Ok, so Monday is over, at least the work part. It was SUPER busy today and crazy. Didn't help that I was out Friday w/ the sick kid. So, I got up early to try to catch up before getting to the office. But, as I sit here, getting ready to leave, I am more behind than I was. Ack! Sometimes I feel like the hamster on the wheel who runs as hard as it cans, but never gets anywhere.

I found out one of my favorite patients died today. He was elderly and it wasn't unexpected, but I had planned on going to the NH to visit him tomorrow. But, he died Saturday. Now I have to move patients to go to his funeral which is Wed. am. This will probably make people mad, but I don't care. I took care of this man for 9 years. He was one of my first patients when I opened my practice. He was a sweety. He always brought me peaches and tomatoes from his garden every year. I will really miss him.

Another patient w/ end stage Dementia came in and I had to talk to the family about "end of life care." this is always a hard conversation. But, again this patient is one of my "special ones" so it was really hard.

On the bright side. I did exercise at lunch, even though my trainer post-poned our workout. I almost gave in and didn't go to the gym, but I did and I am proud of that will power. Done well w/ food today. Still need to work on more water. We're officially starting our biggest loser club next monday. We decided to all pitch in $50. There will hopefully be 10 of us. We'll go 6mo and see who loses the largest percentage since we have men and women in the group. I am excited about this as all of the people in the group are my closest friends/family and we are all really in need of a life change. I am hoping that this will make things easier at home and weekends as we all work together and compete for the cash and to get healthy.