Now That I Think About It...

Now that I think about it I am not sure.

I remember when I went for my colonoscopy. I was filled with apprehension and excitement. It was my first time. I have never been much for hospitals. So that night I drank the liquid. It is PEG, polyethylene glycol. I drank a gallon of the liquid. It was pineapple flavor. I dislike pineapple. The liquid also tasted like oil. The effects are immediate. You empty your bowels. the liquid is hard to drink it makes you want to bring it up. I am one of those people who when they drink, I slurp rather than gulp. It means I take in a lot of air when I drink. So the result is I drink slowly. The liquid is not pleasant to drink at all. It was very difficult for me to drink the gallon of PEG. PEG does work quickly and I must say effectively.

The next morning my wife, my best friend, my moral compass drove me to the hospital. The plan was to drop me off and pick me up later on in the day. I think I was to be finished by one o'clock. So as my wife took me to the drop-off point I was pretty excited. I stood at the entrance and I waved enthusiastically at my wife as she was ready to drive away. It was one of those moments like when you were a kid at your first day at school, happy but nervous as you look back and wave for reassurance. My wife with her beautiful smile pulling away from the hospital.

Now that I think about it, she was laughing?

Now that I think about it some old Women have wicked sense of humor.

My friend was telling me about his Mom and the things she use to say to him. When he would come back to the Reserve and visit at her home, she would say to him "kittinaydopatic".  He always wondered what it meant. He knew it was Ojibwe word. He knew the first part of the word was "Kit-ti-nae" which is a word to describe the vagina but he couldn't firgure out the second word. She said the word kittinaydopatic as one word. It was a long while before he was finally told or found out the second word was not "do-pa-tic" but actually "dope - addict".  My friend was a dope addict. Another time he was telling me of her disgust with a girl friend of his that was being cruel to him. You have to remember his Mom was in her late 70's at this time. She was so upset with the girl for treating her boy badly that she told him "if she comes here, I'm going to kick her in the cunt and cripple her".
He laughed because he knew she was teasing him.

Now that I think about it, maybe she wasn't kidding?