Flattered and Gushing

Hello! Blogging early today. My 3:00 patient didn't show so now I have the whole afternoon to just chill :) Yay!

Sunny day today but with a nice breeze.

I have something interesting to share today....

I was busy with the morning patients today and apparently someone came around and asked everyone if they wanted any starbucks because someone was going to make a run there. Since I was busy, no one asked me. But when I came out of the exam room later, someone bought me a hot chocolate, even though I didn't ask for one. I was told later that it was my front desk buddy (the one that always chats me and gets all chummy with me). So I chatted him back today and thank him for the hot chocolate. I offered to pay him back but his response was "it's a token of our friendship". Which is actually a really nice thing to say. So I reponded "Well, your friendship is really rewarding". Seems like we flirting huh? I just realized that's sorta flirtatious.

Anyhow, I diverge..

It's lunch time. My tech and I had plans to go to this Mexican restaurant that's actually kinda far away. So we would have to drive. My tech offers to drive us there. She told me that she has her nephew's truck today because hers is in the shop. So when we got to her car, it wouldn't start. It didn't even make any sounds. She just stuck in the key and turned and nothing. So that was super weird. I think it's a battery problem? Don't know, so ending up, we didn't go to this super fantastic Mexican place where I can get delicious chicken tortilla soup...we just ended up eating at the same Mexican place next to our clinic that we went to last week. I got the exact same thing (3 tacos with chips and rice and a LARGE drink) and we just chatted. But what we ended up chatting about was pretty interesting....

Tech (T): So you know the front desk guy the the security guard asked about you when you were gone, I think you went to Seattle. They asked if you were married. I said no and then they asked if you have a boyfriend and I said you do and they asked if he's here and I said no and then they said so that means we can ask her out? and I said, you can try.... 
Me (M): WHOA.......the front desk guy AND the security guard??
T: yeah! And did you know they have a nickname for you?
M: NO.....
T: Yeah, it's "la bonita", you know what that means right?
M: Beautiful?
T: yeah!
M: OMG.....that's really flattering but now I'm going to be super awkward around them now that I know this information!

And when I came back to work, there was that cup of hot chocolate starring me in the face. I don't even feel right drinking it anymore since it comes from the love of someone else.

A little later in the day, I was chatting to the front desk guy and I told him that my tech's car wasn't starting and asked him if he has jumper cables. He said that we should have texted him right away and he woulda helped. Then I mentioned that I don't have his number. Which of course, as soon as I thought it'd lead to "Here's my number" but instead, he asked me "What's your number".

I know what you're thinking. Don't give it away.

Sorry to disappoint you, I gave it to him. But I said it's purely because no one in the clinic has my number and there is supposed to be this phone tree system that everyone calls everyone else if there is an emergency or you aren't supposed to come to work, but I'm not even on the phone tree. So I told him that I'm giving him my number so if something happens at the clinic, it's his responsibility to contact me and let me know.

So just as the afternoon was winding down and I was trying to collect my thoughts, my BF gchats me and I tell him all of this! And he's kinda ambivalent and non-chalant about it (how he always is). I told him that when we comes to visit me in December, I should parade him around to all my coworkers so people will believe me that I have a BF. He responded saying that he's afraid that they might beat him up when I'm not looking. I don't know what prompted this but I responded with the SWEETEST, most heart gushing reply "I only have eyes for you, so I wouldn't take my eyes off of you, you'll be safe with me". And almost just as fast as I typed it, I realized I was a little too lovey-dovey ooey-gooey. I retracted what I said "I'm sorry, that was too SWEET, I don't know where that came out from". My BF's response..."yeah, that was way too sweet, now I have a diabetes". Ok.....super lame response but it was so lame and nerdy that I think it was actually kinda cool. Nerds rule in my book :)

Almost 4pm...meaning it's almost 4:30...meaning it's almost time to go...watching and waiting the mins to count down. It's so true that when I'm busy, time flies by like it's nothing. I really dont' know where the time goes. But when it's slow...like this afternoon...time goes by slowly too. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE it when I have down time, but it's just an observation I have.

Hope you are doing well. Oh yeah, I wanted to call you and ask you how your conversation with your Doctor went...will try to reach you later tonight! :)

Ta ta for now!