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The kids have all gotten over their illnesses and are healthy again. It was a rough couple weeks with both kids (in succession, not at the same time of course) being sick. I also got sick and I'm on the tail end of it, but I have this nagging cough which won't go away, which in turn causes my asthma to act up. I guess I should go to the doctor to see if anything is wrong. Both kids needed antibiotics (Beka needed 2) so I probably should make the attempt. And naturally, Jen didn't get sick at all.

Otherwise, I have been busy with work. Being back in the clinic has been good. I have been seeing all kinds of patients and encountering new problems and issues I get to solve. Every day is different, which is one of my favorite things about this job. I start having P4 students on rotation again next week. I am looking forward to it, especially since it's been a while since I've had them. I had this whole plan worked out as to how I was going to change the rotation because I was doing inpatient. That plan has gone completely out the window, but at least I already have the old plan working so well. I am not only seeing my own patients who were referred by the psychiatrists, but also the general clinic patients. Seeing the general clinic patients will be different for my rotation students. I like to take the time between patients to describe what my thought process was about why I chose to do what I did. It helps them to develop their own problem solving strategy and it shows them how I integrate all the different knowledge I have to make a rational decision. Because the clinic is so busy and usually at least double-booked, I won't have the time between patients to do that. I'll have to come up with some way to have the discussion after the clinic, by having the student take notes or something, but I don't know if that is the best way.

I finally got to see Harry Potter with Jen last week. We had a babysitter come and watch the kids (even the same babysitter who watched Beka for us when she was sick earlier that week. She's some kind of angel or something). We really enjoyed it. It was a great finish to the series of movies. I liked that they included the epilogue from the book, since it really gave the series a solid finish. There were some differences from the book obviously, but I think the endpoint was the same. The books were much more complex overall, and there isn't enough time to hit on everything. That's why people should read the books. I've never seen a movie that was better than the book I read. Some have been as good, but never better. That's my own bias I guess, since my imagination is much more full than any movie.

Another movie I saw recently while in San Antonio for AACP was Super 8. I have to say it was a very good movie. I enjoyed the characters and the mystery of the alien. The train crash scene was very well done and appropriately disastrous.

Jen and I have just started watching Season 1 of Breaking Bad on DVD. So far so good. I like that the chemistry and other information is accurate. I guess only I would care, or even know whether it's correct, but I'm glad it is. The acting is first class for sure as well.

That's all for now. Have fun....