I received a call yesterday morning from Baptist Medical Center to register me for a upper endoscopy that is scheduled for today. I have been waiting for a few months for this procedure to be scheduled. This is a surgical procedure that is performed under anesthesia and requires the patient to be NPO or nothing by mouth for so many hours before the procedure. The patient must also have someone drive them to their appointment because of the anesthesia. With all this information, the patient usually has at minimum a week of advance notice.
I received a second call this morning that was my physician's office. The nurse was so happy to finally get in touch with me. She had been calling my sister-in-law's house, where I used to live, leaving messages there for two weeks. But, nobody called me to let me know of these messages.
Here is the moral to my story. If you want to have a reasonable notification of future events, make sure that your physician has your current contact information. The last time I went to my physician, I did change my information, but the office had not updated their files on me. So, also make sure that your physician's office does the update if you are planning on having a procedure of any sort! :-) Also, keep in touch with family members for two reasons. (There are more than two reasons, but for this story, it is two.) One, family is important. You only live once. Two, to ensure that they will get messages to you if one is left there. :-)
About Me
- "RiRi" Rita M. Tobey
- I am 37 years young with a heart of steel and so much compassion for each person that I meet. I am the person in your life that will make you almost pee yourself from laughing so hard. This chick here, me, is the person that loves it when she sees one smiling and having fun. If you are glum, I will figure out a way to "turn that frown upside down". That saying is old school, but it describes what I am trying to say best. So smile, get freaky, and be happy! Life is too damn short to live life crappy. :-)
Hello all!
I must say that writing this essay has been intriging. It is so tiring. It also has been hypnotic. But, I get so sleepy that I actually get insomnia and then I can not sleep. The essay seems to have an underlying, subconscious, suggestive effect on my brain. In the last week, I have not been sleeping well. As a matter of fact, I have had no sleep last night and one hour this morning. What is wrong with this picture? I am worried that it may have this effect on those reading my essay. Who knows? Maybe, it is just me stressing about other things in my life.
Another thing about my essay that I am worried about is that I have a mess load of references and haven't acutally used all of them in the essay just yet. I don't want my essay to be too long. Any suggestions?
By the way, I took this picture at the Sebastian Winery here in St Augustine, FL. I thought that it would be a little funny.
Try to make comments now. Select "comments" under the blog posting. For some strange reason, this one is not showing my followers and the rest of that stuff. I am in classic mode and can not figure how to change it. Can someone help me out here?
This blogment may seem dark and somewhat negative. It is not meant to be that way.
Here I am again, pouring my heart out to all of you.
I must first say that I wish that I could find my poetry book of my works. It has so many writings of my history, life in the making, and those times that I wish I could forget. Some are funny, some are terrifying. But, never-the-less, they are from me and my marvelous mind. (Haaaa haaaa, could not even type that with a straight face.)
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I just went looking for it, and found a picture from when I was a baby. Holy crap, I was so cute!!! I have proof that I am a natural red head. Ha! In those people's face that doubted me!
This leads me to something else. I do not have the need for telling stories that are made up or what have you. I will be the one who will tell you the truth, no matter what. Some may not like what they hear, but it will be the truth. Now, I may soften the blow by putting it out there nicely. I do not like to hurt anyone's feelings.
Now to the scholarly side of this blogment:
Academically speaking, I feel very comfortable with how well I have been doing. I was a 4.0 student until I had to go into the hospital without a laptop to continue my class work. During the two weeks in the hospital, I did my work on paper, correctly, but had no computer to perform the data entry portion. I would still be a 4.0 honor student with the exception of one class: Composition 1. Here is what happened: I had turned in my work, after getting out of the hospital, into the wrong platform. This caused my grade to go down to a "B". As of last term, I have a 3.68 GPA. I am still an honors student. I take pride in my work and I am very serious about my education. Maybe, that is why I am holding a 4.0 in both of my current classes and did so my first term. Second best is not an option! (Neither is third or more.) I am my own worst critic and always will be. I expect only the best from myself. This keeps me on my toes and striving for as close to perfection as possible. Perfection is not attainable, but, it still doesn't hurt to try, right?!!?
Here is another blog post that tells you all how crazy my mind really is:
I colored my hair yesterday. I was trying to get it back to my natural color, auburn, and I acutally came out with a dark cherry at the roots and black middle to the ends. I cannot believe it. I kind of like it, but with my pastey white skin, it is washing me out whiter! My husband told me that I milk makes me look white. Go figure! I guess I need to go get a tan, quickly! I would recolor my hair, but it could fry it. Not a good choice for me. My hair is already frizzy if I don't add product to it.
I don't know. Maybe, I will just sport the gothic look for a little while! Vampires are the new "white meat"!
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I created this one. Let's see what else I can do! The mind is only limited by what the owner limits it to do. So, open your mind to all the possibilities!
The blogosphere is the set of weblogs on the internet.
There are oodles of blogs on the internet.
The only reason that I started a blog was because it was part of my assignment for Composition 2 class. I am very thankful for my instructor, Professor Feraldi, to get me into doing this. It is great stress reliever!
According to the picture, we need to get more people on here, blogging on Blogger!
I can see me chatting with so many people, through blogging. What do you think?
The writing community will increase opportunities for research and communication--worldwide! There is only one limit to the possibility...the limit of what one's brain limits them to do.
