February Update

 What am I up to?  Let's see:  I am swamped at work.  This is the result of two things....the first, a rookie's mistake.  In order to be the helpful new guy, I have taken cases from clinicians on the Adult Division Team.  A lot of horse trading goes on in the hallways - "I have a client that would respond really well with you." - Then, instead of saying, "No."  I slowly begin to think that just one more client won't make or break me.

So now I have over 24 active clients and with three of them very involved with everybody and their brother in on the action -- hospital, parents, other agencies, in-house clinicians...

I easily have 13 to 19 voice messages each day and the flow of e-mail, junky and real, is endless.  I am trying a to-do list app for my ipad and iphone.  I try to prioritize.  But, having an ADHD brain does not help.  Sometimes, the last call or e-mail I read gets done first, and the first thing I should have done gets left behind.  I find spending an hour (ok, or a little more) at night helps to keep the clutter of voice and mail messages down to a manageable amount.  Closing the door at the office and putting some music on in the background also helps.  Most of all, you just keep swimming.

Home:  The kids are doing well and we are working on bettering their involvement at school.  Tarah is taking piano lessons and Broadway dancing lessons at Seneca College.  Seth is still semi-interested in his Tae Kwon Do.   And I spend the latter part of each evening (when possible) watching fabulous TV that aired on premier channels and or, that I totally missed.  Firefly and The Big C are two great TV series that come to mind.

The wife is still working on her Masters and we continue to do the parent thing as well as we can.

I drive to work.  The winter has been un-seasonably warm.  The sun was out most of the week.  I've dropped two inches off my waist and am on day 70-something of not smoking.  Hurray for me!

Getting physically close to the kids involves, besides the usual hugs and kisses, pretending to be a puppy who is all excited to see the kids and is jumping and snuffling and yelping at their necks and arms.  Tickly fun.