The Waiting Game

I hate this game.

Here I am, sitting in my car at the drive through and just waiting. The point of a drive through is to get in and out. To just drive through.

It is both the ultimate way to be lazy as well as get errands done in a hurry.

I always get conflicted when The Waiting Game happens. And I don't mean just 2 minutes waiting, this trip took 15 minutes.

I didn't know it would take 15 minutes, but I also didn't know when I should have given up.The people behind me did. They went inside to get their order while I just sat and waited. We did leave the parking lot at the same time.. so I'm still not sure who one this battle.

It is hard. The first 5 minutes you just sit there going, well, I can be patient, it is okay. It is only 5 minutes, no biggie, no hurry.

Minutes 6-7 you start to guess yourself, should I go in? Would it be more helpful? Would I be in and out already?

Minutes 8-9 is usually when the %&$@ and the *^#! come out. Along with a few wild hand motions, that involve slamming hands on the wheel. A few random, "Come on!"

And right about minutes 10 to the end, you've waited this long, just stay in the car and wait for it to end. Mostly, because if there was a wait inside the rage would take over. Plus, the convenience of the drive through is already lost.Why not just stay sitting down where you are more comfortable right?

Has anyone else had to deal with this struggle? What do you think? Is my time line correct? Am I missing any phases? Maybe the tears of regret around minute 20? Let me know with a comment below.

The Rash

I have a rash.

It has a sort of hear shape too it. 

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

And apparently day 7 is where my attention was lost. However, day 3 is when I went to the doctor. I was actually there because of a Dog Bite. I showed him my rash and he put me on some medicine. 

It was crazy because I had to take it for 6 days, and day 1 started with 6 pills while day 6 had just one pill. I don't think I've ever done a dose of medicine like that before.

The doctor guesses that I must have touched something and it caused the reaction. Right now I'm blaming the cat. 

The rash is now pretty much all gone. 

Has anyone else had a random rash they had no idea where it came from? Or like mine, had an interesting shape to it that wasn't blob? Let me know with a comment below. 

Dog Bite

As you know from the post Puppies! I was bitten by the momma dog.

It hurt, it scared me, but I was okay. I got home, added a little bit of peroxide and antibiotic cream.

Everything was going well for a day or two until I told my mother about it. Then she kind of started to freak me out. She was asking all of these logical questions about why the dog bit me, if she was up to date on shots, and how long I've been bitten. 

Well, this of course got me thinking and worrying so I went to the internet for help. 

I went to the CDC, not WebMD only because that is where all good hypochondriacs go to die, to see what they said about dog bites/rabies.

After checking my timeline of how long I had been bitten, the fact I had no fear of water, light, drooling excessively, or fever I felt pretty confident about not having rabies. 

However, the nurse at work recommend that I at least go and get my tetanus shot updated. 

I made the appointment, went and the doctor said he said I was okay and didn't need to get a booster since it was still less than 10 years form my last one. So that was good.

As you know, everywhere I go I always try to learn something new. My doctor told me about two fun facts. The first is that, at least where I live, rabies shots are only available in hospitals, not in doctors offices. The second is that dog bites should be looked at because of the fear of infection.The bite it is a puncture wound. Which means all the germs/bacteria gets pushed down into the skin. So, the risk, if not taken care of properly, the wound will heat at the top while creating a infection under/in the skin.

Has anyone else been bitten by a dog before? What was your experience? Did you go get anyone to look at it? Let me know with a comment below!