Holiday Week is a slow week in clinic. Pop in and say 'hi.'

[Aristus]

If I don't reply right away, I'm with a patient. But it would be nice to have some company to keep from getting bored.

Loungers!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Aristus!

Here's my hello...I hope things have picked up just a bit for you!

I would be out taking pictures of the lovely Italian landscape, but my gut is unhappy with something I ate yesterday...

So I'm staying in, and waiting for things to get better!

[Aristus]

8. Good to see you, CalPeg! Thanks for saying hi.

I'm sorry to hear you are under the weather. Get better soon so you can enjoy Italy.

[Denninmi]

2. Hi to both of you.

Aristus, my friend, and to you Peggy my dear!

I'm doing another one of my most hated tasks, a probate/trust accounting. It must be Karma's revenge for the fact that I flunked basic accounting in the first go around at college - pretty easy to flunk a class when you stop going. In my defense, it was a "herd" class of like 500 students, with videotaped lectures, and I was assigned a foreign TA who had been off the plane from China, literally, three days when the class started. I couldn't understand a word he said. So, I just gave up. Karma kicked me once in the pants on that one, I repeated it years later when I went back to college, and got a 4.0 in it, but I still hate accounting.

So, as you can see, kind of slacking on DU today. Won't get it done any faster, LOL.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear Denninmi!

Thanks, sweetie!

Good luck with your work!

[Denninmi]

4. Ah, I get to leave early.

Appointment this afternoon. And then the 4 day weekend, unless my boss changes his mind at the last minute (he's prone to doing that! ) Just gotta get through tomorrow.

And maybe buckle down and get this thing done, the client is breathing down our necks, can't understand why it wasn't done yesterday.

Hope he's not a DU Lounger!

Oh, and I'm having a Goo Goo Dolls marathon in my left ear via bluetooth. Listening to 'Something for the Rest of Us' right now, then I think I'll move on to either 'Gutterflower' or 'Superstar Car Wash'.

As I drive to my appointment, it may be something very different, like a Brad Paisley or Rascal Flatts marathon.

[sarge43]

5. Well, enjoy the lull. They're few and far between.

Computer is in the shop for its annual physical; I'm using my Kindle as a surf board. Cool and rainy here, so do a couple of chores, then then kick back with a new book, A History of World Languages, cuppa tea and Wolfgang. Life is good.

[fleur-de-lisa]

7. Oohhh . . . your book sounds interesting!

I have always been fascinated by languages.

[sarge43]

13. Two of my favorite things: History and languages

It's called Empires of the Word, A Language History of the World by Nicholas Ostler. It is a Kindle ebook.

[fleur-de-lisa]

16. I might have to buy that one . . . I have a Nook; hopefully B&N carries it.

I love history also. I'm currently reading The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman. It's an historical novel about the life of King Richard III.

[sarge43]

18. Read it. Excellent.

Have you read any of Anya Seton' s historicals? If not, highly recommended, particularly Katherine and Green Darkness.

[fleur-de-lisa]

19. I haven't, but I will definitely look into it. - eom

[Aristus]

9. Turned out not to be a lull.

First two patients up for the day turned out to be emergencies. I referred them on to the local ED's. But I've just now had a chance to catch my breath, and say 'thank you' for replying.

Good to see you, sarge!

[sarge43]

14. Good to be seen, Aristus.

What is ED? Emergency doctor?

[Aristus]

15. Emergency Department.

You pretty much only hear 'ER' on TV. Real-life providers say 'ED'.

[sarge43]

17. OIC

So ER could be a left over from the days when emergency treatment and triage was confined to one or maybe two rooms. Today emergency treatment can and does take up a sizeable portion of a medical facility, ergo emergency department.

[fleur-de-lisa]

6. Howdy, Aristus!

I'm working on a particularly boring task at work, so I'm popping in and out of DU today to keep from jumping out the window (my office is in a high-rise, so a window escape is not a good idea).

Ugghhh, I hate this part of my job!

[Aristus]

11. Thanks for popping in to say'hi', fleur-de-lisa.

Haven't seen you in a while. I can't guarantee hanging out with me will cure your boredom, but it doesn't hurt to try.

[fizzgig]

10. hey buddy

waking up and getting ready for my last day of work before a week-long vacation. let's hope i can stay out of vacation mode long enough to get through my shift tonight.

don't get to sleep in much tomorrow, tho, gotta take the car to the trusted mechanic because the muffler shop told me everything in the car is borked up and i don't believe them. it would be easier if the second car were running, but it's not >_<

hope your day stays manageable

[Aristus]

12. Good to see you, fizz.

Enjoy your vacation!

[In_The_Wind]

20. I'll be here most of today if you need company again.

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[Aristus]

21. YOU'RE BACK!!!

[In_The_Wind]

22. It was a long drawn out day yesterday with an excellent outcome.

245 miles for a second interview resulting in a prehiring piss-test. His first day behind the wheel of a big truck is next Monday.

[Aristus]

23. Glad to hear it went well.

Good things are happening...

[In_The_Wind]

24. Just in time!

Another huge plus is that some of his loads will need one to three escorts.
I'll be back on the road locally, just in the northeast.