Thursday Thirteen, 13th Edition
Posted by Dory @ Lucky Dorito on Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Thirteen Sad but True things I’ve learned this week:
1. Lands End makes a Dory jacket! Who’d a thunk it? I’d love to have one just because of the name. (Thanks Stacy for the heads up!)
2. I drink far too much liquid. I know this because I have to use the potty wayyyy too many times a day.
3. I do NOT like being yelled at. It makes me feel like a little kid, getting in trouble. Even if I didn’t do anything to deserve it.
4. My thoughts sometimes drift to moments in my past, which only serves to make me melancholy. And yet, it’s hard to stop sometimes.
5. I was bidding against a friend at an auction over the weekend for an antique bed for our guest room. As much as I didn’t want to, I bowed out long before I reached my ceiling price – because I felt like a heel bidding against her. In the end, she offered to give me the old iron bed she’s going to take out of that room to make room for this one. Love that.
6. This week I’ve been dreaming of becoming a shop owner. Someday. Somehow.
7. I think Wednesday night tv programming stinks.
8. My job makes me wanna scream sometimes. Or cry. Or both.
9. I will be soooo happy when my husband finishes his doctorate degree in December. Not only because I will be PROUD of him, but also because I am tired of doing so many of the house hold chores by MYself. He has been too busy to help much for the past couple of years and I really miss that. For example, we always did the “If you cook, I’ll clean” routine – now I’m cooking AND cleaning. It stinks.
10. One of my coworkers called out, “Hey Dory” at work (to tell me about something I forgot to do) and I immediately responded. The nickname is really sticking these days.
11. I can still be shy and get all tongue-tied when talking to someone I just met. No matter how hard I’m trying, I struggle with confidence. But….. that’s only in my personal life. I’m so much more in control and command of myself when wearing my dental hygienist hat. What is UP with that?
12. A sweet patient brought me a book this week. What a thoughtful gesture! I need to think to do things like that more often. 
13. Last Wednesday night, Mr. Lucky and I watched “The Family Man” (2000) on HBO. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a MUST SEE chick flick. (I’ve seen it about a million times because it always makes me happy, such a feel-good movie). Several days later, we were having a discussion about something or the other, which ended with me melting into a big pile of mush when he said, “I choose us.” And YES, I am a hopeless romantic. Hopeless. What can I say? 
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Shannonon 22 Oct 2009 at 6:33 am 1How cool is #1? Love that.
#2- LABSOLUTELY!
#5- Being kind always pays. Always.
#6- Dreams are always good to have. This is a great one!
Lenaon 22 Oct 2009 at 7:32 am 2#3 totally agree, same thing happens to me.
#6 I didn’t know that! I had that dream, as you know it came true, … almost lost my shirt, until ex-husband bailed me out. thanks ex-husband. The crazy thing is the thought of it still excites me .. and scares me at the same time.
#5, #12 that great, I love kind gestures, I need to be more like that.
Jeanon 22 Oct 2009 at 5:01 pm 33. Same. I feel very embarrassed, like a little kid, if I’m really yelled at. You can just watch me “turtle” and run. I close down completely.
7. I think every night scheduling sucks!LOL Except “Lost” night! I don’t watch tv, unless I know I want to watch a specific program..
11. I’m the same way, although not as much, I don’t think.. I can talk to strangers, it’s just MUCH easier when I do it as a nurse. I think we’re more confident in our skills, and we have an identity, instead of just a “what you see is what you get”!LOL It’s easier to foresee what is likely to happen, so you don’t get too surprised to gracefully respond.
12. I do occasionally think of nice things to do, but I wish I thought of more things, like Shannon does. I just don’t always think of those things, although I would love to be MUCH more that way!!
SCARECROWon 23 Oct 2009 at 1:42 pm 4#11 Well, when you consider you are coming at someone with a dental instrument of torture while wearing a mask….why wouldn’t you feel more in control or command. You could probably get your patients to bark if you wanted to.
Try wearing the mask in public while holding a pick in one hand…see what happens to your confidence then.