Thinking about this and that

I am thinking about thinking. What do people think about most of the time?

This partly comes from my ex. He thinks out loud a lot, an external processor. My daughter and I wanted to know what he thinks about. My son asked. “Dad, what do you think about?”

“Golf.”

“Golf?”

“Yes.”

“Anything else?” says my son.

“No.” says my ex.

I have no idea if this is true or not. Sounds hella boring to me, honestly, but he seems entirely happy with it. De gustibus non est desputandem.

I had lovely winter holidays, celebrating EVERYTHING. I went to my son and daughter-in-law’s out east. My daughter and her significant other came out and we did presents on December 27th. Then we went to see my two aunts and uncle for a couple days. They are in their 80s and delightful! Back to my son’s and we saw my kids’ remaining grandparent, my ex-husband’s father’s significant other. Got that? And one of my kids’ paternal cousins with her significant other. I stayed with old friends for the last three days, which was also delightful. We went to the Smithsonian American History Museum and read every single thing. But only in two exhibits because that place is huge.

Now I am back to my current home and hello, cat! Back at work as well. More about that next time. The sands are shifting and I may be in another clinic. Monday a patient asked if I am their new doctor or am I a floater? I said I prefer “Temp” to “Floater”. She laughed.

For the Ragtag Daily Prompt: think.

9 thoughts on “Thinking about this and that

  1. Martha reminded me of William Jennings Bryan during the Scopes trial when he said “I do not think about things I don’t think about.” To which Clarence Darrow responded, “Do you think about things you do think about?”

  2. Dan Antion's avatar Dan Antion says:

    Sounds like a very busy holiday break. If you have to move to a new clinic, will it be in the area?

    • drkottaway's avatar drkottaway says:

      I am working as a temp here, so they have seven Family Medicine Clinics. I have worked in two and now will go to a third one.

  3. I never thought about what people think about — but my friend Elizabeth thinks out loud which makes her annoying to ride with because it always sounds like she’s asking for directions. Lots of people do their thinking in a conversation with another person. The other person is just THERE. As for me? I’ll think about what I think about and get back to you.

  4. Sometimes probing the depths is barely enough to get your feet wet.

  5. lois's avatar lois says:

    I love listening to anything by Keb’ Mo’. Thanks Dr O!

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