'Tis the Season!

Merrrrrrryyyy Christmas to all! It's the best time of the year! Holiday cheer, family time, & good food! Not to mention, my birthday is in 8 days! Whoop Whoop!!!


I have so many funny stories to share, so here goes:


1st things 1st, WAR EAGLE!!!! SEC Champs & on our way to Glendale! Couldn't ask for anything better! (Who cares about the Cam Scam?!?! No one is perfect; families sale each other out a lot. This hoopla does not take away his talent, & nothing can!! It's eating those Bama fans up! Just be happy your state is being represented for the 2nd yr in a row!)


I had the chance to attend both AU vs SC games this season. Fun times! Atlanta is a fun place. You know I didn't leave that town w/out making 17 new friends. Sunday, we had parked our car in valet. Well, when it came closing time for the parking lot, RSD & I had to go get the car, but we weren't ready to leave this underground restaurant. It was was sooo cold!!! I was trying to hurry back in the heat. I hurried allllllright; busted my tail down a flight of stairs! Hahah! In my embarrassed stupor, I sat by a man named Frank to tell him the whole story. He didn't care, but I pretended he did. This one guy asked me why I was a Bears fan b/c I had a southern accent! I said, "Excuse me, Grandma Peg is from Chicago, & I am not that southern!" They don't know who Gma Peg, & there's no denying a Southern accent!!! That's me being ridiculous. P.S. Yay Bears!! Come on playoffs!


I also went to the LSU/Bama game (& I did not cheer for LSU, even though I wanted to!!) We stayed in the Big Easy, but drove to Baton Rouge for the game. That city knows how to do it, & do it big!! Almost frightening the way those guys know how to throw down! We had hit up Bourbon St. that Fri & returned on Sat p.m. RSD must have made an impression the 1st p.m b/c at the Funky Pirate, the bartender said, "Mr. D, back again??" Hahha! She continued, "Pretty impressive when a bartender on Bourbon St. can remember your name!!" I love my life! We stayed at a MOTEL (Yes, motel!) that one of their friends fixed up after Katrina. I was a little nervous to say the least when the tenants were walking around w/ Busch Gold 40's! We tried & tried to get a taxi, but no one ever came through. Finally, we hop in one, & we ask why it's so hard to get a taxi over there. Mind you, the New Orleans taxi driver, says, "b/c you're in the ghetto!!!" My life wasn't in jeopardy, nah. Hahah!


Halloween at work, a coworker & I dressed up as the Super Mario brothers. Well, the only costumes we could find were 'Boys Huskies'. She's about 4'11'' & myself being 5'7''. She was Luigi & me, Mario! Hahah it was funny b/c her pants were dragging the ground & mine looked like pedal pushers! Halloween was on a Sat, along w/ the Magic City Classic in Bham. Not a good idea to go get take out, but she & I did. We called our order in for all our coworkers & ran to get it. Formaggios was PACKED out w/ costumes & ppl from the game. She & I were the cleanest as in hygiene & our costume choice. Well, of course, they didn't have my order. He asked what I wanted. I said, "Spaghetti & meatballs." This drunkard passed me & said, "Imagine that: Mario ordering spaghetti & meatballs!" Hahah punk! To top it off, the girl I was w/ ran into an ex that she hadn't seen in about 6yrs!!! We had on mustaches for crying out loud! What a night!


Every year at work, we're required to go to simulation labs. There's a group of ppl (MDs, respiratory therapists, nurses, pharmacists, etc), & you're given a scenario to handle. It's as real as it can get w/ manequins that have pulses, can turn blue, & moving anatomical parts. If it's a code scenario, you open the crash cart as if it were real life. Of course we have 9days left in the year of 2010, & I have procrastinated. I finally finished my last one Thursday. Usually I go w/ nurses from my unit so I'm more comfortable. You can only imagine the anxiety I harbor during those activities! haha! Well, I rounded up another nurse who has been a nurse a little over a yr, like me. I thought that's okay b/c there will be more nurses. WRONG! There were like 6 doctors, & 3 nurses! We were divided into 2 rooms! I was sooo nervous! One of the MD's acted like an EMT worker for the scenario & during 'saving the patient', he fakes a seizure! I was like, "Really??" Hahha! You would know it was the 1st time for them to do that scenario too. Hahah. I survived, however, it wasn't easy! Hahah

Happy Holidays!