mint jelly

Hooked Up

I really miss living with a doctor—my stepdad.  Companies would assume that he had an office. They’d send him tons of free stuff like the magazines JAMA and The Female Patient (neither for weak stomachs) but most importantly, drugs.

Sometimes when I go visit them my mom will try to give me like 12 boxes of something, which I never plan on using at the time.

Our favorite was something called Mobigesic. Indications: dental surgery, backpain, and migraine. They came in about 500 individual serving packets and my mother put them in a big ziplock in the kitchen. “And here are some for your purse.”

my goodness. just don’t mix with anything. ANYTHING

I have to tell you they rocked. In my younger years I had both knees operated on, bad hips, bad ankles, shoulder, etc. They were afraid I had arthritis in addition to the general maladies of every young person who dances and wacks out their body. These were great for those rare days it just hurt to exist deep in my bones, or had a huge headache.

Since we always carried them around my mom started calling them “Mobile Jesus” and I still think it’s so funny. This devout Catholic woman who used to bury St. Joseph statues in front of the houses she wanted to sell. (i’d accuse her of witchcraft and she’d just shrug. hmmmm) Well, she used the pills sparingly and retired at 48 so who am I to judge?

Last night I broke down and took something else she gave me, months ago that I said I wouldn’t take. Non prescription I think herbal sleep aid pills. I haven’t slept well in so long I was getting a little desperate. It felt so good to fall asleep and not keep waking up.

But I must say I hate the smell of pills. Worst smells to me are, in order :

B.O. (old sweat, not new sweat)
rat piss
vitamins/herbal pills
bad breathe
anything rotting

Posted by mia on 09/04 at 11:30 AM

  1. I’ll play! Worst smells:

    Bad Breath/Plaque
    Human Cheese
    Most mass-produced cologne
    Cat Piss (and I have THREE!)
    Dumpster Juice/Trash

    Posted by mihow  on  09/04  at  11:42 AM

  2. hehe good ones!! wow, human cheese. I almost listed hobo funk, but that’s really just a mix of all these except the vitamins. yep, cat piss and any piss gone to ammonia is hellish.

    Posted by moia  on  09/04  at  11:53 AM

  3. hobo funk

    ha! just made me laugh out loud.

    Posted by mihow  on  09/04  at  01:05 PM

  4. prescriptioŅo drogaaaaaaaaaaaas! mucho peligroso con cervesa o viŅo!

    worst smells:
    those weird trees with the fuzzy yellow things on them
    ammonia
    vomit
    vodka (see previous)
    cod liver oil
    caiga la bomba en el cuarto de baŅo

    Posted by dave  on  09/05  at  02:01 PM

  5. worst smells:

    1.5 day old pumpkin/sweet potato soup that’s been left in the pot.
    2.butcher
    3.cheap perfume (the ones that make you gag)
    4.garbage bins on hot days (with meat remains in them)
    5.ear goo from stretched piercings.

    Posted by erin  on  09/09  at  08:49 AM

  6. ooh my. number 5, yes.

    any kind of body cheese is always really gross. that’s dead flesh ....

    reminds me of going to the hospital and seeing some ‘behind the scenes’ areas with my stepdad. i walked past an table that had flesh samples and who knows what. omg soo sick.

    Posted by moia  on  09/09  at  12:24 PM

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