Wednesday, May 14, 2008

A Tale of Two Bathrooms

BATHROOM NUMBER 1 -

Yesterday morning I was starving but there would be nothing but black coffee on the menu for me. My doctor had scheduled a blood draw and I wasn't allowed to eat after 10 p.m. the night before. I arrived at the office on time and the nurse drew the blood. No problem, that doesn't bother me in the least. And then she says, "The doctor wants a sample. She needs to send it out to the lab."

A sample. The one that looks like apple juice.

HUH? What??? No way!!!

Darn it. I'm spitting bullets at this point but the nurse wasn't taking no for an answer. I can endure alot of things but perching myself on a toilet and attempting to hit a blind target is the ultimate indignity. Men have no problem with this. Heck no. They do target practice with Cheerios from the time they're two years old.

I found myself in my doctor's beautifully decorated bathroom. I'm talking nice artwork, automatic air fresheners, blue toilet water and everything. None of that matters at the moment because I'm facing the dreaded task. Unfortunately I had used the bathroom just before leaving home and at this point I'm not even sure I can produce the "apple juice".

Much jostling and muttering under my breath ensued. Success!! Unfortunately the toilet was one of those handicap accessible models, which means I'm a distance off the floor. It's almost impossible to reach over to put the cup on the floor so I reach behind me and put it on the back of the toilet, which is, unbeknownst to me, slanted. Yes.... the entire contents spilled on the floor!

My kids are young adults and I thought I'd seen the last of cleaning up the three P's (pee, poop & puke). But no.

Five minutes and many paper towels later I managed to get the mess cleaned up. But in the process of giving the sample I'vd used the last bit of toilet paper on the roll. Holy cow, not only am I cleaning up one of the three P's, I'm replacing the toilet paper. Don't I get enough of this at home?

I looked around the room and said to myself, "This place is so pretty I should probably fold the ends over."

Yeah, great idea. Pretend you're in a five-star hotel and you're the maid.

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Seriously, what's wrong with me? (But this is why t.p. always goes OVER the roll, not under).

I inform the nurse that there's been an accident and I can't possibly produce another drop. After conferring with the doctor and getting permission the nurse hands me a biohazard kit.

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I leave the office, comforted in the fact that I can work on apple juice in the privacy of my own home, where I'll probably have to replace the toilet paper also.

The next task on my list for the day was to get an oil change.

Can you guess what's coming next?

BATHROOM NUMBER 2 -

I pull the car just inside the bay doors, refusing to drive up onto the tracks. No way. This guy is gonna have to do it himself. I'm not risking driving The Farmer's car into the grease pit. And believe me, it's a distinct possibility.

Moments later as I'm sitting in the marginally clean waiting room disaster strikes. I GOTTA GO! Bad. Really, really bad. Five minutes earlier I couldn't produce a molecule and now Niagara Falls is threatening to be unleashed. The bathroom is just behind the counter. Oh no. It's the grease monkey's combination closet/bathroom, and it's full of their uniform shirts on hangers. I do spot a vacuum just inside the door. That's a hopeful sign. They seem to be clean grease monkeys. Maybe it's not so bad.

I close the door and struggle to lock it behind me. When I turn around what do I see? THE SEAT IS UP! How cozy, just like home. Martha would be so proud of me. I fashioned a delightful and pristine seat cover out of paper towels, and followed up with a vigorous hand washing under scalding hot water. My hands were impeccably clean. And that's a good thing because................

I immediately drove myself to Krispy Kreme.

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Five minutes later I was feeling much better.

11 comments:

bj said...

This is the funniest post I've seen since leaving THE PIONEER WOMAN's site. Thanks for starting my day off with laughter !
hugs, bj

Mary said...

OMG, I'm busting a gut here!!! Too, too funny! Glad you got that Krispy Kreme -- you deserved it, girl!
xoxo,
Mary

Vee said...

You did an admirable job of cleaning everything up...everything. Honestly, even the wording was pristine. How do you expect to become a $40,000 a month empire if you keep doing that?

Krispy Kreme...I hear so much about them, but we do not have them in my corner. Wah!

Anonymous said...

I can't say as I've ever taken taken a camera into a bathroom.Nice job with the clean-up, what do think a man would have done? LEFT IT FOR SOME POOR UNSUSPECTING WOMAN!!!! And aren't Krispy Kremes the yummiest?

Jeanne said...

Thank you for visiting my site, Backyard Neighbor. I have been trying to catch up with everyone who was nice enough to say hello.

I really love your take on the thing we hate to do the most. Dr. visits and lab. Fun reading and who can't identify with your day!!

Come see me again soon.

Jeanne

Lil_Birdie said...

*giggles*
OMG I just realized all these years I've been loading the tissue backwards. Nice folding :)

Anonymous said...

Ok, I can totally relate to this. One time I was at the DR and had to provide apple juice. but in my case, I REALLY had to go. So when I attempted to go in the tiny cup, there was too much, shall we say, pressure, and I went all over. It was all over the cup, inside and out, all over my hands, everywhere. SO in a panic I am trying to clean up and am freaking out because I am in there so long...Next scene, I am in the room and the nurse is taking my blood pressure. Hmmm...Seems a little high, the doctor might want to take a second reading in a few minutes. Um, yeah it was high. I was in the middle of a panic attack from the stupid little cup!

Rue said...

Hi Suzanne :)

I particularly love the part where you folded the ends over on the t.p. LOL Thank you for giving me a good hearty laugh :D

Thank you for the advice on the farmhouse. You sound like a level headed person and I appreciate that. Very much.

rue :)

Sabina said...

I never know what I'm going to find when I arrive at this blog - only know it will be very entertaining!!

Suzanne said...

bj - I'm so glad you stopped by. Unfortunately, I don't give away $$$$ cameras like the Pioneer Woman, but if you stick around you just might win one of my aprons!

Mary - OH, that Krispy Kreme was sweet!!! Literally.

Vee - I'm going into training! I know a sailor! I'm working on that empire. I feel really bad that you don't have Krispy Kreme.

BBateman - I've been publishing my photoblog for over three years so I always have at least one camera and sometimes two on me at all times. I don't leave them in my car. They go everywhere because you never know when you'll have a photo op!

Jeanne - Welcome to my space. I'm glad you had a chance to stop by.

Little Birdie - See, we learn something every day.

Rebecca - I'm always amazed that we share so many experiences.

Rue - I'm praying heavily about that farmhouse.

Sabina - I want you to be surprised! Thanks for visiting.

I appreciate all my blogging friends.

ArtPropelled said...

What a hoot! Thank your lucky stars it was only an apple juice sample.