Another Insane Work Day

[kevinharris]

Today was an insane day at work. I made the mistake of scheduling 4 intakes last Thursday, and I was out sick on Monday, and June 30 was end of the fiscal year, so I'm still playing catch-up from these things. Today I got up late, quickly swung by my Hialeah office to drop off paperwork from last week on my way in to see clients at my Kendall office, when my supervisor caught me and told me he needed my paperwork from this Monday and Tuesday right away -- like, now -- for the end of the fiscal year. So I had to take an hour and do paperwork. Never mind that I had clients scheduled starting at 9:30 across town and it was 9:20. So I did the paperwork and ran across town to Kendall to see clients. I didn't get there until 11:00, but fortunately my 9:30, 10:00, and 11:00 clients didn't show up and my 10:30 client didn't show up until 10:50, so it worked out. Then I saw clients constantly, ending the day with a particularly complicated intake that took me 3 hours -- a kid I ended up giving no less than 9 diagnoses (no kidding -- check this out: ADHD, Conduct Disorder, Intermittent Explosive Disorder, Polysubstance Dependence, Cocaine Dependence, Cannabis Dependence, Xanax Dependence, Ecstasy Abuse, and Alcohol Abuse (poor kid)). Then I did paperwork until 8:30 in an effort to catch up. I'm still not caught up yet, but I've made some headway. That was my day -- just another typical day of insane paperwork (and, oh yeah, seeing clients, too).

I'm looking forward to a long Independence Day weekend -- I'm heading up to Stuart to hang out with Nicole and her parents, watch fireworks, go snorkeling at Bathtub Beach, and work on my dissertation. After the week I've had, I'm actually looking forward to working on my dissertation.