And here we are

I'm done with the old blog. I haven't been able to get anywhere with tech support for the old server, so I'm just starting here. If I can ever import the old posts, I'll do so, but right now I don't even care. 

Here's a gratuitous yarn photo for you.

Don't even ask why I had that all hauled out. I was looking for something that I apparently misfiled in one of the eleventy-billion boxes of yarn in this house. I didn't find it, which is probably a good thing, since I'd have cast on yet another project. Right now I'm knitting baby surprises, which doesn't make for very good blog fodder.

This has been a wild several months. Work has been crazy, politics is making me nuts, and if I see one more crazy-assed post on Facebook about people not wearing masks, I might not be responsible for my actions. On top of everything else going on in the world, I decided to quit drinking back in late January. So if you came here for the whiskey/knitting screw-up posts, you are out of luck. It was getting to be more of a part of my life than I wanted it to be, so out it went. I can spend the wine and whiskey budget on something else.

I'm still on deck to retire as of the first of May next year. After the past few months, it can't come soon enough. As an internist, I primarily take care of a very geriatric patient mix, with many chronic medical problems. That has been very challenging since the vast majority of them have been terrified to set foot out of their homes since early March. "Virtual" medicine has some very real advantages, but it has the potential to trash the human doctor/patient relationship that I enjoy. There will be lots more changes in the next year as big systems and medical groups struggle to figure out how to negotiate this new world. I'm just glad that I only work three days a week. That does make it manageable.

And I lied up there. I do care about the missing decade-plus of my blog posts. I'll figure out a way to get them copied back, hopefully that won't mean uploading them one at a time.

Comments

[Julie]

Good to see a post, with kitty and yarn! I totally stay away from politics, it makes me shudder.

[Teyani]

Welcome new blog! And hats off to you remaining whiskey free during these past three months.
It appears that taking out piles of yarn right now is something happening here too! (It’s the old.. “ I just know I have two skeins that would be perfect for this pattern!” Thoughts)

[Jane]

Good to see you. Congratulations on your upcoming retirement. More time to knit!

[Alyce]

Good that you have a few more weeks to get that surprise project finished and blocked.