Over the Fourth of July weekend, which would have been 2 weeks following the infamous accident, Bionic man was complaining that his staples were bothering him. Normally, I am told, staples are removed within a week or so of surgery. He did not have an appointment with his orthopedist until the 9th of July. What to do. I vetoed his plan to pull them out himself, even though he protested that he had one of those tools in his arsenal somewhere. I thought since we were going to Iowa over the Fourth that perhaps we should deal with it before we left on Sunday. There had been so many issues to deal with just because the original incident had happened in SC and we lived in MN, I didn't want even more confusion over something else possibly occurring in IA. Since we needed something on a Saturday, we were phone ferried around all creation, only to discover that our orthopedist has an emergency/after hours place to go. We went there. It was pretty cool because it was small and we didn't have to wait 14 years to see someone like you would have in an ordinary emergency room. There was another wife waiting for her husband. I asked her what he had done. She said he has one prosthetic leg and had gone roller blading!! and had fallen and hurt his real knee. You can't make this stuff up. Sure enough, when he came out he was wrapped from ankle to thigh and hopping on his prosthetic leg. End of my story--we got the staples out and now his leg looks like it has a zipper on the side. It'll be cool for Halloween.
Second topic: hair product. I couldn't find my regular hair gel at Walmart the other day. I bought something different. This morning I decided that maybe I should try out the new stuff before I'm totally out of the old stuff, so if I don't like it I won't be stuck using it when my original gel expires. This is a nightmare. I knew right away when I was drying my hair that things were going to be different. My hair is all stiff and freaky today. I think I could do spikes. If you scratch your head, it sticks out there. It's like playdoh or something. I must go find the old stuff. Yikes!
Third topic: Squirrels. I actually feed my squirrels just so they stay away from my bird feeders, and it mostly works. But this summer we have had a raccoon problem. I do not want to encourage raccoons to come to my buffet. So, we have been putting the squirrel feeder inside the old gas grill at night. In the morning I must remember to get it out because the squirrels come mighty early for breakfast. And they sit at the window and give me castigating looks until I am guilted into getting it out for them. On Saturdays I am usually later than usual. When I went to get it out one of the little blighters was actually inside the grill eating. It totally freaked me out. I don't know who was more scared, him or me. So, we must find a new place to put it. Next time he could bite me. The cheekiness is something else.
And we have noticed that the squirrels like to lay in the feeder when it gets really hot and humid. I think the corn feels cold or something.
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