Doctors

I went to the Doctor today, I woke up with the most incredible upper back/neck pain imaginable. Anyhow... thats not why I'm writing.

I was wondering as I was driving back from my visit, why do Doctors ask you when they walk in "How are you?"

-- Ummm I'm at the Doctor so clearly I'm not 100%.

Doesn't that seem ridiculous to you? If I was good I wouldn't be sitting here talking to you. But the thing is when you answer, we usually go with the standard answer of "I'm fine". I usually answer with "I've been better", but thats just me.

I guess its the politeness of everything that comes into play. It is a standard greeting.

What was I Thinking?!

Well, I've been walking my dog Sam daily, as the vet told me that he is "apparently"... get this OVER WEIGHT!!! He's 100 pounds, is that big for a Lab?! Anyhow... well I usually take Sam on his walk to a near by park, which is actually really pretty. But today for some reason I decided to take him up the hill. And I'm not talking about a slight incline, I'm talking about a "holy shit my legs are on fire" hill. So we get to the top by walking and as we start running back down (Yes, I walk up and run down), he is only a little bit in front of me and he keeps looking over his shoulder to make sure I'm keeping up. The first time he did it I didn't know what to think, so I'm cracking up laughing at this... A little further down the hill he does it again, so I start to smile... and then I think he realises that YES I mean RUN, so he picks up the pace and has his tongue hanging out the side of his mouth every time he looks back at me. I know it doesn't sound very interesting or even a little bit funny, but I literally have nothing else to write about. So I thought this would be a good update.

On a side note my husband comes home in a month... WOOHOO!!! So very exciting. I think a group got back yesterday but he is on a later "chalk". Not sure why its called that, but whatever.

Sam with Mum