Report of 27 May 2012
What do people who don't like their jobs do?
Thus far, I am singing as I get to work. A car with a radio, that's also a bonus.
Work has been splendid, and at a pace that I can handle. It was furiously fast-paced last year, and while that had its charms, of course (plenty of diverse pathology, a chance to see and manage varied cases), this pace is also nice. Actually time to mull over some of the patients' problems, communicate with their family, etc. And, to a person (like last year), the folks I work with are committed and passionate. Just now, we have had to mull over a patient with Parkinson's who had a deep brain stimulator placed and has been going in and out of alertness. There could be any number of causes of this, and I actually have to think and think - every internist's dream.
We picked Navin up from college on Friday. He had actually finished on Wednesday, but took a couple of days to hang out, help friends pack and leave. He enjoyed a couple of days of no exams and pure hanging out, and apparently food was not high on the agenda, because on Friday, he had not eaten anything, or had eaten junk or something. He has been sleeping a ton since our return, and I imagine that is de rigeur for a college student. He is responsible for his own finances from next year, so the job hunt is on.
We celebrated a couple of family occasions over the weekend and that was fabulous. Among the joys of being in this country - movies that don't sell out as soon as they open. So we saw Men in Black and 4 other flicks, and ate out and I saladed myself out. My friend, Sid, came over on Friday for lunch, which was fun, and generously gave us a pass to a National park nearby which he no longer frequents, and the Weisses spent a wonderful Saturday evening there. We got together with Mandy and John Sparzo and their kids after the Indy 500, and Chez Sparzo was the warm, loving, fun, funny place it always is. We celebrated John's elevation to the position of interim President/CEO of his hospital. We have also been watching ball games, and Skyped with Naren today. Both boys compared notes on the movie "21 Jump Street," which Scott and I found a bit too raunchy, and pronounced it "Awesome." The boys tend to agree with and defend each other quite a bit now, and we are pleased with that turn of affairs.
There was a part in some movie featuring an older brother, and I felt a visceral ache at it, missing Manu. As my mother said to Scott - whom she leaned on after Manu's demise - Manu should have been performing their last rites, instead of the other way around. BUT, he is indeed in a better place, as is my mother, and we are the richer for having had their presence here for some years.
Unw -
R
Thus far, I am singing as I get to work. A car with a radio, that's also a bonus.
Work has been splendid, and at a pace that I can handle. It was furiously fast-paced last year, and while that had its charms, of course (plenty of diverse pathology, a chance to see and manage varied cases), this pace is also nice. Actually time to mull over some of the patients' problems, communicate with their family, etc. And, to a person (like last year), the folks I work with are committed and passionate. Just now, we have had to mull over a patient with Parkinson's who had a deep brain stimulator placed and has been going in and out of alertness. There could be any number of causes of this, and I actually have to think and think - every internist's dream.
We picked Navin up from college on Friday. He had actually finished on Wednesday, but took a couple of days to hang out, help friends pack and leave. He enjoyed a couple of days of no exams and pure hanging out, and apparently food was not high on the agenda, because on Friday, he had not eaten anything, or had eaten junk or something. He has been sleeping a ton since our return, and I imagine that is de rigeur for a college student. He is responsible for his own finances from next year, so the job hunt is on.
We celebrated a couple of family occasions over the weekend and that was fabulous. Among the joys of being in this country - movies that don't sell out as soon as they open. So we saw Men in Black and 4 other flicks, and ate out and I saladed myself out. My friend, Sid, came over on Friday for lunch, which was fun, and generously gave us a pass to a National park nearby which he no longer frequents, and the Weisses spent a wonderful Saturday evening there. We got together with Mandy and John Sparzo and their kids after the Indy 500, and Chez Sparzo was the warm, loving, fun, funny place it always is. We celebrated John's elevation to the position of interim President/CEO of his hospital. We have also been watching ball games, and Skyped with Naren today. Both boys compared notes on the movie "21 Jump Street," which Scott and I found a bit too raunchy, and pronounced it "Awesome." The boys tend to agree with and defend each other quite a bit now, and we are pleased with that turn of affairs.
There was a part in some movie featuring an older brother, and I felt a visceral ache at it, missing Manu. As my mother said to Scott - whom she leaned on after Manu's demise - Manu should have been performing their last rites, instead of the other way around. BUT, he is indeed in a better place, as is my mother, and we are the richer for having had their presence here for some years.
Unw -
R
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