It's only 4:25pm here in the Two-Five-Three. But dammit! It's five o'clock somewhere!

[Aristus]

Relaxing with a vodka and tonic this after.

Had a spectacular day in clinic yesterday. Anybody auditing my chart notes will discover that I’m a damned good clinician. Take THAT, office politics drones! I am really fucking good at this!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

I love you all…

[IjustDontlikeRepugs]

1. I have 2 sayings....

It’s 10 am somewhere and

I want to feel better than I do right now.

[Aristus]

2. I wish Tim Walz was here to give you a hug and tell you he's proud of you.

But he’s not. So…



I’m proud of you…

[IjustDontlikeRepugs]

6. Just as good.

[grumpyduck]

3. I'm having a gin and tonic.

[clink]

[Aristus]

4. *clink*

Enjoy!

[biophile]

5. Bureaucracy

I also worked in medicine (now retired); I am very proud of my career. However, the paperwork burden and bureaucracy of the final years was a mental drag. The for profit systems are a complete disaster for ensuring good care. It was much more rewarding 30 years ago 😏.

[3catwoman3]

10. There are a lot of us here who feel that way.

I retired in March of 2021, after 45 years as a pediatric nurse practitioner. The last 8 years I worked were made miserable by electronic medical records. It felt as if I spent more time taking care of the damn computer than I did taking care of the patients. I spent 2-3 hours of unpaid time at home every night getting my charting done because I needed every minute of the face-to-face time with patients to deliver the quality of care to which I held myself, and I was a fanatic for accurate and thorough charting, which is very time consuming. Most of the preloaded point-and-click templates are full of inaccuracies, IMO. Over 8 years, that meant I had "donated" over $100,000 worth of time to my employers.

If I had worked 10 more weeks, I would have been at my practice for 25 years, which was a goal to which I aspired for quite some time. It got to the point, unfortunately, where it just wasn't enough fun anymore, and 10 more weeks seemed like 10 more years. I was done. Except for newborns, young babies, and first time parents, I don't miss it.

What was our specialty? I hope you are enjoying retirement as much as I am.

[biophile]

12. Can recommend retirement

I did nuclear medicine for 44 years around the Philadelphia and SE PA area. I continue to get the difficulties of medicine these days through my daughter, who is a nurse 😏.

[niyad]

7. And we love you back. It was 5:25 where I am, so you were good. I was

enjoying a lovely Malbec, pre-wine tasting party.

[Aristus]

8. Argentine or Chilean?

Both are sublime for different reasons. 🍷🍷

[niyad]

13. A very nice little Argentine Malbec. Very smooth.

[lame54]

9. You're 5 minutes late

[Aristus]

11. Drinking puts a dent in my punctuality.

[AllaN01Bear]

14. at the tone the time will be 15:38 hours . beep.