Paperwork & Laundry

Sitting here waiting for some laundry to finish in the washing machine, while others finish up paperwork from this afternoon (some of my Mayo colleagues from one of the other teams - they went to a shelter, and then to a large motel to see patients this afternoon.

Somehow I was hoping to escape some of the paperwork, but alas - the CDC intake form is 5 pages long. I'm pretty good about completing the risk factor survey, less good with the rest -- but one thing that working in a community health center has taught me is to finish the paperwork before I leave. It's no fun having to stay up late into the night working on it.

We had a vote at the briefing after we returned. The consensus was that we came to work - we will work a full day on Sunday rather than a half.

It feels like we've been here a week already, rather than the 2 days that it's been (it is Friday, right?). 11 days to go! By then I hope that we have some of the kinks worked out.