Now that driving to the hospital daily is the hip thing to do, everyone is doing it. Including me.  Fran has gotten substantially better even though she is still on a breathing machine. We've heard so many crazy things about what to do what not to do, but I will tell you something right now that will probably help you or someone you know who is having a heart attack.  DO NOT HAVE 911 SEND EMT'S, at least, not if you live in WV.  These people are:
a. going to get lost on the way to your house
b. take an hour and 15 minutes to get there.
c. sending nurses from the hospital who decided to switch to emergancy transport service and don't know jack about working in the "field"
d. going to have you call 911 for back-up
e. going to show up with a defibulator with only half a battery with no back up battery.
f. going to have no idea where crap is in the equipment bag.
g. going to  mis-diagnose the heart attack as 1. constipation, 2. on-set of flu.
h. going to pump the patient so full of drugs that it takes the hospital 2 days to back the patient down to "normal" doses.
i. all of the above.

In our case it was I. all of the above.  So my recommendation is that if you are having or feel like you're having a heart attack have someone you know drive you to the hospital, or call someone to take you.  It's way less dangerous, and you will probably reach the hospital before you "code."   I have half a mind to start a lawsuit against these gits.

As far as I know Fran did everything SHE was supposed to do.  She took 2 asprin and called emergency services, she woke us up to make sure she was going to be ok, she sat down (no lying around), and she even managed to drink some water.   I'm rather upset still about the lazy EMTs I've dealt with this week, but what can be done really, it's not like one lawsuit will change the whole system, and it's not like it's the first time that I've seen lazy, know-nothing EMT'S either. This is all just so frustrating.  well I think that I am going to find something else to do.

I'm heavy into the coke. I must have at least 3 to 4 a day, Coca-cola that is. I'm a huge fan of coke rewards and for once I am wishing to win this sweepstakes with all I have. I love the dark soda so much that my bf was inspired by my habit and is now making me a pop-tab chain mail purse, I, of course, am in charge of drinking opened-tab-less soda cans a delectable chore mind you. I've entered as many times as I can and as often as I can, and all I want to do is go to Aspen for four days all expenses paid and ski. I love skiing. In Fact I think I'm going to become a college professor just so I can have the summers off for rafting and the month long winter break for skiing, sponsored by coke. All I wanted to do for winter vacay was go to a resort so I could blow the whole budget on two lift tickets and then go and blow my calves off bombing downhill. Reason number one I want to win this sweeps is because I loathe colorado, and if someone else paid for it I wouldn't feel as though I had contributed to the economy there, also the flight in and flight out would allow less chances for getting arrested. (Last time I was in the wretched state everyone I knew got arrested, including my own dog.) Number two is that I can finally rationalize that drinking all this soda is worth it. I've tried so hard to give up, and then I get nostalgic and start dreaming of 1950's sweat filled coke advertisement where the girl places the coke on her brow and then swings down the bubbly. Refreshing Coke. Since it's beginning that's all coke has attempted to do is make coca-cola synonymous with refreshing, and buddy they've got me hook-line and sinker. Reason number three is that I in no way could afford just a dream vacation and winning something like that would just be fab. It's not like I'm asking to win the worlds largest lottery here. I just wanna go ski! 

If you could choose to win something what would it be?