While I do so love
ketchup, I titled this blog entry that way because of the way it sounds. So many days have passed that included times I wanted to include here but haven't been able to, so today I'm trying to catch up.
In seventh period today, a couple of my students brought to my attention the big news of the day, namely the man who crashed his plane into the IRS building in Austin. A few of us read through cnn.com's
report of events. I continued reading past the article to the comments section. I don't know why I do that since it always annoys and frustrates me with the usually idiotic responses people post. The main issue that kept coming up was the political leanings of the pilot. People were actually arguing about whether the guy was tea party, left-wing, or right-wing. Really? That's what you go out of it? Has the disparity between political beliefs really gone so far that people are trying to be the first to blame the other side? Bleh.
I've been sick for a week, and on Tuesday I finally took the day off to go to the doctor. I must say the customer service at reception has improved, which is nice. I'm not saying it was awful, but I could tell there were new standards the receptionists were trying to reach, and they were doing a great job. When I was called back (shockingly in under fifteen minutes) I waited a bit for the nurse the come in and do all the vital information stuff. Then I waited a little for the doctor--only it wasn't the doctor who came in. It was a young man who I can only guess is an intern or student of some kind. He was very thorough with his questions about my symptoms, which was nice since I wasn't in any hurry to get back to work since I had taken the day off. I probably would have been annoyed if I had been in a hurry to get back to work. After his session of questioning, I could hear him in the hallway discussing what was probably his diagnosis theory for my symptoms. Then, my doctor came in and talked for a bit and gave me a prescription. All in all, it was probably one of the most pleasant times I have ever spent going to the doctor. (About the possible intern, I put two and two together when I realized he was the same person who was telling the nurse that he had gotten something right and how proud they both were of him. It was cute.)
Speaking of cute, Joy and I spent Valentine's Day together. We went to brunch at the
zoo and met some awesome animals including this teensy tiny screech owl (apparently they are small birds even when full-grown)
and a gigantic rabbit that tried to jump into my lap.
We then went to the movies. We wanted to see
Wolfman even though it got bad reviews because, really, who doesn't want to see a movie with
Benicio Del Toro? Unfortunately, we arrived ten minuted too late for one show and an hour and a half too early for the next one, so we decided to watch
Valentine's Day. I didn't care for it. I thought there were too many threads to follow, which left little time for me to grow attached to any one of the characters, so in the end I didn't really care about anyone in the film--besides my opinion that the entire movie was completely predictable. What was unpredictable, though, was the loud shock that spread throughout the theatre when a certain
couple was revealed. Joy liked the film, though, so that was good. For Valentine's Day, she gave me the
Siouxsie and the Banshees CD that I'm listening to right now. I loved that band so much when I was in high school, but somehow in the intervening years, I had lost track of all my Siouxsie music, but now I have a Best of CD. Yea! (Oh, and I surprised her and went over the agreed upon budget and got her a
ring from Tiffany. She loved it, but who doesn't love Tiffany?)
Well, I think that's about it for catching up. Oh, wait, I forgot to say that Joy will be one of the DJs at
Bunnies on the Bayou. Yea! I can't wait.
