Is the Room Spinning?

So, for about the past month or so, I have been experiencing some dizziness - even more so than usual. The first day I woke up with it I was totally incapacitated for an entire day. Dizzy, nauseous, headache - the works. Being the completely sane and logical thinker that I am - I was sure I had a brain tumor and that I would be laying in a hospital bed somewhere with Izzy Stevens for the next year of my life. So there began my internal struggle with whether or not I was going to go see a doctor. My phobias, as strong as they are, did subside with the fact that I did needed to become a functioning adult sooner rather then later.
So I made my first doctor's appointment with a lady here in town. After several tests, she concluded that I had a virus. Some virus I thought. What kind of virus creeps in your head and makes you dizzy - I must have the swine flu!! (ok - a little hypochondria going on here too...)
Anyway, I was to come back if the problem persisted. Well, needless to say - I was back after 7 days, spinning room and all, only this time I had two falls under my belt to go with the spinning. Now the kind Doctor made me a little more nervous by being "overly concerned". With that she made me an appointment with the Ear, Nose and Throat specialist. I figured it could not be THAT bad, as I had to still wait two weeks to get an appointment with them and they did not medflight me up to the hospital or anything...
So today I went to the ENT. After a quick exam and explanation of my symptoms the Doctor put me at great ease. He was even giddy! He told me he knew exactly what was wrong and that he would need to put me through a series of movements, but that he was 80% sure he could cure me today. Well butter my bread! I was a happy camper too! He laid me on some strange apparatus of a chair and had me hold my head in a specific way several times and what do ya know - I am cured! It is a miracle I tell you! The man was a genius! Or a witch doctor...humm... When I asked him to explain he giggled (yes, giggled - like a school girl) and said "Hang on, I have props!" I think I made this man's day. Was I the only case he had cured this month? Maybe he gets extra credit for a quick diagnosis? He brought back a little wooden model with six plastic tubes attached to it and showed me how fluid travels through the ear to create balance, then explained how my little tubes had filled with small crystals that were preventing the fluid from traveling. He basically had to play pinball with my head to get the crystals to move out of the tubes. I had Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV). Apparently this is quite common and once you get it, it is pretty likely you will get it again. Next time, however, I will be armed with the movements that will make it go away!
The gist of all this is that I am cured - no more dizziness, no more falling over, no more getting nauseous in public. YIPPEE!

Rant

The more we try to ignore it, the more it drives me nuts. A lot of kids’ television makes no sense. Here are five enigmas I just cannot get out of my head.

Miffy and Friends
What’s with her strange lack of seating? Her parents drive a convertible, yet they don’t have any kitchen chairs…At dinner, they all stand at the table. Why? The show is European, so they must have access to Ikea…

Arthur
He has a dog, Pal – yet the janitor in his school is also a dog. How can an animal character have another animal as a pet? Is it some kind of social commentary? He’s not the only one, either – this all goes back to the Mickey –Pluto-Goofy conundrum.

Franklin
Why doesn’t he sleep in a bed? Instead he is stuck with a rug on the floor. Yes, I understand he is a turtle, but all the other animal leads get to sleep in beds, don’t they? I’m just sayin’…

The Backyardigans
Since we are on the topic of animal leads. Tyrone is a moose, Austin is a kangaroo, Pablo is a penguin, and Tasha is a hippo. All this I understand. What the heck is Uniqua? Anyone? My best guess is a prehistoric bug…
Mac and Ruby (I know it is not Mac – but one letter on my keyboard (that which cannot be mentioned) is not working – so deal with it!)
Where the hell are their parents!? How old is Ruby? She takes her little brother into town on the bus, grocery shops, puts him to bed. Every time the Grandmother visits I want to yell, “NO! Don’t leave! They will be all alone again!!”

Thank you for listening to this rant.

Girl's Night Out

A couple of weeks ago some crazy lady put me and a few other all too cooped up Moms in charge of a Girl's Night Out for the Moms that belong to our Mother's of Preschoolers group. Little did they know what they were in for! Having way too much time on my hands, I decided to go all out with this little festivity... I went to a local up and coming salon and begged for all sorts of free services, and, whadda know, they said yes! The other gals and I then went door to door to beg for free door prizes and once again ran into good luck. We even went as far as decorating the hall with twinkle lights and tulle, candles and glitter, not to mention tables of food and beverages brought by all. It was lovely.
We did not get the response we would have liked to have seen, but the spa services were spectacular and with so few people the Organizers could take full advantage of all the wonderful goodies available! Heck, I even came away with some pretty cool door prizes!



Here we see an unsuspecting Mom getting her eyebrows waxed - Mine have never looked so good, personally...


I am not sure what this was called - but it involved some ultrasound jelly and a little electric device. It is supposed to eliminate wrinkles...Humm, maybe they should have demonstrated on someone who actually HAD wrinkles!

The Organizers
(oh yea - and Aiden, did I mention that he is permanently attached to me now and I could not get out of the house without him?)

Mama's Beauty Shop

Mama's Beauty Shop - that's what Sarah calls the bathroom when I do her hair in the mornings, along with Mama's Diner when I cook and Mama's Laundry Service when I do laundry. Well today I am going public. We had our first non-family client, the Flip Flopping Momma's son. Let me tell you, after having only done the Farmer's, his two little brothers (16 & 14 respectively) and Grandpa Dan's hair - this little guy was a tough one! I do have to say he held still pretty well - no big chunks missing, but boy was he a lot closer to the ground. I think the Flip Flopping Momma would attest to this too, as she seriously injured herself trying to get low enough to take a picture.

As you will note above - we did start off with a pretty pink towel on his shoulders to catch the hair and keep him from being itchy - yeah, he ditched the towel - now he just looks like a hairy old man!

Here he is all done - ears still in tact.

Hurray for Scratch and Sniff!

Today, while waiting for my cinnamon scone at Starbucks (I know, it is a hard life I live), I ran across this weeks issue of People Magazine. Knowing very well that I was only picking it up for the quick fix of brain junk food that it would provide while waiting in line, I began to carouse the lovely men featured inside. Comm'on - It's Hugh Jackman! Like you wouldn't look too.... Anyway! This is when I found the scratch and sniff men! Not only does the issue contain half naked pictures of the stars, they each have a rather large, slightly shaded area on their body (mostly located near the collar bone/neck area - thank goodness!) that is a scratch and sniff. And let me be the first to tell you, they smell yummmy (sorry Mom). OK - we did have a little fun with this in the store, something about Micheal Phelps smelling like chlorine, or Tay Digg's having pheromones that could travel far distances...
The point is - if you have not already, I highly recommend picking up this week's issue - It is well worth the $4.99. It is scratch and sniff men for goodness sake! This brings googling the stars to a whole new level....