In through the out door

[zyzyly]

One of the surprises waiting for me when I got home the other night was that I had never completely unpacked from the previous trip, and so now I have two trips to unpack from. I hate unpacking. I guess that's why I still have boxes of stuff I have never unpacked from moving here 5 years ago.

It is a very good feeling to to use a bathroom that is not shared by 600 other people.

I watched some tv last night. There was a show about a woman who becomes president after the president dies. During the hospial scene, as the doctors were trying to resuscitate the dying president, they defibrillated his liver. No wonder he died.

The Martin Scorcese Dylan thing was great.

I still don't want to go back to work. Sooner or later this is going to be a problem. I'm hoping for later. I'd like to squeeze in another trip (or two!) before I start back.

I was gone for almost all of the Sacramento summer. I didn't miss it. It gets hot here, but it's a dry heat. One of my partners in the clinic was telling Percy, a Louisiana native, about the heat in Arizona--the lack of humidity. Percy responded, "No! That just ain't right!", as if dry heat were a crime against nature.

Nothing interesting came in the mail while I was gone. I am expecting a package, though. It's from me. I shipped home a bunch of stuff that I brought and never used, and didn't feel like lugging through the airports.

I came back with a much better idea of what I want to do with my life. A lot of the things I was still unsure about when I got home from the first trip are now much clearer. Not that I feel any urgency to act on any of it. I remain mindful of the "don't make any big decisions for a year" rule. "A year" is 51 days from now. None of what I decided requires any big decisions anyway. Just small steps in a particular direction.

There were three things I decided to do when I got home. Three small steps in the direction I want to go. I'll take one of them this morning.

Comments

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

>they defibrillated his liver. No wonder he died.

wow, medical malpractice of the televised kind!

i'm glad the path ahead is clearer now. that's excellent. best wishes to you, whatever you do, mike.

[busychild424.livejournal.com]

I like the way things are going for you. :-)

[blistermoth.livejournal.com]

I can't believe it's been a year already.

[felixbunay.livejournal.com]

Almost November? Again?

seeks cave

[jmhm.livejournal.com]

well, if you head toward us, we'd love to have you.

[poetbear.livejournal.com]

we would too, Mike. of course, the temperature is
falling down to something near normal now that Fall
is here, so you wouldn't get to fully experience our
"dry heat", but i imagine you could easily live without
that.~paul

[http://users.livejournal.com/_chandra/]

Welcome home.

Where's the pie chart of what you want to do with your life? I need a visual guide.

[tiwonge.livejournal.com]

I might be coming through the area in a week or two, in route from the San Francisco area to the Salt Lake City area.

[ldygwynedd.livejournal.com]

I hope that one of your trips finds you in southwest Florida. We have an extra room, if you don't mind our dogs.

[berkeleyfarm.livejournal.com]

welcome back.

[brendamom.livejournal.com]

Okay. First you go on this big adventure, dealing with grief, just not knowing, and then you get home and go on this big adventure just to help in the worst natural disaster in years and then you say your life has changed and then you say you are taking steps toward a future and we are left in this big cliffhanger with no more pages and I am saying to myself....Does he have God's phone number? Would he share it? Are there special rates on weekends?
And I am not saving anyone. Yes, I do chase toddlers by crawling around the house on my knees playing peek-a-boo and buy second hand tap shoes for twin girls dancers, but I just want to know how you know where you are going. That is all. I'll be quiet now.

[fulguritus.livejournal.com]

1. Thanks for the unexpected mental picture of you happily sitting on the commode.
2. His liver!!! Hahahahahaha!!!
3.That dry heat story made me laugh outloud and bother my boyfriend. It was worth it. Ha. Lovely. (I'm from Galveston, when people tell me it's humid here in Austin I have to laugh. And I do, a lot.)
Thanks for the laughing.

[zhenzhi.livejournal.com]

:-) glad to hear you are safe at home.

[goofpumpkin.livejournal.com]

Step? What step? Spill! Must know! :-P

[goofpumpkin.livejournal.com]

Got home late. You're not "here". :-(

[lavidamd.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you made it home safely.

Wow, you could have yet another career as a writer of suspense novels! I am hooked on thinking about what the "three steps" are and what direction you want to go. No matter what, I wish you the best of luck with all of your endeavors.

Doctors Without Borders

[errantpenny.livejournal.com]

Or, Médecins Sans Frontières (because everything sounds better in French).

Every time I read one of your recent posts, this pops into my head.

Re: Doctors Without Borders

[myasma.livejournal.com]

Funny you should mention them.

Now that I'm home, wanna have that cup of coffee?

[myasma.livejournal.com]

Sounds like someone needs a third end to their candle!

Re: Doctors Without Borders

[errantpenny.livejournal.com]

You betcha!

I'll send you an email...

[myasma.livejournal.com]

I don't think a pie chart will do it anymore.

Re: Doctors Without Borders

[myasma.livejournal.com]

Oh, they aren't big things--a few phone calls and a decision--just little steps along a particular path.

[myasma.livejournal.com]

You are always welcome here! Do you still have my phone number?

[tiwonge.livejournal.com]

As long as it hasn't changed. I haven't deleted it from my cell phone.