The Cure For Boredom

One day last week I was bored out of my mind.

I even posted that I was bored on Facebook and Twitter:

#Bored #Bored #Bored #Bored #Bored #Bored #Bored #Bored #Bored #Bored#Bored #Bored #Bored

— AnnMarie Walsh (@padschicago) June 16, 2012

I played computer games. I tweeted. I Facebooked. I watched TV. Nothing I did peeked my interest. And then…it happened.

@Ramon_DeLeon commented on my Facebook post.

Ramon De Leon LMK when you can stop in….pizza will solve this

June 16 at 2:06pm via mobile · Unlike · 1

I thought long and hard looking at the menu on my Domino’s pizza app on my android phone. I wanted something different that I hadn’t tried yet. It didn’t take long before I found the first course of my order: Chicken And Bacon Carbonara Artisan Pizza.

After drooling over the pizza’s description I scrolled down to the breads. It hit me! I spied the Stuffed Cheesy Bread With Spinach And Feta. Second course discovered!

I needed something to wash it all down so I also asked for a diet Coke to drink.

I picked up the pizza and tried the first bite at the bus stop. Oh! My! God! It was so delicious!!! The Chicken And Bacon Carbonara Artisan pizza sent me straight to heaven. The team at Ramon’s Domino’s store at 3103 N. Clark in Lakeview area of Chicago crafted perfection!! Well, I let a couple buses go by without boarding so I could enjoy a little more of this awesomeness. The Stuffed Cheesy Bread With Spinach And Feta was equally as amazing! Just take a look at all the spinach and feta stuffed cheesy bread in this pic of it!

To top things off, #lavacakes were included in my feast. Sweet, gooey, sinful chocolate decadence. Delicious any time of the day–including breakfast.

(Added memo: Lavacakes are a perfect gift for any woman suffering from PMS.)

This was such an awesome experience! I think I have a new favorite pizza and cheesy bread. ☺

Overall rating: ★★★★★

Hmm…How secure is valet parking at @northshoreweb’s Glenbrook Hospital? (UPDATED: 6/14/12)

06/14/2012 UPDATE:

I received a really nice, surprise phone call this morning from NorthShore University Health Systems regarding my tweet to them of this photo. They are grateful I did this and let me know that they are making changes with the valet service. I was also asked to please do this again in the future should I see anything that needs improvement.

On a side note, I absolutely love my doctors and staffs within this hospital network. I commute from Chicago to appointments and refuse to have it any other way. Social workers I work with here in Chicago have tried to get me to switch to somebody more local but I refuse. NSUHS is almost like family to me–I trust them that much! And their compassion is the best. God bless them.

Rest

I am sitting on the steps of St. Alphonsus Church. My home is just around the corner and down a block. There are any number of reasons for me sitting here. It is late and I am dead tired but the weather is nice. I have pain issues all today that medication is helping only minimally. Muscle pain and nerve pain. Tonight it is even affecting how I walk and making it a little more difficult. So I welcome this rest on the church steps. A church is also a comforting place to be, though I am not Catholic as this church is. No matter anyway. Its the same God. Traffic and people are still somewhat lively, giving me background noise and things to watch. I don’t look forward to getting up and walking again. The pain will come back. My muscles are tired and painful enough. I am told it is fibromyalgia. Whatever, I need a day of rest. It can’t be tomorrow. I have several appointments. Fridays are getting to be my busiest day. I still have the weekend coming. I will try to be not so active or on my feet. I see the rheumatologist again next week on Wednesday, June 13th. I will try to post what happens. For now, good night.

Hooah

I don’t know what to say. I’m not even sure what I feel. I feel compelled to write, like maybe it will sort out my emotions.

I just watched a movie called Home Of The Brave that was showing on TV. It is about a group of veterans who return home from the war in Iraq, scarred physically and emotionally.

I feel so much for these people–on TV or in real life. But it is hard to explain what I feel. I understand the need and what it means to serve your country. I believe in the comradery felt by all soldiers. Hooah! Though I served for only a short time and had not experienced being in a combat situation, I can relate to those who have and relive the violence in their minds every day.

PTSD has shattered my life as I had known it. Personal relationships suffer. Emotions can be difficult to manage. My habits have regressed, though my wishes for them remain intact. Perhaps sometimes I feel that things are more primitive?? I guess it mostly depends on a mood. Don’t get me wrong. Things aren’t always bad. And things aren’t always good. But always I care and can relate to others who have experienced PTSD symptoms. God bless you all.

*** This post dedicated to all who have served in a military and / or experienced trauma of any kind.

Aww *Crap!*

Those darn dirty birds got me!

Obviously this car is confused.