Dramatic Wednesday

Faithful readers, I'm shocked to report that Dramatic Tuesday spilled over into Dramatic Wednesday. Part of yesterday's drama carried over into today, and then new dramas started popping up. Before I get into today's dramas, I do have one update from yesterday: one of the Tuesday drama's involved an apple. Just sayin'.

The first and biggest drama of today was when I got a call saying my cousin (who visited us just a few weeks ago) was in the hospital with chest pains. After a dozen or so phone calls today, we found out that it wasn't a heart attack, thank goodness. He'll see the cardiologist tomorrow and find out exactly what the problem is.

About two minutes after I got that phone call, another phone call came through from a friend who needed a pump for their basement. I was able to get that drama taken care of with just two phone calls.

Shortly after that, another call came through. This time it was from The Compound. Mom was having an issue with her Medicare-approved prescription medication company. It only took about a half an hour and six phone calls for me to get that one taken care of. Ordinarily, I would have stressed out over the 'Rents calling about a drama but today it was different. In between phone calls to the prescription med company, I said a quick prayer and thanked the Lord that I still had parents to call me at work and bug me about something.

Dramatic Tuesday

I'm shocked, surprised, and excited to report that this was one of the most drama-filled days at work that I've experienced in years. We had not one, not two, but three big dramas at work today. And as much as I hate to do this, I'm not at liberty to explain any of them. Suffice to say that it was way more drama than I've had to deal with in probably a few years. Fortunately for me, none of it involved me -I was merely an observer and bystander. But it was drama nonetheless.

Once again, I apologize because it just does not seem fair to you, faithful readers, to leave you dangling like this. I can give one piece of info -- let's just say one of today's dramas involved shoes.

I promise to bring more newsworthy TWIT posts tomorrow, but until then, the mystery of the three big dramas at work will have to suffice.

One For The Record Books

As I've mentioned before, I don't watch that many movies. Well, let me correct that. I watch a few of my favorite movies on a regular basis; I don't watch that many new movies. But thanks to a friend who lets me borrow movies, I'm trying to do better. Why, just this weekend I watched not one, but two (count em, two) movies. On Saturday night I watched "Bucket List" and on Sunday afternoon I watched "Step-Brothers." This has got to be one for the Puddin Book of Records. Just think if I'd watched them at the movie theater instead of the couch - why, that would be a cause for major celebration. But I digress. Like I said, it was one for the record books. Now I'll probably go 3 or 4 months without watching another movie. And I'm totally fine with that.

Link Of The Week

Just about everyone loves macaroni and cheese. In fact, I don't think I know a single soul that doesn't. Just like with spaghetti and chili, there's lots of different recipes for macaroni and cheese. Some people even prefer the kind right out of the box. Personally, I like any kind of macaroni and cheese. This week, someone sent me a link to a site that has nothing but macaroni and cheese recipes. You can check it out at http://www.macaroniandcheeserecipes.com. Please report back if you try any of these.

Something You Don't See Everyday

I was on my way home from an errand earlier today when I saw something that you just don't see everyday.

A newer model Cadillac was in front of me, and it had an awesome pearl paint job. I'm pretty sure the wheels on the car were worth more than my Blazer and BMW put together. But I digress. I noticed the Caddy had its sunroof opened. That in itself was odd, because the temp was about 40 degrees and it was windy. Then I noticed a hand come out the sunroof and toss something out into the street. After a minute the hand came out and once again tossed something. I looked closer and noticed that the guy in the passenger seat was evidently eating fried chicken and was tossing out the bones. I wished I'd been able to get it all on film but you'll just have to rely on my vivid description of it.

Flashback Friday

The major league baseball playoffs are going on right now, and as I type this, the New York Yankees are playing against the Los Angeles Angels for the American League Championship Series spot in the World Series. My Mom is a big Yankees fan, and is probably the biggest Derek Jeter fan that there is. But my family's love of the Yankees goes back farther than my Mom's loyalty to Jeter; my Grandma was the world's biggest Reggie Jackson fan.

She loved watching Reggie Jackson and the Yankees play baseball on TV. To her, autumn meant one thing -- the playoffs and then the World Series. She didn't mind at all when the soap operas were preempted by the playoff games; she was happy to get to watch her beloved Reggie Jackson and the rest of the Yankees.

We never figured out why she loved the Yankees and Reggie so much, even though the rest of the family were Cincinnati Reds fans. She just loved them and was thrilled to watch them on TV.

One Of The Best Days Of The Year

I'm jumping right into this post without background or anything. This has been one of the best days of the year because a dear friend I'd lost touch with called me tonight. We hadn't spoken in about ten years. Nothing happened bad - we just both had things that we needed to do and figure out, and just lost touch. We still thought about each other constantly, though, which is the awesome thing.

A few years ago I called his phone number only to find it was now someone else's number. I asked around and searched and searched online but couldn't find my friend. Until tonight. Through the awesomeness of Facebook, my old friend from high school and I found each other. I sent a message to him and he called me back within a few minutes. We talked as if it hadn't been ten years since the last time we'd spoken.

I've often heard people say that true friends have the ability to pick up where they left off, no matter how much time has lapsed. And tonight I found that to be true. Of course a lot of major things have happened to us both in the past ten years, but we both vowed that from this day forward we would keep in touch. And I know we will.