Hello Friends!
Happy New Year Friends! Are you ready to ring in 2008? I can’t believe 2008 is here. Craziness!
I’m typing from Phoenix! We got here bright and early this morning. As I had hoped, we flew in with a few other Sooners, so that was fun. Don’t worry, we didn’t get out of control. There was no Boomer Sooner chanting from across the plane. We all were very well behaved.
Thus far our first day in Phoenix has been quite an adventure.
You know, when I think of vacation I think of fun, relaxation, excitement-
not pink eye.
Yep, Will has pink eye.
Can I first just say- Ew!?
Yes, Ew. Does that make me a terrible wife? Sorry. But seriously- Ew.
Just think of a puss-caked eye glued shut, juicy, and flaming hot pink. Yeah- you’re feeling me now on the “ew” aren’t you?
Poor guy. It’s like he’s constantly winking at me, only instead of it being all cute and flirty, it’s more like a huge gigantic swollen shut cornflake staring right at you in the winking position.
Agh! Now EVERYONE is saying Ew, right? Sorry- I just wanted you guys to share in all my disgusting “fun.”
Yesterday Will felt it coming on, but we were in Texas with Dr. Vet and weren’t able to get to a pharmacy. Plus, this morning at 4:00 when we were trying to get packed and rush to the airport wasn’t exactly the opportune time either. So- poor Will met the TSA airport guys with a big mushy cake eye.
Ew.
Boomer Sooner.
I guess.
Anyway, so our first few hours were a BLAST! Let me tell you. There’s no better way to learn about the city in which you’re staying like visiting their AM-PM/Emergency Care Clinic.
Loads of fun I tell you- loads of fun.
Those are two hours of our lives we’ll never get back. How sad.
We started off hoping that, as in Kuwait, we’d be able to stop by a pharmacy and get something that would get rid of this crap. We were mistaken. Why? Why would we think America would be about conveniences? There’s only a fast food restaurant on every
single
corner
in this country,
and everything is “quick and easy” on every commercial you see. Was it too much to ask for a simple infection killing eye drop?
Yes.
So, our dreams of a quick trip to Walgreens for aid were dashed.
On to the fun: the Emergency Care Clinic.
Thank God I’ve gotten a hepatitis shot.
That’s really all I can say.
Okay, I’m fibbing. There’s more to say. Guys, it was scary!
And smelly…
Unidentified wet stuff on the floor…
And full of deep, throaty, mucous-y coughs.
ALL OVER ME!
Seriously, if we were healthy before we came, we left there with something.
“We’re going to have to boil our clothes!” I told Will.
Yeah, yeah, I know- hospitals are full of sick people. I guess it was just quite a shock to sit in the AM-PM clinic my first day in Phoenix. Plus the stuff on the floor put me a bit overt the edge. What was it? No one knows.
What an adventure!
So, we sat, and we sat, and we made friends, and we watched terrible daytime TV. We sat there for 2 hours and Will was finally called. He was with the doctor for less than 5 minutes.
Hmm, wait for 2 hours, done in 5 minutes… something seems odd....
To cure us of the pink eye horror and frightening clinic we opted to celebrate our pink eye prescribed drops with a Cheesy Gordita Crunch!
Those may be the one thing that would bring me home for good. Thank goodness they’re only limited time things.
So, it’s been quite a day. I think with all of this afternoon’s fun, we’re going to let that be our fill of excitement for new year’s eve. We ordered a pizza and are going to stay in.
Read: Old Married Boring Couple.
Oh well, that’s us. We’ve accepted it!
I hope you all have a wonderful new years! I look forward to reading about it.
Update on my previous post to come sometime. For now I’m resolved to try my best not to worry about things I can’t control and just trust God.
Thanks for all your sweet comments lately. For the umptheenth time- when my in-laws go back to normal hours in January I look forward to catching up soon.
Happy New Year! More to come.
Boomer Sooner!
awww...sorry for the pink eye. and, yes, EW! at least you got a cheesy gordita crunch!
when you get back to kuwait, i’d like to see a list of how many places you visited, how many flights you took & how many football games you attended. ha! :0)