Wednesday, September 27, 2006
ok so it's about time i post another blog. let the randomness begin...
i love sweet tea. i'm drinking some of the leftovers from yesterday's drug rep lunch. it's real sweet tea and a very pleasant change from the typical unsweet + sweet & low combination.
have you ever just had the sudden urge to run outside & spin around in circles? or is that just me?
i'm going to south dakota this weekend and i'm pumped. i'm packing long sleeve shirts and maybe (gasp!) a jacket. i've never been to south dakota. there is a very good chance this will be the farthest north i've ever traveled. yeah i know i don't get out much.
[transition to deep thought]
i've been struggling lately with the issue of pride v. humility. we were talking about pride in my small group last week and the study we're doing really got me to thinking. there was this enormously long list of prideful characteristics, some of which were surprising to me (self-consciousness for one). one thing that became obvious to me is how prideful i am about my current job situation. as stated in the previous blog, i like my job; but i also am very self conscious about it. i'm somewhat embarrassed to tell people what i do. as much as i like my job, i look forward to the day when i can get a better one. so my issue is this - is it prideful for me to want a better job? i mean my first reaction would be 'no'. but really, by trying to find another job, am i not basically stating that this one's not good enough? as if i'm somehow 'too good' for this job?
i'm genuinely asking. i'd like some input here.
[end of deep thought]
did i mention i'm going to south dakota this weekend? i may just spin around in circles in the middle of an orchard. with my long sleeves & possibly my jacket.
i love sweet tea. i'm drinking some of the leftovers from yesterday's drug rep lunch. it's real sweet tea and a very pleasant change from the typical unsweet + sweet & low combination.
have you ever just had the sudden urge to run outside & spin around in circles? or is that just me?
i'm going to south dakota this weekend and i'm pumped. i'm packing long sleeve shirts and maybe (gasp!) a jacket. i've never been to south dakota. there is a very good chance this will be the farthest north i've ever traveled. yeah i know i don't get out much.
[transition to deep thought]
i've been struggling lately with the issue of pride v. humility. we were talking about pride in my small group last week and the study we're doing really got me to thinking. there was this enormously long list of prideful characteristics, some of which were surprising to me (self-consciousness for one). one thing that became obvious to me is how prideful i am about my current job situation. as stated in the previous blog, i like my job; but i also am very self conscious about it. i'm somewhat embarrassed to tell people what i do. as much as i like my job, i look forward to the day when i can get a better one. so my issue is this - is it prideful for me to want a better job? i mean my first reaction would be 'no'. but really, by trying to find another job, am i not basically stating that this one's not good enough? as if i'm somehow 'too good' for this job?
i'm genuinely asking. i'd like some input here.
[end of deep thought]
did i mention i'm going to south dakota this weekend? i may just spin around in circles in the middle of an orchard. with my long sleeves & possibly my jacket.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
my daily routine at work consists of chart pulling, phone answering, blog reading, other internet reading, and (of course) eating. during today's reading, i ran across this article which i felt was worthy of passing aong. for those of you not feeling the need to use my cute little link above, i'll give you the short version - there are 3 questions which everyone asks which are virtually never appreciated and are always annoying: 1) have you graduated yet? 2)Are you dating anyone? 3)When are you going to have a baby?
while i acknowledge that all of the above questions are probably being asked out of pure concern or curiosity, it doesn't make them any less annoying. it doesn't change the fact that it's the 97th time you've been asked that same question. and it doesn't change the fact that after you've given your 97th memorized answer, the questioner gives you that same sympathetic look and tries to give you some sort of consolation.
at this point i must add a 4th question which i understand, while it annoys me, probably does not annoy the majority of the population: 4) What are you doing now?/Where do you work? at this point in my life, when i answer, "a cardiology office" the next question i get is "oh are you a nurse there?" to which i say, "no i'm a receptionist." at this point i get the aforementioned sympathetic look which is accompanied by a quizzical look that usually means the questioner is asking him/herself "didn't she spend umpteen years in school? didn't she get a master's? why is she a receptionist? what do i say now?" at this point i feel obliged to make the questioner feel better so i make a joke and maybe follow it up with a few lines about future plans that do not include me being a receptionist.
at this point let me say that i like my job. it's a good job. i get bored & spend hours on end on the internet and i don't get paid much but it's a good job. i love my coworkers. i love the patients (especially the old ones). i love the old men that carry their wives purses and the old women who bring us homemade treats. the only thing i do not like are the people who treat me like i must have an IQ of 3 to be a receptionist and when i obviously lose the respect of the aforementioned questioners because i didn't say "oh i've got a job at the smithsonian, didn't you hear?"
as much as i try to rid myself of it, i fear that part of me will always be a people pleaser. ugh.
so read the article. laugh because you know exactly what i'm talking about. and if i ever ask you any of the aforementioned questions - slap me.
while i acknowledge that all of the above questions are probably being asked out of pure concern or curiosity, it doesn't make them any less annoying. it doesn't change the fact that it's the 97th time you've been asked that same question. and it doesn't change the fact that after you've given your 97th memorized answer, the questioner gives you that same sympathetic look and tries to give you some sort of consolation.
at this point i must add a 4th question which i understand, while it annoys me, probably does not annoy the majority of the population: 4) What are you doing now?/Where do you work? at this point in my life, when i answer, "a cardiology office" the next question i get is "oh are you a nurse there?" to which i say, "no i'm a receptionist." at this point i get the aforementioned sympathetic look which is accompanied by a quizzical look that usually means the questioner is asking him/herself "didn't she spend umpteen years in school? didn't she get a master's? why is she a receptionist? what do i say now?" at this point i feel obliged to make the questioner feel better so i make a joke and maybe follow it up with a few lines about future plans that do not include me being a receptionist.
at this point let me say that i like my job. it's a good job. i get bored & spend hours on end on the internet and i don't get paid much but it's a good job. i love my coworkers. i love the patients (especially the old ones). i love the old men that carry their wives purses and the old women who bring us homemade treats. the only thing i do not like are the people who treat me like i must have an IQ of 3 to be a receptionist and when i obviously lose the respect of the aforementioned questioners because i didn't say "oh i've got a job at the smithsonian, didn't you hear?"
as much as i try to rid myself of it, i fear that part of me will always be a people pleaser. ugh.
so read the article. laugh because you know exactly what i'm talking about. and if i ever ask you any of the aforementioned questions - slap me.
Monday, September 18, 2006
if anyone could explain to me why all of my links except for my myspace link work - please do so. i have no clue why it won't work. if you type http://www.myspace.com/ruthiepoo3 into the address bar, it works. i've rechecked the html 14 times. anyway. as rebecca has pointed out i have too many blogs as it is. and fewer people read this one than any of the rest. so it shouldn't matter....
but i still want to know why!
but i still want to know why!
Thursday, September 14, 2006
time for some more bullet points!!
- i can't wait for fall! i am ridiculously excited for cooler weather, changing trees, and sweater-wearing. why? because i am ridiculous.
- the aforementioned excitement has lead to a temporary obsession with candy corn. i love it. i'm doing my best to keep it from rotting my teeth and making me fat because i now pay my own dental bills and have no time to exercise.
- i also love Wicked. not wickedness but Wicked - the musical. kaylan, krista & elise figured this out way before me. once again, i'm late on the bandwagon, but riding it now nonetheless. if you're ever listening to a little rock radio station during rush our and someone calls in commenting on this crazy person in a white camry singing animatedly while sitting next to them in traffic, that's me. i can't help it. i love it. again, i am ridiculous.
- if anyone wants to write oprah and make up some sob story about me so that she will fly me to new york and see the aforementioned musical on broadway (as well as a few others i could name), feel free.
- i'm running out of things to read at work. spider solitaire & i are renewing our friendship. feel free to leave suggestions of things to relieve my boredom.
- i can't wait for fall! i am ridiculously excited for cooler weather, changing trees, and sweater-wearing. why? because i am ridiculous.
- the aforementioned excitement has lead to a temporary obsession with candy corn. i love it. i'm doing my best to keep it from rotting my teeth and making me fat because i now pay my own dental bills and have no time to exercise.
- i also love Wicked. not wickedness but Wicked - the musical. kaylan, krista & elise figured this out way before me. once again, i'm late on the bandwagon, but riding it now nonetheless. if you're ever listening to a little rock radio station during rush our and someone calls in commenting on this crazy person in a white camry singing animatedly while sitting next to them in traffic, that's me. i can't help it. i love it. again, i am ridiculous.
- if anyone wants to write oprah and make up some sob story about me so that she will fly me to new york and see the aforementioned musical on broadway (as well as a few others i could name), feel free.
- i'm running out of things to read at work. spider solitaire & i are renewing our friendship. feel free to leave suggestions of things to relieve my boredom.
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
i know you are all dying to know how my labor day weekend went, so i felt obliged to post today so that you can finally get some sleep. it was quite fabulous, thank you. to be honest, i thought i would be let down. no offense, girls, but i had been so excited about 3 days off and a fabulous trip to austin, that i was sure it would never live up to my expectations. i am quite glad to report that i was wrong. for those of you who were not so fortunate to attend, i will give you the high points. for those of you who were, it will be a fun recap.
- hitting what seemed like rush hour traffic on I-35 at 11:30 at night in waco.
- a 2 a.m. visit to a restaurant whose name i can't remember where we did have to wait to be seated. after much contemplation over what to order, i finally made the comment, "i'm really not that hungry but i guess i'll get a breakfast platter, eggs over easy, with bacon. oh and chocolate milk."
- going to sleep at 4 a.m. and being woken up by whitney at 9:30 a.m. by her trying to shove a piece of fruit pizza in my mouth.
- haircuts by kaylan & makeup by elise (as evident in the profile picture) for our going out on saturday night
- eating at chuy's which involved awesome salsa, queso, and a buritto that truly was bigger than my face.
- picture taking at the capitol and other downtown fun
- road trip to Gruene with 4 in my backseat which included numerous sessions of singing at the top of our lungs only to be disturbed by random cop sightings.
- the filming of a jerry springer-esque show about a love triangle from a small texas town. the characters included two pregnant women, the man in their life, a rabbi and a quirky midwife. i'll let you guess which part i played.
it was a fabulous weekend. one where i was fully conscious of how wonderful it was while it was taking place (which is always nice). during a time where i'm not always comfortable in my own skin, it was so nice to drop my inhibitions and feel like myself again. and even feel kinda pretty. you girls are fabulous and i love you. let's do it again next week.
in other news, dillards is - as always - a barrell of laughs. my nemesis (one of them anyway) has been moved to another section. my favorite coworker has decided not to quit. a new employee got arrested on monday. i am now one of two people working in my section that is not pregnant and i am the only one without a child. i'm surrounded by an insane amount of hormones. i am also realizing that i am not nearly as perceptive as i thought. apparently my manager is 4 months pregnant and missing part of one of her fingers. the new girl pointed this out. how did i miss that?
i guess that's all for now
gailey out
- hitting what seemed like rush hour traffic on I-35 at 11:30 at night in waco.
- a 2 a.m. visit to a restaurant whose name i can't remember where we did have to wait to be seated. after much contemplation over what to order, i finally made the comment, "i'm really not that hungry but i guess i'll get a breakfast platter, eggs over easy, with bacon. oh and chocolate milk."
- going to sleep at 4 a.m. and being woken up by whitney at 9:30 a.m. by her trying to shove a piece of fruit pizza in my mouth.
- haircuts by kaylan & makeup by elise (as evident in the profile picture) for our going out on saturday night
- eating at chuy's which involved awesome salsa, queso, and a buritto that truly was bigger than my face.
- picture taking at the capitol and other downtown fun
- road trip to Gruene with 4 in my backseat which included numerous sessions of singing at the top of our lungs only to be disturbed by random cop sightings.
- the filming of a jerry springer-esque show about a love triangle from a small texas town. the characters included two pregnant women, the man in their life, a rabbi and a quirky midwife. i'll let you guess which part i played.
it was a fabulous weekend. one where i was fully conscious of how wonderful it was while it was taking place (which is always nice). during a time where i'm not always comfortable in my own skin, it was so nice to drop my inhibitions and feel like myself again. and even feel kinda pretty. you girls are fabulous and i love you. let's do it again next week.
in other news, dillards is - as always - a barrell of laughs. my nemesis (one of them anyway) has been moved to another section. my favorite coworker has decided not to quit. a new employee got arrested on monday. i am now one of two people working in my section that is not pregnant and i am the only one without a child. i'm surrounded by an insane amount of hormones. i am also realizing that i am not nearly as perceptive as i thought. apparently my manager is 4 months pregnant and missing part of one of her fingers. the new girl pointed this out. how did i miss that?
i guess that's all for now
gailey out
