Morphine is Good
I wrote a brilliant, witty, inspiring post. And Blogger ate it fucking up in one great big gulp. Asshole. So now you all are stuck with the crap I write when I'm irritable and tired. Here is the Reader's Digest version of my weekend:
At one point, my dad was napping and W1 found a website that deals with horoscopes and numerology. When my dad woke up he saw the site and entered his birthday in the numerology section. It turns out that he is an "11" which is a master of vibrations. Of course I began to call him the "Master Vibrator" until my tummy hurt from laughing.
On Saturday morning the shower nurse/aide person arrived to give my dad his shower. After she was gone I asked my dad how it went. His comment: "On a scale of one to ten she was a half". He cracks my ass up.
I learned that hospice care = as many drugs as necessary to be as comfortable as possible. That's my kind of care. Oh, and other things like cleaning and bathing and nursing but I'm all about the drugs.
I had a great time with my dad and wish I could drive up there every weekend. W1 commented that she sees where I get my personality/sense of humor from after spending the weekend with my dad. I should get her to do a guest post on my blog about her trauma/experience.
Note: For clarification purposes only, my friend "W1" is not really W1. I inspire much teasing from friends and family about varied topics and my friendship with a dyke gives them much fuel for laughter and jokes. Oh, and I use the word "dyke" only because she prefers it over lesbian.
- Friday 1700 PST begin drive from San Diego, Ca to Draper, Ut
- Arrive in Draper at 0630 am local time-that's right, I drove all night long due to fucking traffic/accident/stupid drivers
- My driving companion (AKA W1) and I took a nap
- I fed my father two orders of french fries and a chocolate shake from McDonalds for lunch, as per his request
- I bought my father a large bottle of white wine, also at his request
- I coveted my father's supply of morphin like a crack whore but resisted- what? I've never had morphine and it sounded sooo yummy
- My father and I got semi-trashed and I told Chicken stories
- We took many naps
- I am waiting for the hospice care nurses to call Adult Protective Services on me for doing several of the items above.
At one point, my dad was napping and W1 found a website that deals with horoscopes and numerology. When my dad woke up he saw the site and entered his birthday in the numerology section. It turns out that he is an "11" which is a master of vibrations. Of course I began to call him the "Master Vibrator" until my tummy hurt from laughing.
On Saturday morning the shower nurse/aide person arrived to give my dad his shower. After she was gone I asked my dad how it went. His comment: "On a scale of one to ten she was a half". He cracks my ass up.
I learned that hospice care = as many drugs as necessary to be as comfortable as possible. That's my kind of care. Oh, and other things like cleaning and bathing and nursing but I'm all about the drugs.
I had a great time with my dad and wish I could drive up there every weekend. W1 commented that she sees where I get my personality/sense of humor from after spending the weekend with my dad. I should get her to do a guest post on my blog about her trauma/experience.
Note: For clarification purposes only, my friend "W1" is not really W1. I inspire much teasing from friends and family about varied topics and my friendship with a dyke gives them much fuel for laughter and jokes. Oh, and I use the word "dyke" only because she prefers it over lesbian.



11 Comments:
Your dad, you, and chicken are three generations of crack-ups. Do you see yourself or your dad in chicken?
Sounds like you had a great time!
LOL! Glad you had a good time!
Ooo, and yes, I did see myself on the sidebar, Thanks!!! :)
LOL, sounds like an interesting trip to say the least. I've missed your blog! I'm trying to get active again.
"as many drugs as necessary to be as comfortable as possible." = A good philosophy for every occasion.
Yup...with all the pharmaceuticals out there, there is no need for anyone to suffer needlessly.
sounds like good times were had by all... :)
too funny about Chicken and the door...we have done similar things...lol...kids tend to think twice about what happened when they dont have doors... :)
peace...
That's hilarious about taking Chicken's door. We leave the door on to our Monkey's room so that he doesn't wander the house at night (he's only 2). But in a couple of years, I may have to take off the door!
Morphine is good stuff if you're in pain, but I can't say I'd crave it normally. I spent the night in the ER a couple weeks ago with food poisoning and they gave me a shot of the stuff. Kinda makes you tingly all over for a minute and then you just don't give a damn about stuff... "yeah, go ahead and try to draw blood from my hand for the 8th time, its ok".
I like the philosophy of "as many drugs as neceesary to be as comfortable as possible." I have had morphine before (when I had my hysterectomy) and yeah it is pretty much like Trevor said. I would not want the damn stuff on a regular basis though. I like to know what is going on around me.
Take the door off the hinges!!! That is Awesome!!! Too bad my ex-husband didn't do that with my youngest daughter (she was 18 at the time) instead of breaking her door down, including the whole door frame!!!
Kat- I see both of us in Chicken. I think we're both a chip of the Gramps block.
Erin- You're welcome!
Andi- Me too, time is flying by and I'm not bloggin enough either!
Bornfool- Better living through pharmaceuticals is what it is all about!
Christine- Drugs are good.
Monkey- Good times indeed. I don't understand why doors are so important, his is always open anyways?!
Trevor- I've never had morphine... so I have no frame of reference. Maybe someday I'll get a chance to try it out.
Gerbera- I'm thinking that removing the door is less costly/traumatic. My dad must not be on too much morphine, because he's pretty with it still. Either that or he's built up a tolerence.
What a special family....thanks for sharing the ups and downs..with all the laughter. (smiling) I know that feeling on the morphine..they keep feeding it to me...but I try to limit it as much as possible. (makes me kinda sick-like throwing up...yuck!)
Appreciate so much you checking on me during the hurricane...it was a pleasure to see you had visited with concerning comments.....thanks bunches....
Isn't Hospice the best? I want to start volunteering with them.
I'm glad your visit went well.
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