Got to get ready for the retreat today. I'm making a pumpkin pie for the pitch-in tonight, but from the list of other goodies we'll be having, I'm not sure anyone will have room for dessert!At the retreat, I have to read a two page scene from a book (one of my own, I presume) where love is revealed.
Any suggestions?????
I just realized that today is Friday the 13th. I'm not superstitious about that one, but I am about other things. Just ask any ICU nurse and they will tell you: NEVER MAKE A BED ON YOUR UNIT AFTER THE PATIENT HAS MOVED OUT AND THE ROOM HAS BEEN CLEANED UNTIL THE END OF YOUR SHIFT. This is carved in stone, people! If you make that bed, it will be filled by the end of the shift. Unless, of course, the unit is completely empty and you WANT patients just to relieve the boredom.
Which brings me to another nursing no-no. NEVER, under any circumstances admit that you are BORED!!! This will bring the crazies out of the woodwork and you will be sorry for the rest of the night!
Full moons. This is not a superstition: This is FACT! Things go wild on the night of the full moon. The last full moon was on Halloween. It was also the night that the time changed from Daylight Savings Time, and, since we had to work for 13 hours, we decided to have a pitch-in. FATAL MISTAKE!!!! The shit hit the fan from word go, and by morning the unit was full. We really should have known better!
I haven't run up against many writer's superstitions, but I haven't been a writer for nearly as long as I have been a nurse, but I'm sure I will develop a few of my own if the writing career continues, like, Never turn off your computer until the last second before you go to bed, (or leave the house, or get in the shower, etc), because you will instantly think of something you need to add the moment you hit the off key. Another one might be turning around three times before emailing a manuscript to your editor, but I haven't tried that one yet, so I don't know if it will make her like it better or not.
But enough of my ramblings. Let's hear it from you. What are you superstitious about?
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I like black cats >>
But I don't walk under ladders or break mirrors.
And I never say I'm bored at work because they will always find me something else to do XD
I had to read that story I won an award in at the college and there was only like 20 something people and I was nervous. I get nervous in front of people if I don't prep myself.
Everyone had a Thirteeny Friday :D
metstuI don't know if this is superstition or just being OC, but I believe that if I am unprepared, the worst WILL happen. If I am READY for any contingency, nothing will happen.
I KNOW this is not true, because of the incredible lot of stuff I've HAD happen in my life, and I've always been as prepared as possible---but I still persist in believing it.. I've saved situations (and lives) because I HAD that aspirin in my pocket or purse---or the safety pins, the needle &thread that sewed up a wound till he could be flown to a doctor--the swiss army knife, the spare pantyhose,...the list goes on, and on...
I suggest that there is REALITY and truth in many superstitions, and that they have become 'well-known' because they have proven themselves to be TRUE on enough occasions that they should be believed. Not all of them, of course---but I'd never laugh at anyone else's superstitions---though I'd love an explanation of some of them!!
Sorry about the first line---it should read "I don't know...
Sometimes my typing and attention just suck.
Oh, yes, Ana. NEVER say the "B" word!
Thanks for clearing that up, Suzy! I was trying to figure out what metstul meant.
I believe in being prepared, too. And if I go ahead and think that the worst will happen, it probably won't. I also have this thing that if I'm with my family, nothing bad can happen to them. But if they go off on their own, all sorts of dire things pop into my head.
Happy Friday the 13th! Hmm, what am I superstitious about? I'm a little Obsessive Compulsive, but I don't know that I'm very superstitious. I do have that thing where I'm convinced that if I imagine, envision, and expect the worst, it won't be as bad. But I must obsess over it at least a little, or I'm in for it:-) Love black cats, though...I'm with Ana on that! The full moon on Halloween was beautiful. I wondered if it was screwing with your life, though...my mom's a nurse too, and I've heard about the full moon problem in hospitals!
Happy Friday the 13th.
I don't have any real superstitions. I believe in my instincts, hunchs, gut feelings.
If something doesn't feel right I don't do it. If I started driving to work and would get a bad feeling. I'd stop turn around and go home. I think I saved my life a few times because of it.
And my gut instincts tells me this is going to be a fun weekend Cheryl. And after the Ink Dries. Hero will be the Best book ever.
Stand Tall, Be Proud!!!
I wanted to wait until I got home from work before I gave my 2 cents worth. I survived Fri the 13th and proud of it. We are short handed at work and it was such a fun day!!! Superstitions:none. I even have a black cat, named Zero, blame my son. Used to be superstitious, but the older I got, the less I believed. Realized life is too short. Now I just read about what I used to drive me crazy. And yes, it was a short trip. lol
Okay gang! I'm here at the retreat! This place is really cool, we've got writers all over the place and a fire in the fireplace.
Haven't had dinner yet. I'm starving!
Enjoy a Great Weekend!!!Sounds so cozy, just what the doctor ordered.
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