Getting Ready

We've been having a lot of fun these last couple days. Before I get into it. I'd like to show everyone something. Yesterday I saw I patient that I have seen since I joined the practice about 2 1/2 years ago. I scrolled back in her chart and I was amazed at my signature changes. Being a doctor, I easily sign my name at least 100 times a day. It makes sense why doctor's signatures are so illegible, it just takes to long. To be efficient, you must pair down your name to the essential. Let me show you my transition.

Here it is, my signature during the first month on the job. You can see Laura and well at least the first 4 letters of my name clear. I guess I lost the last part of my last name in residency.

Now here I lost the y in my last name



Hmm, really bad. I guess I was in a hurry



Oh good, the "o" came back in the last name, but sadly the "y" didn't make it back



There goes the "o" for good now. Actually, my last name just looks like a big old "H"

The "S" is becoming more messy, but hey, at least I crossed my "t".

Well, no more crossing the "t" and my first name looks like a Z

Even more abstract. No one would guess that my last name starts with a "S."

And here it is! "Z scribbly R," right?

Oh, how fun/horrible was that!  For the record, I try to write clearly on everything else. Not once has a pharmacist called because he couldn't read the prescription, but then again, maybe he couldn't even figure out who wrote it. Ha!

My last blog was how I enjoy home cooked healthy meals, but last night I forgot to take the chicken out of the freezer. Instead of dining on only broccoli saw (I had meant to pair it with a tomato chicken soup), we chose to eat out.  Surprise, surprise. It's actually something that we are pretty bad out. We love eating out and if it's an option, we take it.  Last night we decided to try a new restaurant and it made me sad. So sad that I have missed out on it for 5 whole years of my life. What was I thinking! We went to Bella Napoli in Brookside and it was so fantastic. I loved the homemade gnocchi freshly made in the morning paired with their house wine. Mmmmmm. To top that off, we had dessert at Foos. It was Fabulous.

Because it was raining last night, Henry and I couldn't get our training session in, so when I came home from work today and it was not raining, Henry was ready.

This is us pre-run. My goal for him was to run/walk a mile.

This is him mid-run. He usually had a nice speed burst and then needed a little drink and a little walking to get his energy back.

This is us during the running part (notice me in the window). He was getting better at going at a nice slow solid pace.

Sometimes he would have to go "Sonic speed" and pass me up.

We did a whole mile and Henry did so good. He was happy and excited the whole time. He'll do perfectly tomorrow.  I can't wait to watch him finish.