I've always hated waiting for results. Of anything. The next 48 hours are going to be...unrelaxed.
So, to take my mind off, here is the list of things I am thankful for, a week or so late. In my own way of course.
- I am thankful that the kid is now more willing to take his antibiotics, instead of screaming bloody murder and spitting them out saying 'it makes my mouth unhappy!', as a result of recurring ear infections. Also, that he is such a pro at detecting them that he alerted us to this latest one himself.
- I am thankful that my car is getting all sorts of new! shiny! parts, like a fuel injector and a timing belt and an ignition whatchamacallit, and indirectly not leaving me to wonder if it is worth putting any extra money into the market.
- I am thankful for mute buttons on headsets and phones, which allow me to yell, "Can you throw me down a pair of pants" around 11 AM in the morning, because I am still in boxers and a tee since getting up at 6 AM to the first of 5 consecutive calls.
- I am thankful for people who piss me off competitively, even if it is over something completely harmless and fun, because I can redirect my waiting energy to trying to one-up them spectacularly. I am especially happy when it's multiple people/ instances in one day, because then I have all sorts of outlet for my [in turn, fun and harmless] vindictiveness.
- I am thankful I do not have the desire or tendency to do this type of kumbaya introspection regularly at all, because man, is it boring and tedious.
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Random music choices, tonight. Except, maybe not. Let's just say certain people may or may not have gotten up at certain points in their life and danced on tables/desks/chairs to these songs. And not necessarily at home.
Is This Love - Bob Marley and The Wailers
(1997, at work around 7 PM on a Friday, babysitting a software upgrade. Completely sober.)
Never Tear Us Apart - INXS
(1991, at Cooper Dining hall during dinner after midterms. More of a lip synch with much dramatization with my friend J. A little buzzed due to a predinner celebration.)
Here.
Yer So Bad - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
(2004, steps/plaza in front of Catalina Island Opera House/Casino. Very, very buzzed. This one has photographic evidence.)
Here.
