crapstain: I Can't Tell You This Story { It's Funny/Mildly Embarrassing }

Sunday, October 17, 2010

I Can't Tell You This Story { It's Funny/Mildly Embarrassing }

But i will anyway. TMI alert!

So, Todd got snipped about a month ago. We came home from the procedure with lots of paperwork, including instructions on having "emissions" tested to make sure we had attained a state of non-baby-makingness. The paper said to bring a "sample" to the doctor's office after 20 "emissions" for lab testing. If that sample came back clear, then 2 weeks later we would submit another, and if that also came back clear, we would be considered ready to roll!

Well, 20 times?! We wanted to get our all-clear as quickly as possible, so we worked our butts off to make it to 20. (Not that i'm complaining; hard work is good for ya! ;o) And so, Friday we took our sample in to the doctor's office and told the receptionist we had a sample to drop off. She and the nurse who was standing beside her looked at us all confusey-like.

I raised my eyebrows hopefully.

The receptionist tapped away on the computer and said, "Ooooh. You don't bring that in until after your follow-up appointment (which is next week). The doctor will give you a container...."

Embarrassment aside and sheepishly grinning, i plead, "But we worked so hard!" which made the nurse giggle.

I looked at Todd, hoping he'd think of something to say to make them just kindly take our sample anyway. He had nothing. He made a funny comment and we left the building, sample in tow.

I don't even want to contemplate the conversation that followed between the nurse and the receptionist.

1 holla'd back:

Chris said...: I have a vague memory of some comedian - Jeff Foxworthy? - telling a story about handing back the container with his semen sample, only to be told by the startled nurse that it was supposed to be filled with urine. So hey, it could be worse. At least with you guys, it was only a question of timing.

(The TMI issue didn't bother me at all, but now I'm going to drive myself nuts wondering who the comedian was. Thanks a lot!); Monday, October 18, 2010

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Type Seven in Brief

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Sevens are extroverted, optimistic, versatile, and spontaneous. Playful, high-spirited, and practical, they can also misapply their many talents, becoming over- extended, scattered, and undisciplined. They constantly seek new and exciting experiences, but can become distracted and exhausted by staying on the go. They typically have problems with impatience and impulsiveness. At their Best: they focus their talents on worthwhile goals, becoming appreciative, joyous, and satisfied.

We have named this personality type The Enthusiast because Sevens are enthusiastic about almost everything that catches their attention. They approach life with curiosity, optimism, and a sense of adventure, like “kids in a candy store” who look at the world in wide-eyed, rapt anticipation of all the good things they are about to experience. They are bold and vivacious, pursuing what they want in life with a cheerful determination. They have a quality best described by the Yiddish word “chutzpah”—a kind of brash “nerviness.”

Although Sevens are in the Thinking Center, this is not immediately apparent because they tend to be extremely practical and engaged in a multitude of projects at any given time. Their thinking is anticipatory: they foresee events and generate ideas “on the fly,” favoring activities that stimulate their minds—which in turn generate more things to do and think about. Sevens are not necessarily intellectual or studious by any standard definition, although they are often intelligent and can be widely read and highly verbal. Their minds move rapidly from one idea to the next, making Sevens gifted at brainstorming and synthesizing information. Sevens are exhilarated by the rush of ideas and by the pleasure of being spontaneous, preferring broad overviews and the excitement of the initial stages of the creative process to probing a single topic in depth.

Sevens are frequently endowed with quick, agile minds, and can be exceptionally fast learners. This is true both of their ability to absorb information (language, facts, and procedures) and their ability to learn new manual skills—they tend to have excellent mind-body coordination, and manual dexterity (typewriting, piano playing, tennis). All of this can combine to make a Seven into the quintessential "Renaissance person."

Ironically, Sevens' wide-ranging curiosity and ability to learn quickly can also create problems for them. Because they are able to pick up many different skills with relative ease, it becomes more difficult for them to decide what to do with themselves. As a result, they also do not always value their abilities as they would if they had to struggle to gain them. When Sevens are more balanced however, their versatility, curiosity, and ability to learn can lead them to extraordinary achievement.

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