Sentimentalness

I'm going to jump on the "Say the things you're thankful for on your blog" band wagon, and I'm going to do it 3 days late. It's 3 days late because I was working 50% of the holiday weekend, and it's taken me a day or two to recover my holiday spirit. (Bah humbug.)


So here they are, in  no particular order, the things I was most thankful for over the weekend.


1. Being done with every other day call.
Because I told a patient "good evening" multiple times at 6 am Sunday morning.


2. 5 days from now, I'll be vacationing in San Francisco. 
(And hopefully get to see my favorite unprofessional TY buddy and his wife!)


3. My Cedar Creek winery bottle of Cedarburg Spice. 
It's Thanksgiving in a glass. 
And I've had a few glasses over the past couple days (in between call days, not during, I swear).


4. Being excited for snow. 
I put out my Christmas decorations, lit a candle, and started playing the horrible Christmas music cable channel. . . and all I was missing was snow.


5. Finding the music that exactly suites my mood. 
(Florence + The Machine tonight).


6. My sister. 
Because she texted me with hints that she might visit, and now I'm looking forward to it even though I don't even know if that's what she meant.


7. My second year resident.
Because he's smart and awesome and hard-working, and I hope someday to be as awesome.
(Not possible.)
And he was excited to get home early today (to his family) which helped me get home early (to my couch).


8. My couch.
For obvious reasons.

9. Arrested Development.

For giving me an entire Sunday of entertainment via Netflix. 

(Spent with #8 and a 2.7 pound tub of Trip Chocolate Cookie Dough. Glorious.)


10. My high school friends. 
Because some of us have grown up, found a soul mate, gotten a steady job, purchased a home, and had children.
And although I have done none of those things (possibly secondary to #9), they still love me exactly like they did in high school.
And because we started planning our New Year's Eve party via group email. I absolutely love our group emails.


11. A night on the town.
I spent one great Friday night in Cedar Rapids that included a beer in the basement, serving dinner in a homeless shelter, tickets to a hockey game, and finally pumpkin pie. Total success.


12. My co-resident in crime who shared call with me over the weekend. 

For being of a similar mind in our attitude towards the ridiculousness of call. 

For inviting me to Thanksgiving dinner with his family.

And then for letting me come over and eat leftovers when I missed dinner because I was seeing a patient.

13. My family. 

Because spending Thanksgiving time with someone else's family made me desperately miss my own.

I could probably think of more, but a baker's dozen seems good. Besides, once I've brought out the big guns like family, there's nothing else to top it. And it's cheesy, but this is, after all, the holidays.