Gina is on the road and......nervous.

Blame it on TV.....TruTV and the "World's Dumbest" show.

Sometimes when there is nothing on TV .....hubby flips over to this show on cable. I don't really like the show because sometimes it's painful to watch.....for example when they showcase the "World's Worse Accidents"......incredible car crashes, skate board accidents or falls. Even though the announcer mentions at the end of the clip....."He recovered".....the former nurse in me is thinking .....OUCH....that not only was painful but required a long hospitalization/surgery and probably some rehab.

They have other dumb shows....."World's Dumbest Criminals" or "World's Dumbest ......fill in the blank" Most of them show guys trying to burglarize convenience stores or people ploughing their cars into the pumps at gas stations with the resultant mega ball of flame.

Okay it passes time....till something noteworthy comes on......but after months of watching all or part of these shows a couple times a week.....I noticed something.....when I went to a convenience store earlier this week.....I was anxious and looking around.....because I was quite sure someone was going to run into the store with a gun or crowbar or a car was going to suddenly through the window. Yesterday when I filled my car up with gas......I looked around ....scouting the horizon for a wayward driver that may be speeding towards my gas pump.

Crime and accidents happen in real life....the trouble is when you watch these shows and see multiple multiple occurrences of trouble packed into a half hour show that runs continuously for hours .....you start thinking stuff like this has moved from the rare to the commonplace.

And today.....my first major day on the road.....I felt creepy.....really creepy when I stopped at the gas station....and now I'm uneasy in my motel. Me....the carefree traveler.....has watched too many criminals and too much mayhem....and now I'm looking over my shoulder waiting for some of it to catch up to me......all, of course, captured on video.

Damn....I'm never going to watch that show again......I don't want to be looking over my shoulder when I'm on the road....of course you have to be vigilant....especially when you are in unfamiliar territory....but if you get paranoid you'll ruin your trip and your travels.

Right now I'm fighting the urge to move my car.....I've got wedding stuff in it....stuff I don't want to unload and cart into the hotel....but how many times on "World's Dumbest" have I seen them break into cars? Maybe the spot I chose doesn't have enough light.....maybe I should haul some of the stuff inside?

Damn....I hate this...... it's back to HGTV and watching people paint houses versus steal the stuff out of them.

I think this is going to be a long night.

On My Way..........

Well well.....it's finally here.....

I'm off and on the road for the next 10 weeks.....basically till the end of September.

How did this happen? Some travel is wedding related......and some travel is Gina-related.

Start me off on a trip and if you don't corral me .....I'll start adding here and there and suddenly it becomes quite an adventure. I start one heck of an adventure towards the end of July....I'm estimating 5000 miles?

But my first trip will be traveling to familiar grounds.....heading to Ohio and Chicago. Ohio for more wedding planning....(we are a bit BEHIND in the wedding-to-do-list) then to Chicago to visit some friends....and pick up Kielbasa and Kolaches.....Polish food for the wedding that will have to come home with me....get specially wrapped and then frozen till the Big Day.

Then the Big Adventure.....but I don't want to spill the beans on that trip yet.....although I find myself looking more and more forward to it. I'm doing a significant portion solo....which will be good for me.

Lately....I have been feeling flat....not my usual animated Gina self.......sort of like a female version of Flat Stanley.

I'm guessing the realization and acceptance of my parents' death....plus the lose of some friends here and there....has finally settled in.

When much is taken.....one can deflate...and I feel deflated.

So I'm hoping a long road trip....pumps me up....makes me feel animated and floats my soul.

My flatness has affected my writing and hence my blogging.....it's been hard to find something funny and interesting in my life.....cause everything seems so ...well....flat.

I hope my travels freshen my perspective and there's plenty of funny and interesting things along the way.

Keeping my fingers crossed...pulling the suitcases out of the attic tonight.

Kitten afraid of two apples.....

Great video.......this is just how my wild kitty still acts.

Hit this.....x......and get ready to laugh.

Would you want to visit this Doctor?

All of our shopping carts have ads on them. This morning....I got to spend time with Dr. Squirrel-Lover.

No, this isn't an ad for a vet....but for a human doctor.....a primary care physician in the neighborhood.

I don't know about you....but I'm not professional drawn to a man who is into squirrel love.

And he looks way too "in a trance" when Fred kisses him.

Why does this doctor think this ad will draw human patients to him?

Prior to moving to the south....I thought that squirrels were just okay.....now I live in a forested area and live with several obnoxious squirrels who chew on my deck and wooden furniture....I'm no longer fond of them.

Sometimes I think of them....like many folks around here do...as rats with furry tails.

And let me remind you that down here in the south....people still shoot and eat 'em.

So again....why does this doctor think that squirrel-kissing will draw business to him?

If he was kissing his kids....or laying hands emphatically on his grandmother.....yes...that might make me pause and think.....well here's a compassionate physician.

But squirrel-kissing?

It makes me think he has secret fetishes.....like he might start rubbing my feet and kissing my toes.....or stare at my shoes during an office visit.

I wish I could poll shoppers in my grocery store and ask them what they think about him and this ad.....I admit......the ad certainly catches your attention .....but in my case...it makes me think......ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

And the nurse in me worries about his nose......someday that damn squirrel may bite him versus lick him.....ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

And does Fred live in his office? Is he hanging out in the waiting room?....Does the doc go around and kiss him during clinic time?.........ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.

All I can say is....I don't want to join your family Doc......cause this ad makes me think you're.......a little........

NUTS

(which is why Fred is so attracted to you?)
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