. In the mail's case, you lose the effort that was put behind it, that personal touch you got to witness in each letter. The speed and ease of email has forced it to become a "without thought" function that we all just do. It's like breathing.

Reading in general has gone that way also. And now with products like the Kindle by Amazon (which i admit is really cool), all need to physically own and pick up to read a book is gone. I fear that with that we will lose the passion and commitment a story/book deserves when being read. Instead of delving so deep in that your mind even makes up details the author didn't describe, instead we are soon to become people who read books at fast speeds, and more to pass the time than to enjoy it.

Even just hanging out with friends & family have become a victim of this loss of tangibility. Granted lives are busy (i'm hugely aware of this), but people keep in touch so easily now with IM, Facebook, email, etc. that we don't have as big of a drive to schedule time to hang out...or visit. I know I myself find that to be the case, and I accept it because of the hectic life going on around me and all of us...but I often wish it were like back in the day. Instead we've moved so face in our technology and our 'wants' that we aren't even living in the "now" world...but rather in the "next" world. It's making us not appreciate what we have and how far we've come, and making us forget where it use to be...we as a whole just want to know what's next, when is the newer, faster, better version coming out?

But, maybe thats just me...thoughts? feel free to write it in a letter. =)

A handgun and a tough face...wow, he really must be qualified to keep our country safe!

Obamagun

this is for mommy (holly) who we are missing while she slaves over tax season today on presidents day!

Some people are just born actors....I mean look at Dakota Fanning....she's been out acting her costars since her first film. And it makes you wonder how someone so young can grasp to range of emotions and feelings to pull it off...then you see your own not-quite-two-years son pull off these..

A few weeks back i was making sandwiches for Holly and I and was thrown into a fit of laughter. I pulled out the turkey lunchmeat i had just bought the night before, opened the bag and *wham* laughter!

You see, i came face to face (well, head to head) with a turkey that clearly used to date Pam Anderson and drive boats without his wings. I mean, how could i not resist grabbing the package (pun intended) and going in the next room to show Holly what her lunch was made of! Can't you just see the lunchbreak now..."Excuse me while I whip this out."....LOL!

This turkey was definitely done!

Turkeys_done

I guess i now know why the horse had a long face...

Wherever there is injustice, you will find us.
Wherever there is suffering, we'll be there.
Wherever liberty is threatened, you will find...
The Three Amigos!

I don't think anyone has more fun at work then us! I mean, we are 3 totally different personalities and we feed off each others smartass comments like the paparazzi off a drunk popstar. Not to mention how adorable we are....=)

Brown Sugar (i'll let you guess who) is smooth with his wit and has a subtle, yet perfectly timed comical commentary that keeps us rolling.

Angry Bourbon with all her 3 feet (hehe...sorry jen) of truck mouth story telling, and condiment specific paranoia ways always entertains and keeps the day light.

As for me (not sure what the other two call me...to my face anyways), you know i keep the puns coming at a regular pace and seranade them with my golden voice constantly. I'm sure they agree (cough) that i'm truely a rockstar in their eyes!