Not writing for 2 weeks does not mean I have not been going to the gym!

Wow, 2 weeks and I have not written.  I have been working double time, it seems.  I was volunteered for the e-record project at work.  The Epic electronic medical record is going live in March 2011 at University of Rochester Medical Center, and I am glad to be part of it!  A lot of dynamic conversation in the validation sessions.  It has meant, however, more days of working, or at least weekends.  My last two weekend shifts, Saturday and last Sunday, have been up at 4:00 am. to get to work at 5:00 am. since there were no residents there those days to examine the patients and write the notes.  Got it done, though I am not signing up to be the intern real soon.  I could have done it easier 30 years ago, LOL!

February will have some tough days.  My work partner, Lorraine, goes to a well-deserved Hawaii conference in a couple of weeks, and is extending that for 10 more days of vacation.  I wanted to do that last year, but my work partner Andrew took a new job and had to start on March 1st, or so it was deemed.  The person who was leaving on that job was there a month after he started, so it did not seem so necessary to preclude me having an extra few days in Paradise.  If I had stayed in Maui an extra day, I could have seen the Jimmy Buffet concert there.  Where better to have a Cheeseburger in Paradise?  Andrew had taken an extra week in Hawaii the year before when it was his turn to go, so I was a bit annoyed that he had to leave then and there.  It would not have happened had it been the other way around, I can assure you of that!!  Oh well!  Maybe next year will be my turn for a bit more relaxation.  The conference is my turn to go again, so we will see how it goes!!

My gym activities have been great.  I did not go yesterday, but did 5 classes and activities on Friday, anticipating a busy work day on Saturday.  I have done about 60 classes this past month, which has meant I have gotten a lot out of my YMCA membership.  I feel like I have been in the pool enough to have turned into a fish!!  I seem to be getting well-known around there, because I have been there almost every day, at various times of the day, depending on my work schedule.

It has been brutally cold here lately.  6 degrees this morning, and I hear it got below zero last night.  I put food out for the birds, out on the deck.  So much for Al Gore and global warming this winter in Rochester!

Well, back to the tasks of the day.  Cleaning is in order and to the gym later for some Yoga and for Aqua Zumba!

Have a good day, followers!

Joyce