The Prank

So I love watching all those hidden video shows. I especially like the ones where they prank someone. When ever I get a scratch off (like twice a year) I remember the one from funniest home videos where the guy thinks he got the winning lottery numbers. Here is montage of a whole bunch of, "funny to me but not to them" pranks.

I have thought of a great prank.

Victim: You need to find someone going in for surgery (please do  not do a heart surgery patient). They will need to get general anesthesia and be staying the night.  It would be great if they had a young child and if they were married.

Preface:   Now typically people wake up in the recovery room but once they are brought back to their room they will fall asleep again. Once they fall asleep fill the room with photos and find a lot of dead flowers and balloons with 1/2 the amount of air.

Setting the scene:   So when your soon to be xfriend or family member wakes up you pretend 20 years has gone by.  You have a adult at their bedside as they wake up pretending to be their child. You have another adult dressed as a doctor come in, pretend to assess them and then ask them some questions. Like:

1.  Do you know what year it is?     No it is 2032

2.  Do you know who this person is?  It is your child, remember Nicky, she's now 24.

3.  Do you remember any other family members?  Yes, Eduardo was your spouse but a divorce was granted after 5 years.

4.  Do you remember why you came to the hospital 20 years ago?  Welllllll, yes you did come for  gallbladder surgery but after you woke up in recovery they brought you back here. From what the records state you fell asleep and thrashing your head into the bed rail. You caused your brain to swell and well...you've been in a coma since.

I am awful...I feel this would be hilarious. I don't think I will be invited to be with any family or friends at the hospital any time soon.



a mish mash of pride

When you see you child making good choices without any assistance it is golden. I mean all children will make the right choice when you give them the evil mom eyes or when you totally prep them. You hope and pray that when you aren't around or when you aren't within the correct distance to persuade their choice that they do the right thing.

Today at church Lily went up for the children's sermon. So far, so good. Before they sat down the Reverend handed one little girl (new to church) a cute stuffed dragon to hold while she read a book about a dragon. Oh my eyes quickly went to Lily. I was waiting for her to start getting upset that she didn't get to hold the "stuffie". She composed herself. Yeah. I could see she wasn't happy but she got over it so quickly. What a girl.

Then they all sat down. Of course Lily is in a dress and that can not always end up good with an audience. She took the dress and pulled it down over her knees and then put her knees together and tilted them sideways. PERFECT. It was if I had coached her prior to going up there but I hadn't. I saw a sweet elderly lady pointing to Lily. Ah. It was a moment of pride.

The story went on a bit and was a bit beyond the age and attention span of most of the kids but Lily sat there. Slowly things began to unwind. After like ten minutes she decided to rub her face against the stair railing. Then she was putting her hands through her dress pocket and spinning it around. The attention slowly went back to the railing. She worked for about five minutes at getting the perfect grip. Wrapping each finger one at a time.

I am pretty sure that Dora or Barbie do not have stripper poles but that is what my daughter decided to try up front in church. She didn't do anything obscene, just inappropriate. When it came time to "give peace" some of the people gave me smirked smiles (not mean, just like "you gotta laugh about it")

If she wasn't so into death, angels and communion I would probably take a few weeks off from church.  In hope that people forget or more importantly have time to design a way so the next time she goes up front at church she isn't sitting next to the railing. Like tell her the middle of the stairs is the best seat so everyone can see her beautiful dress.

Yesterday I was witness of a 30 minute communion exercise at home. After several times giving communion to her stuffies she asked me to video it so she could show her Grampy (he's a man of the "cloth") because she wants to help him the next time she goes to church with him.

Just so you know she does have actual toys to play with. I am very proud of Lily and her railing dance was innocent but still something I will laugh about for a long time to come.