Hospitable conditions

Wendy had a procedure done yesterday. Everything is fine. Here are some observations from the non-participant. I now know why they call them patients. All you do is wait. We get to the parking lot a little before 8 am and it is already crowded. Fortunately, we find a spot. When we walk through the doors we are greeted by a woman who asks where we need to be. She takes us to the receptionist who gives us a number. Then as soon as we get to the lobby for day surgery our number is called for Wendy to check in. The check in process is not bad and the person gives Wendy her bracelet, which is checked at every place.

We proceed to another lobby for the actual day surgery wing. There Wendy is given a pager. We wait about 30 minutes. It goes off. A nurse takes Wendy back to prepare her for the procedure. I am still in the lobby, with the pager. Another random assortment of minutes pass. The pager goes off again. I go to the desk and the person says, "Go through that door." I walk in and it is busy. There are patients behind doors, nurses with carts, and doctors in scrubs. I go up to the desk and Wendy sees me through her door. So Wendy and I wait in her tiny room for about 20 minutes. Then the anesthesiologist and crew come in. Each member asks the same questions. The doctor performing the procedures come in for two minutes.

They are ready to take Wendy back for the procedure. So I return to the waiting room. Fortunately, I had a book. So I was not too bored. When the procedure was over, it took about 45 minutes, the pager went off again. So I go to the desk. The doctor is on the phone. To me, the reception sounded crappy. The volume was so low. The doctor is trying to tell me results about a procedure that I know nothing about. Fortunately, everything is okay and it went well.

Then I wait another 45 minutes while Wendy is recovering. The pager goes off one last time. I proceed back behind the door. This time Wendy is dressed in her clothes and in a room with just a curtain. You can hear other patients being addressed with their discharge orders. A nurse comes back to talk to Wendy about what she can and cannot do. Then I am sent to get the car and Wendy rolls out to me.

Not too offend anyone in the healthcare industry, but the hospital is not where I want to me. It is busy place. All the staff was nice and knowledgeable. Most of the patients where the shuffling elderly, who looked like they were going to fall over. Wendy summed it up best when she compared it to a train station. Talk about all a bored.

March is crawling

Talk about March Madness!

No, not that kind where everyone's brackets are doomed because a number one team cannot win. The madness that comes from March being so drawn out. Is it just me or is this month lasting forever. It seemed two weeks ago we should be out of it. I guess there are a few things in March, but nothing to miss work over. Well I guess St. Patrick's day fun or Mardi Gras, dependent on your idea of fun. In March is Wendy and mine anniversary and both Wendy's parents birthdays. I guess it is just that in December there is Christmas (days off work), the New Year (everyone getting adjusted), February (so short), and then March (nothing but work). It probably does not help it is 31 days. We even moved an hour forward! Check your state.

Fortunately, it is the last week. Maybe these days will come and go, like the heat wave we had. Then it is back to the cold reality for awhile.

For those that enjoy March please do so and take an extra day for me.

Overspended on Expendables

Greetings weekend warriors.

The other day my brother and I watched The Expendables. It was alright for a huge cast of action stars. I have to wonder about the script writer though. It seemed like the majority of the dialogue was insults and then the other person staring. Most of the movie was Sly Stallone and Jason Stantham running around. The other people played a small role. Speaking of small roles, Jet Li's character was always picked on for being small and kept being beat up. I do not think I have seen a Jet Li movie all the way through, but I thought he was pretty unstoppable. I was surprised to see him used as a punching bag in this movie. However, a lot of people did get beat up in the Expendables.

I guess it came out around the time that other action remake movies appeared. It was not too bad, if you enjoy fist fights, knife fights, or gun fights.

According to gym

As most of you know or have heard through informed services Wendy and I joined the Y. It started to get perks through my insurance company if we went to the Y regularly. It has now become a habit. Wendy and I go about six days a week. It still can be a challenge to motivation. Sometimes we feel like we dominate the workout, while other times it feels like we were dominated. I get the feeling like I am pushing really hard and I look at the settings on the machine and nothing has changed. It is amazing how long two minutes can be. Just ask your electric toothbrush, if you want to know. Another thing that is unnerving is when I use the weight machines. There are always set beyond my weight. I look around and see people who look to be around my size. I think to myself, how?!

The nice thing is the nursery. Of course we have to work around its schedule. The workers seemed memorized by Joy.

I know I am not anywhere near good physical condition, but it is nice to know I can at least fool a machine every once in awhile.

Due to lack of response

Last night a few of us where interested in getting some pizzas. It is or was my brother, Wendy, two friends from college, and me. Wendy is having a girls' weekend. Since the other girls were not at the house yet and Wendy had to finish getting ready and watch Joy, my bro and I went (sent) to pick up the pizza.

I thought I would be proactive and call ahead. The first dial did not go through. It was the busy signal. Then I call back and it rings repeatedly. I try a few minutes later and get the busy signal. So we go since we have time anyway. We arrive at the pizza place. It was very busy. All my bro wanted to do was watch the game. Fortunately, it was on in the background because we were there for a while. We waited what felt like an eternity. It might have only been about 30 minutes because the game went to halftime.

I want to support local shops, but sometimes I enjoy the convenience of the chains. The speed is sometimes faster and sometimes the price is better. However, once we claimed our food, we were not disappointed. Maybe that extra weight is a marketing ploy to make the food seem like it taste better.

On an unrelated part about customer service, it does seem like when I get a vibe that something is not right or something out of the ordinary happens, that is when I get strange service. I could just be looking back from a bad experience and thinking oh yeah, there was that marker.

A slice of life

I have got to hand it to you.

Because this thing is getting heavy.

My hands are constantly receiving attention. During the cold weather months my hands are so dry that they crack and bleed. It is rather annoying. I have noticed recently that my hands are particularly interested in being injured. The past several days I receive cuts on my hands. At the time I do not notice the cut, but then look down to see a smudge of blood. I do not think I am trying to achieve some blood oath. However, when I use hand sanitizer I could swear, as the alcohol hits those open areas.

What is it about those little cuts that hurt so much? I think they are trying to overcompensate. How come I have a cut on the finger that always brushes up against something? It must have something to do with averages.

Maybe I should start wearing gloves. Hey, it works for Mickey Mouse, baseball players, and Michael Jackson (sort of).

Well the hands on the clock are telling me to get out of here or land the plane.

Is this thing on?

Dear skimmers or scammers,

Has it really been that long since I have posted anything of importance? The real question is, have I ever posted anything of importance? You might be asking yourself what brought me out of hiding. I have been perusing books about business, marketing, and finance. It seems all the craze is about blogs. Who knew? With millions out there, apparently everybody.

I have been thinking about putting out a few posts. However, like most of my ideas, I did not implement. Perhaps I will be a little bit at being more productive. I do not know if I will marathon blog, but maybe I will keep a good track.