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Day Nineteen: 11/24/2020 The benefit of unexpected time

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Day 19:  This day I was scheduled to have 8 clients, the max I will meet in a day.  This means little time to chart and making sure I keep sessions punctual.  The first client of the day forgot she had an appointment, not our regular day because of Thanksgiving so we did a partial session via phone.  My next client didn't wake up in time.  As he was checking in via text another client told me she would be unable to make her time due to babies not going down for a nap as expected.  I'm actually not that bothered because I have a days worth of charting from the previous day and some extra paperwork as a couple doctors offices had requested records.  The client who was texting me wrote something like the universe knew what I needed for the day.  After I got caught up, had lunch I actually was able to take a short nap before my afternoon sessions began.  By the end of the day I had one more cancellation due to car trouble so an 8 client day ended...

Day Five: 11/10/2020 Less paper crane making but a little self care.

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Day 5:  Ran quite a few errands today after a dentist appointment in the morning.  Some days I really love errands, this was one of those days.  I think it is the act of checking things off of a to do list that brings a sense of satisfaction.  Also I scheduled a phone call chat with one of my close friends, we'd realized it had been awhile when our goal has been to check in at least once a month.  The fires in Oregon probably had something to do with that and we just hadn't put anything on the calendar.  Recently I bought a new dresser that I had still not put together so a good part of my day was moving the old one and putting the new one together.  This task wasn't completed until about 9:30pm last night.  There were a couple breaks in the day once I started that project, one of which was to get a massage.  I tried a new place that is just a few blocks from my office.  The colors of the building stand out (in a good way) as does the na...