Just catchin' up

Wow! It's been almost a month since my last blog. I haven't had much to say. Actually, I would love to share some work stories but that is not possible because of confidentiality. I can say that it is pretty much the same problems. I would be willing to bet that several of my patients have appeared on Jerry Springer. The term "dysfunctional family" is so cliche' but it does not come even close to describing some of the situational dramas I hear about every day. And if anybody believes that diabetes is not rampant in Alabama, they haven't been to our clinic. I could go on for a long time about the health and psycho-social problems that plague the poor but I'll stop now.

Thank you state of Alabama! I finally got my state refund yesterday. It's always nice to log on to my bank and find more $$$ than I expected! Yee Haw!

Not much new with us. Carl has been busy doing some long over due chores around the house. He brought in some top soil but still hasn't put down any grass seed. I guess he's waiting till it's in the 90's all the time? He gave me some money on saturday before Mother's day and then announced "here's some money and I want you to go with me to the place (garden shop) where I bought my pepper plants and pick you out a flower". My question was, why hand me the $$ then say it was to buy flowers. He could have just said "pick out a flower and I'll buy it for you". Oh well, we went and I picked out a pot of Gerber daisies and a hanging geranium. Then proceeded to hand him back his money and told him to pay for them. I just thought it was kind of a hoot. I quit a long time ago trying to figure out how things work in Carl's world (mind). I often think we are the classic example of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus.

Working 4 days a week again has put me behind on a lot of things I wanted to get done. With my arthritic knee, I just am too slow! I really miss my 3 day weekends!

Emily and I have been talking about trying to go on a vacation. I hope she can swing some time off work to go. I've decided we should go out west. Vegas and grand canyon. We will just have to wait and see.

Well, I really got to get busy. I'll try to blog in more often.