{"id":704,"date":"2010-03-26T17:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T17:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/26\/after-all-that-im-skipping-my-swim-today\/"},"modified":"2010-03-26T17:40:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T17:40:00","slug":"after-all-that-im-skipping-my-swim-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/26\/after-all-that-im-skipping-my-swim-today\/","title":{"rendered":"After all that, I&#8217;m skipping my swim today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, I took an early lunch to go to the doctor&#8217;s office to get some blood drawn. I would have done this on Wednesday when I had my regular appointment, but I didn&#8217;t know I shouldn&#8217;t have eaten anything.  So, hungry, I get to the doctor&#8217;s office and start to sign in.  Oh, no, I&#8217;m at the wrong window.   So, I go to the right window and they tell me to sign in and also sign in at a yet another window.  I get in line there, sign in, and get out some paper  &#8211; assuming a long wait.   <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Surprisingly, my name is called after only a short wait and I go into a small room where the very friendly nurse tells me she doesn&#8217;t like to keep people waiting.  In moments she had drawn the blood and sent me on my way &#8211; telling me to go right on past the other windows.  No need to check out &#8211; or pay, apparently &#8211; since this would normally  have been done as part of my appointment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I head over to McDonalds to get some lunch and then back to work.  Given the time of day, I had to park far from my office and walk back.   I stepped on a patch of black ice&#8230;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8230; and down I went.  I hit the ground like Whitney Houston hitting a crack pipe.  (Okay, so that&#8217;s a little mean, but come on, the woman had it all and destroyed her voice and career with drugs).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I landed on the meaty part of my butt, rolled onto my back, then hit my head on the ground.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Chicken nuggets flew everywhere. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>(wait, that made it sound like chicken nuggets flew out of my head like some kind of poultry pinata.    I meant that I lost control of my bag of McDonald&#8217;s and the chicken nuggets went all over the place when I hit my head on pavement.)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I started to get up, then just lay there for a moment hoping to get some sympathy from a random passerby.  When I realized that wasn&#8217;t going to happen, I got up and gathered the remains of my lunch and my dignity.   Lunch went in the trash and I went back to the office.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>After checking in, I headed back out to try and find my sunglasses and get some lunch.   Sunglasses found at the scene of the crime and I got some lunch at a restaurant on campus.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;m back in the office, a little worse for wear.  Headache, tired, and grumpy.    I&#8217;d really just like to go home and play video games.  Or nap, but I&#8217;d be too worried about having a concussion and dying in my sleep or something to enjoy it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>2 hours left to go in the day &#8211; better get back to it.<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/6913097901389264887-1360459837981804544?l=thunderofwade.blogspot.com' alt='' \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, I took an early lunch to go to the doctor&#8217;s office to get some blood drawn. I would have done this on Wednesday when I had my regular appointment, but I didn&#8217;t know I shouldn&#8217;t have eaten anything. So, hungry, I get to the doctor&#8217;s office and start to sign in. 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