First, thanks so much for the Likes from the cooks out there on yesterday’s post “Back on the Wards”! I have not yet had a chance to really dig into your recipes, but I’m definitely interested. There was also a Like on a previous post (“Mindfully Retiring from Psychiatry”) from someone who devotes a part of her website to great cooking as well. Thank you!
I used to know how to do at least a little cooking. I got a recipe for Shoo-Fly cake from a guy I used to work with eons ago when I was working for consulting engineers as a land survey assistant and drafting technician. I lost that recipe a long time ago.
Anyway, moving right along to how my second day went back on the wards—it was busy. My step counter logged 2.4 miles and 21 floors. I did sitting meditation this morning and didn’t fall asleep. And when I got home, I exercised. So far, so good.
My exercise routine is about 20 minutes every day, and I modified it from something I found on line. It’s based on the latest recommendation calling for about 150 minutes of moderate exercise a week, which works out to about 22 minutes a day. I do about 2 minutes of deep breaths, pass out briefly, and then 20 minutes of thumb wrestling (see the fitted sheet folding video in my post “Back in the Saddle—So Soon?”).
The residents asked me the dreaded retirement question today. What are you going to do? I can’t just keep saying “I don’t know” or “I’m working on it” or “I’ll be finding exciting new adventures in my unstructured time.” I think I got that last one from a retirement web site. I guess there’s a rumor that after I retire, I’ll end up just coming back to work. That happens to a lot of retirees, although right now I don’t think that’s going to be my path.
I could look for a good Shoo-Fly recipe or somebody could just send me one.
Go Retire Psychiatrist 