Friday, July 22, 2011

" HOW OLD AM I "?

YESTERDAY OUT OF NO WHERE MIKE ASKED ME HOW OLD HE WAS.  I ASKED HIM WHY?  HOW OLD DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?  HE SAID 78.  I SAID CLOSE, BUT YOU WON'T BE 78 TILL YOUR NEXT BIRTHDAY.  HE THEN WANTED TO KNOW WHY.  HE SAID I WAS 77 BUT NOW I'M 78 RIGHT?  AGAIN I HAVE TO REMIND HIM THAT HE IS STILL 77 UNTIL HIS NEXT BIRTHDAY IN OCT..HE SEEMED TO FINALLY ACCEPT THAT.  THEN WE WENT TO OUR ONCOLOGIST.  MOST OF OUR DOCTORS ARE THE SAME OR AT LEAST IN THE SAME OFFICE.  ANY HOW THE NURSE AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT MY WEIGHT-IT HAD GONE UP, BUT MIKE'S HAD GONE DOWN.  MIKE WAS APPARENTLY NOT ABLE TO HEAR OUR CONVERSATION SO THE NURSE USING HER THUMB MAKES A DOWNWARD MOTION AND TELLS MIKE YOUR GOING DOWN!!  WELL AS SOON AS SHE LEFT THE ROOM MIKE LOOKS AT ME AND SAYS "WHAT DID SHE MEAN-I 'M GOING DOWN"  I TOLD HIM SHE ONLY MEANT THAT YOUR WEIGHT HAS COME DOWN SINCE YOU WERE HERE LAST.  THEN MIKE SAYS "SHEW, I THOUGHT SHE MEANT I WAS GOING TO HELL"!!  HIS MIND WORKS IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY THAN IT USE TO, AND I NEVER KNOW FOR SURE WHAT WILL COME OUT OF HIS MOUTH NEXT!!  TODAY WE WILL HAVE OUR GRANDSON CANYON WITH US.  HE WILL BE 15 YEARS OLD SOON, AND STILL LIKES TO COME OVER AND SEE US.  MIKE SAYS " WE MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING RIGHT, ALL OUR KIDS STILL SPEAK TO US-GRAND KIDS TOO"!!  I'M NOT ALL THAT SURE THAT WE DID THINGS RIGHT, BUT I AM SURE THAT WE TRIED. I THINK YOU TEND TO DO A LITTLE BETTER WITH EACH CHILD.  WITH THE FIRST, YOU ARE SCARED OF EVERYTHING!! THEN BY THE TIME THE NEXT ONE COMES, YOU DON'T RUSH TO THE ER FOR A SCRAPED KNEE.  BY THE TIME THE THIRD ONE GETS HERE, YOU HAVE LEARNED HOW TO TELL A SPRAINED FOOT FROM A BROKEN ONE, AND YOU CAN EVEN DO CPR IF THEY STOP BREATHING!!!  LIKE THE SAYING GOES, LIVE & LEARN-AND MOST OF US DO. HOPE YOU HAVE A FUN FILLED DAY-WE SHOULD TOO!!  TILL TOMORROW-JUST ME

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