The ABCs of the Day

I keep changing the title of this. Usually I love my titles. This one took me awhile to be happy with it.

I got my first Hepatitis B shot today. Turns out that I have the titers for Hep A, but not B, so I am getting the 3 shot series for Hep B. I figured why not?! My doc advised that anyone who works with children should be vaccinated against it and I am always all for being protected against germs and infectious diseases. My arm doesn't even hurt at all. Everything else in my bloodwork was "Fine" and I asked them to send me a copy of the report so I can keep eating as much salt as I want to and not worry about my cholestrol or anything.

Mike and I ran a little DMV errand today and then got rolled tacos for lunch. Whoooweee, don't go to the DMV at the end of the month - what a line! It was all the way into the hall, so I popped my head inside, and the line still looked really long, and so I walked inside just in case there was perhaps a shorter line we could get into? A guy offered to sell his spot in line - haha! I liked him. I said hello to a lady from church, and was assured the line was moving quickly. I came back to Mike and reported loudly that there was a guy inside selling his spot in line. Mike asked how much. (I didn't actually ask, sorry.) I was watching the Sheriff in front of us when I said that and he chuckled which made me smile. I like to make my own fun wherever I go.

After a few minutes we made it inside the room (yay) where there was a sign that said you had to turn off your cell phone due to the "important nature of Title Work" - what a joke, right?. I said I would respect the sign more if it said "listening to your annoying conversations all day irritates us and will make your wait longer - turn off your phone!" The Sheriff then told me about a conversation (you gotta read this with a twang) he couldn't help but overhear at Kroger's where a woman was "jibber-jabbering" on her cell phone and a friend of hers came up to say hello and she said she couldn't talk to her because she was on the phone! He couldn't believe a person would be so rude to turn away a face to face conversation for a meaningless jibber-jabber on the cell in the grocery. I said maybe she really disliked that lady and I loved his response..."Well, if that's the case, she done revealed herself to be one of the first letters of the alphabet!"

Have you ever heard that one before?! I haven't! I think that's one of the best Southern expressions I've heard yet. As we got a little closer, I asked my friend from church how much longer the wait time would be. Everyone nearby agreed about 5 minutes, which I really didn't believe. So I requested to the room at large that everyone have all their forms ready, their checks made out, no chit-chat when you get to the window, etc., etc., to keep things moving because I was hungry. Everyone smiled or gave me a good natured look. Gotta love the South.

Later this afternoon, the 5th grade had a bit of a reunion...already! Their teacher sent an email to meet together to see Night at the Museum: The Smithsonian. Mariah and I ended up being the row saver to a sold out show in one of the smaller theater's and it wasn't easy holding off all those people wanting our row of 11 seats! We were tapping our toes and glancing at each other across the aisle as we perched at either end of it wondering what was taking everybody so long! People were getting a little huffy when the seats were filling up and our premium row was looking real nice. Luckily, a couple girls arrived, and had we had a little more help and a better head count and eventually people started filling the row. A few people arrived late but what can you do. We really enjoyed the show and I thought it was fun to see it at the theatre.

It was such a success everyone agreed to do it again for the new Harry Potter movie when it is released. Mariah can't wait!