Well as anyone who has happened to peruse my site I have extreme variances in luck. It’s either really really good luck… Or really really bad luck… but generally it is on one end of the spectrum and nowhere near the happy warm and fuzzy middle. My last week is a fabulous example.
I went for my colonoscopy on Friday. I was terrified, Gary went with me and put up with my state of irrepressible panic which he thought was frighteningly cute for some reason, and he sat with me for the hour and a half I had to wait in a hospital gown. They took me back when I found out they were going to give me drugs and I shouldn’t remember a thing. Then I found out what they were giving me…. Benadryl. Now for most humans 70mg of benadryl isn’t considered and OMG drug of choice. However I have the tolerance of a woolly mammoth when it comes to pain medications ever since my back surgery. Towards teh end I was taking Morphine and Valium at the same time multiple times a day and crying in pain. It was not a fun time. But after the surgery in April of 2007 I was completely off all drugs by July 1 except for Mobic once a day which I take because I have arthritis/inflamed joints. However back to the Benadryl. For some reason I become frighteningly stoned when given Benadryl, to the point I have been sent home, with a driver for me, from work before because I took a 24 hour release pill. So 70mg intravenously knocked me on my ass and I apparently begged repeatedly to go to Chillies for food.
But when I fell asleep in and out of sleep on the couch as my former post states, I had been attacked by something on my legs as shown in the pictures below. 
After my visit to the beloved ER and speaking with the Doctor on staff… he had no bloody idea what bit me. He gave me two different types of steroids and gave me some medications to stop the itching, which kind of help, and a lotion that everyone in the house has to put on to make sure that no one else gets bit by whatever is biting people. We sprayed down the house with Deet because it is safe and can kill pretty much anything bug related that bites. Bought a spreader for the back yard and bug killer so that we have that form of protection now as well. Put the magical stuff on the dogs so they can’t bring in bugs. (Which we needed to do anyway.) And then proceeded to wash everything that is in the living room and buy $100 worth of couch covers so that we can really really make sure that we won’t have issues. (As you can see we are currently on the wrong end of the Karma spectrum)
On top of this I did Gary’s laundry for his work clothes on Monday and forgot to put them in the Dryer so yesterday he was like 5 minutes late for work because of me. His infection in his mouth has also flared up like never before because the dentist only gave him six days worth of antibiotics for a really really bad infection in 3 abscesses in his mouth. But even though that happened we are heading towards the good end of the spectrum.
When I went to Wal-Mart to pick up his antibiotics I heard on 98.9 KYIS FM that they were having a vacation a day in May for an all expenses paid trip to Mexico. The song of the day was the Fugees - Killing Me Softly, now I love this song and I was like… that’s kinda neat. Spent another 5 minutes attempting to find a parking place and went in bought the antibiotics was out of the car for like 20 minutes and hopped back in. Now here is where the irony starts.
1. I never listen to 98.9 on the way home I listen to it on the way to work generally.
2. I never call into radio station contests because back in 2002 I worked for a radio station for a short time and learned that it is almost impossible to win.
3. At the moment I was at the wrong end of the spectrum so nothing good could come of this according to my brain.
So I pull out onto 15th and low and behold the Fugees comes on, brain goes… I love this song…. why not call, you aren’t going to win but you could skew the results. So I grab my cell (worst thing ever for calling radio stations to win stuff) and call. And I won an all expense paid trip to Cancun. I couldn’t believe it! So I am now taking Gary on a romantic getaway probably in December - February simply because I am allergic to the sun and going in the summer is just to hard on my skin. But I am so excited!!! We just have to find time to get Gary his passport and we are on our way.
We are staying at the Gran Caribe Real Resort & Spa
All-Inclusive Features Include:
* Breakfast, lunch, and dinner a la carte or buffet service (surcharge for lobster)also included are snacks
* Low calorie and vegetarian meals
* All-Inclusive Club - open 24 hours with self-service snacks, and drinks
* Unlimited Domestic and imported drinks
* In room mini-bar stocked daily with soft drinks, water and beer
* Use of restaurants and Spa facilities at Gran Porto Real and Real Playa Del Carmen Resort & Spa
* Waiter service around the pool and on the beach
* Bicycle center
* Daily social activities and aerobics program
* Use of jacuzzi, steam room, (massages available for an additional charge)
* Free cover pass to Pat O’Briens and Margaritaville
* Fully equipped fitness center
* Non-motorized water sports, kayaks, paddle boats, and snorkel gear
* Nightly entertainment plus theme parties and shows
* OKI Kids Club with supervised activities from 9am-8pm for children ages 4- 12 years
* SCUBA diving (introductory)lesson in the pool
* Includes room service from 8:00am to 10:00pm, once per day
* Day and night tennis
* Unlimited use of squash courts
* Includes accommodation, taxes, and tips
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