Saturday, January 31, 2009
Where's the Meat?
So I was walking through my kitchen when I noticed a small, wet feeling under my sock. I looked at the bottom of my foot, and it appeared that a small circle of bologna was stuck to my sock! I thought that, one, I don't even eat bologna, and two, how much has my housekeeping slipped, that I have circles of lunchmeat stuck to my floor? I looked closer, and realized what it really was:
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Walking in a Tulsa Wonderland
As you can see, we have received nearly an inch of winter precipitation. Which of course means that the city is shut down. This is the view from my balcony this morning. Can you spot the Kia? It still hasn't gotten used to this weather. When it gets cold, the driver's side door freezes shut. Once you get in (through the passenger door) it keeps relocking when you try to open it from the inside! Silly Kia.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Something Gross
*Warning* Do NOT read this post while enjoying a cool, refreshing glass of water.
Just in case I haven't mentioned it, my storytimes have moved! They used to be on Wednesday mornings; now they are Monday and Thursday mornings. So anyway, on storytime days I pretty much have a set routine. I set up the storytime room, then I go over all the songs and rhymes one last time, then I go to storytime! Baby storytime is at 10:30, and is usually over by 10:50. In the ten minutes before Toddler Time starts, I get a drink of water, pull out any extra supplies I need, then head back in and start getting everyone settled.
Well, yesterday, this routine went horribly, horribly wrong. Before storytime, I was filling up my water pitcher so I would have a cool drink waiting for me. All was going well as I watched the crystal liquid fill the pitcher. Suddenly, a brown cloud began to billow through the clear water. I watched in horror as my beverage turned brown. I probably don't need to tell you what it looked like. Let's take the less revolting route and say that it looked like someone threw a dirt clod in my water.
This isn't the first time our water has been polluted, but it was definitely the worst so far. We called the city, and they promised to flush out the hydrant, which would supposedly fix the problem. Of course, until they got around to this, we would have brown water to contend with.
I never realized how desperately you desire water when it's unavailable. Fortunately, I found a couple of year-old bottles of water to keep me going until the city came through. I suddenly realized that I could hold it for as long as necessary when I saw the brown pool in the toilet. Kelly finally decided to brave the bathroom, and I reminded her, "Don't forget to not wash your hands!" She decided to ignore me. Fortunately, she survived.
After a few hours, we finally had clean water again! I am proud to say that I survived the Great Water Shortage of 2009. I guess you don't know what you got til it's gone. And I don't even want to ask what was in the water!
Just in case I haven't mentioned it, my storytimes have moved! They used to be on Wednesday mornings; now they are Monday and Thursday mornings. So anyway, on storytime days I pretty much have a set routine. I set up the storytime room, then I go over all the songs and rhymes one last time, then I go to storytime! Baby storytime is at 10:30, and is usually over by 10:50. In the ten minutes before Toddler Time starts, I get a drink of water, pull out any extra supplies I need, then head back in and start getting everyone settled.
Well, yesterday, this routine went horribly, horribly wrong. Before storytime, I was filling up my water pitcher so I would have a cool drink waiting for me. All was going well as I watched the crystal liquid fill the pitcher. Suddenly, a brown cloud began to billow through the clear water. I watched in horror as my beverage turned brown. I probably don't need to tell you what it looked like. Let's take the less revolting route and say that it looked like someone threw a dirt clod in my water.
This isn't the first time our water has been polluted, but it was definitely the worst so far. We called the city, and they promised to flush out the hydrant, which would supposedly fix the problem. Of course, until they got around to this, we would have brown water to contend with.
I never realized how desperately you desire water when it's unavailable. Fortunately, I found a couple of year-old bottles of water to keep me going until the city came through. I suddenly realized that I could hold it for as long as necessary when I saw the brown pool in the toilet. Kelly finally decided to brave the bathroom, and I reminded her, "Don't forget to not wash your hands!" She decided to ignore me. Fortunately, she survived.
After a few hours, we finally had clean water again! I am proud to say that I survived the Great Water Shortage of 2009. I guess you don't know what you got til it's gone. And I don't even want to ask what was in the water!
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Adventures in the ER
It all started about four hours ago...
Lisa and I were planning to meet up for coffee. Lisa was (understandably) excited about seeing me, in fact so much so that she threw herself down a flight of stairs and gouged a chunk out of her knee. (So to answer your question, yes, there is such a thing as too much excitement.) So there I was, sitting in the coffee shop minding my own business, when Lisa calls to ask if she can come to my house for bandaids. Well, I was at the coffee shop, which is by her house, so she had to use her own bandaids. (So I let a friend down, but I saved 50 cents!)
Well, by the time she got to the coffee shop, she had called her dad who, being a wise old guy, suggested a trip to the ER to avoid disfigurement. So I finally got to visit ERgentCare in person. Despite their pseudo illiterate name, they were quite efficient, and we were in and out in less than thirty minutes! After that, we headed, (I bounded, Lisa hobbled) back to the coffee shop to finish the evening's festivities. And that's how I spent my summer vacation.
::Applause::
Lisa and I were planning to meet up for coffee. Lisa was (understandably) excited about seeing me, in fact so much so that she threw herself down a flight of stairs and gouged a chunk out of her knee. (So to answer your question, yes, there is such a thing as too much excitement.) So there I was, sitting in the coffee shop minding my own business, when Lisa calls to ask if she can come to my house for bandaids. Well, I was at the coffee shop, which is by her house, so she had to use her own bandaids. (So I let a friend down, but I saved 50 cents!)
Well, by the time she got to the coffee shop, she had called her dad who, being a wise old guy, suggested a trip to the ER to avoid disfigurement. So I finally got to visit ERgentCare in person. Despite their pseudo illiterate name, they were quite efficient, and we were in and out in less than thirty minutes! After that, we headed, (I bounded, Lisa hobbled) back to the coffee shop to finish the evening's festivities. And that's how I spent my summer vacation.
::Applause::
