Yesterday several patient's came into the clinic looking a bit disheveled.  D commented that it looked like two of them were tweeking.  I went to the doctor's office and said to P, do people not shower?!  Especially when you're coming to a doctor's office.  After two of the patients left, another patient came up to D's window and said "wow, I feel normal".  Unfortunately this is "normal" behavior for some of our patients... Must be the full moon.... lol

Wow...I'm in my second week of vacation.  I can sleep in, do morning runs or go to the gym.  No whiny patients to deal with, let them be someone else's problem for a little while longer (Sorry Gretchen)...  Sometimes I wish I had a teacher's schedule...summers off.  It can be really taxing when you work 5 days a week 8am - 5pm. and no back up. argh!

Last week the kids and I were in LA.  Took them to the Anime Expo at the LA convention center.  We had lots 'o fun.  Got to see Ben Applegate, my tour guide for the Winter Steel tour to Japan I took back in '08, he was working the Akadot booth.  And I saw Bryan who works the Hendan booth that sells all the Hentai and Yaoi doujinshi.  Too bad we couldn't go to the San Diego Comic Con.  Maybe I see if I can take time off and go to the Yaoi Con.  It's going to be that the Long Beach convention center this year...that's if I read it correctly.  Better check and make sure. hah. Back to enjoying my vacation.

It's already June...where has the time gone?  The Portland RnR 1/2 marathon is over... better time then I expected.  Next is the Seattle RnR 1/2... maybe I can do a better time... Not holding my breath.  New course and all.

Yesterday at work solidified my stance...some people should just be sterilized and not procreate, also I agree with BJ Shea from the morning show on KISW, that if you want to have kids you need a parenting license.  A patient of ours, mind you he's a young man, not quite 30 yet, calls our office crying because he found out that his lovely fiancee uses heroin, and she stole his medications from the safe and left him the their 3 month old (not sure the age) twins plus his son from another girlfriend.  He's crying, in the background you can hear the babies crying, he's swearing, freaking out.  I should have just instructed him to take a deep breath and be a man.  I feel sorry for those kids...

This has been a sad month.  One of our patients died.  He was a sweet young man with a big heart, unfortunately the "machine" was totally against him.  He was denied Disability a third time even though that state ajudicator agreed that he needed to approved for Disability.  It was too much for him.  This young man did everything he was supposed to do.  He had the paperwork from when he was a kid stating that the incident that happened when he was born left him with mental disability.  I guess he should have worked the system instead of going about it the legal way.  Ever wonder how some people can get gov't assistance and others who truely need it can not?  I see a lot of these people and still scratch my head and ask myself how is it that you are young, sort of able but on welfare, have several kids, and don't work...  They don't work but the have IPhones, Coach purses, go on vacations... I must be doing something wrong...

Alrighty...It's March and training is just sucking.  I feel like sh$t when I run.  I just don't have it in me anymore.  Maybe it's because I've been doing this for sooooo long.  Alas, I know I won't stop, cause I do feel better after I'm done.  Maybe I need more incentive, like a golden carrot or a hot guy in front of me, with an awesome back side.... and long lean muscled legs... and... uhh yeah, that is just what I need.  Where do I find one of those???

Full moon this week.  Never fails, the phone at work just goes crazy with phone calls from patients.  Some of the messages that are left on my voice mail make my eyes roll.  Never fails, someones medications are either stolen or lost.  I still can not understand why people keep their medications in their pockets, or purse.  You know, when you sign an agreement you best know what's on that agreement.  What part of:  you are responsible to keep your medications safe, you are to take your medications as prescribed, do you not understand.  I think I have heard almost every possible story of losing medications or how my medications were stolen.  I know this can be difficult for some people, but you have to treat your medications like money or gold, you can't trust anyone and I mean anyone. Not your kids, your sister, brother, best friend, cousin, friend of a friend.  And for gods sakes people, do not leave your purse or backpack sitting in plain sight in your car, you are just asking for someone to break in.
Oh, and if you suspect someone selling their medications, please let the authorities know.  It nice that you leave me anonymous phone calls, but I gotta say...I can't do much.  We have to give our patients the benefit the doubt, unless we catch them red handed in the cookie jar.  And believe me, we have caught a couple...doctor shopping that is....
Okay...the moon is waning...I feel better.. v-v

Heh..  I wimped out today and did not go for my long run.  I just did not feel up to running 7-9 mis in the rain, cause I do that the rest of the time.  So I opted to go to the gym and stair climb.  40 minutes on the climber and 40 minutes lifting...I think that was a good trade off.  The only draw back of going to the gym on a Sunday morning is all the scenery is still a sleep. LOL.  Now on to the rest of my Sunday...