i need to start wearing a helmet!

I banged my head AGAIN. this time it was as I was getting back into my jeep. i had parked next to a hardened snow drift. And I had to step on it as I was opening the car door - and the snow shifted under my feet and I whacked myself in the FOREHEAD with the edge of the door!!! OW!!!

When I got back to work I got a bag of ice from the commisary and put it to my forehead - and then of course, everyone who sees you as are trying to slink back to your office without anyone noticing says, "Whats wrong?" and "what happened" and "let me see it" and "oh - thats not so bad..."

I wanted to respond: "would you ...
1.) let me be a baby and whine (cus IT HURTS) and not tell me "oh - thats not so bad..."
2.) leave me alone...
3.) let me get back to my office and close the freakin door so I can hide!

so it usually takes a few days for my bruises to show up - I'm just hoping I dont wind up now with a big purple mark in the middle of my forehead. But at least I had let my bangs grow out so they will cover... sigh.

don't let the ostameaners get you!!!

my mom recently had a major surgery - and as my sister was trying to explain to me via long distance phone call about the health care people that were assisting with mom's recovery... she kept talking about "The Ostameaners" and how (in my interpretation of the conversation and related to the name she was calling them) they would barge into the hospital room and unfeelingly do stuff to my weakened and defenseless mom related to checking on her surgery... now, as an adult I was able to fight off the bad imagery of my poor mommy laying prone in a hospital bed being poked and prodded and verbally abused by some insensitive hospital staff evil-doers (...they must be evil if they are called "meaners" right?) but the child in me couldn't hold it in and after hearing her say "The Ostameaners did this..." or "The Ostameaners said that..." about ten times, I finally had to yell at my sister over the phone - "OK ... hold on, what the *F* is an Ostameaner?!?!" to which she replied (after she laughed her ass off at me), "oh... Colostomy Nurse."

I'm workin' on it! (but not while I'm @work - I swear!)

new posts coming - I swear!!!! I am trying to update my blog templates throughout the day today and add links that reflect my varied interests as a mom/geekess and Martha "watcher" (that last bit is not because I want to, but because I have to... ya know, employment stability and all...)