Wisdom teeth and the soft mechanical diet

The husband got his wisdom teeth pulled on Thursday. This weekend he's advanced from water to juice to a soft mechanical diet. I've participated in the taste testing. I mean it isn't every day that you get to eat only pudding, smashed potatoes, yogurt, oatmeal, soup, and right now we're enjoying some mac and cheese! My niece and nephew would be so proud of us! (It is Annie's brand, though). Poor husband....hasn't had a slurp of coffee or beer for three days! No wonder he's a bit crabby!

Liberals flee to Canada:

A friend sent me this and it made me chuckle...



Subject: illegal aliens



November 16, 2004



Ottawa,Canada:The flood of American liberals

 sneaking across the border into

Canada has intensified in the past week,

sparking calls for increased

patrols to stop the illegal immigration.

The re-election of President Bush

is prompting the exodus among left-leaning

citizens who fear they'll soon be

required to hunt, pray and agree with Bill O'Reilly.



Canadian border farmers say it's not

uncommon to see dozens of sociology

professors, animal-rights activists

and Unitarians crossing their fields at

night.



"I went out to milk the cows the other

 day, and there was a Hollywood

producer huddled in the barn," said

Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield, whose

acreage borders North Dakota. The producer

was cold, exhausted and hungry.

"He asked me if I could spare a latte and

some free-range chicken.  When I

said I didn't have any, he left. Didn't

even get a chance to show him my screenplay."



In an effort to stop the illegal aliens,

Greenfield erected higher fences,

but the liberals scaled them. So he tried

installing speakers that blare Rush

Limbaugh across the fields. "Not real effective,"

he said. "The liberals still got through, and

Rush annoyed the cows so much they wouldn't give

milk."



Officials are particularly concerned about s

mugglers who meet liberals near

the Canadian border, pack them into Volvo station wagons,

drive them across the border and leave them

to fend for themselves.



"A lot of these people are not prepared for rugged conditions," an Ontario

border patrolman said. "I found one carload without a drop of drinking

water.

They did have a nice little Napa Valley cabernet, though."



When liberals are caught, they're sent back across the border, often

wailing loudly that they fear retribution from conservatives. Rumors have

been circulating about the Bush administration establishing re-education

camps in which liberals will be forced to drink domestic beer and watch

NASCAR.



In the days since the election, liberals have turned to sometimes-ingenious

ways of crossing the border. Some have taken to posing as senior citizens on

bus trips to buy cheap Canadian prescription drugs. After catching a

half-dozen young vegans disguised in powdered wigs, Canadian immigration

authorities began stopping buses and quizzing the supposed senior-citizen

passengers. "If they can't identify the accordion player on The Lawrence

Welk Show, we get suspicious about their age," an official said.



Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are creating

an organic broccoli shortage and renting all the good Susan Sarandon movies.

"I feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just can't

support them," an Ottawaresident said. "How many art-history majors does

one

country need?"



In an effort to ease tensions between the United States and Canada, Vice

President Dick Cheney met with the Canadian ambassador and pledged that the

administration would take steps to reassure liberals, a source close to

Cheney said. "We're going to have some Peter, Paul & Mary concerts. And

we

might put some endangered species on postage stamps. The president is

determined to reach out."

Angel of death?

What do I make of this: the last two times I've been to work I've had a DNR patient (do not resucitate) since I am so "calm"( apparently???). Both of these patients had been hanging on....far longer than people thought they would...and then they die on me before 11am? Hmmm...someone better warn my future patients!

It's very traditional for the Hispanic families we've had on our floor to have everyone from the family come view the body of the deceased and spend quite a long period of time with it...today we did not disturb them for hours until finally someone went in and asked if they were still waiting for someone to come. They said they were just waiting for us to take the body away!!! So much for cultural sensitivity!!!

Nothing really...

I've been avoiding entering a new blog entry because I feel that all I have to talk about is the weather!!! It's been damn cold here in SD over the last two weeks...especially at night. It has even reached the 30's! People are freaking out here. The poor husband has actually been wearing long pants to work everyday for the last week! We are in so much trouble next year!! Egads. What else...well, they fired the ND football coach and I'm actually kind of sad about it! Guess I'm starting to feel some kind of connection to the place. We are hoping to look at some houses in two weeks...probably good to go at this time of year, eh? What else.....had my last clinical visit by my professor today and she didn't even see a patient with me. Thank God. I get freaked out when she's in there observing me! Funny thing I had to ask my preceptor today "How do you DO crystal meth?" There have been lots of folks admitting to doing crystal meth this week as well as lots of alcohol consumption and I realized that I don't know too much about crystal meth...so needed to learn more about it. I'm so ignorant.