"We Could Survive Here for Weeks!"
Well, it's the day after New Year's and it's raining. Those of us who had to show up for work did so, sullenly. I have considered issuing an executive order sending everyone home, but I am booked for the day, at least on paper. Some of my patients - the considerate ones - have shown up for their appointments, but quite a few have not. Phone calls: done. Let's blog.
Doctors' offices, during the holidays, are no healthier than any other workplace. Grateful patients - or those who are trying to kill us by inducing cholesterol poisoning - have been dropping presents off; so have the drug reps. Many of these presents are edible. (I'm working on a handful of pistachios as I write this.) The sport of choice for the last two weeks has been to wander up and down the hall, hunting and gathering like a latter-day Cro-Magnon tribe member. A box of chocolate covered pretzels vanished within a day; one of those tubs with three flavors of popcorn doesn't last long here either. (Except for the caramel-covered popcorn, which none of us really likes.) Let's not think about cholesterol levels just yet.
Southern California has pulled off its annual New Year's Day miracle again; the massive rainstorm that was supposed to hit us on December 30 veered off to the south, and the storm following it didn't move in till early this morning. Result: no rain on the Rose Parade, again. For those of you who have never seen the parade in person, it's worth it. Everyone should go at least once, just to see the incredible detail on the floats; seeing it on TV just isn't the same. My family never went to the parade when I was growing up, but for the last several years I have been one of a group of people that makes the annual trek to Pasadena. A kind friend who lives within walking distance of Colorado Boulevard hosts us, provides chairs, and hires students to hold them overnight. (It's traditional for parade watchers to camp out overnight for the best seats.) After the parade, we all march back, eat a huge buffet lunch, and fall asleep watching the football games. It's great.
Hope you had a good New Year's.
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