The Waiting Room

Although no one ever really wants to end up here, the waiting room of the hospital isn't too bad-(if the illness/accident isn't serious, that is).For example, right now I am sitting in the waiting room, taking pics with my roomies, planning a picnic and watching the food channel- (apparently I'm missing out on a whole world of flavor!! I need to get out more...)

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Now before you get all worked up, maybe I should explain why I am here... So my roommates left me last week to go camping in Zion's. Apparently they had a good time hiking, roasting marshmallows and swimming-- maybe a little too much fun. When they returned, however, Hannah's feet were swollen.

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At first we had a great time making "pregnant feet" jokes, but as the days passed and her feet continued to swell, the jokes began to lose their luster.

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Which brings us to today: after much grumbling (and a little pushing from us) Hannah finally decided to see a doctor...

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Which brings us to the waiting room. (FYI there are two separate areas of the waiting room- the "Sick Waiting Area" and the "Well Waiting Area"- see pics below, even though they are backwards they get the point across)

We came up with our "Must See Movie List"

• Waking Ned Devine
• Clue
• What's up Doc
• North Avenue Irregulars

After a short, but thoroughly enjoyable, wait, Hannah was called back (which leaves Karen and I with a camera, computer and the internet....)

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Me as Hannah was leaving: How are you holding up Hannah?

Hannah in text: ...---... ( morse code for SOS in case you were wondering )

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Wow, the food channel is fascinating! I could watch this thing forever! Which brings me to...

Things I learned from the Tomato Man on the Food Channel

• Tomatoes are an aphrodisiac, they are sometimes called love apples
• The secret to success lies in proper preparation
• Put a camera in the oven, you won't regret it..
• Alcohol never ever cooks out all the way
• You should keep a bandaid on hand just in case you rub up against your own personality.

At this point the waiting room has cleared out. The girl with the hook in her hand, the girl who had a run in with a sewing blade- yeah they are all gone... and we are left with the Food Channel.

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More things I learned from the Food Channel

• Lil smokies start as meat in the consistency of pancake batter
• There is liquid smoke (apparently it is good for flavoring meat)
• When the girls are happy, I'm happy
• Mt. Olive makes 200 Pickle Paks a minute = 2 million a day

Watching the Food Network really makes you hungry- but picky. My tummy is rumbling, but I don't want just anything, I want caramelized stuffed tomatoes, or petite quiche, or steak fajitas or maybe even a Pickle Pac, who knows...

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Wait, I just had a Hannah sighting.... nope, she went back in....oh, now she's back. And the diagnosis is...... A fight between her tarsal and her metatarsal is resulting in massive pain, swelling and a bone bruised to boot.

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"I get to go on steroids for 5 days and grow huge biceps!"- Hannah