The bane of coding is predicting how long it will take to fix code when you think it should be working, but isnāt, and you donāt know why.
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Iām leaving the hospital I work for (outpatient clinic) to go back into private practice. Iām taking essentially my entire caseload with me. Win #1. Itās incredibly validating to me. This is not the first time Iāve moved and taken everyone with me, but it never fails to make me feel really good and honored.
I spoke to a therapist who runs a small, two-location practice. I know and like both of the women working out of the office near me, and was seriously considering joining because I wouldnāt have to go through the insurance credentialing process or worry about billing, etc. Sheād pay me per billable hour and I wouldnāt have to deal with the business aspect. Then I found out that she canāt and wonāt take Medicare, which is an issue for me. I had to take some time to think about whether I could, in good conscience, drop those patients, and decided no, I canāt. I left a voicemail saying so to the practice owner, and was surprised to get a call back asking how many I have - she was thinking maybe we could just do it pro bono and she would absorb the cost. It wonāt work, there are too many, but this was also very flattering. She invited me to their weekly meetings, lol, and if I ever put together a book club wants to join it.
Just really good feelings about my work and myself. #bigwins
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Thatās huge! Iām really proud of you and glad for your patients. Theyāre lucky to have you.
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Iām really lucky to have them, too. Such an odd, likable bunch. Iām glad they like me as well as I like them - it allows me a really nice career doing what I like. Not a ton of money, but itās a pretty nice thing to enjoy most of your hours at work.
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Celebrate those wins! Youāre gonna kill it out there on your own and your patients are SO lucky to have you.
Iād heart your post but the system says Iām out of hearts for today, so Iām going to put one here instead! 
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I gave you one of mine. I havenāt been using many lately, so its in good hands with you.
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Thank you SO much!!! Iām giving you one here too!
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I think this might just be the cutest comment to ever posted on T Nation. 
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It really is!
Hereās back atcha, @QuadQueen.
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Round two of my journey into the world of competitive rowing done (this time, West Wales Indoor rowing Championships, in the lovely little Welsh town of Lampeter).
I came 4th in the 40-49 year old 500m category and set a PB of 1:25.2 and also came 5th in open competition in the 100m (15.4 secs).
I didnāt quite manage to pull off a podium finish on this occassion, but my performance in relative terms, is improving + I didnāt fall off the machine this time round
so, all is well.
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That is so impressive! Congrats on doing so well! 
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Any tips? Did you use a particular curriculum?
Win for me: Have been using a youth wrestling teaching series from Dave Mills called āWrestling by the Numbers, 1, 2, 3.ā Son and I have been rolling around together nearly since he could walk, and really got into wrestling around his 2nd birthday (heās now three). He is learning techniques from the instructional series very well (as it was designed to be rudimentary for both coach and student), as are 2 other pee-wees that I get to coach. W for me and for these boys.
Also have my son doing various other things which he loves; pull ups, push ups, medicine ball Atlas lift, pull ups on rings, milk jug farmer carries, various other things that we just work into our day/playtime/wrestling practice. Once he started mimicking things he saw me doing I just ran with it.
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Not really, just immersion.
One of the few decorating things I care about on the house is a bookshelf in every room with the bottom shelf being kids books, so he always had access to stuff. I read with him a lot, and we go to the library a couple times a week also.
He likes math less now because of school, but when itās related to building something like legos, or forts in the yard, or minecraft he enjoys it.
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I taught my kiddo how to multiply and divide using building blocks arranged in squares & rectangles of different sizes.
That makes it a visual/tangible set of objects that can be manipulated instead of some abstract concept with no relevance or connection to real objects.
Also, coin math. Kids like shiny coins!
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You are the first Florida man to carry his family instead of a felony charge.
Thanks fellas.
Weāve got the bookshelves as well as the Lego. Pretty big collection of each, so we are always reading and building. He likes having chapter books read to him also (we are on book 6 of original Tarzan series at the moment) but of course he has his favorite toddler books and whatnot. Tell you what, weāve started building on a collection of Usborne āSearchā books and he is buried in those a lot (Great History Search, Great Undersea Search, etc). Not teaching him to read but really fun.
Iāve got a room in the house geared toward homeschooling him, which is why I asked about curricula. So far the room is based on Lego planning and building (we have a table and organizers), bookshelves, and a large whiteboard and sketchpad for drawing, writing, etc.
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My son is 12 now, and we did a lot of the reading (every night & throughout the day) and building and everything with him, and homeschooling through the pandemic.
It really helps build a good trusting relationship and a love of learning. Now when we do homework it really is quality time. We like to do this stuff together, and its great bonding.
We (me & wife) never used any formal curriculum. I let his curiosity and innate abilities drive and Iām just there for technical support. Wife is formerly an english teacher, and she helps with the language structure stuff.
Read the Magic Treehouse books with him. My familyās been fans of those for two generations now. Good way to learn about history while still reading a fun story. Appropriate age just depends on comprehension skills I guess - thereās nothing inappropriate or scary or anything.
Man Iāll look into that, about to put in a big order for books for us.
Thatās invaluable. I am looking at homeschooling, so thatās why I asked about curriculum. Itās mostly for me though, so that I would have some guidance and tools.
For example, the āWrestling by the Numbersā instructional that I use for wrestling has been amazing. I know what the boys need to know, I just didnāt have coaching experience and didnāt know how to break the information down. In this course everything that the kids would need to know is broken down into 3 steps. Even my 3 year old understands what Iām teaching him. Anyways.
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