Now That's What I Call Motivation

I went for a run today.
It was perfect weather to go running in a light jacket and leggings.
Although I do feel slightly self-conscious about wearing just leggings anywhere outside of the dance world, I did it anyway.
At the end of my run, I was waiting at the stoplight to get to my apartment.
As was a number of vehicles.
One of which occupied a male truck driver.
Who felt the need to roll his window down and yell, "You've got some nice legs!"
Well.
I guess I oughta go running more often.

The Difference Between Girls and Boys

I recently went on a trip to Washington for a friend's wedding.    
 - congrats again, Cristian and Cortney! -
I'm no stranger to road trips for the sake of a friend getting married.
However, I usually share these adventures with my friends of the female type.
This trip was different.
This time I went with 3 of my guy friends.
It was still a blast.
But definitely different.
I said I was going to write up a list of the differences and similarities between traveling with guys vs. girls.
Well I am a woman of my word.
Enjoy.

- The Car Ride -

Girls: Sing loudly to a wide range of music--from Celine Dion to Backstreet Boys to Broadway musicals.

Guys: Drive. Eat. Sleep. Repeat.

Girls: Stop to use the restroom every 2 hours.

Guys: Power through until the gas tank is empty.

- The Conversation -

Girls: Boys, hopes and dreams, frustrations, goals, periods, funny stories, sad stories, stories about animals...

Guys: New music they've discovered, places to eat, funny stories.

- The Photographs -
Girls: Take all kinds of ridiculous pictures....singing in the car, sleeping in the car, pictures of us with anything we deem slightly interesting, pictures of us making ridiculous faces when we're bored....
Guys: A good handful of the highlights from the trip.




- Getting Ready -
Girls: Fighting for mirror space, scheduling who will shower when, setting off breakers from all the blow-dryers, curling irons, and straighteners. Usually running behind.
Guys: Take longer to get ready than I expected. Therefore also tend to run behind.


- The Food -
Girls: Junk food. Fast food. Whatever is cheap and tasty.
Guys: More health conscious than I expected! Although still had their fair share of junk/fast food.





- The Entertainment Factor -
Girls: We are all freaking hilarious.
Guys: We are all freaking hilarious.




- The Dance Moves -
Girls: Awesome (and totally ridiculous) when we dance together. Try to avoid catching the eye of strange men.
Guys: So fun to dance with! Much better than avoiding "slow songs". Although not quite as awesome at the ridiculous dance moves.



- The Mugging Situation -
Girls: Get robbed at gunpoint.
Guys: So far, so good.




All in all, I had a good time! I would do it again :)

Yes, I know Sarah and Hannah will hate me for posting these....but I just couldn't resist :)

A Week of Mondays

Confession...
I ate at Panda Express twice this week.
It's been that kind of a week.
So now I'm grumpy and fat.
Happy weekend to you all!

The Perks of Being a Registrar

* You get to meet people with gender-confusing names (Lindsay as a man, Devon as a girl....)

* You also get to hear allllll about their medical problems. From the past decade. Forget the fact that it has no relevance to my job. People just love to share.

* When patients remember your name. That always makes me feel good and guilty all at the same time.

* Just hearing things people say:
     "So they have to have nurses here 24 hours a day? That is astounding!"

     "You should carry a whip." (Coming from a man who I convinced to fill out paperwork after he initially refused....)

     "Wow, that's some bright nail polish you have there....are you allowed to have such bright nails?"

* Inspiration for the latest trends. Like the guy wearing a red shirt, red shorts, and red shoes. At least they were all pretty close to the same shade.

* Those days when you just have it, and you get several compliments from patients. Regardless of which BSA-colored uniform you happen to be sporting that day.

* The awkward awesome moments when you try to pronounce someone's name and you completely butcher it. Thank heavens they don't usually get offended. Usually.

* When a patient goes to get some food, and they offer to get you something. Which they sometimes do, despite a polite declination :) (I have gotten egg rolls and hot chocolate from patients. Mmm...)

* Those times when patients recognize you from when they were here "a year or so ago." And you've only been working here for 7 months.

* You get really good at sanitizing things.

* When a patient you helped earlier in the day comes by again, and spouts something off that should make sense to you, but it doesn't because you have to rack your brain for at least 60 seconds before you remember who they are.

* When a patient is absolutely rude to you, and then later comes back and apologizes. This is seriously the best, and I'll tell you why. I never get offended when a patient is rude to me. I don't condone it, but I figure they're the ones that have to be in a hospital, so who am I to judge their grumpiness? So when they come back to apologize and explain, it just reaffirms my faith in humanity. It seriously makes me so happy that I didn't previously get offended, so they feel that they can do that.

* The awkward moment when a patient asks how much longer, so you check the time of their appointment and you realize you never checked them in. So you lie to their face saying, "They're running about half an hour behind." Oops....I'm only human.

I'm sure there will be a part 2 to this later on.