I’m burnt to a crisp, but unlike my Irish brethren it actually suits me… I know that tonight/tomorrow my country will be filled with lobster-red uncomfortable people. Hehehehehh. Me? I’m done to a turn nicely. Yet another good Irish term…
I had my MRI today! Man, I’ve been through a few but maybe I blocked the memory or sommat… In any case, I was fully aware that I could not sit up, move my arms , or even open my eyes because seeing the ceiling of my prison was too scary… I’m usually only claustrophobic in crowds, but daaaaam, that’s a tight fit.
But again – because it was and is a nice warm day (despite the wind) I dressed in next to nothing, for me… A way-too-tight/small sports bra, a tank top (known as a vest here for reasons unknown to me) and best of all, a spandex ‘skorts’ thingamajig that Socks sent to me years ago.
Yep, I’m 40, and chubby… But half the battle is being confident, right? I looked awesome for an old fat chick. And! I actually made an effort and shaved me legs, woot… AND! Painted my toenails. I promise you, this is 100% a shot of me feets, right now!
Dogeen is NOT impressed! She wants the good stuff she smells cooking.
heretherebespiders 
Your dog is ADORABLE, and so is this post 🙂
Oh, thank you so much! I’m not too far away from ye now, so I can guess at the weather you have right now. I’m pretty inebriated meself 🙂
I like how you painted your toe-nails!
I cannot BELIEVE it’s nearly June and I’ve only now had the weather for exposing my toes! Two nights ago, two blankets and socks in bed. Today, mostly naked all day, YAY!
Pretty toes!
Is your dog really called Dogeen? Because that’s awesome.
No, sorry! She’s Neko, unintentionally Japanese for cat. “een” is used as a diminutive in Ireland – which is one of the reasons a woman named Coleen makes them laugh- its Irish for little girl. So: dogeen is small dog, obviously sarcastic in this case! Best is that women could only buy a glasheen of Guinness back in the day, a serving that was less than half a pint…
Hm. Well Neko is also very nice so I’m going to let you off on that one :p
I didn’t know that! That’s brilliant. i’m going to start calling myself Sopheen (I’m very short). It may or may not catch on.
I like it, Sopheen!
oh yeah, the horses galloping over your head in the MRI–yikes! those machine-makers are quite magic, but they can’t get rid of that NOISE that liked to make me nuts within the confinement?!
Happy Spiders! Maybe tomorrow I’ll paint my toenails purple in honor of you celebrating nakey-springtime!
Oh I joked when they slapped headphones on me ‘no Shakira!’ basically it was me saying, ‘please don’t trap me in a tube for 10-12 minutes with nothing but shit music!’ It didn’t work. But I realised quite quickly that I was in danger of hyperventilating due to close quarters and closed my eyes. And tried not to worry about that bit of copper in my uterus preventing babies…
yikes! hope you aren’t magnetized now!
Ah! And I have rainbow toes- only the big one is purple 🙂
I saw that, but I thought I couldn’t pull that off. However, I may have enough colors. >:-D
Curiously, I painted my toenails blue when I had my one major surgery (during which I sang a rude parody on Gounod’s Faust; drugs are wonderful). I think someone somehow played me Dvorak’s 8th symphony (new numbering) when I had my one and only MRI and it went rather quickly that way. I am not sure that would work for everyone.
Will be curious what shows up in the radiology report.
Impressive: toe polish, sane after MRI, and the lovely dogeen, Neko.
“Done to a turn” and “colleen” terms from East Texas! (who do you think settled that area ‘ways back?)
Cute post.
They say ‘yonder’ here, too! That one made me giggle when I first moved here. But I think you’re right, these words came from Ireland!
lots of Scots-Irish settled there. Yonder? Wow thought that was Texas for sure. what a giggle
I’m lovin’ the rainbow toes. I think I’m going to have mine done the blue color on your second toe. I may be old, but I’m hip 🙂 Love the Irish vernacular!
I love that blue, too! Shame that in order to do the rainbow correctly, purple gets the biggest toe.
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