TDNCY

Lately at work I’ve been a bit, well, over-worked. After working 3 jobs through graduate school, obtaining a doctorate from Purdue University, passing my boards, applying for credentialing, and moving to Florida from Indiana away from my entire family, friends, and life as I knew it, I never thought I’d have more difficulty in my life. Welp, I was sorely mistaken.
Here are five things that instantly make my day better:
1) Cute girls. In general, but the Panera/Starbucks smiling faces usually instantly make my day better.
2) Dunkin’ Donuts coffee - really. This place is amazing and can make any garden variety, crappy day much more tolerable.
3) A lack of idiots/old people blocking my way to work – I don’t know what it is, but sometimes, I find every dumbass in the world and they’ve managed to find the 3 roads that I take to work and block my 9 mile, 20 minute commute and turn it into a den of road rage. I believe that my steering wheel has my finger shape permanently molded into it. When this doesn’t happen, I’m instantly in for a better day.
4) Hearing the song that I’m into at the time on my way to work, rolling down the windows, blaring the stereo and singing it at the top of my lungs. This guarantees a better day.
5) Talking to a friend that I haven’t heard from in awhile, out of the blue. There is nothing that makes me happier that talking to a friend. PS: call me if it’s been too long

Runners up: when my first patient of the day cancels their appointment, cracker barrel for breakfast, seeing a Purdue sports win in the morning paper.

How about you?

In 2003, a few of my Purdue buddies went to Madison to watch Purdue play the University of Wisconsin. Purdue, in an unbelievable game, ended up beating top 10 Wisconsin, 26-23. It was unreal. That night, we danced on the streets in Madison, singing the Purdue fight song, flirting with cute girls. My one friend Dustin, at one point in the night, turned to me and said “I feel so bad for my future wife…because I will never love her as much as I love Purdue football.” All I could muster was “I don’t think I’ll ever tell her either.”

That was close to six years ago.

Today, as I pulled out of a Dunkin’ Donuts in downtown Boston, with my large, hazelnut coffee [with milk and sugar, of course] and my old fashioned donut, I was in a great mood. I took a bite of the donut, I took a sip of the coffee. And the donut melted in my mouth. It was heaven. And that’s when I remembered Dustin, and his line, and my thought. And I realized, at that point, I would love a Dunkin’ Donuts old fashioned donut with the coffee more than I will love my future wife. If my wife ever made me choose between her and the number 1 from Dunkin’ Donuts, she’d better have her bags packed and ready to go.

And so I started thinking…what are some other things that I will love more than my wife?

I ended up with this list.

SPORTS RELATED
-Drew Brees’ right arm, along with Seth Morales’ hands. Any Purdue fan could tell you why, but in case you don’t know, here.
-Purdue basketball under Matt Painter. And the best is yet to come, folks.
-Curt Schilling’s bloody sock. Curt was bloody brilliant.

FOOD RELATED
-Dunkin Donuts number 1, with a hazelnut coffee and an old fashioned donut. [previously stated]
-Any type of food from Panda Express.
-A Reese’s Penut Butter Cup blizzard from Dairy Queen.

OTHER
-Anything related to LucasArt’s Monkey Island series. I feel kinda weird that I am going to love a cartoon male character that is a terrible pirate more than I will love my future wife. Alas, such is life.

-Anything Harry Potter related. Just incredible. Incredible. There aren’t words.
-uhhh…who didn’t see this one coming.

I’m sure there’s more. Maybe we can discuss this and figure out some new ones.

I just hope my future wife doesn’t see this.

I can’t personally think of a better way to spend my time.

“Wayne, Did you ever find Bugs Bunny attractive when he put on a dress and played a girl bunny?”