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Photo Shuffle

I have decided to try something a little different on the ol' blog. Every so often I am going to post a picture that corresponds with the date (or something equally random). For instance, where today is November 22 I am going to go to my 11th photo file and post the 22nd photo. Your job is to post the caption for the photo. Winner gets all the bonus points for that day. So...here we go:

The Sky is Falling

If you were awake in Utah after midnight on Wednesday you might have seen this, if you were asleep like me you can see it here:

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

What's the ApPOINTment?

I haven't been feeling all that great the past few days so yesterday I finally went to see a doctor. After going I had to ask myself why I even bothered. Here's why: After arriving ten minutes prior to my "appointment" I sit and wait to be called back. And sit and wait for what turns out to be 35 minutes. It is then that I see the little blurb on the TV that says if you have an appointment and have been waiting for more then 25 minutes please see the front desk. I look at the front desk and what do I see? Another line. So, now I can stand up and get into line or stay camped out in my corner of the waiting room and I hope I get called up soon. I choose to sit since I see the person that checked in front of me still sitting a few chairs away listening to very odd music on his phone, without earphones. Really Guy? No one wants to hear that when they are well let alone when they are sick. I wait another ten minutes and I am finally called back where I am placed into another room to wait. Luckily this room has a National Geographic from 2006 to keep me entertained for what I hope will be a short wait. Wrong. I finish my historic magazine and can now hear the doctor outside talking to the nurse on a wide variety of topics. This must mean that my visit that should have started an hour ago will soon start, right? Wrong again. After another 10 minutes the doctor comes in and I sit up from a table that must have been designed for an elf or gnome or some other small species other then a human. He pokes, prods and does all those doctor things. Then tells me that it might be strep throat but doesn't look bad enough (nor does he want to test for it) so it is most likely a viral infection of some sorts and tells me to rest and take some over the counter drugs, then sends me on my way. Total wait time: 65 minutes. Total Time seen by the doctor: 4 minutes. So glad that I could pay a co-pay for this experience, it's like Disneyland without the fun rides at the end of the wait. Next time I am sticking with Dr. Google, who cares if he tells me I have tiny brain clusters? At least the wait time will be less and that's without even making an appointment!

Beep Beep!

This is what I miss most about living in Southern Utah...the desert wildlife. I am always amazed at the wide varity of plants and animals that live in the desert. Pictured above is a Roadrunner that I spotted outside of The Canyons Softball Complex in St. George. To give you an idea of what size he or she was, at first I thought that it was a skinny chicken, so not really a small bird. It was fun to watch as the bird followed us along the trail taking as much interest in us as we did in it. After this we were all on the look out for the coyote that surely was trying to catch the roadrunner!

Returning Soon

I am heading south for a bit (to where this very picture was taken in fact) and will be back to blogging around the mid part of November. Until then, keep on keeping on!