Accomplished!

Well, whatdya know, I actually got crap done yesterday! Huzzah! Got my stats done & sent, finished up a spreadsheet that will make it easier to compile stats in the future, set up a new paper shredder, and got caught up inputting insurance payments & write offs through what was received in November. Still need to do the same to get December's insurance payments processed, and then I can dig in & work on getting my accounts in better order. Not sure that's going to happen today, though.

When I got home, I started in on the scarf my friend requested. Had to reference the interwebs to remember the gist of how to knit. I'm not a huge fan of knitting, so the skills were rusty, as I've only really made one knit project. But since I'm limited on how much yarn I have, & I can't get more, I chose to knit it, since that uses less yarn than crochet. I picked up some gigantic knitting needles, too, which will make this guy go that much faster & easier. Fluffy yarn is hard to work with, since you can't see the stitches, which is another reason this yarn is better suited to knitting than crochet. It's coming along nicely.

 

The husband's conversation with his boss went ok. He voiced his concerns & they're working to figure out solutions to the problems. Everybody's on the same page there, now, and nobody screamed. Woot!

Today is a new patient first thing (hooray!!!) as well as some other patients scattered throughout the day, then I have to cut out early for a networking event at 4:30. Any spare time I get today though will be spent on those December payments. I still have a file I need to send off to auto insurance adjustors, too, and I really have no excuse for stalling this long on it. Need to get that done.

Crickets

Today is a ghost town at the office. No patients on the books at all. Hopefully that will translate to me getting a lot accomplished. A couple projects I could/should work on include getting my stats completed & sent off to my business coach (yep, still haven't done that yet), making up a list of patients that dropped off the grid & I'd like to reactivate, track insurance claims & payments, & do an accounts receiveable cleanup (figure out what money is still owed me, & what I'm stuck wih having to write off because I let it go too long). All are big projects, so I don't expect to get more than one finished, but we'll see. Still need to see about how to block facebook on my work laptop. That would definitely help my productivity!

Yesterday, my last patient was running very late. I didn't mind a whole lot. He felt bad though, especially since this isn't the first time he's run late, so he offered as appology to be my technical consultant. Works for me! I'm very non-techy. He heads a departent or two at Charter. Writes web pages for them, etc. He said he'll do some research over the next couple weeks to see how we can get the office set up to do email & text message appointment reminders. That's been on my list for a while, but I haven't gotten around to it. Hoping this works out! :)

I hung out with a couple friends last night. We meant to craft, but ended up chatting with each other & one friend's family members all night, which was just as pleasant. Though we got no crafting done, I did go home with a huge bag filled with yarn from one friend who's downsizing homes. The other friend saw some eyelash yarn she liked and asked me to make her a scarf from it one of these days. The craft bug keeps biting! :)

Today, the husband is planning to talk to his boss about the issues he's having with her & the office. He's reached his breaking point with frustration there. I feel for him, & hope it goes well. He can tend to be rather condescending & verges on yelling when he gets aggitated, though, so hopefully he can keep the rage-monster in check! We're both praying he doesn't get fired for letting his boss know all the major problems he's having with how things are being done there. He needs his sanity, but we also need his paycheck to pay the bills. We'll see how things go in the next 9 hours or so.

I have no crafty pictures for you, so enjoy the Tali-cat!

An interesting Tuesday...