'Tis the Season... to Fall-a-la-la-lot...

I know that everyone has had a embarrassing "fall" at some point in their life. Whether it is missing that next step down the stairs... and you smack your ass cheeks on every single one on the way down, or tripping over a tree stump on a romantic walk, it is always a humorous but painful experience.

Being that it is winter time again, this just opens up probably the best displays of "falls" I've ever seen. You know, when your driveway and sidewalk get icy and covered in snow?

When I was young and to poor to buy ice skates, my brothers and I would tie bread bags onto our triple layered stocking feet. This was some of the best winter fun ever and I think they are better than ice skates. You slide better, spin better, and of course fall better to. Try it!

When I see people fall, it reminds me of what you would see in a cartoon... Some people come walking outside and start the Scooby-Doo scuffle, when your feet are moving faster than you can think about it. Sometimes this can be corrected, but mostly it always ends up with your ass on the ground.

I love when someone is trying to go up a hill in the winter, and every step you take you just can go any further. Like walking on a slippery tread-mill, if you don't keep up with it you'll fall on your face. I did this the other day when I was walking up the hill behind my house. What a site, my girls laughed and laughed. I tried and tried to get up that hill, but I never moved forward and ended up with a face full of snow. I should of just tried going the other way, but my German blood is too strong!

I was outside talking to a friend of mine after work and I reached into my car to start the motor and when I looked back to her, she was not there... I found her under her car! I wish I would of seen it. I did get a laugh at how she got in the position she was in, which was very much under the car.

I will never forget last winter when my kids and I were outside sliding down the driveway... which is a steep hill and I threw a ball down it to see if my dog (Jack-a 4 month old German Shepard) could fetch it for me. Do you remember the scene from Bambi, when he goes out on the ice pond for the first time and lands flat on his belly, all four stickin' out and spinnin' in circles? Well, that is exactly what Jack had done. I went to try it again because I wanted to get it on video. So, I threw the ball , started the camera... and then I started... down the hill!
I free-styled all the way down and ended up going backwards, rolling head over tea kettle about three times and landing in a bank of snow about 100 yards away from where I started. My girls thought that way the coolest trick ever, and of course they wanted me to do it again, and of course I didn't. But, I have it all on camera, from my view anyways!

I love to watch people walk in the winter time, it always amazes me at how many different approaches people will take to get where they are going. I remember going to the grocery store after work, and a lady was crawling accross the parking lot. I thought "ok, she is obviously a wack-job and I won't ask questions", but I had to because I'm just like that. She proceeded to explain that if she was upright that she would just fall down and she didn't wasn't to risk breaking a hip. I thought, "fine, everybody is a different flavor", until she got up and it's like she had slipped on a banana peel, and down she went. Of course, I helped her up and escorted her into the store... but, I laughed the whole time. >My bad, bad ways!<

Hot Doctor

We all have been to the doctor, some more than others. And there is always that young, gorgeous doctor with the tight...

Well, when I started working at the new Bigfork hospital, all new employees were required to have a physical exam with one of the doctors at the clinic. So, I made an appointment with the first doctor available. I have never been seen at this clinic by any of these doctors, so I have no idea who they are.

I came back a few days later to have my physical exam done and report to work. The nurse did the usual weight, blood pressure... and the doctor will be in, in a few minutes speal. I got into my paper robe, ya know the ones that let your ass hang out, and waited for my doctor. He knocks on the door and comes in, greets me and shakes my hand. WOW! Was he hot! I told him, "if I knew you were going to be my doctor, I would have shaves my legs first. His face was a beautiful shade of magenta at this point. I then proceeded to ask him, with a smile on my face, "will you be doing a vaginal exam also?" He looks on the paper, and asked me when I had my last one, I told him about 5 months ago. He stuttered out a "nnaaoo, I don't think today you'll need one, but come back six months from now." I assured him I would do that, and his face turned an even more interesting shade of fushia.

Of course, since we were both new to the Bigfork Valley team, there was conversation to be had during this physical. Since then, I see him in the hall and he instantly gets that red in his cheeks and asks is if I shaved my legs today.

I have no intentions of going after the highly available, hot, young doctor. But, I did make a friend that I can laugh with and learn from at the same time.