Indiana vs. Illegals

So the big news this week is that Arizona has this new law regarding immigrants, right? I'm not paying a lot of attention, but I think that's what they're all talking about on NPR. The past couple of days an Indiana politician has mentioned he likes the Arizona law, and maybe he'll try to get a similar law passed here. I've not done too much research on the issue, but upon hearing this proposal by the Indiana politician my thoughts were, 'hmmm, this seems like a bigger issue for Arizona, which shares a huge border with Mexico, than Indiana, which shares a huge border with Illinois.' Guess I was wrong, because I saw this truck in the parking lot at Walmart today.

Can you read that? It says 'border volunteers.' After living in Texas and Nevada for the past several years, where I had to speak MRI Spanish on a regular basis, I guess I underestimated the need for border patrol and legislation in my home state.

You can tell this truck is for use around here, because the camo color scheme is Midwest.

The Future of the Blog

Will I keep doing this regularly? I have lots of pictures saved on my camera and phone, but haven't blogged it all out yet. I think I probably will when my computer is fixed again, or maybe when I get settled into my new place-- both events should happen in a couple of weeks.

I have a picture of the soup I made for Mother's Day, and the cake Mollie made for Cinco de Mayo. I've also got some pictures of some wineries.

What, Me Whine?

Today brought another setback in the very long journey toward independent living in my home state. My soon-to-be landlord asked if I could move in a week later to accomodate the current tennant's recently pushed back closing on their new home. Seriously? I am so freaking tired of all this crap; I just want to live in a place with my stuff. It keeps getting farther away! What the heck? Last week I was 5 weeks away from moving, and here I am still 5 weeks away this week.

And work today, oh my gosh. We can get very busy, and the south side of Indy certainly must weigh more than the north side... I had 3 patients in a row tonight who were close to or over 300 pounds. Inevitably these patients complain about the small size of the magnet. Really? Don't you have that problem everywhere you go? Everything must be small to a 300 pound person. The first big guy was super claustrophobic, and was really nervous about having his knee scanned. The second lady came close to hyperventilating when I put her in the magnet to scan her shoulder, so she rescheduled her appointment to return a different day and get IV sedation. The third lady was a great patient. She knew our table weight limit was 450 pounds, but was amazed that anyone bigger than her could fit in the magnet. If a patient is much over 350, we usually can't do more than a foot or ankle, in case you were wondering.

So, that was today. It was like a 4.

The Post In Which I Request Your Feedback Twice

Guess what I just did! I mostly watched an episode of CSI:NY. I did some emailing while it was on, but I think I kinda got the gist of the show. The bad guy got away this week (sorry if you're reading this before you watched the episode on your tivo). I don't know... I think the show was pretty dumb. I've watched the Miami version of this show before, and that's kinda entertaining, 'cause that Caruso guy is funny. Without him, it's kinda flat. That's just my opinion. If you disagree, please tell me what's so great about this show.

Also, let's take a poll. Who believes in ghosts and stuff like that? Who's lived in a place that was haunted? I'm not saying that place I subletted was haunted, but I'm not saying it wasn't. I have been told (a couple of hours ago, by Crystal) that I don't seem to be the type who would believe in ghosts, but some people I trust believe in ghosts-- I don't think those people are wrong. Up until now I'd just decided to not think about stuff like that, and I guess I still would like to just not think about it. But, was that house haunted? I don't know.