I know… you probably expected an explosion of expletive art from me today.  A masterpiece that could hang in the hallways of the Louvre, the Met, or the 42nd Street Subway.  I know it is probably terribly disappointing, but there shall not be an FOADing today.

The reason is pretty simple.  I need to remain a bit positive today because at 4:00am… in less than 3 hours… I’m picking up Pudding and DJ and going to a hospital in Manhattan.  Yes… it is that time… the tonsils need to come out.  More importantly, tubes need to be placed in his ears to drain fluid.  Fluid which I might add had gotten so bad it threw off his equilibrium and helped to cause his fall last week.  So yeah… in less than 3 hours we’re going to the hospital and I need to remain positive.

Now don’t think there are not people out there who got my ire.  I did my state practicals… and… well… lets just say I’ll be back Monday for patient assessment.  I knew I’d blow it… but I didn’t realize I’d blow it by one small thing… which just happened to be a critical.  Basically, they want you to make the transport decision BEFORE vital signs now.  This is as opposed to after vital signs but before an extended physical exam which is the way I learned it some 12+ years ago.  It is a critical fail… yes… but I still think it is utterly ridiculous.  So the bad news is that I failed it.  The good news is I can re-test on Monday… but I need to do both assessments again.

There are a couple of other FOADs that could go out… like the “94” guests I seem to have here.  Anyone else notice that?  What is up with that?  I think I need to throw a robot text file up to block them… because they’re sucking up bandwidth and slowing down the site… I think.  But I won’t.  I need to remain positive and not send out bad karma lest it find me again today.  Tomorrow… sure.  Not today.

So I may not be around at all… but fear not… I’ll be back as soon as I can… to oooh and aaaah at my awesome template if for no other reason.