Can't Leave it at That

My last post has the word "cynical" in the title and I do not feel good about leaving it up as the numero uno very long. (Like that?--it's all I remember from 3 years of High School Spanish. And the game.) I just made myself laugh. Anyway...so, even though I have nothing to say, I'm writing. And I'm sure someone with nothing to do will read it. And comment because I do love the comments.

This summer I drove across the country, briefly stopping in Oklahoma to stay with my parents for a few days. That Saturday I drove the 11 hours by myself (with my mom calling me every 5 minutes to make sure I was awake--it's worse than "are we there yet?"), and was fine, felt fine, was sure I would continue to be fine. The next morning I'm sitting with my mom in church and I start feeling that swirly feeling like I was going to pass out. But the room wasn't spinning necessarily, just my head and my body. As much fun as falling on the floor in Relief Society would have been, I just ate a few mints from the mom's purse and put my head on her shoulder pad (A normal person would have left the room, but I was too embarrassed. Apparently not too embarrassed to be the 27 year old with her head down during class. Makes sense, no?) Last night I had that same feeling again and I've decided it may be my body's way of telling me--hey, me need sleep NOW. And though I know I can't push myself to that wall, I am wondering how far it would take for me actually to pass out. I've never done that before.

And I'm laughing again because that reminds me of this hilarious story my roommate told me about this time she did pass out. I really can't do it justice here in my blog, but since I mentioned it I will attempt to at least make you see the humor.

So, it's a Tuesday and she starts feeling sick. She has a friend coming in town for the weekend and doesn't want to be sick for his visit. So, she tries all these home-remedies to ward it off. Gargling salt water?? or something like that for the congestion. Zinc pills. And this (my favorite): taking a shower as hot as you can stand it. Now, she got this advice from her sister who was pregnant (advice patient specific??) and the doctor told her to take a hot bath to help ward off a cold. My roommate, desperate to kick the cold (which turned into a raging flu by the weekend), jumps into the shower as hot as she can stand it. As you may imagine, she starts to feel a little light-headed. Wow, I'm light headed. I'll just lean my head up against the shower wall and rest for a minute. And then...wakes up on the floor of the shower. That's right. Passed out cold. First time ever in her life, and there she is crumpled in the tub. Now this may discourage some of us from continuing the hot shower, but no, not her. She stands again, repeats the process and wakes up a second time on the floor. Passed out a second time for the first time ever. Oh, I forgot the part where she had looked at the clock and thinks she'd been out for like 20 minutes!

Just another thing not to try at home, kids. And don't worry--she wasn't hurt. I laughed out loud while I typed that story, but it's just because I know her and heard it from her first-hand. If I didn't think she'd be embarrassed that I wrote about her story on my blog I'd have her edit it for me. I've been entertained. Any good stories about passing out? Send them along! (If you want to email them to me, I'll post them and give you credit.)