Saturday night Belgian Ale-buzz. Anybody still up?

[Aristus]

Two more weeks of clinic, then I'll get two weeks off.

Can't wait.

I haven't had more than a week off at a time in more than two years...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Well, I'm still up, my dear Aristus...

My drink of choice?

Aitch two oh!



I hope you'll have a great time on your vacation, wherever it takes you!

[Aristus]

2. To Victoria, B.C. for the opera.

Then home again for some much-needed rest. Then a weekend of continuing education. After CME, studying for re-certification enters the nose-to-the-grindstone phase...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. How lovely to get to Victoria!

We've been there, but damn, it was raining!

Re-certification is the pits but I'm sure you will do well!

[In_The_Wind]

4. You called? I don't know if I feel like drinking but ...

if I can't get back to sleep in the next hour or so I might pop the top on a rootbeer beer.


Two more weeks Go get 'em Tank!

[Aristus]

5. Do what you need to do...

How did everything go today?

[In_The_Wind]

8. After tossin' and turning for the past 1/2 hour, I may be up for the night.

For some reason the mic was off so we couldn't hear the tributes from two of Pete's friends. Today was my last trip into a church. We sang a two old hymns that I remembered from my childhood. I knew there would be a memory board but I still wasn't prepared to walk in a see Pete's smiling face with I Geek Cats boldly written across the bottom. He didn't want our tears. So like Pete.

[Aristus]

12. Well, get comfortable, and enjoy.

Sounds like a good send-off.

I might want something similar when my time comes...

[dana_b]

6. Clinic? Are you a resident?

Btw - I love Belgian ales. My daughter and I went to Delirium Tremens in Brussels recently. We had this. SO good!!!



Two weeks off will feel like a luxurious vacation, I'd imagine. Enjoy every second!

[Aristus]

7. That looks fantastic! I renewed my buzz just looking at that pic!

I'm a Physician Assistant providing primary care at a community clinic.

[dana_b]

9. oh awesome!

That's fantastic that you work at a community clinic BUT I know that it's some of the hardest most demanding work.

Btw - I'm a RN and I always loved working with PAs and NPs over the MDs. They listen more and seem to explain things better to the patients.

Glad that I could help with the buzz! lol..

[Aristus]

10. RN's ROCK!

My Dad was an RN. Inspired a huge respect in me for the profession...

[dana_b]

11. thanks - we try. lol..

It takes all of us to get it done. I'm sure your dad was a great influence!

If I can ever go back (I'm on disability right now), I would love to get my Public health cert. and work in a community center. Not sure that would ever be possible at this stage, but it would be a goal.

So will your work schedule always be this demanding or will you eventually get a little more time off?

[Aristus]

13. It's going to be this way for a while.

Our productivity goals keep going up. Anytime the administrators need more revenue, they just increase the number of patients they expect us to see in a day. Right now, the goal is 18, and if that doesn't seem like a lot, the protocol is to schedule 23 or 24, to cover expected cancellations and no-shows. Bu of course, there are always the days (Mondays and Fridays, usually...) when everybody shows up...

I should get some kind of award; right now, I'm at 97% productivity, the highest, not only in our clinic, but in all of our clinics in the county...

[dana_b]

15. whoa!! Yes you should!

Or how about just an occasional extra day off?? Right... like that's gonna happen if you are the most productive! lol..

18-24 is a lot of patients. A lot! I know all of the paperwork, referrals, phone calls, and everything else that goes into just one patient much less 18+. You must work 10+ hour days.

It sounds like they should give you a clinic to be in charge of.

[Aristus]

16. It works out to about ten and a half, or so.

I get to the clinic around 6:30am, put on some coffee and relaxing music, and tackle the mountain of paperwork that's always in my in-box. The rest of the staff get in around 7:45, and clinic starts at 8:30.

With any luck, I'll be done by 5:00pm, and head home. So I don't die of high blood pressure, it's an hour of cardio, and 30-45 minutes of weight-lifting. Then shower, shave, surf the net for a while or watch TV, then crash. Wake up at 5:45, and do it all over again., I spend weekends finishing anything I didn't have time for during the work-week.

Once a month, a nice massage.

Vacation? I went on a two-week cruise to Hawaii in 2013. That was the last time I had two weeks off in a row...

[dana_b]

17. wow! You are a busy, BUSY guy!

You seriously do deserve a month off, easily.

Well I hope you enjoy your well deserved time off!! It should be gorgeous up there then, right? I've never been to Canada and it's not even that far! lol..

[Aristus]

18. Yeah, Victoria is wonderful. VERY liberal, which is nice.

It's also fun to watch TV up there, this completely different country with a similar, but notably different, culture. I like getting away from this pressure-cooker of a nation, and chilling out with Canadians, who are a lot more liberal and laid-back than we are.

Someone once called Russia the 'Florida of countries'.

Canada is the California...

[dana_b]

19. nice! I would like it then

being from California. But I LOVE Washington too. Now THAT is a liberal state!

Have a good night, Aristus!

[Paulie]

14. I'm also having Belgian style this evening

Hoegaarden and Dogfish Head Namaste, both witbier.

Edit: oh dear, it's morning.