"But there is more in this heaven on earth than what is revealed in the x-ray"

Let me start off by saying that today I wore flip flops and my feet didn't even get cold. *Sigh* I love warm weather. On another note, what is with this wind?! I am blowing away out there! Heavens to betsy, I can barely walk to my car! Normally that wouldn't be such a problem, (seeing as how I don't go out much these days) but today I was out of the house before 10am. I know, right? When was the last time THAT happened? I couldn't even tell you. It was quite the adventure. I drove on down to the sports med and orthopaedic wing of the hospital, rockin out on my way and enjoying driving with my window down, and promptly got lost as soon as I got inside. Typical. Eventually I found where I was supposed to go, and was soon very well acquainted with Chatty McChatty- my x-rayer. We talked about all kinds of things as I got to model the most bizarre shorts I've ever seen...I'm not complaining. I was offered the robe, instead, but gratefully chose the shorts. After my first x-ray, we walked back over to the little screen to have a look-see. Boy, did we see. Another lady was waiting for some sort of scan at the time, and as her x-rayer walked by, she saw my screen and did a double-take. Suddenly she was no longer walking forward but seemed to be walking backwards to spy on my beautiful picture. "Whoa!...Man...I'm sorry..." She said as she went along her way, giving me a full once-over as she passed. Huh. Well then. Oh, in case you were wondering, here is what we were eyeing:

I know, I know, I like the star-touch, too. What would a picture of me be without any stars? Sadly, once Mr.McChatty saw that, he asked me to please remove my necklace. I told him I thought it was a nice touch, but he wasn't sure the Doctor would agree. We took another X-Ray more full-scale, just so we could have another fun laugh, and this time as he pulled the picture up, he tried to make up for his earlier shock. Our conversation went something like this:

Him:"Um...do you have a lot of back pain?"

Me:"Well, that IS why I'm here..."

Him:"Oh...well...it looks..."

Me:"like I have crooked spine, huh?"

Him:"Yeah...but the top part looks pretty straight, up by your neck."

Me:"Huh. Way to look at the positive side of things."

Him:"Yeah...but you know...I don't think anyone's spine is really...straight. I mean, I think mine curves...a little. Not like THAT, but..."

Me:"yeah, thanks."

Him:"well, I just mean...I've seen worse. Let me just put it that way."

Hahaha. Good to know, good to know.

The next funny part was when I actually saw the doctor and she asked what kind of activities I do during the day. "Uh...activities? Well. I mean. I guess...umm..." At least I'm not doing any weird repetition to my spine. So I've got that going for me. Apparently I have to start doing some core workouts unless I want "extreme pain in the next 15-ish years. Because...you were born with it." Really? Maybe it's Maybelline.