Tricks not treats

Lots of bugaboos on this Halloween Monday at work. Technical difficulties galore and a small fire right when I had patients scheduled for appointments. Thankfully, when I called our local help desk, I was #22 in line, but my call was answered by a real person in about 10 minutes. All the rest of the callers must have given up.

I went on to my afternoon assignment at Washington and stopped by Starbucks to celebrate with a Frappula Frappucino and extra espresso.

Sugar and caffeine might not solve the world's problems, but they helped make mine seem like it went by faster.

Hope you enjoy whatever is left of your day, wherever you are!

New Year's resolutions

Raise your hand if you hate them. (raising hand)

If we can't get them to stick in January, will they ever? Probably not. Experts claim habits form in about three weeks.

Anyway, here goes. I'm going to try to hit the ones on this BuzzFeed list and my own.

1. Exercise more. Yes, I do need to get up and move around more, even when I don't feel like it.

2. Eat less sugar. Those candies and cupcakes really messed me up on the scale.

3. Drink more water.

4. Keep a gratitude log. I even found one for my phone: Gratitude365.

5. Develop a career resolution list for 2016. I have to work on goals for my review at work, so I might just start early.

Hope you enjoy your year wherever you are.

Stay tuned...