Ilsa J. Bick's Blog, page 7
April 14, 2016
Tending to My Garden
In a manner of speaking. THE DAY So the whole front end of the day was spent working a little bit and then hanging out with a landscaper guy at the local botanical gardens spring sale. I’m redoing all the … Continue reading →
April 13, 2016
Ouch…Elliot…Ouch
Knee needs to get a life. OTOH, wouldn’t we all love to have a memory like this? THE DAY It wasn’t a bad writing day at all, and ended with having a terrific chance to sit down, have coffee … Continue reading →
April 12, 2016
Not the Best Day
THE DAY The knee was a major reason why. Several nights in a row now with very little sleep and waking up to find the knee locked, very painful. After not hearing back from the internist, I just made a … Continue reading →
April 11, 2016
Lost Weekend
Great old movie about alcoholism with Ray Milland, and while I wasn’t even close to tipsy, the entire weekend got lost in a blur of getting things ready for the husband’s lab party thing and then the aftermath. It was … Continue reading →
April 8, 2016
Running Subcuticulars
THE DAY I remember the first time a resident taught me how to do a subcuticular stitch. It was so bloody cool. It’s also difficult to do well, but the idea you close a wound by hiding the stitches. You do that by … Continue reading →
April 7, 2016
Work-Arounds
THE DAY It’s what I spent the day doing, devising work-arounds for the situation into which I’ve written myself. Granted, this is only the outline, but if it doesn’t work here . . . So that was it. Well, and … Continue reading →
April 6, 2016
Dead Stop
It was not a good day. THE DAY So the outline came to a dead stop. We’re talking DEAD. STOP. Now, on the one hand, you can look at this as a catastrophe. On the other, though, you can look … Continue reading →
April 5, 2016
What Was I Thinking?
THE DAY What was I thinking? In a fit of misguided support for the husband, I volunteered us both for the 5K Double Helix run tonight. Now, let’s be clear about one thing: neither of us has run for more … Continue reading →
April 4, 2016
Getting Back into the Swing of Things
THE DAY So I see that I was sufficiently flummoxed not to have posted anything yesterday. My bad; I’ve been so good but broke that danged streak again. I think I was just tired. We had a lovely time with … Continue reading →
April 2, 2016
Family Visits
So nothing was done. Maybe…250 words, but they don’t really count at this point because I had no time to give this thing any kind of sustained attention. THE DAY Got up early and tried to pound out at least … Continue reading →
