Yesterday, my friend Carol admired this new scratching post which our cats totally ignore and which I’ve therefore been calling “a monument to bad decisions.”
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Carol loved the phrase “a monument to bad decisions” and suggested I put that in my blog. She is also going to give that monument to bad decisions to some other cats.
Because it’s human to make bad decisions, I would rather have a monument to bad decisions than to brood about them.
Let’s see if any of my other images for today are a monument to bad decisions.
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HERE’S WHAT I FIND WHEN I SEARCH FOR “A MONUMENT TO BAD DECISIONS” ON YOUTUBE.
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I wonder if this blog itself is a monument to bad decisions?
I know it’s not a bad decision to thank you for being here, now.
Yesterday, I was talking to a patient who reported that she was able to drive again for the first time after sustaining an arm injury. I said, “That is a big deal!” and she agreed that it was.
Last night, I saw this sign, which reminded me of that conversation.
My other association with “big deals” is my late father telling me how perplexed he was that my late mother made “a big deal” about certain things. I think it’s a big deal to realize that what’s a big deal to somebody might not be a big deal to somebody else.
My mother made a big deal about my father being on Warfarin, which she found very anxiety-provoking. She would probably make a big deal about her daughter being on Warfarin for the rest of her life. I definitely want to make a big deal, here and now, about my INR finally being back in range after many weeks of being too low or two high.
That is a big deal and a big relief! 🎉
Are there any big deals in my other images for today?
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Here’s what I find when I search for “big deals” on YouTube.
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Feel free to make a big deal about anything in the comments section, below.
Thanks to all who are here for this big deals post, including YOU!
Yesterday, I had a very difficult day of work at the hospital and I’m still trying to let it go.
Taking the ferry home at the end of a Monday always helps me let it go, but my difficult day kept me too late to catch the ferry, so I had to let it go.
Luckily, today is Let It Go Day!
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Creating this daily blog of words and images is how I let it go, whatever “it” is.
It’s time to let it go!
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When I look for “let it go” on YouTube, I find this …
wrote my undergraduate thesis about the novels of Jane Austen,
enjoyed all the depictions of her in film and TV adaptation, and
as recently as yesterday thought again about how Elizabeth cares not about her appearance when she walks to see her sister Jane who has taken ill on a visit to the Bingleys. Here is a passage about how the snobbish Bingley sisters see Elizabeth.
When dinner was over she returned directly to Jane, and Miss Bingley began abusing her as soon as she was out of the room. Her manners were pronounced to be very bad indeed, a mixture of pride and impertinence; she had no conversation, no style, no taste, no beauty. Mrs. Hurst thought the same, and added —
“She has nothing, in short, to recommend her, but being an excellent walker. I shall never forget her appearance this morning. She really looked almost wild.”
“She did indeed, Louisa. I could hardly keep my countenance. Very nonsensical to come at all! Why must she be scampering about the country, because her sister had a cold? Her hair, so untidy, so blowsy!”
“Yes, and her petticoat; I hope you saw her petticoat, six inches deep in mud, I am absolutely certain; and the gown which had been let down to hide it, not doing its office.”
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I thought of that yesterday because I ended up six inches deep in mud on my walk and cared not for my appearance.
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I also identify with the fictional character Indiana Jones, specifically this quote:
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Making this up as I go, I asked a question last night about fictional characters on Twitter.
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Do you see any fictional characters in my other images for today?
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Here’s what I find when I search for “fictional characters” on YouTube:
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Thanks to all the fictional and non-fictional characters who help me create this daily blog, including YOU!
