Ken, Peggi and I played as trio version of Margaret Explosion over the weekend and Brian Peterson took this photo. It was a 50 dollar a head auction/party for the The Genesee Center For The Arts. Rick from Watkins & The Rapiers sat in with on trombone in the second set and we tore it up while Ken’s wife yelled for Stones and Neil Young covers. They had nice spread of food but we had already eaten and the small cannolis on the dessert table looked inviting but I was already paring down my food intake for my Monday morning colonoscopy.
This was second one and because they found a polyp on the run so they wanted to do another in five years. I asked my mom how many she had had and she said she’s never had one and my dad said one of his doctors recommended one but the other said he was too old it. He didn’t really like hearing that. I was dreading this whole thing but as they say, “The prep is the hardest part. Last time I had to drink a gallon of Drano. This time it was one two quarts but that pretty much shoots the day.
The sedative never completely knocked me out but it did space me out for most of the day. I was able to read the paper as soon as they were done but I was little wobbly when I stood up. We went directly from the doctor’s to SEA Restaurant on Monroe for a big bowl of Vietnamese Pho and then to the used bookstore next door. Peggi picked up a few things from the horror section and I found a four dollar book on Picasso and Matisse written by Francoise Gilot, one of Picasso’s exs. It was such a nice day we pretty much blew off work and headed out to the Apple store. I wanted to buy a USB Camera Connection Kit for our iPad. I want to be able to backup photos on my iPad and also work with photos when I’m out of town. My laptop feels so big and clumsy these days and it’s heavy!
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nice beads Paul were you at the Mardi Gras or something? I know hahaha,
SEA is pretty cool I have gotten pho there before, there is a new Vietnamese restaurant on monroe they specialize in sandwiches gotta try it out soon.
Don’t go anywhere for eight to eleven days after the colonoscophy. I started bleeding out on the eight day and was hospitalized. A 1 in 1000 occurrence so don’t let my experience stop you from getting one. Not a big deal at all.
I was a little too cocky and premature in this post. I felt great all day but got really sick the night after my procedure. Didn’t know whether to sit or knell at the toilet. Did both. I think the drug they gave me to keep me calm caught up with me in a bad way.
That was the flu. I had two colonoscophies in two weeks and no response like that.
Gotta admit, it was a pretty, damn good version of “Shattered”