I slept something like 9.5 hours last night. It was really wonderful. And I woke up feeling better. It’s very odd, vacillating between sadness (mix of fear / loss / uncertainty / feelings of…
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I feel really tired today. I slept 7 hours last night but it does not feel like enough. (Tonight = will try for 8.) I have a lot of meetings today — the first…
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1- My daily checklist is really helping my sanity right now. 2- I am now deep into The Topeka School by Ben Lerner, which is dark yet compelling. It took me over 70 pages…
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March 31. End of Quintile 1. I was supposed to have woken up in a San Diego hotel room, looking forward to day 1 of an American Pediatric Program Director’s Conference. Obviously not happening.…
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First, I wanted to share this link: That Discomfort You’re Feeling is Grief — shared in the comments by reader L (a nurse) yesterday. It definitely hit home for me, and somehow made me…
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Work I will be officially starting my telemed practice this morning! I have just 3 patients scheduled as a pilot. Today, I’ll do this from the office, just in case there is troubleshooting needed…
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First, a happy announcement related to my professional life: our pediatrics residency program filled! For those not familiar, getting a residency spot is a ~6 month process, beginning with electronic applications and ending with…
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School is closed. Spring break was slated to start the week after next (3/23), but we didn’t find out until 4:30 pm today that the kids will not be back until further notice. Cameron…
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No, not the one about travel. We have decided not to go. And we are preparing for more social distancing. I am at peace with this although expect some future strategizing/coping posts, because I…
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The uncertainty. The waffling. The unclear instructions. The constant sweeping announcements: This is closed! This is cancelled! Should we cancel this? This is still business as usual. Oh wait, cancelled. On the spectrum from…
