MRI's, what fun.......Not!

I hate MRI's. Not that they are painful like my last test, just you have to squeeze your build for comfort body in a tube built for a model, they strap you down and then they use a jack hammer right above your head. Every once in a while a far away voice reassures you your doing well and only 20 more minutes to go.

For this one you have to lay on your stomach and put your arm above your head like superman. Since I have a pinched nerve in my neck this made my arm immediately cramp up and my fingers curled into a claw. so they put these pads all over to hold your arm in place and keep it from moving. Except your muscles are still spasming the entire time. Its like a 25 minute charlie horse in your upper arm. Being the macho nurse that you are you smile and grit your teeth and tell them your fine when they ask. Because if you can't handle it, if you move in any way......it takes twice as long. And you don't want that.

So now I have achy sore muscles from my spasming muscles and my wrist is killing me. My head hurts because at least half the lights were broken for no apparent reason and we had to run to the store to get new ones because until the lights are on the rest of the tree can't be finished. I have plastic tubs all over my living room and it looks a disaster and I am starting to wonder why I insisted the tree go up. No wonder sometimes it stays up until March.

Whats up with these darn lights anyway. They all worked when we put them away carefully 2 years ago. Does some Christmas tree light eating ghost make its way into your basement and chew on your lights you've so carefully stored. And we noticed the lights we had had fuses but they don't sell fuses for lights anymore. And did they ever? They change them just enough every year to make you crazy running all over town looking for replacement bulbs and fuses just to find out they don't make that kind anymore. And they wonder why people go postal at Christmas. Its not the season, its all the other crap.

So now we are back and I am sipping on a Chai latte while Rick works on the new lights. We got LED's. They probably won't be compatible with the old lights that still work. Zoey is plopped down in front of tree making the circle around it while adding a new string difficult and she is pretending deafness when we ask her to move. Why is it on TV this always looks so charming and they are all laughing and sharing tender moments while decorating the tree. Why Why Why.

Friday after working 12.5 hours I get to go to the Doc's and get my wrist injected. My appointment was a hour late last time. So in stead of sleeping I will sit in a doctors office and wait for some PA to stick a long needle in my wrist and then send me on my merry way to try and get some sleep before I go to work that night. I have a feeling it is going to hurt. As a nurse I know better when they say, this is going to pinch a little.

Life, take it or leave it right......guess I'll stay.