For my father....

My dad is in town going to the FW stock show and rodeo. He drove up to our neck of the woods this afternoon to look at the model home with the same floor plan as my new house and to have dinner. We had a great time looking at the house and talking about what we were doing different before going to Rockfish to eat.

While we were eating, he told me that he does read my blog. He also started giving me a hard time because he had decided I must have too much time on my hands since I have started posting. I guess he is really busy...of course, he has time to drive 7 hours to go to a stock show that none of his children are participating in, stay for 2-3 days, and then go home...like I said, guess he is really busy!! :-) Just kidding, Dad!!

I was so glad that he was able to come and spend the evening with us. It is always nice to just have some hang out time with my dad. It is also nice to have the opportunity to show him what our house will look like. Since we are so excited about it, I am glad that he knows what we are talking about!! Love ya!!

Perfect Attendance Boys

Saturday night, Daniel and I went to the annual Denton Fire Department Awards Banquet. We met Jared and Becky there and had a great time. We don't get to see them often (well Becky and I don't see each other often), but when we do, we always laugh and have a blast. Of course, looking at all the men in their dress uniforms wasn't so bad either!!



We did have to take a picture of our "perfect attendance boys" as Becky put it. Daniel and Jared each got a perfect attendance award for never calling in sick. I was actually surprised at how few people received the award (~10) in such a large department. I guess it is really easy to call in sick when you don't want to go in over the weekend or something. I have to admit that I sometimes tell Dan to call in when he has to work on the weekned and I am at home...I'm just glad he doesn't let me be too bad of an influence!! (I have never called in sick either so I can't be that bad...)

How Great Is Our God

We had a wonderful ending to the worship service this morning at church. We sang "How Great Is Our God" and everyone was singing their hearts out. I have noticed that all day long this song has been running through my head and I have caught myself singing little parts out loud. A few minutes ago, Dan started humming it as well.

I love how that song sticks in your head...it is a GREAT song to be singing all day. The words are so true and powerful!!

Sunshiny day!!

What a beautiful day today and yesterday have been!! I love being able to walk outside and actually feel the sun on my skin. I didn't mind the clouds and cold too much while it was here (I kind of like that once in a while) but I love the sunshine!! I know that this weekend is supposed to be a little cooler. I think God knew we needed a few days of sunshine before the cold came again. I was starting to think we had moved to the northeast!! :)

Worn Out!!

I just got home from the gym where I went to a spin class. I just have to say that she completely wore me out!!! For the last two weeks, I have gone at 5:45 in the morning and love waking up and getting active. It really makes you feel better throughout the day. Today, though, was tough! I guess that is a good thing, right? It has to mean that you are working hard!! Gotta go get ready for work...looks like I'm gonna be a little later than normal, but that's okay because I'm usually really early :)

Update on the weekend...

It actually wasn't that bad! I only had six calls over the whole weekend (which is about average...I'm happy to be average in this case) and none of them were extremely urgent. I like being able to just call people back, answer their question if they have one, and lead them in the right direction. Most of the stuff this weekend was calling in prescriptions for antibiotics that hadn't made it to the pharmacy on Friday or encouraging people to go to one of the urgent care centers to get looked at. I love the fact that it is just telephone call instead of actually having to go into the hospital or something.

My favorite part was that it did not go off on Sunday at all. That is the best because I don't have to miss church or life group while I make the return call. Now I shouldn't have it again for a few months. Yeah!!

Little Black Box

Last night was the first night ever that I have been woken up by my best friend for the weekend...the pager. It went off at 3:46 am. I listened to the recorded message and called the lady back. It was a lab tech calling about some abnormal values. She sure was chirpy!! Of course, then I couldn't go back to sleep until almost 4:45. The worst part about it was that it wasn't even about my patient.

We share weekend call with three other doctors. That way, one person doesn't have to always be on call. Within our office (1 doc and 2 PAs) we pass the pager around for our turn. This weekend, is mine. It basically works out to being on weekend call 4-5 times a year. Not bad, really, except for when you wake up in the middle of the night! :)

I will just carry my friend, the little black box, everywhere I go and hope that it doesn't go off. You don't have to do much when it does, but it is a little stressful trying to make sure you always have it with you, your cell phone is charged so you can call them back, and then having to make a split second decision about what to do with a patient that you have not seen in person.

Now that we (the other PA and I) are here, my doc has been more willing to go out of town at times during the week. When she does that, we will have it during the week as well. That is not that often. I guess I am blessed that I only have to do it 4-5 times a year...I know that it could be much worse!