A moment of humour in a not so funny situation

So today was not fun. Actually neither was yesterday. I was booked in for a colonoscopy today so yesterday I had to prep for it which basically means drinking litres of unpleasant tasting moviprep along with litres more water to flush EVERYTHING out.  Ugh.

So today I took more of the moviprep and stayed close to the bathroom all morning before I checked in for the procedure in the afternoon.

So what gave me a laugh, given the circumstances that I was in, was that I was lying back on the table while the medical staff were all setting up around me.  I was chilling out trying to not let the nerves get to me and suddenly I heard the music that was playing in the background. Well I was floored by what I heard, it was Jimmy Buffet's "Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes". I don't think this is a song that is regularly played in Ireland so I guess they were playing some easy listening playlist.  Then next up was the theme song for The OC - "California" (love it!).

So there I was in a Dublin hospital being brought right to my favourite places in the world Key West and California. It certainly gave me a laugh given the indignity of the situation I was in. But sure hey, you have to look for the good in whatever is going on!!

Here's the words to "Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes" by Jimmy Buffet to bring you to an island space of mind:

I took off for a weekend last month
Just to try and recall the whole year.
All of the faces and all of the places,
Wonderin' where they all disappeared.
I didn't ponder the question too long;
I was hungry and went out for a bite.
Ran into a chum with a bottle of rum,
And we wound up drinkin' all night.

It's those changes in latitudes,
Changes in attitudes nothing remains quite the same.
With all of our running and all of our cunning,
If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane.

Reading departure signs in some big airport
Reminds me of the places I've been.
Visions of good times that brought so much pleasure
Makes me want to go back again.
If it suddenly ended tomorrow,
I could somehow adjust to the fall.
Good times and riches and son of a bitches,
I've seen more than I can recall

These changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes,
Nothing remains quite the same.
Through all of the islands and all of the highlands,
If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane

I think about Paris when I'm high on red wine,
I wish I could jump on a plane.
And so many nights I just dream of the ocean.
God, I wish I was sailin' again.
Oh, yesterdays are over my shoulder,
So I can't look back for too long.
There's just too much to see waiting in front of me,
And I know that I just can't go wrong
With these

Changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes,
Nothing remains quite the same.
Through all of the islands and all of the highlands,
If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane