Have we been busy?

Busy doesn't come close to describing our lives for the last few weeks.  Here's the exciting recap...

You may remember that Stacy had knee replacement surgery at the beginning of February and I am happy to report that she returns to work on Monday, today for some of you on the east coast.  Stacy had barely began walking on her own when I had a bout with the flu.  You remember, and unfortunately so do the nurses that cleaned up after me in the hospital.  Then, you may recall I stepped on a very small sliver of glass and it got badly infected with brilliant red stripes running up my leg.  An afternoon at Emergicare and two weeks of antibiotics and it has finally cleared up.  I also scored another day in the hospital to have an angiogram to see if the potato in my chest where many people have hearts was still functioning properly.  My stints looked good but now I have to take a water pill every morning to keep the fluids off my heart and this little white pill keeps me ever conscious of where the nearest bathroom is.

Now here's the newest diseases for the Peters' family.  Doctors found a suspicious patch on Stacy's back and determined it was cancer.  However, we are happy to report that it was only basal cell carcinoma. Last week the doctor dug a trench in her back and removed the entire offending area.  Stacy has yet another scar to add to her collection. 

Then, last Monday, as I was planning a fundraiser to defeat anal leakage forever, it hit again.  All day Monday until 3 pm on Tuesday I spent an extraordinary amount of time expelling hot water from places where hot water is not supposed to come from.  Not only did I end up with the sorest ass of my life, but I officially lost 17 pounds over the course of 3 days.  It's ok to laugh as long as you don't point.  I just consider myself a forerunner to the swine flu pandemic.  Remeber when someone comes to your door, give to help stop anal leakage in our lifetime!

Needless to say, we are ecstatic that we have met our deductible and out of pocket expenses for health insurance before summer!  What a feeling of screwing the health insurance company because every time we go to the pharmacy, IT'S FREE!  WOO HOO!

That is all...Peters out!

More Brain Leakage...

I have been a bad boy for not writing last week, but I have been busy, working night and day to be the best pharmaceutical delivery driver in the two state region.  Not to mention having to treat an infection in my foot.  I'll let you know if it heals or if we'll be having "Tim's right foot chili."

I was thinking about some of the radio promotions I have been involved in over the years.  The first station I worked for, KNEB, which I saved from a burglary, got stabbed in the process, got a $15 bonus and was later fired and told I had no future in radio, was the home to my first radio promotion.  I don't really remember how you signed up but the prize was a tractor radio.  You may not realize that some tractors don't come with a radio.  This was the kind you mounted on the fender next to you and it would bring in your favorite AM stations.

I can't recall any promotions or giveaways at KOLT.  The station was so darn popular that we didn't have to bribe people to listen.  At KOIL in Omaha, the station was under interim ownership and was literally a not for profit station.  The previous owner had been stripped of his licenses and this guy was running it until the FCC, in all their infinite wisdom, could find a permanent owner.  We gave away a prize an hour.  Sometimes it was a record album.  (A black shiny round disc which contained music played on a record player)  Sometime we gave away movie tickets and sometimes a months supply of Centrum vitamins!  That's one small bottle of pills in case you're not a health nut, vitamin freak like me.  The only big promotion we did was one to save a gorilla at the zoo.  That really drew in some listeners.  Of course, we did have Sprite night at Peony Park which we affectionately called fight night.  That really helpe d gain listeners!

I've already told you about KEYN and KKRD giveaways.  Those two stations made giveaways so everyday that winners stopped being excited when they won.  Our listeners won cars and trips and at Christmas we got a fruit basket.  But that's another story for another time. 

I've got to go see if my foot has turned back to a normal color from it's current color of green.  Wish me luck!

That is ll...Peters out!  (And you know who you are!)