TheBanyanTree: The first thing I do

[Jeri Xiques]

I did too!


On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 9:00 PM, Linda DeMerle <twigllet at gmail.com> wrote:

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> And, still…I loved it.
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> > On Jul 7, 2016, at 7:16 PM, Monique Colver <monique.colver at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > when I get home is take off my hair. Especially when the day has been
> humid
> > and it feels like something is happening somewhere and I don't know what.
> > None of that has anything to do with my hair though -- I take if off
> > whether anything is happening and no matter the weather. Also, it needs
> to
> > be washed now and then, and it can't do that while it's on my head.
> >
> > I had an x-ray today, and when checking me in they asked, "Could you be
> > pregnant?" Seriously people? There's a reason childbearing lasts for only
> > so long.
> >
> > I called for a doctor's appointment on Tuesday, and was told the first
> > opening was in August. Then I told them who I was and they found me a
> spot
> > for the next day.
> >
> > Though it had nothing to do with who I am. It only had to do with someone
> > else cancelling.
> >
> > My doctor is always overscheduled, and when making appointments I have to
> > decide on just one issue to talk to him about, because that's all we have
> > time for. One problem only, because then he's scheduled for the next
> > appointment. This makes it difficult to decide which particular problem
> to
> > bring up, because they're all small and inconsequential. But this time I
> > had something to show him. "Look!" I exclaimed (which people really do,
> > it's not just a figure of speech), "my knees are different sizes!"
> They've
> > been different sizes for quite awhile now, and since there wasn't any
> pain
> > I was ignoring them, other than to note how small one was in relation to
> > the other. Until the other started to hurt and I realized that's a
> > different size because it's swollen something fierce.
> >
> > It feels like something is happening because I did two things this week:
> I
> > went to the doctor and I got an x-ray. This is more activity than I've
> > engaged in for quite awhile. Other than seeing the occasional client. I'm
> > enjoying the summer, because summer is when my clients stop freaking out
> > about taxes and start going on vacation, and the usual screaming in my
> head
> > is replaced by a soft little hum while I regroup and catch up. Of course,
> > people still expect to be paid every week, and people still expect all
> the
> > normal stuff to happen, which some of them think happens by magic.
> >
> > We're rewatching Game of Thrones, because sometime after the first
> season I
> > stopped paying attention. And then we watched the last season which
> > recently ended and I kept asking questions because I didn't know what was
> > going on. So then I told Mr C we were going to have to start at the
> > beginning and this time I would pay attention. I'm really good at not
> > paying attention. But I bet I can pay attention too, if I want to. I just
> > haven't been in the mood.
> >
> > I wrote a fascinating article about a payroll company a few weeks ago,
> and
> > it was scheduled to run last week, but there's been no sign of it.
> Perhaps
> > I was displaced to make space for more timely articles. Whatever. I
> trudged
> > through it anyway, because they asked for it and because writing about
> > payroll is not nearly as exciting as one might think.
> >
> > Now I have to do some payroll, because no matter what's going on in the
> > world, people want their paychecks. It's one thing I can count on.
> >
> > (There was really no point to any of this.)
> >
> > M
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