Tagged

So I guess Deedles has been on call a lot more this month, so I've been blogging a bit more. . . .lonely call nights=computer time. Anyway, I noticed that Liz tagged me to share five things about myself (a month ago), so here goes:
5) I am quite good at a lot of things but keeping my home tidy isn't one of them. When friends are due to come over, it is always a mad dash to pick up piles and books littered about the house. I just can't figure out how those clean people do it. I feel like every time I pick something up, it just gets all messed up again an hour later. I am not particularly gifted at organizing and I tend to have sentimental attachment to many things and can't throw them out. So, confession one: I am not tidy (My one caveat to this is I absolutely am disgusted by dirty bathrooms, so I always wipe down toilets and countertops every day or two).
4) The people who know me either pre-college or post-college sometimes get confused becuase I am a bit of a chameleon. It is generally a surprise to either batch when they find out I have lead two lives: my school-girl and high-school ways were definitely in the arts. My family grew up with music (my mom made me join all the children's choirs). I was in a lot of plays in junior high and high school. My true love was dance. I started dance when I was 12 and loved it!! I did jazz and ballet till high school and then did more modern and ballroom dancing then. When I started college I planned on majoring in dance and did one semester with that track. I also took a biology class and LOVED IT that semester (I don't know how I graduated, but had only taken 2 science classes in high school). While I was enjoying biology, I struggled with some aspects of dance (mainly body-image, etc--this problem is a topic of a whole other blog). So I switched gears and immersed myself in science classes. To my surprise I found I was quite good at chemistry and molecular biology. I enjoyed labwork!! What a surprise! So people are always surprised that I was either artsy or ended up in the sciences!
3) I can not say no. This has been a great asset because I've been able to do things that I would never have dreamed of simply because someone asked me to. It can also be problematic when I get totally overwhelmed with projects. On the plus side, I am happy to help people out. (the one time I said no was when someone persistently tried to get me to become a Mary Kay consultant-- I was certain that wasn't for me).
2) I have a mirror face. In high school I got a mirror as a gag gift from my dance company. My roomates used to tease me about it in college, and my husband always gets a laugh out of it. Because I have been the object of so much teasing, he tells me my mirror face has been tempered a bit, but sometimes he catches me in the act while doing my hair in the morning. I don't know exactly how to describe mirror face, but someone teased me once that it was my 'blue-steel' look (see Zoolander)
1) I dislike cooking, but try to do it because I know how important family dinner is. I look forward to the day when I won't blink at take-out prices a couple of times a week.

I guess I am supposed to tag 5 other people, so Sarah, Danielle, Juli, Karlea, and Carrie go for it!

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We've been Elfed!

Some friends sent us this link and we had a blast "elfing" ourselves! Check it out!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1401780505

Random Thoughts

Okay so I am sitting here and I just ate about half of the cookie dough bits out of the ice cream and figured I needed to do something just a bit more productive. So here I am.

My first random thought is: Happy Anniversary to Deedles and Milly! Yesterday we celebrated our 7th anniversary. Unfortunately, as our family is now running on a surgical intern schedule, we weren't able to get a night out together (he's got a week off in January we will take advantage of). I just had to share my gift: D got a lovely handmade card from me that professed my undying love and a Costco-sized bottle of Metamucil. (the tag line in my card was.. . . . .hope the next 7 years will be even 'smoother' than the last 7). Romantic, eh??? D actually totally appreciated the gift, maybe in some other blog we could go over his BM pathology (I am sure he would be so thrilled that I am sharing this you all--well actually, you know D, he would probably just laugh about it! )

Okay since my blog is entitled random thoughts, I guess my train of thought has now been directed towards my husband and some crazy stories he's told. One of D's favorite things about patient care in general surgery is asking people if they've passed gas yet (meaning they can eat-bowels are functioning properly). Last week he told me that he was asking a lady if she had passed gas and she said, "Oh, you smelled that? I am so sorry!" He let her know that was not what he mean't, but did congratulate her on the returned function of her bowels!

D has now logged a bunch of cases (meaning he performed the surgery in most of its entirety). in fact, he has been a part of so many laproscopic appendectomies, that a few days ago the attending let him do the whole case all by himself--he was pretty stoked. I am thrilled for him, but wonder about the patient. I sure they might think twice about surgery if the knew their surgeon had only been a doctor for 6 months. In these cases I would probably prefer not to be told, wouldn't you?

Well its 9:20 and D just walked in the door, so I should go talk to him while he eats dinner. I am thrilled because tomorrow he gets the whole day off. He hasn't had a Sunday off for 9 weeks! I am so excited he gets to sit through church with me, however, we joked that if he keeps coming to church they'll never release him as Elder's Quorum President.

Okay, final random thought on church callings. For those of you who aren't aware the LDS church does not have a paid clergy. Some of D's senior residents were asking him how much he got paid. . . .ah, if only!! I am joking, of course, we are happy to perform service in our church.

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