Speed Street

It's suddenly dawned upon me that I haven't blogged about Speed Street yet.

Speed Street is annual event for Charlotte, and, as the name suggests, is themed around Nascar Racing.

Jon invited me, and I thought it'd be nice to go, so we all piled into my Jeep.

Jon thought that it wasn't so goodthis year, but having no been last year, I had no comparison. It was OK, I guess.

And then it was June...

May seems to have flown by. Last month, less than four weeks to go until I'm back in Blighty. The flight is booked, but the bags aren't packed. Yet.

Two messages on cups for this week.

Firstly "The Bartender throws things, and has suggestive office supplies."

So Amber was throwing things. Pens to sign credit card slips with, IIRC. Three at me. Mainly cause the first two didn't work. Must get you a Sharpie...

Secondly "Silly Americans! Mr. Wonder. I mean... It's in his name! Come on!"

Another reference to the Juke box. I think.

The week's messages on a cup....

So I was taught to use an apostrophe to denote possessions. Since these messages belong to this week, then week has an apostrophe. Am I wrong? "Messages" is just plural. So no apostrophe.

Anyway....

"Sexy is back ... like ray bans"

Amber has been away for a couple of weeks. It's been nice chatting to Emily instead. I'm not sure if Emily has been mentioned before, but either way, Hi Emily!! Ray Bans, it would appear, are a brand of sun glasses. Maybe Amber is dropping a hint?

And from today....

"Anything but lettuce"

It would appear that someone has made Amber think she needs to lose weight (or inches). Err no. Please stop. Now. You're looking good. Like really good.

A diet of just lettuce is unbalanced and bad for you.

Or have I misunderstood something??

Getting better

So I'm starting to feel a bit more human now.

THe antibiotics are certainly working, and according to the blerb on the back of the packet, they'll keep working for a while yet.

I've finished off the cough stuff, which isn't really much of a problem, as the cough has more or less gone now.

The nasal spray will be running out soon too, I think. I've got a couple of sprays left for tonight.

On the good side, Amber is back from her trip, so everything is kinda back to normal.

Not long to go now. I still need that one last quarter..

Water

So, having been told by the doc that I needed to increase my fluid intake, I thought to myself this means expensive orange squash (like Robinsons in the UK, but already mixed here...), expensive diet coke, or pipe-flavoured tap water.

None of those are particularly appealing, and none (except possibly the tap water) are probably that healthy. Determined to find an alternative, I went wandering around Walmart.

It seems they sell water that is filtered blah blah blah and costs 37 cents a gallon. So I got a couple of gallons. Remember that the US has smaller gallons. There are two machines at Walmart, so I thought I'd save some time by utilising both machines. So I get two bottles shove one in each machine and press the "go" button. This is when the hilarity commenced.

The first machine seemed to be OK, and a plastic tube with a rubber ring descended, and clamped around the neck of the bottle and started dispensing the water.

However, the the second machine seemed to skip a step, and missed the plastic tube bit altogether, and took to dispensing the water straight off the bat. Unfortunately, my alignment skills weren't quite so hot (probably because I couldn't see what I was aligning to..) and as a result the water started spraying pretty much everywhere. Well, not fearing water, I moved the bottle and caught most of the gallon in the bottle. I told the nearest Walmartian that the dispenser was broken, and he said he "would tell someone". Well, that ain't going to fix it sunshine. And unless you want a flood in the corner of the store, you'd best write a sign up, or switch the machine off. Quickly.

So I went back today, a day and a half later, thinking that they'd have fixed it by now, or at least put up a sign. Well they hadn't done either.

So this time, I let it tip the entire gallon out on the floor. And then told the nearest Walmartian that the dispenser was broken, and he should fix it, rather than telling someone else about it, because telling ain't the same as fixing, and then mop up the proof.

Bad times (health-wise..)

So it seems I've developed a chest infection. And those are the three pieces of medication that I've been prescribed to fight it off.

Firstly, a Z-pack (A pack of Azithromycin Antibiotics) for the actual infection. These, I thought, would make me more ill, but they seem to have been OK so far. I'll add them to the list of "Good antibiotics".

Secondly, some Hydromet cough syrup. Cherry flavoured. Also good at sending me to sleep.

Finally, some nasal spray to keep things clear up there. Works well. Except for the first night when I couldn't inhale enough in the blocked one to get effective penetration (if that's the correct word..) but was OK last night, and should be OK tonight.

I actually slept OK last night, and will almost certainly be fine again tonight.

I was also told by the doc to increase my fluid intake. The rest of that story continues in the next post...

The New List

OK, so after a bit of thought, I've put the list in alphabetical order. This has the advantage that "Work" is at the bottom of the list.

I'm not sure how long it'll take to do the whole list, but I'm going to book some holiday at somepoint, and have another drive around the country.

For those of you that recall, this was supposed to happen last summer but Swine Flu ruined everything.

This time, hopefully, everything will work out.

I should also point out that the list doesn't include everything, and doesn't exclude anything. It's not the be-all and end-all and really is just a reminder for me.