I have to admit - sometimes I really wonder why in the world I waste my time blogging this. It's a log of my days, and it gives me something to look back on - but I don't put much time or effort into it, and if it weren't my own I don't think I would have any interest. I don't expect anyone to look at it, and would really be surprised if any one really did. I'm not gonna wax all boring and philosophical here - but I am so relieved that I finally found a good use for my blogging. It actually came in handy. My sister Becky has been pretty sick, and so I drove up late one night (got there at midnight) - and spent the night with her in the hospital. It is nigh impossible to sleep at hospitals - but whenever Becky found a way to snooze I pulled out my trusty laptop and decided to blog a little. In the middle of the night haze - I commented on the most mundane thing - my family had been frequenting the Quiznos in SLC. I had to drive back home the next day at noon so I could play for the HMS Pinafore show. On the way home we got a phone call. My sister Sarah in Oregon saw on national news that there was a Hepatitis A outbreak - at a downtown SLC Quiznos shop. Anyone who ate there one of three days was supposed to get the vaccine. Well...lo and behold - we had ALL eaten there on August 6th - one of the three days. I almost religiously read the news - but in the haze of sleeplessness I never would have seen this story. My boring blogging saved us! (That and my sick sister stuck in the hospital - and my other sister who randomly decided to check my blog and listen to the news.) It turned out that as soon as I got home - I had to try to find someone to give me the shot. I had two hours before my show started. If I didn't get it that night, it wouldn't be effective. The time crunch was on. It turned out the boys have both had the vaccine, since it is routine now - and Eric has had it since he left the country. That left me - the lucky winner of the vaccine prize. I have no primary care doctor - so I had to go to an instacare. I told them I had an hour before I had to be in SLC sitting at a piano - and they needed to go and get me my shot! So - they complied. They were fantastic. They delivered it to me in my gluteus maximus. They said I was so petite that it would hurt less - that and the fact if they put it in my arm it would be stiff and sore - not a good thing when you have to go and play the piano for a couple of hours straight. Anyhow - crisis has been averted. I have the shot - (I get two more doses later on) - and all is well. I have made sure that the cast of the Pinafore knows just how much I love them - enough to take a shot for them all - in the rump. That probably wasn't the most ladylike thing I have ever said, so please don't quote me. I suppose I've just entered into the abyss of the blogosphere - but I should be a little more careful because apparently someone reads this sometimes and that is a good thing.....it managed to save my life....or at least give me a stiff bottom for a while.....
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