So caught up in you...

That title rings true to how I feel about Sons of Anarchy at the moment. I'm literally obsessed with the show and want to go so far as to track down an MC and join. I honestly wouldn't care what their initiation would be either. I'm so glad that LaVaughn and I are on the same page with the show, I honestly don't know how well we would get along if she didn't want to watch and obsess about the show as much as me.

That's kind of beside the point right now. We just got back from Cape a short while ago -- my aunt had to have another injection in her back. Out of all the long and heinous drives out there, the drive to Cape is one of the worst. It didn't help that I got up at 8 and was running on 4 hours of sleep, but the drive is terrible none the less.

I'm already on my second cup of coffee and plan on swallowing one more before the nights over. It's only 8, I plan on staying up until at least 3 in the morning. Caffeine is a must!

Aside from the grueling drive there and back, the day wasn't very eventful. The most exciting part was stopping at the grocery store in Marble Hill -- that is seriously one of the creepiest places I've ever been! The town is just so... unusual! Stopping was a requirement, our gliders were completely out of veggies. They're pretty stocked up now! There are two 1 gallon freezer bags full of veggies. Not to mention the sweet potatoes and peppers that aren't in the mix.

Speaking of glider food, we ordered our very FIRST kilo of Wombaroo powder the other day. It's only $25 more to get 3x as much powder. In the long run we're saving close to $50 -- or getting two boxes free. We'll soon have enough Wombaroo to make 44 batches of HPW, so we shouldn't need anymore until next year.

I also ordered some bee pollen to accompany.

Speaking of ordering stuff, we also ordered 6 more yards of fleece from Joann's while they were having a 60% off sale. SUPER stoked to get those! Speaking of sewing, we're actually planning on cutting into and sewing some of the fleece that we've been harboring for months. I'm actually kind of looking forward to it. After all, we need to move out what we have before we get our new stuff.

With that being said, I'm out!

Love & Peace

-Megan

Here's a bird I harassed while I waited in the car:

All the glorious veggies from today (minus the peppers and sweet potatoes):

Of course, some cat pictures:

Nothing says fun like a day at the hospital...

Well yesterday was just a bucket full of sunshine! There was a knock on the door around 10:30 in the AM and it was my aunt, Sharon. She was saying that she just got back from her doctor - well, nurse practitioner - and was supposed to go to the hospital as soon as possible. Apparently, her doctor didn't like the way a certain number looked on her lab results and it may have been caused by heart problems. Long story short, LaVaughn and I didn't want her to go alone, so we decided to go with her and drive her up there. During this time, I was only going on about 3 hours of sleep - fun!

I'm not going to go into massive details about the whole ordeal at the hospital - oh, we drove all the way to Southeast hospital in Gape Girardeau. We got there around 12:30 and went straight to her room. The poor thing had 5 different people try to draw blood and get an IV in, it was horrible! After that, she had to have a chest x-ray and a couple other tests. By the time everything was said and done, it was nearly 7PM and they couldn't find anything wrong with her heart. Her ER doctor said that the number her nurse practitioner was worried about is something they normally never test, due to the fact that so many things can effect the results.  She basically had to have all of this done for no reason at all.

On the downside, she did find out that she has emphysema, definitely not fun. Her ER doctor said that she needed to quite smoking. The bright side, she hasn't had a cigarette in over 24 hours!

Well, I suppose that's all for now. Believe it or not, I'm still wore out from the long ass day yesterday. Time to go mold my body into the couch...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Song of the day: Caught Up In You by .38 Special

Here are the pics:

An old antique shop in Marble Hill.

A nice 70's style throw. Looks hand made.

So does this one.

The entrance to the rooms.

Hospital lighting... creepy.

This was a stroke poster that was hanging in her room. I seriously couldn't stop looking at it and laughing.

And now, I'm not laughing at stroke victims, I'm laughing at the second photo. Zombie arms! LOL

My poor aunt. Look at how unhappy she looked on her hospital bed. :(

I believe she was chewing gum in this picture. 

Such an unhappy hospital patient.

The door to the bathroom. We were told several times that this was one of only 2 rooms that had it's own bathroom. Must be a hot topic!

An IV hanger.

How is that up to code? This is what happened when one of the nurses tried to turn the heat up.

Another shot of the IV holder with an eerie hospital light in the background.

Ugh, it was only 2:30. Little did we know, we'd be there for 4 more hours!!

The stairwell in the hospital.

It was a long way to the top.

The view from the second floor of Southeast Missouri Hospital. Very pretty!

Too bad this wasn't the floor we were on.

Such a beautiful day.

A nice view of the lake/pond in front of the Hospital.

The whimsical walkway.

Pretty!

Another shot of the lake.

Geese on the lake.

Upon closer inspection, I see that they were Canadian geese!

Lovely little gaggle of geese.

The fountain in the lake/pond.

And another scenic view in front of the hospital.

The one really awesome plus about going to the hospital, all of these masks we free!

I don't know what they're called, though.