In-And-Out Burger, Ahem, ER

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Did you miss me? Didn’t think so. . I was planning on spending my final hours of “slow time” enjoying the evening with my favorite people, cats, and LEGO figures here on myLot. Alas, it was not to be. A pain that has been increasing in severity over the past week finally said, “Hey, get to the emergency room!” So, I did. I yell about the VA a lot, if you haven’t noticed. Yet I’ll give them their kudos when they’re due. Last night, kudos were definitely due. I signed in at about 7 PM. I was triaged, siphoned for blood and urine (they were checking for kidney stones, it’s that kind of pain), IV’d, MRI’d, diagnosed, medicated, and released in about two and a half hours. In-and-Out Burger? No, this was the in-and-out emergency room! The pain is located in an “emergency” area (where an aortic aneurysm can be), so this kind of pain is a “priority.” And, wow, did they treat it like one! So I’m back, a little backed up (I see an REM post in music, gotta get to that quickly!!), but none the worse for wear. No real answer about the pain, except most likely a diverticulosis flare-up. Way to go, VA hospital!! We now return you to our regular lunacy. This has nothing to do with a hospital, other than the title. For you music trivia buffs (all three of you ), there are two Hall of Famers playing on this song: Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads on keyboards, and David Robinson of the Cars on drums.