the world through my eyes…

Sounds boring right?  I mean, every one knows what happens when a person moves, you pack, you load, you move.  I rented a U-haul Cargo van to move my furniture from Cardston to Lethbridge for the yard sale I’m having with Amanada tomorrow.   That meant that 2 girls were loading a 7.5 ft sofa, a queen bed, stone tables, cedar chest and more.

The sofa was the biggest challenge.  With a length of 7.5ft and width of about 2ft, trying to get it out the door was a serious challenge.  However with some adjustments (taking the legs off), we moved it out the door, up the stairs and into the back of the van.  Next, the queen mattress.  Like the sofa, this is no cheap mattress, its big, heavy and bulky.  Oh, and did I mention its also white!

With a bit of effort we managed to get the mattress to the van, that was the easy part.  Now we had to try and wedge it inside, over the sofa and then down.  We pushed, we pulled, I stood under it with my head and we tried to manuvre it that way.  Finally I went in the side of the van and pulled, while Amanda pushed.  After several minutes we finally got it into place.  Within a couple seconds I hear Amanda give this insane kind of laugh.  I thought she was happy we finally got it in.  When I asked her, she said she was a little stuck.

I was not prepared for what I saw as I walked around the outside of the van to the back.  I saw her legs sticking straight out, twisted together and I lost it.  I fell to the ground and howled with laughter.  I have never in my life seen anything so funny.  I couldn’t look at her without dying with laughter.  She had some how been wedged between the sofa and mattress with her arms and legs sticking out.  After several minutes of gut wrenching laughter , I ran for my camera to capture the moment forever.

We may have been completely exhausted after two trips to Cardston and back, but I have never had so much un moving.  Not to mention the gourmet dinner her fiance JR had waiting for us! Oh SOOOO Yummy!!

Is modern medicine, beneficial? Yes. Pain free? No!  Thanks to several months of intense stress at my previous job, I’ve developed some pains, which prompted my doctor to order an ultrasound.  Ultrasounds, I can handle, but thanks to a possible Cyst on my spleen, I was then booked in for a CT Scan.I’ve had one of these scans before and it was not pleasent.  After the first 2 scans, the contrast media was put in my system, I was slowly going through the machine, when I started to panic.  I couldn’t breath and it seemed like forever before I was pulled out, at which point my stomach decided to purge itself while I was laying there, on my back… nice image huh!Needless to say, I was a little nervous this time of repeating myself.  I chose to close my eyes this time.  After the 2^nd scan we had to pause for my stomach to settle down before adding the contrast media and putting me through again.  This time went fairly well and I walked out, as clean as when I went in.  It wasn’t until 20 mins later that I was feeling really ill.

I think it was the combination of radiation and my ativan that made me so grogy.  I could hardly maintain enough energy to walk, let alone talk properly.  Within minutes of arriving home, I was in bed, where I passed out for the next 4.5hrs.  Even then I was still completely wiped out.  I can’t imagine what it’s like to have constant radiation exposure.  I just pray that this was the absolute LAST time!

With that out of the way, perhaps I can get on with my travel and moving plans.