I got a "Golden Gloves" award in the newsletter from my boxing gym. It's just a little blurb recognizing my efforts, but I'm very proud of myself. Praise is the best motivator ( Read more... )

About a year ago, I found myself tapped out. My birth assistants both bailed at the same time, my practice was slow but at the same time busy (few clients, but each a lot of work), money was tight, and I hadn't been off call in months. I took a trip east of the Cascades to see my family. The drive was awful--to date, the worst experience I've ( Read more... )

Sitting with my feet up on blocks of ice (like a car in your front yard) pondering. Lots of things swirling through my mind ( Read more... )

I just poured milk into my coffee. coffee...good. I couldn't close the refrigerator door when I put the milk away. Pushed the milk back, adjusted a tupperware container, looked at the door hinges--still won't close. I'm not very tall, so the last direction I look is usually up. I keep very few things above my head ( Read more... )

In answer to Jerzyshore's post about resenting his bonus being taxed: I feel your pain, dude, but I believe in the system. I'm not young, and I'm probably not a lady. I'm not upset--but I do have some some comments to add to the discussion. Thanks for sharing ( Read more... )

I've been female my entire life. I've been a woman for years. I can honestly say I don't think I've ever been a girl. I went through a big makeup phase for about a year in Jr. High (anyone else out there attend Jr. High? now it's called Middle School). Feminism and New Wave both happened about the same time in my life, so I gave up the girly ( Read more... )

I came home from boxing this morning and immediately headed out to the dog park. It's a beautiful day, and my poor little doggy didn't get any love yesterday. She doesn't do much at the park, but she enjoys being out ( Read more... )

My event happened. Yesterday, thirty of my colleagues came together for the culmination of five months of occasionally very hard work. I realized as people were congratulating me that I don't really hear praise. I'm too busy thinking of how things didn't go quite as well as I'd hoped--we didn't get quite as many people as we could have, I wasn't ( Read more... )

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It's another pretty, albeit chilly, day ( Read more... )