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Making Progress
Both pods have been delivered and unloaded. My sister Missy is here and we have been moving furniture, unpacking boxes and making lists. (Not to mention ordering stuff off Amazon.) I have a new printer, which is working, and have figured out how to get the TV to work.
I have learned that while I brought way too many mementoes and fimily items, I ( Read more... ) -
Typing and Muttering
I've been in Pensacola for a week now. Still staying with friends, as my storage pod won't be delivered until tomorrow. Today it's raining and overcast, but cool, as we've been blessed with the fringe end of the cold front that came down from the north last week.
The typing and muttering are emanating from my hostess, as she has a job working for a ( Read more... ) -
Picking Up the Thread
It's been 12 years since my last post. To be honest, I'm amazed that LiveJournal retained my account. Having reviewed my prior posts, I can't help thinking that my writing style has degenerated since 2011. Or perhaps my attention span has decreased. At any rate:
In the past 12 years, I have moved to a different office; retired from medicine; nursed ( Read more... ) -
Work
Cold lasagna out of the pan at 8:30 pm. It must be Monday.
It's frustrating to spend so much time at work. To berate myslf for being "late" when I leave the house at 6:50 am is ridiculous, yet I do it all the time. Tonight I got home at eight, having been gone a little over 13 hours. Spent my first hour of home time getting ready for work tomorrow ( Read more... ) -
Dots on a Map
Lately I seem to spend a lot of my online time on Mapquest. I look up the small towns where my parents grew up, revisit the parts of Philadelphia I remember from college and medical school. I spend a lot of time virtually wandering California's Central Valley, heading north on Route 99 and zooming in on the small farm towns that dot the valley ( Read more... ) -
I'm a Dumbass
I had one of those moments tonight when I realized that I've just given someone advice that I am apparently incapable of following myself. A good friend is traveling to Alaska on an elaborate camping trip and is having anxiety about it. I sent her the following on Twitter:
I always get much anxiety associated with travel but it is always worth it ( Read more... ) -
Scybalous: Don't read this post while eating.
Medicine has long been apostrophized as a field whose practitioners shield themselves behind a layer of fancy words, and rightly so. Sometimes though the words serve a useful purpose: if you have to discuss bodily functions, it helps to use a word that won't gross people out. A case in point is a word I came across in a gastroenterologist's report ( Read more... ) -
The Never-Ending Flu Shot
Today a patient turned up wanting a flu shot. I went to check with my assistant, since she had told me last week that we only had ten doses left.
"How many do we have left?"
"Ten."
"You told me that last week."
"They dropped off some more," she answered.
"So no matter how many we give out, we always have ten left? It's just like Hanukkah! -
December's Heating Up
Tonight is our company's annual Christmas Party. It's being held in my building, which is quite convenient - I'll probably make an appearance and then leave so I can get home and begin the weekend's agenda. That would be ( Read more... ) -
New Account
I've been a LiveJournal member for some time but haven't bothered to post - already having a blog, a Facebook account and a Twitter account it seemed a bit over the top. But here I am, marooned in my house for the weekend due to being on call, so I decided to post something. What to say?- I'm a big fan of "24" and have been watching since Season 5 ( Read more... )