VACATION...finally

So i finally booked my flight and my hike to beautiful havasu canyon!!!

need to also find some place to whitewater raft in the area, if anyone knows--suggestions please. will the shoulder be alright by then, you ask yourself? of course, but i will have injured something else i'm sure in the meantime. co-workers are betting that i will be coming back in a bag...i think there's going to be an office pool. so spent my day doing nothing at work, and when i was working, doing the job of a medical assistant...but i did get a lot of sympathy from my patients, which is always good.

had dinner at the ocean grill. prie fixe menu 30 bucks!! love that restaurant week! so i had the sea scallops as an appetizer--which was awesome. and for dinner had this thing called skate---which is apparently stingray or something. very, very good. and finished it off with some orange creamsicle...yum, yum. now, i hate seafood. but i decided to experiment...and i know i have been anti sushi--but next week, i'm heading out to Mt. Fuji and i will have to partake in the sushi-osity. wish me luck.

so i have to make a toast at this wedding tomorrow...don't really know the bride, so what does one say about the bride who is more or less a complete stranger. actually skipping out on the ceremony itself to go have some dim sum for my friend wink's birthday---who happens to be as old as simone

and in better news...since my sister works for pace university...she gets discounts at the apple store!!! woo hoo!! 15% i believe...might have to get an ibook

ok, so not only did i work w/ the shoulder today, they would like me to come in tomorrow, so much 4 resting it. keeping this short b/c typing w/ 1 hand sux. so i'm immune to the post every day room until i've recovered.

as 4 the comments from last entry...i didn't know i had friends who are such gifted comedic writers. GENIUS, i say!!

guess who sprained his shoulder, today?

so i really screwed myself up. not only has my cold gotten worse (hey, it was like 40 degrees out...so i don't wear a jacket) but i've developed a nice case of medial epicondylitis or golfer's elbow. i graduated to the red grabs on the wall and i had one really bad reach 1/2 way up...i lost my footing and in trying to hold, strained my wrist flexors in the process. now, to describe the pain--imagine sticking a hyperdermic needle into your elbow and leave it there while u try to wiggle ur fingers...that's smarts. best part is that the japanese are really something else, i've begun using this special tape developed by japanese doctor's and PT's that help reduce muscle strain...feels so good, but the tape i got is hot pink, so i look kinda girly. i mean, i look girly w/o the tape--more girly

found out that one of our medical assistants got fired today (she was always coming in late---we start at 11am folks), and that lizbeth, who used to work at the front desk is also gone--all the charm that was the front desk is gone. first, yvonne--(who i admit was more than a little sweet on), now her niece...'tis sad. am i concerned about my job security...nah, i've built up a pretty good patient workload, but the bossman was all too eager to approve my vacation...hmmm. i really need to be more motivated to study for that damn ACE personal trainer certification. anyway, what a waste o' a day--oliver (the other PT) and i were anticipating the arrival of a very purty new patient and she was a no show!! we were gonna fight over who was gonna treat her! why did i come in? oh yeah, b/c i have to be responsible adult...this sucks. we then realized that the distribution of patients is quite uneven...oliver gets all the old females and big males...and i get all the young (some quite easy on the eyes) women, and only have 1 male patient. the other therapist, fran--she gets all the rest of the guys and the problem (read "bitchy") female patients...ergo, i throw oliver a bone and let her treat the new patient. my good deed for the year.

watch family guy now! willy wonka parody, but with beer!

is this big enough!!

and for my first pic...

david brent doing what he does best...making a complete arse of himself

ok...did this work?

WOO FRIGGIN' HOO!!! i made it up yellow, w/ very little effort on the steep incline wall...i am officially the poo...take a whiff. NEXT STOP...red, easy incline. they are now offering free rock climbing classes monday and thursday...might save me a $180 buck trip to the gunks, upstate. i'm just glad that the cardio actually suppressed my cold and i'm feeling better. bad news, i'll have to go to work tomorrow...in that "wintry mix", but it will 40 degrees.

yes, i'm sick...and i'm at work, so i can infect everyone with my disease. i love being patient zero. fun time had by all at simone's super duper bowl party...even though she didn't win...9's woo hoo!! simone do u have any chix fingers left? i really should have taken some home!! bring them in and we'll do lunchy!! had lunch with the deirdster yesterday too. had a lovely sunday morning discussion about prostitutes vs. strippers. went out to brooklyn, who knew there were starbucks there! and the coffee is just as good as in NYC! wow!! i've decided to spend my week vacation in may, between LA w/ de and eric and havasu canyon. and we're also going to do the coachella festival...so far we've decided to go on the 1st day with radiohead, instead of the 2nd day with the cure. only b/c the line up is better on the 1st day--the pixies reunited!!!! and ...trail of dead. but with the flaming lips and massive attack rumored...we may have to do both days. then after that, i figured 3 days out in the canyon would be sufficient for now.

what's the code that i need to use to put up pics, damn it!!!

no...i'm not going to talk about janet's nipple. you see one nipple, you've seen 'em all...and from my last entry, i'm probably gonna need a break from all the nipplage.