First Miracle BY A.E. Stallings

First Miracle BY A.E. Stallings

Her body like a pomegranate torn Wide open, somehow bears what must be born, The irony where a stranger small enough To bed down in the ox-tongue-polished trough Erupts into the world and breaks the spell Of the ancient, numbered hours with his yell.

Now her breasts ache and weep and soak her shirt Whenever she hears his hunger or his hurt; She can’t change water into wine; instead She fashions sweet milk out of her own blood.

i just want a damn pap

Yesterday I went for my annual GYN appt. I had an appointment with a new doctor who my friend recommended. I got to the office just before the appt (which as at 4:45pm) and my first thought was "oh shit" this is going to be a while. You see, there were about 10 women in the waiting room - waiting for 2 doctors. Not looking good... So I filled out the paperwork, returned it to the woman at the desk and sat down. I grabbed a magazine and flipped through it while watching the depressing news on TV. A half hour went by...I told myself...okay...be patient...

Twenty minutes later, I decided to ask what was up. The woman at the desk said "Dr. Behindschedule is running 45 minutues behind"

"I have been waiting for over 45 minutues."

"Let me check your chart"

A couple minutes later, she came back and said "It's going to be about another 20 minutes"

Now I was about to walk out at this point, and some people may have does just that but I needed a pap and a script, plus I had waited 6 weeks to see this doctor! And my friend said she was really nice! So I decided another 20 minutes was fine.

25 minutes after the 20 more minutues had passed, I seriously contemplated leaving. But I NEEDED A PAP! and my Rx!!!!!

Finally at 6:30 a nurse called me in. When she took me into the little room and asked me to remove my sweater so she could take my blood pressure, I explained that it might be a little high after that waiting room experience. She replied "yeah, this always happens with these evening appointments..."

WHAT?????? This is normal? Okay, I guess I have to find ANOTHER GYN!

The only saving grace was that I only had to wait another 8 minutes (naked) to see the doctor who was in the room for a total for 6 minutes. And thankfully (for them) I had no co-pay because I would have flipped my shit if I had to shell out money after that.

So that saga of finding a good GYN contintues......and boy do I feel bad for all of the pregnant women who have to deal with these horrible OB/GYN offices.

Fall cold remedies

Elderberry Syrup

As the weather shifts and colds are going around try this great (and yummy!) Elderberry Syrup recipe. It helped me fight my cold!

Other awesome cold remedies:

Astragalus tea

Ginger tea

Coldcalm