Tuesday, September 2, 2008

The Checklist:

--awesome(ly bad) looking white stockings designed to reduce clots in legs?
Check

--cute teddy bear issued by MDA thoracic surgery dept to support chest during travel & coughing & such?
Check

--unshowered head desperately in need of multiple showers?
Check (btw to all concerned parties, upon arrival in H'burg this afternoon, I will be free to shower with abandon. Thus, from the time we arrive home until our hot water runs out, I'll be, um, unavailable...*smile*)

--best-looking chauffer on the road today?
Check *grin*

--alternate route designed to avoid a subset of the thousands of cars returning home to S. MS & S. LA?
Check (confidence is low here; as Lisa noted, the natives of S. LA will surely know the alternate routes too...*sigh*)

--pain pills?
Negative! Don't need 'em! *knocks on wood* (they're in the car just in case...)

--ipod with itrip connector?
Check!! (if you're wondering, the day's music will begin with Leslie West's smoking-hot electric version of the blues classic "Stormy Monday," followed by his smoking-hot version of the blues song "If Heartaches Were Nickels." Note that neither my lovely driver nor I are feeling "bluesy" in the slightest; we both really like blues music, and Leslie West is--imho--one of the all-time great blues rock guitarists--see "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain for example; that's him. Now you know...)

--movie to return to Blockbuster?
Check ("Bucket List"...great flick!)

--prayers of many friends?
Check! (I hope)

Annnnnnnd, we're off.

See you from the Burg!
Mike

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mike,

Just finished watching "Bucket List" myself. However, I could not have watched it w/ dry eyes w/o getting your "cancer-free" diagnosis first! I did water-up a bit, however, when Morgan Freeman put some undeserved dents on the 1966 350 Shelby!

BTW: Another reason for you to give thanks to God: Alabama doesn't play Florida in the regular season! Bet you're glad to hear that! Wait, weren't you a Gator first and foremost? Can you say TRAITOR?

Go Gators!

Rick Parker

PS: I take exception to the phrase "beaten like a tied-up goat".

oldfatslow said...

You always had the legs for support hose.

BrendaStrider said...

Hey Mike....lovin' that mental picture of my favorite SS teacher in white support hose....that one will help entertain me for a while!!! SO GLAD that you are home and CANCER FREE.....doesn't that sound wonderful???? I hope that you enjoyed your shower....I always say that a shower and a toothbrush are mighty good medicine!! Take care and enjoy your week....we'll keep those prayers coming for a speedy recovery! Here's to a wondrous NORMAL existence!!! Love y'all much!