NHS is My Homeboy!

Sunday remained calm-just the usual sleep a bit late, read and study, talk to the parentals, etc. with a little twist. Good old G* proposed a movie so we took in the 8:00PM James Bond. Maybe it's his eyes, maybe it's his ability to correctly perform life-saving apparatus and then resume poker play but Daniel Craig is H-O-T. I never 100% got into Bond (particularly some of the last ones) but I think there might be a Bond marathon in the future...

Today was D-Day. Doctor's appointment (to see a real doctor!) followed by haircut (traumatic event for everyone). Now, one MIGHT think that if one is going to the doctor for knee pain and general misery, it MIGHT not be advisable to RUN to the clinic despite being a bit tardy. Sigh...I'll learn eventually, I suppose. I paid for a five minute jog with 20 hours of agony and throbbing. Way to be, way to be. Thirty seconds with the dorctor netted instruction and a perscription to go to the local hospital for an X-ray. Hmm, good results and still no cost at this moment. But my last trip to the emergency room (Sudafed plus glass of wine=speedball) for an emergency took 6.5 hours so God knows how long this could take...

Off to the salon to see Jaye. Two hours, an undisclosed sum and brown dye later it's off to the hospital for the wait. Wait, schwait-I was in and out in under 15 minutes. No insurance, no appointment, just stroll in, head to the X-ray lab, hand over Rx and Bob's your uncle (actually Bob is one of my uncles but I digress). While no one came screaming out of the exam room after viewing the films they did cluster five people around them at one point. Not good, not good. I did ask them to ask if I had some large tumor I should be worried about and thank God it wasn't that (unless they're lying...) So now it's the waiting game until Friday. I think I've figured out NHS. If you have LOADS of time and no committments and are EXTREMELY flexible(ahemmm....) then it's fine and dandy. Otherwise, it could be a nightmare.

Nothing else too new to report, Nite Ya'll!