Imagine you had one of those hectic clinic days where while working on the plan of one patient your pager was going off incessantly; so while answering these pages about ten other different patients, you happened to glance over your outlook and had to reply to urgent emails ASAP about ten other patients from your referring physicians, your nurse, your resident. In the meantime, a physicist came by to ask you to check a plan, then a therapist came by to ask you to sign another plan and while signing, the front desk clerk came by with a stack of paper for you to go through and the resident was right behind the clerk to discuss another case. Meanwhile the phone was ringing off the hook when you were not on it.
While you played the “Whack-a-Mole” game, you still had twenty charts sitting on your shelf from twenty other patients that you needed to do paperwork on. People were breathing down your neck about why those paperwork weren’t taken care of already. Patients were piling up in the clinic, waiting to see you. You worked through lunch, through the first tidal wave of colleagues leaving, then the second wave.
You looked down at your watch and grumbled to yourself, “I’d better leave now if I want to get those groceries that my family needs and spend some meaningful time with my family.” You logged out.
You walked out of the hospital and take a deep breath. It was the first deep breath you took all day. You looked up and the deep shade of blue and shadows and stars greeted you. You exhale. You appreciate the fact that you get to go home. You are not in a hospital bed. You have a loving home. A beautiful family. You get your priorities straight. You quicken your steps.
Home.
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I recently spent a day at the hospital where both my in-laws were admitted (a two-fer of a Sunday!) and I was so grateful to the doctors, like you, who seem to juggle way too many balls at the same time. It makes organizing dinner while feeding the dogs, talking on the phone and jotting reminders on paper look like a piece of cake. Hope you had that drink.
Thank you so much for your comment. I am sorry that you had to spend a day at the hospital. Hope your in-laws are doing better now! I think modern day life is hectic no matter how you cut it :)
I didn’t have that drink until last night, at the end of our CLEAN. That glass of H3 was DELICIOUS!
And what did you think of your CLEAN? Would you do it again?
OH yes! We did our first one last year: https://sugarplumfairy.me/2014/10/13/an-angelinos-rite-of-passage/ The result was great even though it was torture most of the time :) After our holiday season of a bit too much sweets, wine, bread, cheese, we decided to give CLEAN a second go around to start our year right. The second time was so much easier!! I am now back to my pre-pregnancy weight. Yes, it took me 7 long years, but better late than never right?
Congratulations!! I skipped the actual cleanse this year. Just trying to watch my sugar intake – my biggest downfall…
Me too. I love cakes and cookies!! I would look for any excuse to buy the coconut cake from Susie’s cake!! Yummm :)
I will pass your comment on. I have a good friend who works there
OH yum. You have a very lucky friend! I love Susie’s Cake! In fact, I am picking up a coconut cake for Valentine’s day tomorrow :) They also have the best carrot cake. I got one for a patient of mine, for his birthday because he was sad that nobody was going to celebrate his birthday with him. The whole department ended up ALL celebrating it with him :) Susie’s Cake=Happiness