I went for my annual or in my case, bi-annual, physical exam yesterday. This could also be dubbed as my most dreaded day in a year...and a half. I am not quite sure why I dread this as much as I do. Maybe it is the painful stepping up on the scale part, maybe it is the fact that they put a needle in my arm and take blood, maybe it is the fear of being injected with poisons in the name of health, maybe it is the fact that I have to take my head out of the sand and face the fact that I am not 30 years old anymore and my perceived healthy habits are maybe... not perfect. Not sure what it is but I dread this day.
I took my tired, hungry (because I had to fast for the blood sucking) body into the office yesterday and checked in at the desk. The very nice young man handed me a clipboard with a stack of papers for me to fill out. I cleverly replied, "this is going to take some eyeballs" and proceeded to open my purse to get my reading glasses. Ugh! Not one pair of my many reading glasses! I sat down and squinted my way through the paperwork. When I got to the three sheet health questionnaire that was faintly printed in about size 9 font I considered just going down the list and checking "No" to all of the questions. "No" I don't have chronic pain. "No" I don't doze off while someone is talking. No, No, No! Leave me alone!
The funny part came when I got to a group of questions that I can only assume are gauging my level of senility, ADD or ADHD. The first question was, "Do you have trouble making big decisions?" I left it blank and went to the next question. "Do you have trouble following through and finishing tasks?" I went back to the first question, pondered and cracked myself up! Who me, trouble making big decisions? Try small decisions...like how to answer that question! Let me just fill you in on my state of mind at that point.
I had just returned from four days in California. The reason for my trip? We were looking for a wedding venue! Our youngest is getting married next summer and they have decided to treat everyone to a trip to the wine country. We spent four glorious days dreaming about the perfect wedding in the perfect setting.
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| Will it be here? No |
We looked at many venues. We decided not to have it in the senior living neighborhood golf club. We decided not to have it in a barn complete with horses and a tractor. We decided not to have it on the crush pad of a winery or under the power lines on the dirt between the vines. So many choices and decisions! I had spent the last week making many big decisions so when I came to the question about having difficulty making big decisions I cracked up! With still so many big decisions to be made, this one question stood out among all the others yesterday. I checked "yes" and had a private chuckle. If I only could have explained, I had already used up all of my decisions for the week and this questionnaire put me way over the top!
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| It will be here! |
