SEE YA!!!

It's friday. Thank you God. Yes I had one day I didn't come in due to cabinet hell at home. Yes one day this week I only saw one client. However, in the last two days I saw EVERYONE!!! Oh my was it busy! I saw so many unique cases that stretched my clinical skills to their limit. I loved it on one hand and hated it on the other. Yes I love helping people in need, but can it be one at a time and at a leisurely pace.

Pregnant women, suicidal people, homicidal people, psychotic people, people that didn't have a friggin clue. And now the weekend is approaching quickly. I have one more client to present and am leaving in the next forty five minutes. So I wanted to chide in before heading back out to my desert oasis.

With all the kidding aside. Or should I write complaining. I had the pleasure of teaching a new intern the ins and outs of our facility, how to interview clients, and how to attack the massive amount of unneeded paperwork that our facility demands. Of course the paperwork is needed. "If it wasn't documented, it didn't happen" is our slogan. Do you realize I have had nightmares about not getting in a chart in the proper allotted time period? I joked with the intern today about spending more times on the paperwork then the one to one client sessions. In all actuality it is true.

One thing that perked me up today was the feedback from the intern. They loved my presence with the clients, how I honored them and gave them ample time to simply speak and search their minds for answers. It felt good to be noticed. It had been a long time since a neutral observor was in one of my sessions and I let down my guard and simply was myself. It was with a very difficult client who was placed on a hold. Even in these sessions compassion can be shown. This is what I am leaving behind. Not just that but the madness at home.

Madness? When your home is all torn apart and the cabinet makers make your cabinets too thin it can grate on your nerves. Trying living for weeks without a working sink. In fact we don't even have one attached! Everything is in boxes - but thank God I have a vacation home to go to. My excuse for going there - I needed to transport some shelving there.

Got to run. I have to make my last report. SEE YA~!