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There's A Moose on the Ice!
Apr. 9th, 2014 11:06 pm10:33pm: Yessir! I headed out to Macquarie Shopping Centre this afternoon - so I could get to the hospital and deliver Dad's stuff to him - and got on the ice rink for the last hour discount, whoo! But gawd man are those neon orange skates such an eyesore! Although I'm really glad I brought along my thick socks because by the end of the hour it my right inner ankle was starting to get a blister on it. Which I guess isn't a surprise since my feet roll in so much - that's why I have orthodics, but you can't wear orthodics with skates.
But yeah! Lots of fun was had, I can't skate backwards at all these days, but I can do figure 8s LOL. Plus I didn't fall over! I do pride myself on not falling over when I skate, although I did run into the wall at one point trying to avoid someone.
Also, there were a lot of skaters with their own skates there, I wonder if that's the usual thing, or if kids were inspired by the Winter Olympics? There were some an ice dancers - at least they were doing twizzles! And thankfully hardly any speed skating wannabes, they used to be a bit of an issue last time I went.
At 5pm I headed off for the hospital and from the observation windows I saw the Zamboni out and about! I took a piccie but it's on my mobile downstairs, I'll show you it all tomorrow - I'm sure you all can't wait! ;O)
So on my way to the hospital I got a call from Mum, Dad's surgery had been delayed, and he was still in it at 4:30pm. When I got there it was closer to 5:30, but nope he was still there apparently. Mum though insisted I should stay there until he came out of recovery rather than just leave the stuff he asked for and to buy him a sandwich because he'd miss dinner.
So I did - along with one for myself - and waited for another half an hour doing a crossword puzzle before going back to the reception area where I had to wait for some time behind some people checking in only to be told Dad was still in recovery, but I could go up to his room at least and wait.
So yeah, I did that for another ten minutes and finally he was brought back in, unfortunately for me, he had only just come out of the anesthetic and was quite nauseous. I kind of felt like an ass but yeah...when he reached for the barf bag (they gave him a barf bag, what happened to those kidney shaped bowls?) I fled the room!
Although, I have to say, I'm a bit proud of myself, because only a few years ago I totally would have lost my shit, especially since I could actually hear him getting ill from the hallway. But I managed to keep calm, although I wasn't going to stick around, because let's not tempt fate! Plus, Dad really was out of it. I tried to call Mum, but alas as it turned out I'd misunderstood her plans for the day and as I found out I called her in church and she hadn't turned her mobile off! Yikes, good thing she doesn't have an embarrassing ring tone like I do!
So I said goodnight to Dad, who at least seemed to know I was there and told the nurses about his sandwich - which I'd put in the little fridge conveniently placed in the room and off I went.
I'd ended up missing the bus I was planning to take, but I got one to Chatswood, which didn't end up being that much out of my way, I ended up catching the same second bus (albeit from the start of its route rather than near the middle), but hey, I got home before Mum!
Mum kindly bought honey chicken and rice for dinner and the Chinese restaurant included fortune cookies! I am impressed! Mine told me to take advantage of a new opportunity that's coming up. Hmmm, a job perhaps? :O)
And of course, I delivered the light bulbs and picked up the mail too, which included my complete Masters degree transcript! Sweeeet! Gonna stick that in my resume. Still not sure what to do about graduation though...will have to think about this.
Phew! Look at that, a detailed entry! I'm impressed with myself. The one thing I didn't manage...was getting cheese cubes from Aldi, boo! Well there's always tomorrow...
For now though, I shall be off!
Goodnight all!
But yeah! Lots of fun was had, I can't skate backwards at all these days, but I can do figure 8s LOL. Plus I didn't fall over! I do pride myself on not falling over when I skate, although I did run into the wall at one point trying to avoid someone.
Also, there were a lot of skaters with their own skates there, I wonder if that's the usual thing, or if kids were inspired by the Winter Olympics? There were some an ice dancers - at least they were doing twizzles! And thankfully hardly any speed skating wannabes, they used to be a bit of an issue last time I went.
At 5pm I headed off for the hospital and from the observation windows I saw the Zamboni out and about! I took a piccie but it's on my mobile downstairs, I'll show you it all tomorrow - I'm sure you all can't wait! ;O)
So on my way to the hospital I got a call from Mum, Dad's surgery had been delayed, and he was still in it at 4:30pm. When I got there it was closer to 5:30, but nope he was still there apparently. Mum though insisted I should stay there until he came out of recovery rather than just leave the stuff he asked for and to buy him a sandwich because he'd miss dinner.
So I did - along with one for myself - and waited for another half an hour doing a crossword puzzle before going back to the reception area where I had to wait for some time behind some people checking in only to be told Dad was still in recovery, but I could go up to his room at least and wait.
So yeah, I did that for another ten minutes and finally he was brought back in, unfortunately for me, he had only just come out of the anesthetic and was quite nauseous. I kind of felt like an ass but yeah...when he reached for the barf bag (they gave him a barf bag, what happened to those kidney shaped bowls?) I fled the room!
Although, I have to say, I'm a bit proud of myself, because only a few years ago I totally would have lost my shit, especially since I could actually hear him getting ill from the hallway. But I managed to keep calm, although I wasn't going to stick around, because let's not tempt fate! Plus, Dad really was out of it. I tried to call Mum, but alas as it turned out I'd misunderstood her plans for the day and as I found out I called her in church and she hadn't turned her mobile off! Yikes, good thing she doesn't have an embarrassing ring tone like I do!
So I said goodnight to Dad, who at least seemed to know I was there and told the nurses about his sandwich - which I'd put in the little fridge conveniently placed in the room and off I went.
I'd ended up missing the bus I was planning to take, but I got one to Chatswood, which didn't end up being that much out of my way, I ended up catching the same second bus (albeit from the start of its route rather than near the middle), but hey, I got home before Mum!
Mum kindly bought honey chicken and rice for dinner and the Chinese restaurant included fortune cookies! I am impressed! Mine told me to take advantage of a new opportunity that's coming up. Hmmm, a job perhaps? :O)
And of course, I delivered the light bulbs and picked up the mail too, which included my complete Masters degree transcript! Sweeeet! Gonna stick that in my resume. Still not sure what to do about graduation though...will have to think about this.
Phew! Look at that, a detailed entry! I'm impressed with myself. The one thing I didn't manage...was getting cheese cubes from Aldi, boo! Well there's always tomorrow...
For now though, I shall be off!
Goodnight all!
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