Thursday #77 – Was not keen for work
this Thursday as I was fighting off the start of what I was pretty
sure was a horrible cold. In reality it soon disappeared and never
really eventuated to anything but nonetheless my nose was running
like crazy this week.
It was a morning of old people as
patient after patient came in with a birthdate from the 1920s.
There's only so much glasses can do for these people who are usually
also getting by with macular degeneration and/or cataracts. I'm
hardly going to recommend surgery for an 87 year old. This made
things doubly fun as I already love explaining to patients I can't
fix their problem AND I love yelling at semi-deaf patients so this
morning of 80+ year olds was like a dream come true – I got to yell
at old people to tell them I couldn't help them.
Lunch was a cheeky Oporto as DTM texted
to say he was in Warriewood buying an x-box – because sometimes a
Wii and Playstation (2 AND 3) just aren't enough. I'm told he plans
to use it for health and fitness reasons though this doesn't explain
the rejection of my perfectly functional Wii Fit. My patients after
lunch were thankfully a little younger and my last patient of the day
had a dreamy Irish accent. I've never really considered myself one
to go for an Irish accent but this guy had by far the best I've
heard. It briefly reminded me of Euro Trip '08 and Legs 11
announcing how much she wanted to go to an Irish wedding as we sat in
a bar in Sorrento listening to a drunken group singing Sweet
Caroline.
Having received an email about a
special shopping event, I had planned to head straight to Chatswood
Chase after work to check out Marcs and their 20% off everything
sale. DTM had expressed no interest in coming with me until just
before 5 when he asked me to come home first so that he could eat
dinner and come check out Kmart for some x-box accessory. Since he
was cooking I obliged. My quick trip to Marcs was sabotaged when DTM
made us go to Kmart AND Target AND The Shaver Shop and probably more
places that I don't quite remember. Luckily I was able to pick up a
nice skirt (brand spanking new, only in the store for a day) and some
Marcs mini M&Ms. I'm not sure why they were giving away tubes of
mini chocolates but I wasn't going to question it.
After our big shopping expedition we
headed home to test out the x-box. DTM set up an ugly looking Hayley
character and wouldn't let me change her hideous outfit. We then
played some of the demo dance games – DTM was super proud of his 3
star effort...until I came in and smashed it with 5 stars on the same
song. I'm not sure why he would even think he could beat me in a
dance off.
Not the most thrilling of Thursdays but
a nice little accent and new clothes helped brighten things up.
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