Notable Quotes.

Thomas Alva Edison: Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Thomas Jefferson: I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.

http://www.wisdomquotes.com/cat_attitude.html

Childhood Memories.

Who had imaginary friends when they were little kids? Come on. It's a normal stage of development. (Many young children (about 65%) develop imaginary friends between the ages of 3 and 5, at a time when they beginning to form their own identities and to test the boundaries between fantasy and reality. Approximately, one-third retain these friendships until age 7. AboutOurKids.org) It's okay. You can admit it.

I didn't have an imaginary friend. Instead, I had imaginary fishes. They lived inside a coffee maker under my stairwell. I remember feeding them pretend fish food out of Kool-Aid packets. Makes me wonder, did my parents just not drink coffee during that time period?

I also thought aliens were going to beam me up out of my shower window. I would shower as fast as I could and stare at that little window at the top of the shower wall the entire time. I was relieved whenever I would finish showering and they hadn't gotten me. Oh, hush, all children are silly.

I think I watched alot of cartoons because one day I came home with a whopper of a story for my mom. I would walk to school, down the street and around the corner. After I came home from school, I told my mom that I was runned over and flattened like a pancake. Then, someone inflated me back up. There was more to the story I just don't remember.

I also brought a cat home one day. We named him Morris. He was an older orange-yellow tabby like on the commercials. I wonder what happened to him... Ah...

"Congratulations, you're not an idiot, except when you're being an idiot."--Grey's Anatomy.

I hope I get that letter in a few months concerning my Step 2.

Last night we were assigning ourselves porn names based on a formula in a book. Of course, Cliffe somehow started this. Mine was Misty Southmore or Kitty Southmore, and there is a real porn star named Sonia Red, not sure the spelling. I remember some of the names. There was Baby Reynolds, Sammy Spring and Kitta Locust. Kitta Locust was a drag queen. Patticakes was Daisy Chacon or Missy Chacon.

One of the guys split early. We rarely see him anymore. This happens when he has a girl. Now I say when he has a girl, because that's how he says it. He has to visit "the girl." "The girl" is having dinner with her friends. "The girl" is sick. My theory is he dates them to a point they become extremely attached to him and turn "crazy" on him. I've been told that at some point he transitions from calling them the girl to them being the girlfriend. Also, he rarely shares their names with us. It's all very interesting. Three to four months max. It's just a theory.

Well, I'm done with interviews. I decided to stay in Houston and added another local school late in the process. Assuming noone will find my blog, here are some pro's and con's.

Local program one: pro's- good hours, familiar with the hospitals, know the faculty and staff and they're wonderful, managed care environment means things get done, didatics half a day every Friday, option for MBA. Con's- no pedi in our clinic, feels a bit too posh, a bit too hold my hand till I learn.

Local program two: pro's-residents come out prepared, decent hours, good call schedule, pedi in our clinics, can choose a clinic with a diverse population, we are the only residents in the hospital so we learn a lot, business aspect is taught, somewhat managed care meaning things get done. Con's- known to be a tougher program with a huge learning curve when you first get there.

Deuce.

Reasons a Child Should Not be Named Deuce.

1. He is a child not a die.
2. Deuce has an alternative meaning in old english implying bad luck with the likes of "devil," or "dickens, such as "What the deuce is he doing now?" according to merriam webster. It's a mild curseword. I knew there was a negative slant towards the word.