you're stranded on a desert...

in what order would you discard the animal as you go through/survive the desert?

the options are monkey, sheep, horse, cow and lion...

my order before looking at the key
1. lion - because itll try to eat everything or attack me
2. monkey - useless in surviving the desert
3. sheep - can eat and keep warm during dessert nights with the fur
4. cow - at least have milk for past few days and then eat the meat
5. horse - ride it so i can get out of the dessert faster


KEY:
the desert represents a difficult situation and what you will discard in that following order to get out of that situation.

LION = your pride
MONKEY = your friends
SHEEP = love
COW = your work/career
HORSE = your family

dreams

last night i had a dream. 

mom and dad were by a beautifully decorated christmas tree with lights hanging above. 

my mom happily was holding my ~1 year old daughter with pigtails and dad had a tired and very brown face. i asked myself, 'why is he so brown?  is he ill?'

i woke with my thought saying "liver."

now awake and thinking more logically, with that kind of brown toned face, you'd think of kidney problems--the kind that needs dialysis.

but my mind kept telling me liver.  so i texted my dad at 10:20 am in the morning, "Dad is your liver alright?" 

he replied 3 hours later, "I am still waiting for the blood test results."

i froze...okay, calm sandra, but why isn't he questioning why i mentioned about his liver?  i asked, "blood tests for what?"

dad, "to confirm previous test results why my liver ALT went up compared to last year."

my heart stopped.  my dreams were starting to scare me.  how?  even during the summer i had a dream my mom was ill, so i texted her in the morning and she said, "oh yeah, i've been having bad GI issues and had to get IV drip...they said it can happen with age."  thankfully my cousin eventually suggested parasites from bad water in vietnam about a month later, my mom asked her doctor about it and eventually got better.

i dont want to have dreams anymore...

...if they come true for the other ones, then my future is bleak.

praying for you dad that it isn't anything serious.

wednesday before noon

1. shall i go to korea in march?  should i just quit everything and just go?  maybe take classes at the cordon bleu in seoul for a few weeks...
2. so thankful for my dear optometry school friend laura li aka sister li...she has a sweet gift of making everything better.  she reminded me me, that sometimes, we just need someone to listen, not just offer solutions.
3. made a reservation for osawa to have lunch and to qt, ready to try the bento box jessica always recommended me
4. off to see my new doc!
5. perhaps meet up with sara and her boys for tea--lord knows how busy it is for a woman who holds a job and raises 3 boys.
6. plan to clean the home
7. hopefully work on my tote bag and my painting!
8. grocery shop?

i love my days off!

you cannot please everyone

lady patient in her 60s as i walk by

"oh i love the sound of the clicking and clacking of heels!  makes me feel good to hear a woman doctor walking around in the office!"

other lady patient in her 60s as i walk by

"here is the number for the shoe repair shop, they will muffle the click clack sound of your shoes because you know, the sound can be so bothersome."

the power of the voice...or white coat?

apparently at the office, my co-workers say i have the ability to sooth cantankerous older patients by the way i talk and the way my voice sounds.  as carol would say, "i could listen to you read me a story all day."  hahaha granted, my co-workers are always super kind.

but i think it's my white coat.  i really want to my front desk staff and nurses to see the patients talk more respectfully toward them with the white coat on :)

굼굼...

when an actor has to kiss another actor, is it wrong to ask if he or she has herpes?