Thoughts of the day.

Thoughts of the day:

1. It must be exhausting to be Lady Gaga. What she wouldn't give for a day of jeans and a t-shirt.

2a. Having a dog is wonderful. I know, I know, you've heard about Scout before. Buuuuuttttt, it is wonderful. Scout gets me outside all of the time whether it's for a walk or to gaze at the stars while she wanders around trying to find the perfect spot to "do her business." I've met most of the neighborhood on account of her. And no matter how many crazy patients I had to deal with that day, Scout is waiting by the door with that tail just a waggin' because she heard the garage door go up and knows that her mama's home.

2b. I think it's funny that Jared and I refer to ourselves as Scout's parents when we are so obviously not canines ourselves.

3. Sometimes I hate the "simmer" stage of food. I've got a glorious pot of tortilla soup on the stove and it's supposed to simmer. I get the point. Let all the flavors marinate and overlap and play together for awhile. It's about to be a simmer in the stomach instead of the stove kind of night.

4. I got hung up on at work today. For real. The funny thing is, I don't ever remember being hung up on before in my life. Maybe it happened in the past, but I can't think of a time. I love that the first time for this was by a patient's mother. Wow.

5. I am so thankful for the weekend. I am going to relax and refresh.

6. Parks and Recreation is the funniest show ever. Loving it more than the office these days. Sacrilegious, I know.

7. Subway has the best cookies in the world. Don't know how that Jared guy avoided the cookies and lost all that weight.

8. I find it irritating when someone lists all of his or her roles in life like Alison, social worker, daughter, sister, aunt, wife, lover of nature, mother of Scout, exerciser, eater, sleeper, dreamer, walker on the beach, liker of receiving flowers at her office on Valentine's day and other random occasions, wearer of blue jeans on her day off, peacemaker, movie watcher, magazine reader, citizen of the United States of America, blog writer, artist, novel reader, historical fiction reader, memoir reader, progress note writer, vacuumer extraordinaire, cooker of the aforementioned tortilla soup, ad nauseum. I don't know why this bugs me so much. Maybe people are trying to define themselves. It just seems funny since each and every one of us fill so many different roles in this life.

Quote of the day:

Patient: I make the best children's breakfast ever.

A: Okay, do tell.

Patient: Chocolate chip pancakes. It covers the four food groups: carbohydrates, protein [so far so good], sugar, and starch [what the hell?].

A: Aren't...nevermind [on so many levels].