To blog or not to blog, that is the question

So, I'm ready for my second installment of my blog. Since I last wrote and my wife subsequently tried to remind me of all the people who would (or potentially would) be reading my blog, she has now since decided to blog herself. Now I have to say, so far her blog has been relatively amusing, though she does like to put her own "framing" on scenarios, but hey isn't that what blogging is all about. So, I'm not going to go around disputing her alleged Nathan (or JOSH) stories, because they are mostly true, but lets just say I'm not always as crazy as I'm made out to be. So, I'll keep on reading, but at least now we both have a voice that can be heard....

Anyway enough about that. I don't really have a whole lot to blog about right now. Since my last post we did go on our Florida trip, which was pretty good overall. We've been to Prairie Meadows, once or twice (which for those of you not in IA, is our local Casino) and of course we played Bingo last weekend. Yes you heard me right, we played Bingo. Hanging out with all those blue-haired old ladies on a Sunday afternoon there is nothing wrong with that. The place that we go is relatively small and these people are still insane. I think Sheryl knew every number the woman sitting next to us needed, but I'll let her blog about that. We went to the zoo on Mother's day. This is where Nathan flipped out because he didn't want to eat the brunch before actually looking at the animals. I've been told I don't know how many times in the past month "It's my big chance" from Nathan. Now I don't know exactly what this means, but apparently he learned this from somewhere. Yes Nathan's favorite place is Target, as a matter of fact again today when he saw a man on a bicycle, he asked "where is he goin?" I replied that I didn't know, at which point he informed me "He's goin to target." So, a little obsessed, yes. Finally as many of you probably learned from Sheryl's blog and/or Facebook, I had my marathon two days last week where I was called in at 4AM (as a sign of revenge from a co-worker I believe) and was there all day and into the late evening for two personal deliveries, urgent care clinic and my normal hospital duties. Quite a busy day. It's really not that bad honestly, but it does get long when you aren't expecting it, so only have 2-3 hours of sleep between two very full days.

I think that's most of the excitement over the last month or so. I will tell you we went to see a movie in there and I saw the preview for the remake of The A-Team....it is blasphemy, no Mr. T is involved, more on that in my next blog post.....

Tall White Mocha for Josh

Ok..so here is my first blog post. I actually tried a blog several years ago, but never kept up with it. As a matter of fact if you search on here it can probably be found somewhere I'm sure. Either way I figure it's high time for me to share my vast array of knowledge (or opinions, same thing basically) with the world or at least the people I know. So, this is where you come to see my crazy stories and words of wisdom. With that said here is my experience of the day that made me decide it was high time for me to blog:

So I was post call this afternoon and decided I would run a few errands this afternoon before coming home to relieve our babysitter. One of the things on my list was to go to Barnes and Noble to get the book that we are supposed to have read by next week for our couples book club (more on that at a later date, though I should preface it by saying it was my idea). So, naturally I go into the bookstore and of course they don't have the book I need. Well, while I'm there I figure hey I'll get a coffee, so maybe I don't fall asleep again. I go over to the Starbucks, which I'm sure will thrill my wife since she just bought one of those expensive keurig personal coffee machines and order my drink. It's way too expensive naturally, but then the "barista" finishes my drink and proceeds to say "and that's one tall white mocha for Josh" with her cutesy peppy attitude. Now I know most of you are saying, ok so big deal, so you got an employee that was in a good mood that's a good thing right. Ok, but here's the thing I was THE ONLY person in the line. I mean come on is really necessary for her to make me feel like my drink is soooo personalized. She has no idea who I am, but they insist, they have to tell me a "blah blah blah FOR JOSH." I mean seriously do people have that much of a need to feel special? That is a rhetorical question I know the answer to this, but it just really peaved me today. That's not even to mention the fact that Starbucks is to cool to use Small, Medium and Large or the fact that I really didn't even get the drink that I wanted because most of their syrups were sugar free and we all know I'm on that quest for Diabetes. Well I think that is it for now. A rather light start for all those of you that know me, but I figured it was something to get me warmed up and potentially into this blog thing, so hopefully they'll be more to come. Those are my words of wisdom for today.