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Baby, General, Life, School, Work
After a long absence
Family medicine, dermatology, spring break, ob/gyn, and now psych. That’s what I’ve been doing. A brief report: great, great, great, great, MIIIIIPPP (so far). Don’t worry – I journaled along the way for humanities, and wrote down about a hundred other things I’d like to write, if ever I have the time, which I won’t, […]
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Family, General, Life, School, Work
Resourceful
07.28.11 | Permalink | 2 CommentsZoe had a diversity/international celebration at school today. The request was that each child dress in a representative ethnic costume for a parade and bring a dish for everyone to sample. It’s a great idea. Until we remembered that we’re white. We (w)racked our brains for the better part of a week to come up […]
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Family, Life, School, Work
I lost 10 pounds in 2 weeks on the MS3 plan. Ask me how!
07.14.11 | Permalink | 3 CommentsSooooo hi. Life on the wards. My first rotation is internal medicine at the county hospital. My team was on call the very first day. It was a harrowing, soul-sucking, what-the-eff-have-I-gotten-myself-into 30 hours and I was 99% certain I would not return for another minute of it. But I did. And after that day, I […]
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Baby, Family, General, Health, Life, School, Work
Clumsy
Here’s what just happened: A curly-headed blur zoomed past me as I carried the dog’s full bowl of water to his tray. Zoe, don’t run with a pen, please. It’s dangerous. “It’s not a pen, and anyway I was skipping with it. It’s my pencils.” ALRIGHT WELL WHATEVER YOU’RE RUNNING WITH STOP IT AND WALK […]
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Baby, Family, Life, School, Work
I believe the Rolling Stones have a song to this effect.
07.12.09 | Permalink | 4 CommentsYesterday Zoe woke up around 9:00 AM. We played, cooked, played some more, swam, played, bathed, and played. At one point in the mid-afternoon I thought I might die from exhaustion and took a 20 minute break on the couch in a twilightish stupor, never falling asleep, but it was enough that when she asked […]
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Baby, Life, School, Work
Another long rambling one…
05.17.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsZoe is still a little on the sick side. Snotting continues, and she fights her decongestant as if it were hemlock, causing most surfaces to be crusted with the stuff (both snot and medicine). Her fuss to play ratio is roughly 80/20. My remaining handful of nerves are shot – ask Joel – I am […]
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Baby, Family, General, Life, Recipes, Work
The perfect storm
After an uneventful night, Zoe woke up earlier than I expected she would (although of course she did – we didn’t need to be up – that’s how it works). Though she was still tired, she fought and fought, and eventually I grumpily got up with her. Grumpily being the operative word. After half an […]
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Family, Life, Work
A lesson in customer service
By Blake Motley Watts When a person is at work, one should not treat customers/patients/coworkers as an inconvenient interruption in one’s day. These people are the reason why one is at work. (This also applies to family life, I am realizing.)
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Baby, Family, Life, Work
Glorious Saturday and activities of daily life
When we are at home and Zoe takes a nap like today, I thank my lucky stars. I am getting so much done. After working three days straight, I have several housekeeping things to which I must tend, and having time when I don’t feel guilty about not spending it with Zoe is gold. Time […]
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Family, Life, Work
Two memories that made me laugh
02.29.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsTo any readers but my sister: forgive or ignore this one. The first memory came about while making my midnight snack (which tonight is dessert for “second dinner” – how Joel and I eat so much/often and are not tubs of lard is a subject which should be studied). As I placed a ramekin in […]
