TheBanyanTree: The first thing I do

[Monique Colver]

I like how easy to please some people are!

This morning I was laying in bed, which is just one of several places I
like to lay, when my phone rang. It rarely does this because I usually have
it turned to silent -- not that it rings all that often, but because the FB
updates make a sound that really annoys the dog. It was my doctor, though I
wasn't expecting him to call until Monday. He told me my knee is basically
worn out. There's no cartilage there, which I find annoying because I'm
fairly certain that I was born with cartilage in my knees. I mean, where
did it go?

Ice and Aleve, and we hope that'll work for now. If it doesn't, orthopedist
comes next, but we're trying to avoid that because those people like to
cut, and I do not like to be cut upon. I mean, if I had to choose between
cut and being uncut, I'd choose uncut. Besides, I'm terrified of surgery.
Not because it's surgery, which itself is very fast (conceptually) and
painless, but what happens after surgery. Last time I had surgery I plunged
into a long and depressing depressive state, which sucked for a long time.
Did I mention it was long? However, I did get rid of my chronically
inflamed gallbladder, so it wasn't a total loss.

Not a total loss. That's my new daily . . . what's it called? Anyway, not a
total loss.

Good name for a grunge band.







On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Jeri Xiques <jer.xiques at gmail.com> wrote:

> I did too!
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 9:00 PM, Linda DeMerle <twigllet at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > And, still…I loved it.
> >
> >
> > > 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
> >
> >
>