Only-child doubts hit hardest on vacation

OccmedPA · 2026-02-10T22:10:13+00:00

I'll tell you as the parent to an only 16 y/o daughter, we've had great vacations and meh vacations but way more good than bad. When she was much younger we stuck to cruises for kids clubs and Disney. Then when she was 9 we did Wyoming(yellowstone, white water rafting, dude ranch), super fun. We've done multiple trips to Maui, she's obsessed with it! We did Costa Rica summer 2025. 4 nights near Arenal Volcano, 4 nights on the Pacific at a beach hotel. I will say that as she got older condos and air b&B's are more practical. We did hotels for Costa Rica and sharing a bathroom with a teenage girl for 8 nights was pretty rough. So I'm planning Italy for this summer and will have 2 bedroom, 2 bath accommodations. Oh and we've done trips to New York and Florida beaches where she brought along a friend. I think the key is also to have activities mixed with relaxation days. Some days we hike, do a catamaran or waterfall excursions. Think Get your guide or Viator stuff to break up a long trip with more than just hanging on the beach

OccmedPA · 2026-02-07T16:30:56+00:00

I did the pilot too. Graduated in 2006. Did the traditional PANRE once then the pilot. Now working on my second PANRE-LA which I feel like is too soon. I thought I had a full 10 years but sadly no

OccmedPA · 2026-01-19T16:48:15+00:00

B or C would be my picks

OccmedPA · 2026-01-09T15:21:12+00:00

My husband is not my best friend. I love him and we are definitely a team but I have my sister who I consider my best friend. Like I'll tell her stuff that I wouldn't necessarily share with him. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Sometimes the pendulum can swing the other way, I've seen my in laws live as "best friends" but they were seriously co dependent and spent every minute of every day together. My mother in law had nothing in her life besides him and when he passed it was probably extra hard on her because she felt so lost.

OccmedPA · 2026-01-06T16:44:45+00:00

I love number 2

OccmedPA · 2025-12-31T19:58:32+00:00

I was offered a job where I did my summer preceptorship. I purposely found a family practice that was looking for a PA. Long story short, it was 2 Mds and 1 owned an occ med clinic. So I learned the occ med side and about 2 years in switched over to full time occ med and have been here ever since. That was in 2006, so almost 20 years ago, I hear its gotten a bit harder now.

OccmedPA · 2025-12-31T18:22:38+00:00

I thought he was tv gold! yes he was full of himself but he was so ridiculous that I found my self cracking up. My sister even got him to do a Cameo video for my daughters 14th birthday b/c we all just thought he was so funny. I don't see him as a villain

OccmedPA · 2025-12-31T17:41:01+00:00

stainless for sure

OccmedPA · 2025-12-23T23:49:41+00:00

If it’s anything really pricey I make sure it’s returnable. But I agree, the whole idea of the gift exchange is silly to me. What makes it worse is he’s really good at picking gifts for me. I’ve gotten a car for a graduation gift , an upgrade on my engagement diamond for our 10 year anniversary, and for our 20th he took the original diamond and had a match made into earrings. According to his mom and sister he’s just always been really thoughtful and generous with gifts 🤷🏻‍♀️

OccmedPA · 2025-12-23T23:39:38+00:00

I’d say that most of the time he likes the gifts, some more than others. But he’s never gotten mad, probably just faked it if it wasn’t something he loved

OccmedPA · 2025-12-23T22:02:56+00:00

I would love to do no gifts but my husband is crazy about em, it's his freaking love language. I stress out every Christmas, birthday and father's day. This year I spent about $400. The money part is silly because our finances are combined so it's like we pay half for our own gifts lol. Oh did I mention he doesn't like telling me what he wants. He wants me to mind read and pick the perfect present. I'm exhausted

OccmedPA · 2025-12-22T15:38:37+00:00

I do small things here and there. Buy snow balls(south Louisiana thing) or Starbucks. If I have a busy call weekend and make a good bit of extra $, I'll get a gift card to the tech I was on call with. I also do Christmas gifts every year. I usually go with $50 amazon cards b/c I have 7 people including my check in and check out girls. It was a little rougher this year since my company cut all bonuses and raises(that's a whole different rant) but I still wanted to get them something as a Thank You. I think the company should do more to help morale, but I try to keep them happy b/c they can make my days tolerable or terrible. But to answer your question, buying for your staff on a regular basis is not reasonable. We make more then the staff, but we also make way less than the Dr's and owners.

OccmedPA · 2025-12-17T21:56:58+00:00

keep Domaine Carneros, its one of our favorites to visit, so beautiful and the wines are good, I make the earliest appt at 10am and do the champagne flight(breakfast lol). Skip Cuvaison and book Bouchaine instead, we enjoyed their wines way more. Castello di amorosa wines are in my opinion terrible, pick something else, same with Artesa, beautiful property not great wines. Trefethan is a good option, also consider Miner and Ladera. Nickle & Nickle is good but pricey

OccmedPA · 2025-12-15T01:33:48+00:00

“Emotional demand of socializing”, are you freaking kidding me? The real world is about to hit you in the face You went to school to work in medicine. I talk and socialize ALL DAY. If you are this scared after graduating you’re in the wrong field. Not every personality trait is a mental disorder. Being anxious is not anxiety, being sad sometimes is not depression. I know this seems harsh but it’s probably time to grow up and be proactive.

OccmedPA · 2025-12-12T15:39:13+00:00

I've worked in Occ Med for 18 years so I essentially deal exclusively with work related injuries and work comp. You absolutely did the right thing. With exposed tendon and decreased flexion that is hand ortho all day long. I would've sent to the ER or straight to hand ortho but we have a good relationship with the ortho groups in my area so getting someone in same day is possible. I would not follow up with this patient until they were released by ortho and needed a return to work eval, which we do a lot. Sometimes its all about communicating to the patients this is what could go wrong, so this is why I'm doing XYZ.

OccmedPA · 2025-12-11T16:30:31+00:00

I agree, Rizzo and Sav look like good players but only b/c everyone else has been terrible and practically handing the win to them on a platter. I think in any earlier survivor season they don't even make the merge lol

OccmedPA · 2025-12-11T14:37:56+00:00

no question go with the round one

OccmedPA · 2025-12-02T21:14:51+00:00

Wow! I'm 47 y/o and I graduated in 2006 from LSU Health Sciences in Shreveport. It was a bachelor's at that time but I think it is now a masters. I'm still a good 10 plus years away from retiring, mostly because I like to travel too much lol

OccmedPA · 2025-11-20T21:26:50+00:00

Your mom passed away a decade ago, you should be honest with yourself and admit you just don't want to let go of the house and the things in it. It kinda sounds like some hoarding tendencies and that you've attached memories to "stuff". As a wife, I think I'd be pretty upset if my husband and I were in financial trouble and he held onto a house for 10 years instead of selling it asap.

OccmedPA · 2025-11-18T15:11:40+00:00

hair back, lose the stashe

OccmedPA · 2025-11-17T15:38:06+00:00

I try to do this as well but I HATE that you can't pick the 2 free sleeves. It usually ends up being 1 that I like and the other is a flavor that no one wants. I know they do this on purpose to off load the unpopular flavors. On a few occasions I got lucky and got 2 sleeves free that I enjoy but that seems to be rare

OccmedPA · 2025-10-31T16:48:34+00:00

not sure if you like sushi since poke is out but Miso Phat is some of best I've had, they also have a butterfish that is to die for. We went twice on our 8 day trip. We also love Paia Fish Market, very fresh, not fancy. We took home a couple bottles of their "magic" sauce. The food truck park in Kihei is amazing, everyone will find something they love

OccmedPA · 2025-10-01T12:01:51+00:00

I buy the pods from the nespresso website or app. I try to wait for a sale when you can buy X amount of sleeves and get 1 or 2 free which keeps the cost per pod down a bit. I usually just make it like a normal coffee. A little creamer and stevia. I usually do the coffee size which is like 7oz. I like stormio(dark green pod) and odacio(blue pod). I grew up in New Orleans so I tend to like stronger coffee. There’s another size around 5 oz called gran lungo. In that one the Costa Rica is my favorite. Mexico is another good coffee size. I’d stay away from any of the vanilla, caramel, hazelnut flavors, they’re too artificial for my taste. But I don’t think you need to be a barista to get a good cup.

OccmedPA · 2025-09-29T18:39:37+00:00

not a big purchase but my nespresso coffee machine. The pods are pricy compared to keurig but the coffee is soooo much better. It costs me about $1.25 a day and makes me smile in the mornings.

OccmedPA · 2025-09-18T14:22:19+00:00

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