I recently realized two things about my life at this present time:

one. I think too hard at work. my brain hurts almost every night when I come home. I sleep "late" on the weekends now to make up for the energy it takes my brain to process information at work. late means 9 o'clock. I am still loving what I'm doing but I'm getting better at it, and I'm seeing a shit-load more patients, way more than my fellow genetic counselors. now if I could only fix the multiple deep giant gaps in the infrastructure of our department, bring in some new docs that can help us/respect us/understand what we do, and possibly move the entire hospital out west say, to Oregon, I would be the happiest camper in the world :o) for now, I'm just happy to love what I'm doing, where I'm living and being near family.

two. I like being alone just as much as I like being with someone. It's a great thing, but it can be a problem if you're dating someone who wants to spend every minute with you. that's why I'm secretly happy that the guy I'm dating lives one hour away :o) well, I'm not happy about it, I wish he lived closer, but there's something to be said for some guaranteed :me: time at least twice a week. such as tonight- I did nothing but catch up on phone calls and watch a DVD of what not to wear (there's only a few of them, I'm savoring since I don't have cable).


in general: life is good, and it's heading in the right direction.