Back Again!

Jeez, it's been a long time since I updated this blog.  I've started a couple of other online venues....one through Penzu, where I basically just griped about my job, and a Word doc called Merci, where I try to list the good stuff, the stuff I'm grateful for.  However, I was cleaning out my desk this week and came across the calendar that my nursing school friend gave me.  All those awesome things that trip our trigger on a daily basis so I figured, rather than throw them away, I should write my thoughts about each one to finish it up on this blog.  So here goes:

• Eating the part of the cookie that fell in the milk - Rarely do I dip cookies in milk.  I have just never been a milk-drinking girl.  But eating cookies...that's an entirely different story.  Ooey-gooey chocolate chip cookies straight out of the oven?  Yes please.  And if they have nuts, that's even better.
• Interspecies action-figure wars - Nope.  I'm the kind of person that doesn't watch movies if they can't actually happen in real life.  So no sci-fi for me, no intergalactic anything.  I've never even seen Star Wars!  Once in a blue moon, I'll watch something magical:  Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Princess Bride.  But most of the time, I'm like "nah".  
• Passing under a bridge on the highway when it's pouring rain - I do like this.  It lets me catch my breath for a second when I've been holding it due to the stress of driving in the pouring rain.  I'm not the kind of person who parks under a bridge and waits for it to stop raining....that's kind of idiotic, if you ask me....but I do like the momentary reprieve you get when you drive under them during a shower.
• Snagging all the free stuff from hotel rooms - Haha...this made me laugh.  I'm in hotel rooms SO often that the allure of the "free" stuff is no longer there.  I do get a little excited if they have something different in the room, like for instance, we got slippers in our room when we stayed in Kuwait.  I have them to this day. 
• An inbox of personal e-mails waiting for you when you wake up - The very first thing I do when I wake up is check my phone.  First, work emails.  Second, FB notifications.  Third, personal email.  An invitation?  A request for travel at work?  A compliment on FB?  Those are the nice things to wake up to.
• Taking your glasses or contact lenses off at the end of the day - I mainly just use reading glasses so this doesn't really pertain to me, but if you switched the word "glasses" for "bra", I would be totally onboard with that kind of awesomeness!
• Laughing so hard you make no sound at all - I don't do this.  But sometimes I do laugh until I cry.  I get this from my dad.  And that's the kind of funny that no matter if it happens time and time again, you'll laugh every single time.  Like dropping the tacos at Taco Bell.  
• When the free bread they bring you at the restaurant is warm - Now that I've read Anthony Bourdain's book "No Reservations", I am leary of restaurant bread.  (He says they reuse the uneaten bread....ugh).  However, if the bread you are served is warm, I'm of the thought that it's fresh bread.  Yum with a capital Y. 
• The smell of Play-Doh -  I do love play-doh but I don't necessarily think it smells good.  Magic Markers, on the other hand......I'm high off that shit.  
• Taking a shaving break - This doesn't pertain to me.  I shave my legs EVERY day and love the way it feels!
• Catching somebody singing in their car and sharing a laugh with them - This used to happen sometimes when I was younger.  Nowadays, everyone has Bluetooth so when you see them flapping their jaws in the car, they could just be chatting with their mom.
• Kissing your significant other for no reason - I do love smooching Rich.  I just smooch him sometimes for no reason at all.  He rarely does that for me but oh well....
• When you go out for lunch and come back to a way better parking spot - The only time I had a job like this was when I worked for Metropolitan Lutheran Ministry and I hated the job so badly that even if I got a better parking spot, it was still dismal to have to get out of my car, knowing I still had an entire afternoon left at that hell hole.
• The sound of barely frozen puddles cracking when you step on them - I get this.  Crunching anything when you're walking is awesome, whether that be frozen puddles, leafs, anything. 
• When a chunk of earwax randomly falls out of your ear - I have never actually had this happen but anyone who knows me knows that I find a weird sort of satisfaction of watching ear wax removal videos on youtube.  If there was a nurse job where all you did was remove ear wax, that's the kind of nurse I'd like to be.
• Your first day in brand new underwear - I like getting new underwear, truly I do, but they're not soft until they've been washed a couple of times.  Then they're really awesome!
• Taking off your high heels at the end of the night and walking home in bare feet - Substitute "bra" for "high heels" and I'm in 100% agreement.  (See above)
• That smooth feeling on your teeth after you get your braces off - I actually had gotten so used to having braces that it was kind of sad when they were removed but on this same note, I do love the smooth feeling of your teeth after you have your six month cleaning.  No plaque.  That's perfection.
• Dangling your feet in water - Only if it's clean water, like a pool or a fountain.  Not any water where something could nibble your toes. That's just terrifying.
• Kicking those clumps of frozen slush off the back of your car's mud flaps - I hate, hate, hate grey snow but I think it's hilarious that someone else realized how satisfying this is to kick this crap off your car.  
• When you arrive at the bus stop just as the bus is coming around the corner - I can't remember the last time I caught a bus but I guess this is the same feeling when you time it perfectly for the subway or train.  You feel like a pro at commuting.
• Wearing pajamas to do anything besides sleep - I do like spending time in pajamas but only for laying around.  I have to really watch myself since I work from home and make myself get dressed; otherwise, I'd end up in pjs all the time.
• Celebrating your pet's birthday even though they have no idea what's going on - Not a pet person.  But celebrating a dog's birthday does sound kind of fun.
• Dropping a glass and then sticking your foot out so it hits your foot and doesn't break on the ground - I don't think I've ever done this.  But having a glass hit your foot doesn't sound very awesome.  I guess it's better than broken glass but still...  Maybe you should just be careful and not drop your glass in the first place.
• Eating the extra fries at the bottom of the bag - This is especially awesome if you've gone through the drive through and are eating the fries while you drive.  You get to the bottom of that little paper bag of fries and you're like "Aww....bummer" then you reach deeper into the bigger bag only to find some fries laying in the bottom of that.  That is kind of awesome.