Thursday, April 13, 2006
Snapdragon
At work the other day a patient's brother and I had a brief exchange:
me: Hi, I'm (Lola). How are you today?
him: I'm a snapdragon.
me: (odd look)
him: A snapdragon.
me: Snapdragon?
him: Yep. I've got a bit of snap left in me but the rest is a draggin'
me: (howling with laughter)
It's not high comedy, but it had me rolling. I've been using it ever since. Then on the "a bit strange side of things", I had a dream than my grandmother was near death and they were calling for the next of kin. I was there already and it was up to me to pull the plug. Then I woke up, but not feeling particularly worried or upset, just a bit sad. Before I could get in touch with my grandmother my friend Shelby called to tell me that they'd had to put her beloved horse down. He was a beautiful 18 year old saddlebred show horse. Retired and pampered, he'd been having a lot of foundering (not sure exactly what that is) and had been nursed back to health at least twice only to get even sicker. I wondered if there was a connection and if my grandmother, who will be 96 next month, was okay. The same grandmother whom the doctor told not to drive anymore.
So I called her.
me: You sound good.
her: I'm just tired, I went to the store today by myself.
me: By yourself? How?
her: I dro----. NEVER YOU MIND!
me: (laughing)
her: Let's just say I didn't walk.
me: (laughing harder)
her: It's just around the corner.
me: (laughing even harder) You know you're not supposed to drive.
her: (no response)
me: Genie?
her: I love you.
me: Genie? You're not supposed to drive.
her: So, I talked to your brother last week .....
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I have to contact my Uncle now. I feel like I'm a rat, but hey, I can't just let it slide. Really, I can't. Bad granddaughter.
me: Hi, I'm (Lola). How are you today?
him: I'm a snapdragon.
me: (odd look)
him: A snapdragon.
me: Snapdragon?
him: Yep. I've got a bit of snap left in me but the rest is a draggin'
me: (howling with laughter)
It's not high comedy, but it had me rolling. I've been using it ever since. Then on the "a bit strange side of things", I had a dream than my grandmother was near death and they were calling for the next of kin. I was there already and it was up to me to pull the plug. Then I woke up, but not feeling particularly worried or upset, just a bit sad. Before I could get in touch with my grandmother my friend Shelby called to tell me that they'd had to put her beloved horse down. He was a beautiful 18 year old saddlebred show horse. Retired and pampered, he'd been having a lot of foundering (not sure exactly what that is) and had been nursed back to health at least twice only to get even sicker. I wondered if there was a connection and if my grandmother, who will be 96 next month, was okay. The same grandmother whom the doctor told not to drive anymore.
So I called her.
me: You sound good.
her: I'm just tired, I went to the store today by myself.
me: By yourself? How?
her: I dro----. NEVER YOU MIND!
me: (laughing)
her: Let's just say I didn't walk.
me: (laughing harder)
her: It's just around the corner.
me: (laughing even harder) You know you're not supposed to drive.
her: (no response)
me: Genie?
her: I love you.
me: Genie? You're not supposed to drive.
her: So, I talked to your brother last week .....
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I have to contact my Uncle now. I feel like I'm a rat, but hey, I can't just let it slide. Really, I can't. Bad granddaughter.
# posted by Qeltic @ 7:29 PM 
