recipe for Cipro pudding

today i saw two hilarious directions for medications. the first one was for a child for cipro tablets and it read: please crush 1 tablet and stir into pudding and serve! as though it were part of a recipe. i also saw a hormone vaginal cream used in the nose.

in the patient education section of the receipt, it say what the medication is used for. but at the end, by default it says "or other conditions determined by your doctor" i guess this means that a doctor can prescribe anything for anything. i've seen estrogen prescribed for men, viagra for women, anti-anxiety and depression meds for cats and dogs, and inhaler puffs to be swallowed instead of inhaled.

the other thing that is crazy is the people calling in or stopping by for advice (even though they know we aren't doctors). i like doing most consultations, really because it makes me feel like i'm helping people. i don't like when someone comes in and says "i have a rash, i think it might be an STD, what should i do?" my question, even though i was reluctant to ask, was "where?" as he starts to pull down the front of his pants, i see the rash is just below his belly button, but i was scared for a moment, because he looked like the kind of guy that would have flashed me if he thought it would help. i've also seen two eyes with broken blood vessels in the past week. these are kind of cool looking, but also a little unsettling because they look terribly painful.
most of the recommendations are easy enough and uncomplicated: burns, cuts, bug bites, pink eye, earaches, uti's and rash after rash after rash. i never know what the day will bring!

trip to the mountains

yesterday Josh and I went to the rocky mountain national park to get pin for my map of the world. we took our dog with us and she was mostly behaved, she even volunteered to drive for a while.
there was a lot of congestion on the roads so i was quite crabby toward the end of the trip. in the park, there is a one-way dirt road that leads to the visitor center. this was closed. how rude. so we took the other way up, and the visitor center was closed too! i was so pissed because the pin was the whole reason for the trip!

after leaving the park we went to the celestial seasonings plant to get another tea cup. Josh's favorite tea cup is from there. so he keeps saying to me maybe we should get another one. i'm not sure if he wanted one so i could have one too, or so he could use one while the other was dirty. he says it's the former, i disagree. but we got one that was a different design, so the whole trip wasn't wasted. also we got to see some elk close up and finally some more pictures.

truffle pig

my mom once lost one of her diamond earrings, and my sister catherine miraculously found it. when she told me this i compared her to a truffle pig, but she could find diamonds instead. she didn't like that analogy, instead thinking that i was calling her a pig, not a finder of expensive things.

my husband works in a chocolate shop, and so far he's only brought me a few pieces of candy. last night though he brought me a box of truffles! 18 scrumptous goo-filled chocolates all for me! i only had one last night (well i split it with josh) because i am trying to pace myself so i don't turn into a truffle pig. josh thought this would be a good sample so we could avoid the not so good ones when we come home in October. there were two of every flavor except there was only one strawberry and one coffee! these will probably turn out to be the best of course. so i will save them for last. i'll be taking orders for christmas soon!

a trip to the airport with tickets but no luggage

i was trying to fly back to indiana on christmas so i could see my family. when i changed stores, my time off changed. so i can't come home for christmas, but i can spend four days around new year's without using vacation. yeah for my new schedule!
but that means i have to change my flight, hello $100 (per person) fine. but that's okay, i don't mind, it's worth it to see my mamsis (mom).

log onto expedia to change flights...
oh no, you have paper tickets, (from two different airlines) you have to call to make the change
(i hate talking to people on the phone)
expedia: you have to pay $100 to change and can use your american miles until June
(i don't want to fly american, i want to fly frontier both ways in January.)
expedia: here are the numbers for frontier and american, they can help you.
this is when i start getting crabby and make my husband call american to cancel that part of the flight.
so he cancels that leg of the journey and i call frontier
frontier: you can apply this leg of the journey to the january trip but it will be easiest to go to the airport for that (easier for whom?)

so we go to the airport this morning. and wait in line
us:we need to change our flights
at the frontier counter: but this is with american
we explain what we are trying to do
frontier: i'll have to call the help desk, (minutes on the phone) you need to go over to american, they can make the change.
(okay)

we stand in line at american
american: what are you trying to do?
we explain.
they she said "why did you have to come to my counter?"
but she was very nice and accommodating, even looking for cheaper flights for us and telling us how nice and patient we were compared to the jerks she usually deals with. i told her what i did and she laughed.

end result: i'm coming home for four days in December!

a post for Rachel

my sister rachel says there are no pictures of me on this post, and while that was true, now there will be one, at least. this was taken in Hawaii, during our horseback ride. we went swimming in the cold water just after this was taken.

disease mascots

today, as i was counting Concerta (they look like tiny Vienna sausages) on a tray that had a little Protonix monster/lizard sleeping on it, i was wondering why diseases and disorders now have mascots.
prevacid has a walking stomach, actos has dancing organs, Lamisil has that horrible dermatophyte, and Mucinex has a blob of phlegm in suspenders. are these things supposed to be cute? or is it easier to take pills if you know you are fighting a cartoon? i think they are quite creepy, i'd rather think of nail fungus like an actual fungus, not something with claws that can lift up a toenail like it's hinged. and if this continues, where will it end? will there be Mr. Immune Cell taking a hammer and chisel to a knee joint? it wouldn't be so bad i suppose if i only saw this kind of thing on tv, but these images are printed on the back of the information panels on the scripts. i'll just have to stop filling prescriptions or find the person responsible and kill them.

tribulations but no trial

two weeks ago i received a subpoena to testify against a woman who was stealing money from her mother in law. since a few of these transactions were at my pharmacy, and the woman implicated me as trying to cover it up, i was served. i really didn't think that i had any info to give, so i called the DA's office and the woman there said i probably wouldn't have to come in, but to be prepared anyway.

their system is set up so you call the night before to see if you are going to have to come in, are on-call or they don't need you anymore. my message said that i had to be there. i was a little annoyed that i would have to get up early, dress nicely, and drive to the courthouse. i was also a litttle excited because i thought it would be very law & order, with a courtroom full of people and a jury.

when i got to the courthouse, i was sent to the victim/witness room. this was where i was told that i was supposed to be 'on-call' and i didn't need to be there. the receptionist said she would contact the prosecutor and she would come see me. a few minutes later she called me on my cell phone (while i was waiting downstairs) and said that the message was wrong and she would go check to see if i could go home. she came to see me about twenty minutes later and told me to go home, they wouldn't need me after all.

i must admit i was a little bummed, because i spent an hour and a half (driving and waiting) and i didn't even get to meet sam waterston

new store, new post

today i started working at my new location. it was a good morning, but a little bit more hectic than my old store. i suppose the biggest thing is that it is jus plain different. there is a robot, and drugs are in different places. the downside is that is is a little crazy, but there are a lot more techs there so the load is lighter. i guess we shall see what develops.

i do get a three day weekend every other week, so when i go home for a quick weekend trip, it will at least be a little longer. i hope everyone enjoyed the zelda post. i may have to revoke josh's blog privileges after that. but at least (after rachel's comment) there are pics of more than baked goods on the blog.
well, it's time to skype mamsis(my mom) more riveting stories later

art fest! (and some gross stories)

today josh and i went to an artfest in Castle Rock. there were about 200 tents with different types of art. there were painting, photos, pottery, jewelry, and wood and metal workers. one booth had handpainted landscapes that were so beautiful i wanted to buy all of them. i have neither the space or income to but any of them, so they did not come home with me. but it was neat to see people from all over the country display their work (and their weirdness).

i have a cold so i spent most of the rest of the day sleeping and being crabby to my husband. i was also doped up on a lot of cold medicine. maybe it's not such a good thing that i know how much sudafed and robitussin a person can take in one day, because then that's how much i take.

i'm suprised that i don't get sick more often than a few colds a year considering how many germs i deal with on a daily basis. some customers at the pharmacy will actually sneeze and cough all over the counter without covering their mouths. there was one child that was sitting in the waiting area with his head against the wall. when his mom told him to stop, i wondered why, until i realized that she was waiting for lice treatment. and one man (after getting a tooth pulled) bled on the counter and just offered a simple "sorry about that" as an apology. rubber gloves and alcohol to the rescue! is is any wonder that i carry purell around in my jacket pocket?

partner in grammar

Some of you may know that i hate bad grammar (and yes i know that i don't capitalize when i should). i hate that people say "where are you at?" that just makes me what to yell, "right before the at" i guess not everyone had my 9th grade english teacher so they wouldn't know not to end their sentences with prepsitions. i suppose i can forgive people for saying "to who" or "from who", but they still should know better.
i thought i was alone in this annoyance, because at work, when the cashiers up front page a manager, then will say "you got a phone call on line one" and i seemed to be the only one bothered by it. however, wednesday night while i was working, i heard the page come over "you have a phone call on line one." i couldn't believe that she said it correctly. when i left for the evening, i asked one of the managers if he had said something to them and he said that it bothered him so much that he finally told them to say have instead of got. hooray for proper english!