Praise Him for a sense of humor.

He stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow. Psalm 147:18b

This morning I had a follow-up ultrasound for some female issues as well as some blood work. My friend/neighbor, Amy, graciously came over to watch Avery and Emerson for me. So, I drank all this water beforehand, as they have told me to do in the past. I get to the appointment and I'm about ready to explode. Then I sit for at least 15 minutes...okay, let me rephrase, I fidget for at least 15 minutes before they call me, but only for the blood work which is down the hall. The lady that took my blood had to ask me to be still so she could get the needle in. I seriously thought I was going to wet my pants. Then I had to go back to the waiting room for them to call me for the ultrasound. I waited another 10-15 minutes, the whole while standing and swaying, moving, talking to another lady in the waiting room that figured out my dilemma (not hard to do at that point), anything to keep my mind off of how bad I had to pee! A couple times I asked the receptionist if she could find out if they would be calling me anytime soon. She understood my predicament and tried to see what the hold-up was, and yet I still waited. Finally I leaned across the desk and said to her..."Help me!"

The nurse behind her said, "Why don't you come back and just see if you can just go a little bit." Yeah right! I was desperate so I said OK.

Meanwhile while I'm in the bathroom trying to just go a "little" bit, I hear a lady say, "Is that Erin in there? I'm ready for her. Oh, she doesn't have to have a full bladder this time...Erin are you in there? Just go, it's fine."

I yelled out from the stall, "Are you KIDDING me?!" Then when I got out, after peeing for literally 5 minutes straight, I said, "OK, that was one of the cruelest jokes ever!" Of course all the ladies standing there thought that was hilarious.

Then as I'm walking back to the ultrasound room with the tech she says, "Yeah, they always tell patients to have a full bladder but they don't always know what I'm doing. Since it's just a follow-up it's not necessary."

I said, "Well, I probably could have gone another 5 minutes, but I knew someone else was waiting to use it.

She said, "Oh, well go in that one, because I really need your bladder to be empty." Who knew irony could be so funny...and painful! Well, the rest of my day was pretty uneventful which was kind of nice, but I better stop now...I really need to pee!