My great grandma recently had a fall in the Wal-Mart Parking lot, and fell right on her face. She was pretty banged up, and the ambulance was called and she was taken to the hospital. I was just getting off of work at the Aquarium and got the call, so went to the hospital in Sapulpa. She was fine, coherent, and talking, but they kept her overnight for monitoring.
The next day I got off of work early and went to the hospital. Grandma was in a lot of pain, but they weren’t giving her any pain medicine. Apparently it wasn’t time yet. They told us they were going to release her, and 3 and a half hours later, she was released. Still no pain medicine. As we were checking out tears began to fall out of my grandma’s eyes. She was in so much pain. (If you know her, you know she never complains about pain or almost anything else.)
Why is it that they couldn’t give her anything for pain for the ride home before she was discharged? It’s very unthoughtful (to put it nicely).
Another Complaint I have about this hospital- When they cleaned the “wound” around her eye and put the skin glue on her, they didn’t seem to clean it very well. It’s been oozing pus for some time. I have to clean it every night. Since it’s been 2 weeks since she fell she’s healed quite nicely, and there’s only a deep spot left on her eyebrow left to heal. She wanted me to take the glue off, so I did, and there was something in there that was covered in I-don’t-know-what. HEY DOCTOR, YOU MISSED SOMETHING. Using my handy first-aid skills, I cleaned Grandma’s eyebrow up, put a bandage over it, and will change it every 6 hours or so.
Basically, I’m pissed off at the Sapulpa Hospital for the 1,057,834,057th time in my life.
Here are ten things you may or may not know about me:
I have a stutter.
I brush my teeth in the shower.
I hate mint chocolate chip flavored ice cream.
I was so freaked out whilst reading the novel “Dracula” by Bram Stoker that I had a nightmare in which I was chased around my hometown by Dracula. Strange.
I love Jane Austen’s books.
I can type 55 words per minute when I really get going.
I went to anger management counseling when I was 15, where I was diagnosed with depression.
I was 2nd chair French horn in 2008 Oklahoma All-State Orchestra.
I live with my great-grandmother. I call her grandma.
I refuse to read my hometown’s newspaper, due to it being not balanced enough in political elections and in their opinion section. They way I see it, the opinion section should have people from all sides of the political spectrum, and people of all different faiths, including those who have none. But that’s for another blog
I adopted a cat 3 weeks ago from the Tulsa Animal Shelter. She’s a domestic shorthair grey tabby named Lizzie. (The shelter named her before I could. I didn’t feel like changing it. I decided to keep it since I should just say she’s named after Elizabeth Bennett from Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”.)
The pictures here are all of her sleeping. Because when she’s awake it seems like she’s on crack and is only a blur. She’s a good-natured cat, and we get along very well. As for Lizzie and my hamster Alfred getting along… We’ll see how that turns out. ha. Grandma and Lizzie get along fine when Lizzie isn’t wanting to bite and scratch (playfully) at Grandma. Grandma’s skin bruises and cuts easily.
So the invitation to England has yet to be accepted or turned down. However everyone knows how badly I want to go. I am just so worried about money when I get back. I know I can get there… But once I’m back, will I have enough money for my bills and such? How long will it take me to find a job? I have to make a decision soon and its hard. Its so uncertain.
I want to go to England. Friends and some relatives think I should go. My mom doesn’t think I should. Because of the reasons above. Why do I want to go? Its one of my life’s dreams. The person that invited me has become a great friend and this is an opportunity to get to know her even better. Gaining life experience. Possible seeing one of the Monty Python guys (Michael Palin!) live. Its a big deal for me.
Things are looking up for me. I just found out I got the summer camp job. I am buying a great car for cheap. My Monty Python posters came in the mail today. And a great friend invited me on a trip with her family in England this summer. (I owe you Amy!)
I am still worried about money, but thats life. Whatever. I am feeling better than I have in a long time. Relient K has a song called “Up and Up” that I love. Here it is:
Its easy to feel insignificant and small when you think about this.
Consider the size of the universe. There are over 6 billion people on Earth. The earth is a small planet in our Solar System. The solar system takes up only a small bit of the Milky way galaxy. The Milky Way is a small part of the entire universe. What are humans compared to the universe? Less than a speck of dust, really. To go into a religious discussion, to think that God is bigger than the universe is pretty amazing. He created the universe, yet cares for each and every tiny human being. Of course, I worked in a Monty Python reference. : D Its… The Galaxy Song, from “Monty Python’s Meaning of Life.”
People are so selfish. Most of us are always “looking out for Number 1″. What is it that makes some people so completely unselfish? I have family members on each end of the spectrum, so I can’t say that its necessarily genetic. What is it? I am not always selfish, but I am not exactly selfless either. If everyone was a little less selfish how much better off would the world be?
Oklahoma weather is so ridiculous. It’s warm and sunny one day, and cold and drizzly and rainy the next. We don’t go through the actual seasons as clear cut as some states or areas may. I’m not saying that Oklahoma is the only state with crazy weather, but you’ve got to admit, Oklahoma is near the top (if not at the top) of the “states with ridiculous weather patterns” list. Here’s a look at the Tulsa area forecast for the next week, if you don’t believe me:
Tulsa, OK forecast from KOTV
As for Chicago’s claim as the “Windy City”… Yeah right. The wind in Chicago is nothing compared to winds we get here. I have literally been knocked over by wind here in Oklahoma. When I was in Chicago all I ever felt was a light wind, usually just a nice breeze. Look at Friday on the forecast: 25mph wind! BAM!
I’m in the process of packing up all of my belongings and getting ready to move on Friday. I withdrew from OSU yesterday because my grades were unsalvagable and I wasn’t doing too well. Right now I really hate life right now, if I’m going to be honest. Sometimes I feel like I can do nothing right. (I’m not new to feeling this.)
Anyway, my aunt and cousin are helping me move out. I found help! Woo! I have a ton of stuff here, that I forgot I even brought with me.
Understand this: I am still going to go to school, but not until next year, when I will go to TCC. Too many people are assuming I’m just dropping out and going to get a job at Wal-Mart and never go to college again. That’s not the case. Get off my back.
I know sometimes people say they wish they could hear what I was thinking. I don’t think they do. In the last week I’ve been writing down random thoughts that I have, and here are the best:
I wish this stupid wireless internet wasn’t so slow.
I am going to kill that guy. (My sociology professor.)
I hate sociology. Hardcore.
What is that girl doing?!
Oh my God, he’s wearing glasses like Anthony Hopkins did in “Change of Seasons”! Too bad he’s fat and ugly, whereas Hopkins was not. Thank God.
I wish murder was legal because those girls would be dead.
SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I should probably read this book before I buy another one…
Did that just happen? (I saw a guy fall down some stairs.)
If he keeps going on about Social Security I’m going to explode.
What the f***. Stop.
OH MY GOD THAT GUY LOOKED LIKE MICHAEL PALIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (A guy drove by and I freaked out a little. He looked like Michael Palin. )
Anyway, with stuff that random/ violent, you probably wouldn’t want to hear what I’m thinking. because either I’m thinking about how I wish you would stop talking, change the subject, etc. Or I’ve let my mind wander and I’m thinking about other things like Monty Python, a book, traveling, etc.
The Sapulpa Daily Herald has been under scrutiny far too long.
I’m not necessarily a huge fan of the paper or the editor, however people who are STILL complaining about the fact that the Herald didn’t put Barack Obama on the front page on November 5th.
Here’s the thing: most people don’t get the paper until around 2 or 3 in the afternoon. If these people didn’t know by then that Obama had won the presidency, then I would love to know what rock the were under. The Herald simply covered the local county elections. The elections that the T.V. stations didn’t cover! Why put it in the paper if it isn’t county news and everyone already knows? What’s the point? I’d rather know who the sheriff is than reread that Barack Obama won. That doesn’t make me a racist. If it does, I am a very bad racist, since I supported Obama in the election.
This guy from Muncie, Indiana wrote a letter to the Herald a couple of weeks ago. TWO MONTHS after the election. Here is his letter:
“Editor:
I found out via the Olberman show that this paper is one of only two not to have the Obama election story on the front page. I can only conclude that this action was a covert racist reaction to Obama’s victory.
My mother came from your area of Oklahoma, so I’ve visited often and I’m well aware of the depth that racism runs in this state! The fact that Obama carried not one county says to me that bigotary is alive and well in the Sooner state.
Keep up the good work kiddies, maybe we can maintain the racial gap into the next century.”
After I read this guy’s letter I was angry. He basically called all of us racists in Oklahoma! He called me a racist, my family, and my friends too. I don’t really appreciate that. What bothered me more is that people in Sapulpa aren’t standing up for themselves. I wrote a letter to the newspaper in this guy’s hometown, though I’m pretty sure they didn’t publish it. Which is disrespectful, at least the Herald had the guts to publish all of the letters that both admonished and praised them.
Let’s pick apart the letter: For one, he was watching the show “Countdown with Keith Olberman” which doesn’t always present the facts clearly. The Herald editor wrote back to this man pointing out that there were at least 9 newspapers, if not more, that didn’t publish Obama’s victory. That is significantly more than two papers. All of the papers mentioned are county newspapers. Secondly, a “covert racist reaction”? Really? I didn’t know Oklahomans were good at being covert racists. I’ll have to work on my technique… Thirdly, Racism in this state runs deep… I haven’t ever witnessed anyone being a racist. People here always pull together in times of trouble. If someone had acted as a racist, it must have been a covert operation… Fourthly, the fact that Obama carried not one county doesn’t mean we’re racists. It means this state always votes Republican. And Obama never visited this state during his presidential campaign. And lastly, “kiddies”? I’m sure talking down to us will make everything better and will help you feel more confident in your manhood. And if we’re going to maintain the racial gap into the next century, it will be up to MY children and grandchildren to do so in a covert way… I had better start working on my “Covert Racism Training Manual”.
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