Intensive Care, One Last Time
Today is another day of working! Last regular day off was 12/26/15...which really, working the next 5 days isn't going to be too bad at all and then I get A 2 DAY WEEKEND! It's going to be wonderful. I'm going to try to keep up with all of the chores and maybe make some headway on some difficult longer-term projects. Being in the ICU always scrambles things from a planning and time-management perspective, but it seems that I'm going to be allowed to keep my own thoughts while on psychiatry.
Dad is going to Brown today I think, and then to Asia later this week. I'm excited for him, though it will be a stressful start to the year. He will also be going several other places--from coast to coast and at least one other international--and despite the fun that can be had, I think it's mostly work...I've come to realize he's a much more conservative traveler than I am. It may be just age-related, but also worth noting that his first time out of the country was when he was in graduate school, whereas mom and dad took me and my brother on our first trip when we were 10 and 7 respectively. I don't know how mom would be traveling internationally if it were 'just her' but the travels she and my dad have had always seem nice and she's more flexible than I think she gets credit for. It's like this, she's less likely to go outside of her comfort zone for something, but perhaps more likely to be able to quickly change and adapt to unstable circumstances, whereas I think my dad is more likely to go outside of his comfort zone but in a more controlled way without as many unknowns. I think they are similarly adaptable in situations. I like to think that my brother and I share that trait too, and I don't know that I've really thought about it like this before--it's not quite resilience, it's more of a skill in adapting to quickly changing circumstances with ease.
Alright, time to go look some records over of head imaging for a patient.
Dad is going to Brown today I think, and then to Asia later this week. I'm excited for him, though it will be a stressful start to the year. He will also be going several other places--from coast to coast and at least one other international--and despite the fun that can be had, I think it's mostly work...I've come to realize he's a much more conservative traveler than I am. It may be just age-related, but also worth noting that his first time out of the country was when he was in graduate school, whereas mom and dad took me and my brother on our first trip when we were 10 and 7 respectively. I don't know how mom would be traveling internationally if it were 'just her' but the travels she and my dad have had always seem nice and she's more flexible than I think she gets credit for. It's like this, she's less likely to go outside of her comfort zone for something, but perhaps more likely to be able to quickly change and adapt to unstable circumstances, whereas I think my dad is more likely to go outside of his comfort zone but in a more controlled way without as many unknowns. I think they are similarly adaptable in situations. I like to think that my brother and I share that trait too, and I don't know that I've really thought about it like this before--it's not quite resilience, it's more of a skill in adapting to quickly changing circumstances with ease.
Alright, time to go look some records over of head imaging for a patient.