What Gives??

A few months ago I found out that
my toaster refused to toast.
Well, to be fair, it is a Toast-R-Oven
but if you look closely, the word
TOAST is there.
It will heat stuff and occasionally
catch on fire but it refuses to toast.
You can leave a slice of bread in there
for hours and it will come out feeling
a bit warm and slightly old but
NOT TOASTED.
My million dollar Krups coffee maker
sits on my counter next to the
Non-Toast-R-Oven and I guess they
got to talking because all of a sudden
Mr. Krups decided to go on strike.
The sucker doesn't work and we've had it
for less than a year. And the worst part -
the WORST PART is that it decided not to
work at 5am on a work day.
Not Cool.
So for the past two weeks, Paul and I have
been making our own drip coffee by boiling
water in a pot and pouring
it into the Kraps filter while holding it over the pot
and being sure to push down because we HAD to get
the one that stops dripping if you pull the pot out.
NOW, right NOW, about 4 minutes ago
my microwave died.
I had 3 sweet potatoes in there and the thing
just stopped. Dead. -
Maybe I could make a deal with the
Non-Toast-R-Oven to take over the
potato cooking for this evening.
What gives??
Why do all these things have to happen at once??
UGH!

My Father

This is how my father wears a baseball cap.

I'm a clencher.

Temporomandibular joint disorder -
is an umbrella term covering acute or chronic inflammation of the
temporomandibular joint, which connects the mandible to the skull.
The disorder can result in
significant pain and impairment.

Yup.
I agree.
So I've had this for a long time.
Never bothered me.
I'm a clencher.
I think I've always clenched my teeth.
I try not to but when you're trying not
to say something to the obnoxious
woman in the middle of the
aisle at the grocery store - you
tend to clench your teeth.

Well, anyway, this TMJ thing decided
to rear it's ugly head while I was away.
My jaw just went out of whack.
That's the only way to describe it.
It went sideways instead of up and down.
I was all, "Whoa, where do you think you're going???"
And it was all, "Just shut your mouth, oh wait,
you can't!!! HA HA HA!!"
Well, now it HURTS!
Last night I woke up and I think
it was a little dislocated.
KERRY - HOW CAN YOUR JAW BE JUST A LITTLE
DISLOCATED.
I don't know but I couldn't close my mouth.
I know, for those of you who know me,
that doesn't seem out of character.
It hurts man.
So treatment calls for:
Tylenol
warm compresses
soft food
no clenching
Believe it or not - the hardest part is the clenching.
Love to clench.

A Fun Trip

I made it.
I made it and I
DID NOT GET SICK!!!!!
Woo hoo!!!!
It was a fun trip.
Aside from the 2
puking kids on the bus, it
was a fun trip.
Yeah, besides the horrible hike
which made me realize I use less than
one percent of my lung capacity, and the
pukers, it was a fun trip.
And the food was gross. It consisted
of salt an starch. So aside from the salty
starchy food, the horrible hike and the pukers
it was a fun trip.
The cabins. Did I mention the cabins?
FREEZING.
I slept in sweats, a fleece sweatshirt OVER my
sweats, socks and in a sleeping bag because
I was not going to sleep on their sheets, no way,
I still couldn't get warm.
So aside from the freezing cabin, the salty starchy food,
the horrible hike and the 2 pukers, it was a fun trip.
Hey, at least I didn't get sick.
And yes, I'd do it again.
Well, as long as no one pukes.

Hello!

Yeah, yeah, yeah,
I said I was back and then I disappeared.
I started a new job, same place, new
position and it's taken me awhile to get
back into the swing of things.
But it will happen.
How's November??
Kidding!
I kid.

This morning I leave for Club Getaway.
Sounds delightful, right?
You'd think I"m off to some spa with
mud baths and massages.
Well, you're half right.
There will be mud.
Yeah.....think camping.
I'm chaperoning a trip for the upper school.
Dylan will be there and he will ignore me,
which is fine. I don't want to rain on his parade.
I'm going with the 5th and 6th grades.
I'd be more excited if I felt better.
I
WILL
NOT
GET
SICK
!
Do I sound convincing??
Think of me and I'll report back on Friday!
Bye!!!!