Smoothing the landing....

Last Friday was my last regularly scheduled date for seeing patients. I have, as of this morning, completed all outstanding patient encounters and am furiously packing up things here in the office. This morning I will finish packing up the books and the fragiles and will run stuff not being kept (old books and things) to Goodwill or some other charitable organization. I still have to meet with my insurance person to look at health plans starting for September AND I still need to pack up the things I plan to sell on eBay (surgical tools, BP cuffs, etc.). I have 8 days to pack up an office of almost 30 years.

So far two of my 4 full time staffers have found new employment, one last week with a full time offer and one last night. I had a hand in last night's hire. Of the remaining two, one is considering going into a training program to become a pharmacy tech, which I think would be a great path for her going forward.

I still have to figure out what I'm going to keep from the office.

Back to the grindstone. Way too much to do.

On my feet most of the day....

Saw one patient - I'm still responsible for emergencies and this teen had an abscess that needed opening. No coverage. It was either pay me $100 to open the abscess or fork over 10 times that at the ER. I was not having the kid go there.

The curio cabinet is almost all packed up, and the boxed contents are in my car, about to head for home and onto Lake County. There are a few more fragile items to be boxed, but while I have the boxes, I ran out of packing flotsam and when I said fragile, I meant it. There are a pair of impossibly thin crystal candlesticks my parents gave me 25 years ago that were on the bottom shelf of the cabinet and I don't dare pack them willy-nilly or they'll never survive the move. There's also a Lladro porcelain statue of a doctor my parents gave me when I graduated from school that's just as long and lean as the candlesticks. Again, I need more flotsam.

My lower back and my ankles are complaining, so it's time to call it a day and head for home. I've got a couple of chicken cacciatories to throw in the microwave, then a hot shower and bed. I need to hit the ground running in the morning.