star struck.

yesterday, i had the privilege to attend

the annual culture change summit 

where like-minded people joined  

together and worked on improving

our world and the way we care for our elders.

dr. al power, an awesome advocate & author

was they keynote speaker. wow, he's good!

he is inspiring, funny & making things happen.

debbi & i got our books signed & snagged a photo!

offending calendars.

this is what i found in my co-worker emily's office..

3 calendars.

i asked why she had the picture on the far left calendar covered and she told me that it was a catholic calendar and it had crosses on it and she didn't want to offend anyone. i seriously laughed out loud. i asked emily, who is catholic, working at a jewish (non-secular social services agency) why she thought it was okay to have a seder plate and purim grogger (totally religious items) on showcase in her office, but not to have a small symbol of her own religion!?

she was too cute and just laughed.

day 21.

we're way past half-way in our whole30 challenge. 

we had a clinical team potluck at work.

that's a milkyway cake- bottom left, peggy said it had 6 whole

milkyway candy bars in it. it's s a bit hard not to indulge 

when everyone around you is, but it felt so good to pass it up!

thankfully, there was a ton of foods that were paleo-friendly:

fruit salad, fresh veggies and ina made a badass salad with chicken,

avocado, sweet potato chips, cashews and homemade vinaigrette (w/ no added sugar)

on call

this is our on-call phone.
(fyi: slim is an old school nokia fan)
i'm on-call once a month for a week.
it pays a little extra & it's totally worth it as long as no one calls. this week only two people called... and they were both other clinicians, with questions- so far so good!