Is anyone’s clinic closed on Friday but open on Saturday the 4th? Not an urgent care, but just a regular, Monday-Saturday family medicine clinic? My friend works for one. I didn’t believe it until he showed me his open schedule. Why not just let people go to the ED? Who’s going to schedule their annual pap or well-child visit on the 4th of July? The firework finger amputations have to go to the ED anyway!
Has anyone quit full-time w2 work to do locums only? This job is slowly killing me, and I’m looking for a way out. I figure being willing to do hospital/call in less-than-desirable locales will minimize the total amount of work I need to do each year.
I’ve zeroed out my debt, have no dependents, and will sell everything. I have a little 4-season trailer towable by my suv, and several places to park it around the country. But am also considering a couple of towns in Mexico. I want to work just enough to pay for basic expenses and the freedom to be outside, read library books, and breathe.
My biggest questions remaining:
-healthcare: Did you manage with a marketplace plan despite moving around? I imagine that I’ll need to pick a domicile state (don’t know the proper term) and try to get most care there. I’ll need it until I’m eligible for Medicare in another 15 years. The private option in Mexico available to temporary residents also looks pretty reasonable.
-taxes: Did you handle 1099 income your own? Sending the IRS a check every month and hoping it all balances out at the end of the year.
I’d also just love to hear about personal experiences and resources you might like to share. DMs open!
Hi all! I have 48 hours on the ground in two weeks and am coming from a hometown which has, well, no good food. These are the things I most miss: jollof rice (I will not debate which country makes it best, lol; i’ll gladly eat whatever someone’s auntie is stewing up in the kitchen); and homestyle hunan and sichuan cooking.
What are your recs?
I’m also excited about moving to the twin cities,
and praying that I nail my interview in a couple of weeks!🙏🏾
I know that this isn’t particular to women, but this group is so supportive. I am struggling with food. I responded to a recent post about getting protein in with the strategies that have worked for me in recent years. But in recent weeks, seemingly without trigger, I am struggling with finding anything acceptable when it’s time to eat. My usual strategy at mealtime is to run through options in my head until something sounds good and then eat that. Now nothing really sounds good! Sometimes I just drink a soda or juice for lunch so at least I have those (empty) calories. I don’t feel sick in any way, no pain or other changes, just like someone swiped my appetite. No, more like I’m hungry and know it’s time to eat, but everything I see or think of makes me nauseated.
Has anyone struggled with similar? I’ve made an appointment, but I’m a bigger woman, so I’m not likely to get anything but congrats on the weight loss because fat phobia is real.
Who has otoro that you trust?
just that. has anyone found an alternative? i’m just learning (without a teacher), so don’t have longterm experience, but gamsol makes me feel sick. i use safflower oil for cleaning between paint, and plain soap for deep brush cleaning. i’ve been toning canvas with thinned out acrylic paint. but don’t know what to use for laying in a painting, like the initial shapes that i will then paint over. (sorry if i’m not using the right terminology.)
things i’ve tried so far:
solvent free liquid and gel
michael harding miracle medium 0 and 1
rublev oleogel
it could be that i’m using them incorrectly, but all lead to me slip-sliding all over the canvas when i tried to paint over them. maybe i used to much?
i haven’t been using medium for painting after the lay-in. i’ve been doing all of my studies in one sitting.
i appreciate any advice.
I’m a self-taught beginner and just finished my first workshop. I spent just over an hour trying to do a lay-in of this model from life. I was pretty excited about my progress and was about to start trying to shade for the first time when the instructor stopped at my easel.
The instructor erased and drew over my attempt. For context, the drawovers from the last two days were quite encouraging in that there weren’t huge differences between them and my own attempt. Today, though, the differences were stark, and frankly confusing. You can see the instructor’s darker overdrawing. My more faint, stiff, and problem-filled attempt is somewhat visible underneath; and the photo of the model is from the vantage point at the easel where we both drew.
The instructor’s drawing looks soooo different to me (and kinda weird?) Even from their demo drawing from a similar position earlier in the day. Why is the AP diameter of the head so short? Isn’t there too little space on the temporal plane? What about the eye socket and the placement of the eye within it? Am I just looking at all of it incorrectly? It made me feel a little crazy.
(The instructor was not really too open to questions. I felt way too intimidated to ask questions about their technique of course, especially after hearing their somewhat short responses to others’ seemingly benign questions.)
I will admit that this was a pretty disappointing end to the workshop. But I learned a lot (including not to idolize people.) I didn’t save the drawing because I made a mess of it trying to make comparative measurements and understand the instructor’s choices. But I’m going to try again on my own this week from the photo. I have a lot to learn.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts!
I was diagnosed with Aspergers in college. I have mostly hidden it; or tried to, or thought I was, but not very well it seems. I work as a physician. Now at 50, after I asked about a diagnosis in this post-aspergers world, my therapist has diagnosed me with level 2 autism, and I feel, well, shocked. I know intellectually that it’s accurate. It is really hard for me to do life the way I see others do it. My ex partners would all agree that I need more support than I admit, especially after a full shift of trying to mask. They’re all exes for a reason I guess. But I don’t know, I feel a little hopeless, like it’s too late or not possible for me to have a normal life or healthy romantic relationship, I don’t know. I know I should be encouraged-like, yes, people with autism can do anything, be successful, etc. But also, have I been successful? Sure I have a career, but it exhausts me, and the things that bring joy—friendship, love, connection—I can’t get those things right, after a lifetime of trying. I’m not sure what I’m saying except that today feels more devastating and hopeless than I expected. Sorry this is long.
i’m a beginner and am really struggling to see the value of colors! i am getting so much easier at seeing values/transitions in greys, but aside from the most extremes,ie lemon yellow is a lighter value than ultramarine blue, i really struggle. i’m watching a recorded course online and the teacher is just masterfully mixing various colors by value, but i don’t really see it until i put my phone camera in grey scale and look at the video that way.
is there a resource, ie a chart or book reference that lists color by value? ie this red is value X, that green is value Y? i’m wondering if practicing with such a reference available will help learn to see better.
eta: is this why i see some artists online looking through their phones at a painting while they work? are they ‘checking their work’ if you will, to be sure that their colors/values read correctly?
Can I get trail recommendations for solo hiking in the area from Anchorage to Hatcher Pass. It clears my head better when I don’t have to worry about group dynamics. I’d like to go alone while minimizing my risk of a bear encounter (if that’s not an oxymoron.) I don’t have a dog.
I’ve been watching a hiker on youtube who hikes alone and doesn’t seem to encounter more than the occasional moose or ptarmigan. But I tend to have bad luck, lol. I’ve got the essentials including spray; can’t shoot, but can holler. I think a bell might drive me crazy.
I guess sunny weekend days will be best if we get any, but which trails would you suggest or caution against?
Thanks in advance!
A few caught my eye. I would love to hear about your experiences, positive or negative, either here, or in dm if posting opinions here is not allowed. Thank you!
Do i need to prep the wood palette surface of the guerrilla pochade box in any way?
i hope this is allowed. i *love* airline travel, but have a strange problem. my butt hurts! it happens whether i’m in coach/premium/first. usually about two hours in, a dull ache has built to pain, and i start shifting my position from hip to hip, which helps a bit, but must be annoying to those around me. i have a fluffy build, but it’s all chest and belly with no butt. has anyone had a similar issue and found an easily-packable solution? tia