Midweek

My practice has been languishing these past two weeks, and I am nervous. Johns Hopkins did not pay as much for Tara's tuition as I expected, so I have to scrounge up more money than I planned. I ought to market my practice more, but I like it just as it is. I know my patients intimately and I care about each of them and I am on top of everything. If I push for more patients, I am fearful of losing touch, of getting too distracted. I prefer quality over quantity, and like that I have time to think between patients and to pay more attention.

Eric is off to Virginia today to give some talks. He was going to ride his motorcycle but the weather threatens to be brutal, so he rented a car instead and drove the long five hours to Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. It is definitely fall here and the leaves are changing colours, but the drive would not be scenic because nothing can be seen in the rain.

Maya and I were on our own, but we kidnapped Belina for the afternoon. The children played games in my office and Belina reported to me that they had a great time and she wanted to do it again. I was not sure why it was fun for them, but I was mostly relieved. It was soccer night for Maya and no yoga for me, but somehow we both kept busy for the evening and fell into bed exhausted as usual. Maya has been fighting a cold all week and each morning has been a debate as to whether she ought to stay at home or threaten her classmates with her germs. Without a fever, she has been allowed to attend school and I believe she is actually recovering on her own. She keeps asking me what meds she could take for her sneezing and sniffling, but other than Ibuprofen, I have not been too helpful.

The weather report threatens a deluge tomorrow, and patients canceled appts for tomorrow. I am looking forward to another flood in my basement, and no way to prevent any of it, so I am not worried.