This is your brain, This is your brain after Anatomy & Chinese Meridian. Get the picture?

Jody's Blog, always my first stop of the morning was an eye opener, ok not an opener but a "what the hell?" moment. She writes book reviews, posts them, submits them, or however the food chain goes, they are out there. Now Amazon picks them up and SELLS them? Check out her blog. It is suprising how the monolith rolls over us and we never see it coming.

Yes, my head is officially a natural disaster. I wonder if the EPA should be notified? Maybe HAZMAT? At least someone needs to put me on the recipient list for comfort food donations. After trying to understand Anatomy and Physiology, which mind you is being presented like a foriegn language in speed-read mode, then topping it off with an intense round of Chinese Meridian theory, which is completely opposite of Western medical theory, I am exhausted. I even dreamed about this crap last night. It might not have made sense, but who says cars don't have pressure points when you wash them? In my dream they did, although for the life of me I can't remember how my Honda communicated that information as I washed it with a super size scrubbie.

So, knowing my head is the consistency of tapioca this morning, do you think it was a good idea for me to reformat my computer this weekend on top of it? What the H E double toothpicks was I thinking???? It must be that "works well under pressure" T-shirt hanging in the back of my closet. Right next to my "doesn't share well" and "Procrastination Queen" apparel. Yeah, that's the ticket. snark snark.

For the whole two people that might read this, please send me an email. I missed backing up my addresses before I hit the "are you sure you really really REALLY want to switch to XP??" button and launched myself into to mini-migrain mode.


hhmmmm.... I wonder which meridian has the "calgon, take me away" pressure point? If I find it, know up front I will use it relentlessly. Why? Because I can. But I will share the information with you... don't you feel better?

Breathing easier

Yes, today I am more at ease in my skin after passing my first anatomy exam. I was a nervous wreck but it worked out in the end. Stressing out doesn't do anyone any good, and I just keep taking that lesson over and over. Someday it will stick. Not today.

Alaska is burning again this year. Very early for a large scale burn as far as fire season goes, but hopefully from what I can glean from the net, it is better controlled at this point. Honestly? I don't think "control" is a good word for it when you have Xthousand acres burning/smoldering at any given time. But, I do know the hard work the firefighters put into making sure it only gets to a certain point before it runs out of fuel. Unfortunately, the sappy environmentalists have guaranteed job certainty for people like my son with millions of acres of dead trees waiting to be cleaned up by Mother Nature. Jody' blog http://www.jodypryor.com/blog/ keeps me most informed since it is in her back yard, literally.

Jody, if you have to run, I can give you a list of things I miss most. Baby pictures of my kids. My jewelry. My favorite kitchen gadgets, ei: spatula from the restaurant, super-size whisk, huge round iron griddle mom gave me, the quilt from gramma, my cat, my journal, ...

But I have everything that matters most, and starting from scratch can be cathartic. Although the gentle insanity from wondering "do I have that here, or did that burn" really never leaves. Thinking back now it was really trippy to take my kids to the store for tooth brushes and underwear so we could even get dressing the next day. It is more of a surrealistic memory, tempered by time, eased by that lovely gift called shock. Like you have heard me say a hundred times, the best worst thing that happened to me. Hopefully you will never be forced to truly "know" about it.