Captain Jack is back!

I went to see the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie today after work. Even though it's opening day, I was still surprised to find the theater packed at 5:30! It's already surpassed POTC #3 by 50% and it's only been showing since midnight. 

I really loved it. I really love me some Captain Jack Sparrow, though, so just to watch him for two hours is entertainment enough for me. 

 

Mercy.

The story was pretty cool this time.  The mermaids were my favorite part!

They were soooooo beautiful!!  I have a feeling that mermaids are really gonna take off in the next year or so.  We have done vampires to DEATH (ha!) and I think mermaids are gonna be the next big thing.  Larry and I even have a mermaid love story we've been kicking around.  Who knows?  I love mermaids, too, really any sea creature.  There's lots of potential there!  

The whole plot of the movie was around finding the Fountain of Youth.  The Spaniards were superfine, too!!  Just beauty, beauty, beauty for the whole two hours. Unless you count the swabbies on the ship!

When I was little, Mama and Daddy took me and Ricky to St. Augustine, Florida, on one of our many summer trips to Florida's beaches, and we went to the Fountain of Youth.  I remember walking down into that cool, damp cave and drinking right from the spring.  We even brought little bottles of it home with us.

Now that I'm almost 44, I sho' wish I had one of those little bottles.  :)

Go see Captain Jack this weekend if you can.  Savvy?

I Am Captain Ginger Of The Palsy Pearl. ARRRRRRR!!!

Day three of my Bell's Palsy.  I went to the doctor this morning and she confirmed that I do indeed have BP.  It was kinda obvious 'cause it's so much worse today.  I cannot close my right eye by itself AT ALL.  If I close both of them, it will close, which is a huge blessing because I can sleep.  My doc told me to wear a patch (and I got the most ridiculous black pirate patch ever but you won't see it 'cause I ain't about to post a picture of me right now!!  :D) when I'm sleeping or watching TV and she prescribed steroids and Valtrex because she thinks it may be a viral infection.  (I'm also dosing up on Vitamin B12 just because I am determined to do part of this organically!!)

My eye is tearing constantly and it is extremely sensitive to light and I've got some pain in my right ear and I smile like an idiot.  I'm having a hard time eating (which is GREAT!!) unless my food is cut up into little bitty bites and I drink better with a straw but still make a mess 'cause I can't purse my lips together.  But other than that, I'm just peachy.  

How YOU durrin'???  :)

I'm planning to work every day.  The doc says I should be better in two weeks and if anybody asks me at work (patients, parents), I'll just tell them what's going on.  We had a patient just last month who had it. It's fairly common.  

So meds and rest are on the agenda for the weekend.  

And since I ain't about to post a picture of me right now, here's an obligatory shot of something sooooooooo much better anyway.

My Captain Jack Sparrow, the TRUE captain of The Black Pearl. Yum.