Update.
*After watching 'Making the Cut' on Netflix, that has fashion designers that already have business experience, watching Project Runway is like watching babies. lol Still watching it, though.
*Why is it that cats need to sit on phones and remotes? They're not warm. But, I suppose, God forbid we pay attention to something that isn't them.
*Kitty (3yo german shepherd) has become way clingy the last two weeks. She insisted on going to work with me Friday before last. I thought she would get really bored, and give up, but then the next day she wanted to come in again after I let the horses out. (it's what we do when she goes to the groomer).
That, of course, immediately made me worry about Sally (11.5yo Kangall/Great Pyr) because it signaled to me that she was slowing down and not entertaining Kitty as much. It's taken me a bit to calm down again about that. I decided to go back to sitting with the dogs for a bit after I'm done at the barn. I can pet Sally and throw the ball for Kitty. Also bought some more wobble wag giggle balls . She loves them. Then breaks them. lol
I also checked with her breeder to see if there were any puppies coming up. May be time to get a new puppy. A little boy. There may be a litter coming sometime soon. (yes, a breeder. I need a healthy puppy that doesn't have issues preinstalled. I can install my own issues, thank you.)
The idea of having to deal with another T Rex, er, GSD puppy is a little scary. I still have the puppy crate. May need a new dog box. Although I was thinking about maybe getting a heated dog house. Not sure.
*I have new barn cats!!! Yay! I was really worried that I was going to have to beg some from another farm since I had lost my last one. I did see a snake go under my haystack a few weeks ago, which scared me a bit, but I think it was big enough to eat mice. Maybe? But they don't work in the wintertime.
But, I've seen three different mostly feral cats. And, since I was kind of cranky about work, I eventually named them after not quite nice medical terms/abbreviations.
#1 is a medium grey tabby. Officially LGFD, but I call him El Gee. (Looks Good From Door. Mostly because that's about all the closer I can see him from)
#2 is a white with creamy orange spot on the back. Call him FLK. (Funny Looking Kid)
#3 is a creamy orange. Finally came up with Tracks. (as in train tracks. as in "train wreck." started with orange cream, which was way too cliche).
Find the cat.
*Work is changing immensely. For the past 20 years, my call group has gone to the hospital to see our own patients and babies. We have seen sick kids on the weekends in our clinics when we've been on call. Yes, it can suck. No, we didn't always get paid for it*. But it was rewarding seeing our kids, and making relationships with the staff on the different floors. I have been (and still will be until the new year) on multiple committees, and have learned so much from them.
However, we have had two doctors retire in the last 6 months, and no replacement anticipated any time soon. So, at our post last retirement meeting, most of the remaining doctors declared that they were getting older, and wanted to stop. They actually had well thought out reasons, which, after thinking about them, made sense. Also, if they weren't going to be going, then that would leave me and one other person to be on call - yeah no. All the other pediatricians in town have long ago stopped going to the hospital, and I understand that in general in bigger cities, we're among the last of pediatricians to stop going. It's possible because pediatric hospitalists became a thing about 5-10 years ago (we would never leave our kids to be treated by non pediatricians).
It was a bit heartbreaking, to be honest, and it still occasionally makes me sad. OTOH, I'll get to be a regular person. Sort of. Work M-F, no weekends or holidays. No nights being woken up four times by the hospital. It's a little heady. lol So, as of Nov 1, 2021, we're clinic only. Luckily, I have good relationships with both main hospitalists, and they've promised to take good care of my kids.
And I can always change my mind and go back to the hospital. But I probably won't. Because free weekends.
*the only doctors who are paid to be on call are those that are on a call schedule to be available to the ER if needed. Mostly surgeons. They get paid by the hospital for that. The rest of us have to pay an answering service to answer our calls, then get woken up for free. So, be nice to your primary care provider.
*Why is it that cats need to sit on phones and remotes? They're not warm. But, I suppose, God forbid we pay attention to something that isn't them.
*Kitty (3yo german shepherd) has become way clingy the last two weeks. She insisted on going to work with me Friday before last. I thought she would get really bored, and give up, but then the next day she wanted to come in again after I let the horses out. (it's what we do when she goes to the groomer).
That, of course, immediately made me worry about Sally (11.5yo Kangall/Great Pyr) because it signaled to me that she was slowing down and not entertaining Kitty as much. It's taken me a bit to calm down again about that. I decided to go back to sitting with the dogs for a bit after I'm done at the barn. I can pet Sally and throw the ball for Kitty. Also bought some more wobble wag giggle balls . She loves them. Then breaks them. lol
I also checked with her breeder to see if there were any puppies coming up. May be time to get a new puppy. A little boy. There may be a litter coming sometime soon. (yes, a breeder. I need a healthy puppy that doesn't have issues preinstalled. I can install my own issues, thank you.)
The idea of having to deal with another T Rex, er, GSD puppy is a little scary. I still have the puppy crate. May need a new dog box. Although I was thinking about maybe getting a heated dog house. Not sure.
*I have new barn cats!!! Yay! I was really worried that I was going to have to beg some from another farm since I had lost my last one. I did see a snake go under my haystack a few weeks ago, which scared me a bit, but I think it was big enough to eat mice. Maybe? But they don't work in the wintertime.
But, I've seen three different mostly feral cats. And, since I was kind of cranky about work, I eventually named them after not quite nice medical terms/abbreviations.
#1 is a medium grey tabby. Officially LGFD, but I call him El Gee. (Looks Good From Door. Mostly because that's about all the closer I can see him from)
#2 is a white with creamy orange spot on the back. Call him FLK. (Funny Looking Kid)
#3 is a creamy orange. Finally came up with Tracks. (as in train tracks. as in "train wreck." started with orange cream, which was way too cliche).
Find the cat.
*Work is changing immensely. For the past 20 years, my call group has gone to the hospital to see our own patients and babies. We have seen sick kids on the weekends in our clinics when we've been on call. Yes, it can suck. No, we didn't always get paid for it*. But it was rewarding seeing our kids, and making relationships with the staff on the different floors. I have been (and still will be until the new year) on multiple committees, and have learned so much from them.
However, we have had two doctors retire in the last 6 months, and no replacement anticipated any time soon. So, at our post last retirement meeting, most of the remaining doctors declared that they were getting older, and wanted to stop. They actually had well thought out reasons, which, after thinking about them, made sense. Also, if they weren't going to be going, then that would leave me and one other person to be on call - yeah no. All the other pediatricians in town have long ago stopped going to the hospital, and I understand that in general in bigger cities, we're among the last of pediatricians to stop going. It's possible because pediatric hospitalists became a thing about 5-10 years ago (we would never leave our kids to be treated by non pediatricians).
It was a bit heartbreaking, to be honest, and it still occasionally makes me sad. OTOH, I'll get to be a regular person. Sort of. Work M-F, no weekends or holidays. No nights being woken up four times by the hospital. It's a little heady. lol So, as of Nov 1, 2021, we're clinic only. Luckily, I have good relationships with both main hospitalists, and they've promised to take good care of my kids.
And I can always change my mind and go back to the hospital. But I probably won't. Because free weekends.
*the only doctors who are paid to be on call are those that are on a call schedule to be available to the ER if needed. Mostly surgeons. They get paid by the hospital for that. The rest of us have to pay an answering service to answer our calls, then get woken up for free. So, be nice to your primary care provider.