Author: Darren Long

A blog about me, my meds, my brain surgeries, my hospital stays, my doctor visits, my life... la la la...

Okay… I went, so I might as well blog…

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It was that day again. That first day. That Monday. Her day, but NOT HER CHOICE THIS TIME!

“Are we getting our superb choice that you have always made for us to enjoy our eating,” she asks.

“Why, yes, you are correct. That burger-place is the most favorite of us both, you have always seemed to be acting full of choices and choose against it when the choice is your own.”

Unfortunately… ya-da ya-da….

We had our intelligent discussion while eating, but then starting having a “DEEP DISCUSSION” about the new thing here in town. Purchasing of Fiber Optics for Internet, Television, Telephone… la-de-da was already on her “side-of-town”. ME? I HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME!!!

What? What? What? Why would a person being offered Fiber Optics to their house just turn it down??? This was just… disgusting for her to say that she could not decide on whether she should invest in Fiber Optics or not! YES!

“YES!” I yell at her, “This should not be anything that you have to actually think about. DO IT! DO IT! Make the Investment and bring in the enjoyment of the system to your heart and family.”

Who knows what the psych-lady will decide to do after my bothering her, but yet, she bothers myself. We will see….

Am I sleeping…..

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….or have I just been busy? Could be forgetful. Could make up another excuse about being too busy reading… working… thinking…

Anyway….. Things to discuss… Things to discuss… Where do I start?

New BOOK!

Ok, I’ve decided on a new book to load into the Kindle and begin to read. Read? That is not being done since it is just another Audio Book. So, listening to this book…

“Darren, what is the TITLE of that booklet that you are reading?”

Ah, this book is called… Side Effects May Vary. No, it’s not based on a true story. Yes, it’s just a fictional story. In fact, this is a “teenage” written type book. Uh, okay. This audio version is different. It’s a thick book, but I’m listening…. It’s…. OK so far.

Psych Lady!

Saw her on Monday this week. Well, first thing off, she started disagreeing with me and claiming that I was incorrect in saying that it was a MY CHOICE in food and not a HER CHOICE day. We were discussing & arguing about items, but she was driving. Without me paying attention, she drove us to her “Grocery Store for Good Eating” so that we can eat there. NO! I told her that it was MY TURN!

“I’m sorry, Darren, but you chose your Smashburger last week.”

“But… That wasn’t a normal week. We didn’t meet on Monday. Monday was Labor Day. We met on a Wednesday. Our WEEKLY LUNCH choice is the one that falls on a Monday. Any other day doesn’t count for anything. THUS, since it is Monday again today, it should be MY turn and MY choice.”

“Uh, no. This week is my turn and NEXT WEEK is your turn.”

Hmmm… Whatever…

The interesting thing about our meeting while eating outside was a Praying Mantis sitting in the plant next to the table. Interesting. Was it praying that we would hurry up and go away? Maybe.

Working at the Hospital

Ah, yes. Hospital. I arose today after my cell phone made its awakening noise…

“Ah! Need to get ready!”

I had forgotten what day it was and what I was getting ready for. For some reason I had thought it was two days in the future and I was just doing breakfast with a buddy. So, I put on my shorts, t-shirt, hat and starting to put on my socks & shoes. Then I start looking and thinking…

“Man, why did my alarm tell me to get up at 6:00 this morning to go to my weekend breakfast?”

WAIT! It’s not the weekend yet. It’s only Friday! So, I go and change my clothes to put on my “business clothes” to work my job at the Hospital.

I get to the hospital and do the paperwork filing. I was getting closer to leaving, but then I was invited to join the rest of the office group and eat with them there. Another person was leaving the job to move to a new location, and everyone was saying their goodbye at the lunch. Me? I the ate food while the people there were saying their “goodbyes”. It was good food! 🙂

“Book…. Book…. HERE, Book Book….”

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Phew! (blowing over my Kindle)

Okay, okay, okay….. This was not my “favorite” book, but it’s finished. I had been thinking…

“Brain, we have to tell the eyes to read the res….. wait… Eyes ain’t reading this book. This is one of those AUDIO things that the EARS are listening to. OK! EARS! We are going to have the body sit outside and you will LISTEN!”

So, that’s what I did last night. Close to the finish. Then got up this morning and sat outside again to finish the book while drinking my daily cappuccino that I make (this isn’t the best idea for breakfast. My right arm already shakes after the damage on the left-frontal-lobe of the brain. Caffeine makes it SHAKE MORE!). I finished the book. Eh… It was okay. I started the damn story before the movie came out, and now that I’m finished the movie will be a DVD in a month.

Uh, okay. Obviously wasn’t at the theatre very long. Maybe just a summer movie?

The BOOK was….OK. We all know, I don’t read too many books. And this was not one of my favorites.

I’m curious about the movie….

Oh, yeah. Wrote all about that book I finished and movie I need to get… I forgot to SHARE with my loving readers/understanders the title of this story. Ah…. it is… let me look it up…

There’s my Kindle. It says the title is:

Paper Towns


Mmmmmm…… What day is it now…???

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I’m confused. Every week, the cab comes to pick me up for a specific reason on Mondays. But, now chose to pick me up for that same reason on a Tuesday? What is wrong?

Oh, wait. I had that TEST-thing yesterday. That just has really messes with my week. Confusion! What am I going to do??

This is cool. TUESDAY with the Psych-lady. A Different Day = A Different Outcome? Hmm. That’s a deep thought. Just have to wait…

Okay! Now we are at the Office Building and climbing into the vehicle.

“Your turn. Where are we eating,” she asks as if she really wanted me to choose the place because it was my turn.

Where are we eating? Where at? AH!

“Eh, that Smashburger place,” I said in a hungry voice. I actually didn’t know if she’d be happy.

“Smashburger! Let us go!” she quickly replied.

Uh, okay. She was a tiny bit more awake than me. This is blamed upon my yesterday.

Nevertheless. We got there, ordered the burgers, sat at the tables, ate the burgers, drank the drinks, talked the talk…. and each were happy.

Now, the ride there and the ride home was just saddening. Was my singing partner there? Nope. She was “someplace else at the time”.

Eh…. ok…

NEXT WEEK! Back to normal….

I hope.

Yes, let us evaluate MY BRAIN

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Ugh.

That’s right, today is the day that I had to have that thing done to my brain again.

You know, that one test…

No, the other one…

Well, that thing I typed about doing? Ya know? Doing one of those… Neuropsychological Evaluations.

Ugh. Been there, done that…. this is number three. 

THAT is not the MOST ENJOYABLE thing in the world, but doing the 2nd or 3rd… is better than the 1st time! A couple of hours is better than all day.

“OK OK OK….. Self, stop the complaining and start the explaining to the readers as to what happened.”

The whole thing started when I arrive into the “small testing room” and sit across from the testing lady with the testing table between us. (This seems sooo very familiar to me. As if I actually remember doing this before.) The tough testing lady starts to thoroughly test the item between the ears in my head. Test, after test, after test, after… It goes on and on. The BRAIN between my ears is asking…

“WHY ME? WHY AM I BEING QUESTIONED SO MUCH???”

But then…. that Brain starts to recognize something. This is the EXACT SAME test as was given to me last year at this time. Also the SAME one as was given when I FIRST STARTED all this testing of my brain before surgery. I can remember THAT! It’s that LONG TERM MEMORY that my brain hasn’t many problems with. I can remember the correct answers from then! Ah-ha! (Funny, but true.)

Ah… This wasn’t the truth with everything. I don’t need to type about those… But, there was one that I did remember the “trick” I came up with to remember the answers. Am I sharing anymore about this with anyone? Uh, no…. Well…. Still able to count with unmovable fingers. Fingers I have to put atop the table into a fist, just to show that I am not using them…. physically. You just figure out the rest I did with my eyes closed….. 😉

ENTIRE SCORE? Uh…. I’ll have that later on when I get it. But, as they informed me, it’s better than last year.

That’s all that matters.