Chaos Reigns

You WILL Appreciate the Difference

This sign in a local restaurant chain just kills me.  I laugh every time I see it. I even insist on pointing out the finer points of this sign to the lovely people standing behind me in line. Most of them have never noticed it. I guess they were too busy deciding on their order.
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Counter service always enhances my dining experience. Standing in a line to order my food is the hallmark of better service. I can hardly wait for the order to come up so I can carry it to my table. Just the honor of carrying that lovely brown plastic tray increases the quality of the food.  Elbowing other diners out of the way at the soda machine is THE high point of eating out and I just love filling the little paper cups with ketchup.  Especially when another diner elbows me and I get ketchup all over my hand.

The added value of these perks is incalculable. I'd be wiling to pay twice as much for dining in this establishment. I sure would. Yes indeedy.

I do appreciate the difference. I really do.

I'm a Lazy Blogger

I had written a nice post about Eric's last football game and thought I had saved it. When I went back to proof and publish, it had disappeared. AAACCCKKK!!! I saw this at  The MacDonald Clan  so I thought it might do until I can rewrite the football post.  I love my soap opera name - reminds me of silent movie stars.

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car)
Schatzie Buick

2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie)
Chocolate Samoa

3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name),
T-Mar

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)
Green Dog

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
Llyn Ft. Sill

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first)
Mar-Te

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (”The” + 2nd favorite color, favorite drink)
The Red Water  (Yep, that's me! Water is what I usually drink at home, unsweet tea when dining out)

8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers)
Fred Harry

9. STRIPPER NAME: ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy)
This one is hard because I don't usually wear cologne or perfume and I very seldom eat candy. I so use a Bath and Body Works bubble bath named Gardenia and I do enjoy Godiva Chocolates soooo....

Gardenia Godiva

10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names )
Ann Ryan

11. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME: (Your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter)
Hernandez Houston

12. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower)
Autumn Rose

13. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now + “ie” or “y”)
Strawberry Jeansie

14. HIPPY NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree)
Taco Dogwood

It was a breakfast taco - egg, sausage, cheese on a flour tortilla with salsa. A San Antonio breakfast staple.

15. YOUR ROCKSTAR TOUR NAME: (”The” + Your fave hobby/craft, fave weather element + “Tour”),
The Scrapbooking Hurricane Tour

Wearing an Elbow Sock

For several months I've had pain, numbness, and tingling in my left hand. My doctor thought it was carpel tunnel syndrome and had me wear a wrist brace. That didn't help so last June she ordered the Frankenstein test followed by a little torture. The paper work from the hospital invited my family along for the fun so, being the good home school mom that I am, I thought field trip! The guy torturing me running the test loved his work and shared every detail of how nerves work, how neurons fire, electrical conduction, and the how the computer was recording the data with Eric. It was a good science day and I'm glad Eric enjoyed it because I'm ducking out the back door if anyone suggests this stuff again. The nerve conduction test wasn't too bad - if you enjoy sticking your finger in an electrical socket. It was uncomfortable but not too bad. The EMG, however, hurt!

After all that, the test came back completely normal. And I thought that was a good thing because I don't have any nerve damage and carpel tunnel is ruled out. Now my doctor didn't  know what is wrong with my hand but I should continue to wear the very attractive wrist brace and see an orthopedic doctor. She thought maybe I have tendonitis in my elbow. Probably from all that tennis I play.

So I went to see the ortho-doc last week. I do not have carpel tunnel. I do not have tendonitits. I probably have cubital tunnel syndrome.  Since the last doctor suspected carpel tunnel, the median nerve was tested not the ulnar nerve so the test that cost me $805 was totally worthless. In addition, the tests can come back negative several times if the nerve in question isn't being compressed at the moment the patient is zapped. So the ortho-doc might want to run the nerve conduction test several more times. Not high on my list for the reasons listed above as well as the $805 price tag. He also mentioned MRI and I have more visions of lots of $ wings flapping madly as they leave my wallet.

The prescription is to wear this athletic sock on my elbow and keep my arm straight. I'm to avoid bending my elbow while reading, sleeping, or working on the computer. Driving is another activity to avoid. Try computing or driving with your elbow straight. I go back in a month to see how things are going. So far the tingling and numbness is a little better but the arm and hand ache.