Between a Rock and a throbbing Eye

So, after 7 years as a member/instructor at the Y, I finally climbed the rock wall!  It ended up to be a very interesting day as I went to the eye doctor as a result of my "first" on Sunday.  Turns out the blow from the band made the muscles of the retina swell, so he dilated my left eye so that the pupil wouldn't open and close, thus letting the muscles rest and heal.....boy do I look FREAKY!  It has been really fun to watch people squirm most of the day.  The poor waiter at dinner tonight was looking at me really funny.  He hardly made eye contact with the kids or Joe during the ordering, so either he couldn't figure out what was wrong with me (well, who can!?!), or my freaky eye is super sexy hot and he couldn't stop staring, ahahahahahaaaaaa!!!

So, the climbing wall.  WOW.  A lot, LOT harder than I thought it would be.  Of course, in my usual style, I went for the hardest wall first....um, duh.  I had no idea how much strain it puts on your fingers, hands and forearms.  YEOUCH!  I am very sure that I looked like a big wuss compared to the little kids that went flying up it.  I got maybe 1/2 way up and my arms just wanted to fall off.  I can see where practice (and maybe an easier wall) would help in this situation.  Oh, and not to mention the strain of it made my eyeball start to THROB, so, I figured I didn't have to go up to the top on my first try.  I really didn't have any motivation to do further damage to my retina or anything, so I was satisfied, and glad I finally did the wall... WOO HOO FOR ME!!

So, this whole eye ball thing makes me think of an incident that occurred at the Ale House a few weeks back.  Why do these things always happen to me??  A friend and I walked into the outside bar area and came upon a drunk, rowdy crowd.  They called over to me and asked if I was a betting woman......I took the bait and said, "why yes, I am!!!'....so, one of the men said, "I bet you a beer that I can touch my tongue to my eyeball".  After vomiting slightly I said, no, because I'm betting if someone says something like that, they can probably do it.  But I thought about it for a while.  Finally, after they left I asked our waitress what his deal was.  She said she bet him he couldn't and with that, he popped his eye out and put it IN HIS MOUTH!!!!  EUWWWWW------YUCK!!!!!!!  Needless to say, I'm glad I didn't take the bet because I would have definitely tossed my cookies.

Ok, now, the story doesn't end here....OH no.  It took me a couple of days to realize that I had encountered that individual before and had been asked the SAME THING, and as I tend to do, completely forgot about the incident.  I've told some of you before, my life is a little like ground hog day.....tell me a joke, I'll laugh at it, then give me a month and tell me the same joke and I will laugh like I've never heard it before.  Think my short term memory is GONE!!!

So, climbing wall is today's FIRST!