the world moves in circles

      Okay, so, I have always known that the world moves in circles. Okay, wait. I do not claim to have been born with such knowledge, therefore I should change that statement. Um mmm, While I have forgotten lots of things I learned in school (such as where in the heck some of the countries these Olympic athletics are from, are actually located) I have never had problems remembering that in actuality, it's not the sun and moon moving in the sky, it's actually that the world that we live on is rotating and thus we are the ones 'moving'.
      Another way to put that, is that the earth continually rotates in a circle. I KNOW that. And at it's basis, I've always KNOWN the rest of this too, I'm just not sure it's ever all dawned on me / been made ever so apparent to me all at the same time / to such a high degree as this, before.
       Our earth rotates in a circle.
        Most all of the Olympics winter activities either involve going in varying sizes of circles, or weaving of some sort.
        [Brian and I had been attempting to watch them the other evening. He REALLY enjoys them. I really don't mind them. But man oh man, I was getting ever so dizzy while sitting perfectly still, all by myself, on a couch. Yikes!!! It must have showed, because after looking long and hard at me at one point, Brian switched channels. "Oh, this is a good movie, and they say it's absolutely amazing with surround sound!" The beginning music was very pretty!! But it turned out the movie was about NASCAR racing. Yup, driving in circles. Geesh! He changed the channel yet again. I felt so bad!!!]
       Dogs usually turn in circles at least a couple of times before laying down.
       [Usually Boo only does so one or two times. Lately of course, it can take him six or seven times. And yes, I close my eyes, but if he has chosen to lay beside me on the couch, I can FEEL his going in circles!! :-/ And he hasn't a clue why what he's doing is suddenly bothering me so!!]
      In order to load the dishwasher, you turn back and forth, from the sink to the dishwasher, and back to the sink, and back ....
      [and I'm feeling off kilter just thinking about the process ;-/ ]
      To hand wash dishes, you turn slightly to get the next thing from the dirty side of the sink, you wash the item [which usually involves moving your wash cloth in circles inside the serving bowls or your pans], turn a bit to rinse the item in your other sink, turn even more to put the item on the drying towel, and then turn way the opposite direction to get something else off of the dirty side [while sometimes hesitating a moment and clinging to the sink reassuring your brain that you are not spinning].
      The toilet didn't flush right, so you flush it again and watch to make sure it doesn't decide to rise too high [HELP!!!!!!!].
      Getting things out of the fridge, and the pantry, and putting everything on the counter so you can start prepping a meal, involves oh my goodness so many 'circles' and weaving!
      To get from your table at the restaurant, where your husband treated you to a nice steak dinner for Valentines, involves weaving through crowds of people, and sometimes brushing shoulders with them (didn't previously realize that could cause such a tilt a world effect), and walking a straight path is no where near possible, and people make the strangest faces at you, and whisper the rudest little comments when you suddenly just stop because you are absolutely sure your going to take them all out due to how hard your spinning.
      o/~ The wheels on the bus go round and round o/~ thus it's best not to watch traffic while your going down the road. [No, I have not driven in weeks!!]
      Washing your hair and taking showers is usually pretty much a stand basically still process. But it also involves scrubbing your head (Yowsa!!!), and washing your body [who doesn't wash their main torso by going in circles?!!!], and closing your eyes while standing under water which is cascading down your body .... [No wonder they so often include shower scenes in horror movies ;-p]

      And I've listed enough examples that now I am not only feeling very off kilter, but also getting nausea, so I'm going to end this posting.
     Brian says that a way he's been explaining it, which people seem to get the most, is that your brain is like a battery. Usually, both of your inner ears feed the battery 100 % voltage and thus equal balance is maintained. However, as last weeks testing showed (I did not actually post all of that information, just sent it out to some in an email. If you did not recieve the information, but would like to, just ask ;-]) my right ears inner ear is only producing about 40% voltage. Thus the brain is getting 100 % voltage from one side and 40 % from the other, so it tries to compensate. But then my eyes send their own information that I am not actually spinning, or tilting, and the brain isn't sure what it should do. [At least that's how I think he put it. If it doesn't make sense, let me know, and I'll have him type it up and post it.]

      I'm headed back up to bed, to lay on my right side, and hopefully settle everything down again.
      No, I have not heard back from my own doctors office yet. Could be that they are waiting for my actual doctor to get back in tomarrow. He has been on a missions trip to Africa. One of the other doctors in the office granted me the refills on the perscription and referred me to the specialist/clinic. My docor or his office will have to schedule the CAT scan, and perscribe any new medications, etc..


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