Disappear

The blessings of blogging is one can just disappear into it and completely ignore their own life.  As I resurface three hours later I am much better able to face my own challenges.  Thank you for your funny, insightful, inspiring words. 

Stolen days

Yesterday I was supposed to work, but it was so slow that I was able to leave after only 4hours. My husband didn't have school so we were able to have a free day together. We went to lunch, then shopping for my birthday present(new boots), free makeup, and some new clothes. After a nap, we still had time to study and went to bed early. We have been trying to have a "date day" FOREVER, and to have this stolen day was wonderful. And I was paid for it.

Note To Self #1

Why oh why do I do this to myself?  I made Tres Leches Cake (translation Three Milks) yesterday knowing that I am lactose intolerant.  I also know that I love this cake.  I cannot say no when it is around.  So what did I do?  My husband and I ate almost half of it yesterday.  I hurt all the way up to my ribs.  Every breath reminds me why I should NEVER eat that cake and yet I do.  Even now, I know it is in the fridge and I want just one bite.  Dare I go down that road again?  Can I have just one bite?

New Years Resolution in November

I think regularly about all the writer blogs that I follow, an am occasionally jealous that I am  not more of a writer.  The only creative writing I have ever done is haiku poems in grade school.  I wrote haiku because they were only three lines and had no story.  Fit the requirements without too much work.  I don't even have a journal, because every time I start one it just becomes a place to whine and complain.  Then I realize that if I blogged two or three times a week, this could be a journal.  I can't spend all my time being miserable or complaining because "people" will be reading it.  True, I don't have many followers, but those of you that read and comment make a difference to me.  So we are going to pretend that the last month didn't happen and I will set a goal to blog more.  Now I have an electric recording of my thoughts and days.  When someone feels like writing a story about my life (as I am sure they will) there will be something to follow.

Free Surgery

How often would you get surgery if it was free?  I got my eyes lasered last year and it comes with a lifetime guarantee.  That means that I can go in for a "touch-up" if my eyes change at all.  After one year, my astigmatism has return in my right eye.  That means that sometimes, when I am really tired, I feel like I need to strain to get perfect focus.  Should I go in for another eye surgery?  Will I need to go in every year to get my cornea resurfaced again and again?  How many times can I have surgery on my eyes before things start to go really wrong?  Or, should I just get a really cute pair of glasses that I only wear when I feel like it.  What do you think?

Who Stole My Cats?

For the past six years I have thought that I owned two cats.  This week I have realized that they are actually dogs.  Amos has turned into a lap dog, that whines and complains unless he is sitting on my lap, sprawled over whatever book or project I am working on.  Annie is a watchdog.  She stands at attention with her front paws on the windowsill watching for any intruders into our backyard.  If she sees anything, she runs from window to window growling.  Did I say she runs?  I meant she lumbers.   Thump thump thump thump thump thump.  No stealth at all.  Where did my cats go?  Will they return the animals I used to know that slept on the bed all day, or moved from sunbeam to sunbeam chasing the endless nap?

Working Conditions

Of all the nerve.  The hospital calls me in and offers me double-time for an extra shift so I can't say no.  Then they actually expect me to work.  Unacceptable.  Don't they know that I am almost done with a really good book?  I must see how it ends but it is too busy for me to even crack it open.  My Kindle lies there on the counter calling to me every time I run by on my way to the next patient.  Please please please just give me a few minutes to reconnect with the characters and READ THE ENDING!!!