I woke up this morning out of the blue wanting to do two things. One work on my my space page cause there is still lots of stuff needed to be done to it. And two blog. If you look at my other post you will know that I only blog once a month or something like that. But if I have this thing I might as well put it to use.
Another thing that was on my mind this morning was my grandparents. Both of them have past away. My grandfather and age 56 (I think) of a heart attack. He was at his house in Santa Monica with my grandmother, my mom then 11 and my aunt then 8, when he started having chest pains. By the time the paramedics got there it was to late he was gone.
and my grandmother at age 72 (again I think). To me it seems like she just stop caring. Stop taking her meds and got sick ended up in a nursing home.
On the night she died she requested food which was unusual because she had one of those feeding tubes. She wanted it out and wanted to eat. The nurse went to get her a plate came back and she had passed away.
This blog is not about how they died though, it is more about how they met and the things that I was told by my family on how they were together.
My grandmother is from San Antonio Texas She was born and raised There. A true Texan through and through. Now here is where I get mixed up and no matter how many times they explain it to me I stll forget. Either her father or mother was German Jewish and the other was Hispanic, they got together and had a bunch of lil Mexican Jewish kids my grandmother being one of them.
My grandfather is from the capital of Mexico el D.F. who settled in California. His side of the family has always seemed to be very wealthy and involved in Mexican politics. Such as Councilmen, Governors and so on. Because he passed away so early and the fact that I am the youngest in that generation of grand kids I missed out on a lot. So I really don't have much info on this side of the family. I do know 2 of his sisters and one of his brothers who was my godfather, I didn't even find this out until years later after he had passed away. But he was always my favorite uncle a very sweet man with a kind heart who looked a lot like my grandfather. And this side of the family has deep real estate roots. They all were agents. Which I find funny because I myself and strongly considering going into that field. As my aunt told me, "It's the Osio blood in you baby." But that's a whole different story.
So she's from Texas and he's from California how did they meet?? You know I'm 24 years old and never in my years here dealing with my screwed up family did I bother to ask how they met. It wasn't until very recently I asked my mom, and when she told me I was shocked. Why because the story is not exactly the same but it is very similar to my life now. Just backwards and with different people. And who introduced them shocked me even more. Pedro Infante. He is a Hispanic actor/singer. Very popular back in the day. My grandfather was into entertainment. If I remember correctly he had his own radio show,one of my favorite all time pictures of him is a black and white photo of him doing a broadcast. That is the photo that I would look at the most and wish he was still alive so I can meet him.
Turns out my Grandfather was his manager(or something like that)and was on tour with him when they made there stop in San Antonio. I was my grandmother's Birthday and Pedro Had her come up on stage and sang happy birthday to her and had her party backstage with them.
So from there my grandparents met. Hung out as much as they could while he was in town and fell in love. When my grandfather left San Antonio he took my grandmother with him. They got married in California and had two beautiful girls ( who are now ugly witches...J/k ) my mother and my aunt.
But my grandpa had other kids from a previous marriage. He had two boys who I'm guessing were around the ages of 11 maybe 13 when they got married. It's funny cause the family photos we have of their wedding day (they didn't do the whole big wedding thing just got married by court) she is posing with my uncles and they don't look happy at all. They have that get me away from this bitch look on their faces. It cracks me up everytime I see it.
so with two teenage boys and little girls they settled in Santa Monica California. Just before I moved to Texas my mom and aunt were filling me and my cousin on how life was in that house.
all my grandpas brothers and sisters would come over after work and my grandmother would fix them something to eat. And then it was time to drink !!! The liquor store knew them all by name and would deliver to the house. Don't get me wrong they were not alcoholics with a problem they just liked to get fucked up! What cracks me up even more is on of my aunts was a nurse and she had a medicine cabinet full of pills she would arrange them neatly and have pills labeled by color and quantity and effects. When they all got together she would pass out pills. Or if someone was feeling bad or tired there she was with her pills.
So basically they were a bunch of pill popping drunks...LOL. Until he passed away.
And that's it that's the story of my grandmother and grandfather getting together. I still wonder why I woke up this morning thinking about that. But it is what was on my mind and I just wanted to get out.
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Friday, May 26, 2006
Random bull crap
I saw a peacock today !!!!!! yay me.
don't u just love saying peacock!!! I do peeeeeeeaaaaacock !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I used a peacock portapotty Ewwwwwwwww!!!! Poor me
I saw the sunset on a hill in Austin and this place is a lesbian fest !!!!! There everywhere !!!!
and I have the reading rainbow song stuck in my head so I'm going to sing it !!!!
Butterfly in the ssssssssssky !!!!!!! I can go twice as highhhhh !!! Take a look its in a book reading rainbow !!!!! I can be aaaannnnyyyyyything !!!!!! Something something I forgot the words!! Reading rainbow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank you very much for your time !! Now click on the lil icon that say next blog and see what weirdo u get next. But let me promise u this. There not as good as me..
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Part 2 !!!!!
Dude I fuckin hate these people ... And I say this now because some of them are really fuckin nutts . This is part 2 of my post the one where I fill you in on all the weirdos I work with. And what an appropriate time to blog about the newest weirdo in the pack.
okay Tony just brought up a good point
** all names have been changed to protect myself in case one of them comes across my blog !!
**slimey slut
She has been scheduling pet scans for 5 years and she is in nursing school. Well schools out for summer and she's now back at work. Talking out of her ass and blaming everything on me and another girl who works there. Evil lil troll missing the stone on her belly. I'll blog about this one later...
**the only cool one
What can I say this girl kicks ass. We get along perfectly and so far she is the only one who has not in some way got on my nerves or driven me up the wall.
**well everyone will know who this is
my supervisor .. LOL he's cool and sometimes says things that will have u cracking up. A cool guy.
**food junkie
I have never met anyone who is so into food!! She seriously has some fat bitch moments. But don't get me wrong I love her to death. But everything is food this or god that food was good.. Or I ate this and it was soooo good. i.e.... She told me over the weekend she went to this carnival, now the first thing I think of is wow rides and games I wish I would of went. No she starts talking about the food. And here's another thing that had me dying with laughter. One of the doctors just got back from Greece ( he's so lucky !! ) and he put together this scrapbook and we were looking at it. it is full with beautiful pictures programs and so on. What's the first thing she points out . The pictures of the food.
**Ned Flanders
he's was a temp and he was running around with a Fanny pack telling everyone he was the new M.A. I kid you not he looked just like Ned Flanders and I knew there was something fishy about him from day one. He would say thing like me and my "partner" or " other half " and "life mate" that led me to believe he was gay. I am totally cool with that I have no problem with gay people. I love them to death my cousin is gay and I myself have been with a woman so who am I to judge. But things started getting freaky he would tell us his boyfriend was hung like a horse and that his ass was like a Greek god. And he gave a co worker a very raunchy business card. That was pretty much an I'm gay and willing to fuck here's my number call me type card. Something that you just should leave out of the work place. Not only that but he was fuckin lazy as hell and was always on the net or on the phone leaving me to do all the work. Thank god he's gone !!!
**Stripper girl !!!!!!
This girl claimed to have all her bills paid 3 month in advance . To own a house and have 3 very nice cars. And you claim to have all this and work as a temp? Turns out she was a real estate agent. But then we found out that she stripped at a few local clubs here in Austin. Not only that but this chick was a walking STD. After only knowing her for a day she tells me how into anal she is and a few other gross things.
** candy lady
her job is the most laid back. All this chick does is fill up candy bowls and talks to patients. Lucky her.
** brown pants girl
seriously this chick only wears brown pants. Maybe like the same 3 pairs I have yet to see her in anything else.
And then there's the doctors theres about 10 total. One of them I think is really hot he's tall cute and he has a pimp walk the only thing that kills it is his voice and the fact that I have someone already.
There's doctor motor mouth. Remember the micro machine commercials from the 80's? That guy that could speak a mile a minute? Dude this guy totally does that. He gives me a headache just hearing him ramble when he dictates. Funny thing is I caught him choke on his words once and I laughed so hard.
Another doctor sounds and sort of looks like the guy from the clear eyes commercials. The one with the slow voice who used to come out on the show Wonder years.
Then I think the other doctor is the guy from the butter commercials Country Cock. I'm going to record his voice and upload it so people can see I'm not crazy . I seriously think its him.
There's the young doctor who has massive hairy eyebrows. And another one who is the only female of the pact. And another one who is an ass and looks like a duck.
Then there's my favorite one. He is just a cute lil old thing. He wears Hawaiian shirts and cowboy boots. He's sweet and not afraid to say it like it is. He has even told us a dirty joke that had us cracking up.
And that's all I can think of at the moment. Those are the weirdos I work with. And thank god I'm done cause I have other things I would like to blog about. But this one took up a lot of my time. But these are the weird things I face everyday. I just hope none of them ever come across this.
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
I am a medical assistant been one for about 2 years now .. It sucks but its something that I sometimes enjoy doing and its is also a little experience to prepare me for what I plan to do in the future which is become a physician's assistant. Which again sucks because I would love to get that damn ball rolling but I have decided to wait until my children are all older so I can devote my time to studying and more importantly spend time with them.
So for now I am working as a temp ( blah!! ) at a oncology clinic here in Austin TX. Now I have worked for a general physician before this, and when they threw me in this oncology clinic I was in shock at some of the things I had seen.
for one I am used to working for 2 doctors. And here I work for 10. Thank god I am not alone. This is an extremely huge clinic. Takes up the whole 2nd floor has a place where the doctors see the patients 14 rooms total, infusion area which seats about 25- 30 patients, shot clinic, triage, a gyno side and a big waiting room, front desk and scheduling area and offices that belong to social workers and some staff. And come to find out there are 5 other clinics connected to this one spread out in different areas. Northwest Austin, Georgetown, Marble falls, Smithville, and one called NAMC which is were I am at today because someone called in sick I normally am at Central clinic, the head clinic and biggest one of them all.
2nd this job can sometimes really get to you. Some people come in looking healthy as ever and others come in looking like death. I am going to share some of the stories that I have heard and seen.
one day a new patient comes in and I was the one who assisted her that day. She was maybe in her late 30's sweet and funny as can be. She came with friends and family memeber for support.
So time goes by and I see her and her family in the scheduling area and I notice she is crying, I didn't have time to stop and talk to her but when I was at the M.A. desk I noticed a relative of hers there talking on the phone and I heard her say about how the doctor told her she only has about 6 months to a year to live because her cancer is not in one localized area but almost everywhere in her body treatment to get rid of it is not an option. The treatment she will be getting is to prolong her life. Another story that a co worker told me was about this older gentleman she was assisting that had lung cancer and had already had surgery to remove one of his lungs. He was having a hard time breathing and he reached over and told her he was tired of suffering and how she had no idea how hard it was to live his life this way.
it is truly a sad thing to see. Some of these people have dark futures ahead of them yet they remain so happy. They are the sweetest people you could meet. To see someone who weighs 70 pounds get so happy that they have gained a mere 3 pounds since they were last weighed is a joy yet so sad at the same time. or someone who lost all there hair because of chemotherapy get so happy that a few strand of hair are growing back.
okay I think this blog is getting way too long. So this is part one of my life at work. Part two is sooo much better its about the people I work with. These peole really crack me up ... Preview there's stripper girl and Ned Flanders and Rachel the crazy drug addict who got fired Monica the swinger 2 lesbians !!! And much much more.
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