Monthly Archives: January 2010

Looking Forward

I’m “attending” a webinar today by the good folks at AHDI (The Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity) regarding RMT and CMT certification. After 2 years as a working MT, March 5th, I will be eligible to take the CMT exam to become a certified medical transcriptionist. I’m curious to find out more, so this is [...]

Priorities

I just got the sad news yesterday that a friend’s husband left her and her kids after spending over a decade together. I can’t imagine. What changes people so much that they want to live apart after devoting so much to each other? (Exception: If there is physical or emotional abuse, get out NOW.) Marriage [...]

Unbelievable

I continue to be amazed by how some people are golden in this life no matter what they do. There’s always an excuse for why something goes wrong in their lives and instead of taking responsibility for anything or being reprimanded, they’re rewarded and coddled! Yet others who do their best to do the right [...]

Maintenance

Nothing exciting going on. I flexed my hours yesterday so I could take advantage of another patient’s cancellation at the dentist for my every-6-month scraping. I’m lucky I have such a nice dental hygienist and dentist. I started to just blow the whole thing off, but past history tells me that would not be wise. [...]

Movin’? Yeah.

Yesterday I jogged for the first time this year. In January, of all things. (Welcome to Texas!) It got up to 72. Looks like I’ll get another one in this week, as it’s going to be in the mid-70s today. Wednesday and Thursday are iffy (high 60s). It depends on how uncomfortable it feels with [...]