12.5 Trivia

Which president of the United States had adopted the Donkey as the Democratic Party image AND why?

First one with the correct answer wins!!

Black Friday TRIVIA!!!

So, some of you will be out shopping til you're dropping this weekend... but some of us house cats won't take part in today's madness... Instead, we're online trying to win or buy stuff. Here's this week's trivia:

Get Cary Grant to Kevin Bacon within 6 people (marriages don't count as a connection)

Good Luck!

TRIVIA!!

It's been a long time- I've been doing trivia on Facebook. It seems that it gets more attention there... but since there are 5 of you that follow- I shall try it here again...

Trivia question for the day:

What was Charlie Brown's father's occupation?

First correct answer gets a pendant of their choosing!

Ribs....

So 2 weeks after the pneumonia clears up and I am still coughing. My husband asks the doctor he works with. Doc says that's normal. I'll probably be coughing for another couple weeks- my body is trying to get it out.

My side hurts. That's normal, too. Coughing has strained my rib cage.

I'm at work last Friday and my principal comes in and makes some jokes about when I finally have kids they're gonna be crazy like me and will have to be checked at the doors. We are cracking up about this! Very funny stuff.

He leaves, I cough. I hear a pop. A sudden pain. I can't take a full breath. I can't speak a full sentence.

I call my husband (have I mentioned that he's a paramedic and studying to be a nurse? he is my official medical opinion). He tells me to call the school nurse and come listen to my lungs. The kids come back for lunch and are like- omg what's going on with you? I try to be a trooper and not freak out- doesn't work. Nurse comes up, gives me an ice pack, tells me to call my doctor. I call my doctor's office and am told to go to the Urgent Aid (I think I am becoming a frequent flyer at this place- which is also where my husband works).

My hub meets me at the UA- the nurse and her assistant have driven me there. The doc on duty says I probably just pulled a muscle, it can hurt like a broken bone sometimes. But, just to be sure, I'm gonna have a chest x-ray.

Results come in. Doctor's jaw drops. I have broken a rib.

Of course I have.

I get a shot of muscle relaxer and pain meds in my butt. Ugh...

I'm on the mend!

Pneumonia...

So, I'm back to work on Monday. Coughing... still not feeling 100%. The kids are freaking out about my cough- it seizes me up and takes a while to pass. I'm freaking out about my cough.

On Tuesday, my husband suggests I go to the Urgent Aid. I go. I get a blood work up and a chest x-ray.

The doctor comes back and tells me I have pneumonia. Apparently, the flu settled in my chest and turned into pneumonia. Then he informs me that I have to take the rest of the week off. WHAT?! I took 4 days off last week because of the flu- I tell him. He turns around and says, "You have pneumonia. You are contagious. You cannot go to work." and was gone.

So, 3 days off. I'm starting to get a little upset by this whole thing.

Week's up. I go back to work.

To be continued...

The Flu...

It had taken hold of me all week. Striking quick, like a snake, I didn't even see it coming. Started feeling sick Monday night- but was already taking Tuesday off for a family emergency. Woke up Tuesday morning and ached all over. Had a fever over 100 and felt awful. Slept nearly all day. Wednesday barely woke up, got to work, had to turn around nearly right away and go back home. Fever over 102. Slept for nearly 6 hours- felt worse. Woke up Thursday- nauseous. My God, I wonder, is this thing ever going to come to an end? Nope... Sick like a dog on Thursday. Friday- feeling slightly better- still no work. I didn't go to work for 4 days straight. I have only done that once and that was for my honeymoon last December. Then, I woke up on Saturday feeling a bit more human.
Here we are on Sunday. Headache- check, tired- check, ready to go back to work- check... Hell yes I am... if it were between being that sick and being off or feeling like I am now and working- I will most certainly take going back to work!!

Moral- GO GET YOUR FLU SHOT!! (I thought it was too early... apparently, I was too late)

New Charms

My mother has been working on her mad soldering skills and has made some new charms for our shop! The collages are original designs (by me- thank goodness for summer vacation because I don't think I could have made it through staying up until 2 am if I had to work in the morning). We hope you like them!!