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man. how long has it been since my last entry? carmi...this is for you...but not just you.

im here in my office. i have no patients scheduled today. i spent the morning thumbing through various psychiatric journals and i read excerpts from the new zealand medical journal. i then had a chicken pie and an avocado sandwich for lunch. after my stomach was full, i trudged lazily upstairs to sit with a couple of colleagues who happen to be old friends (they were both on their lunch breaks). i think my stomach is actually expanding - the volume of food im consuming has increased in recent months and i think this is directly correlated with the size of my waist. im sitting up straight - hoping that i'll burn some calories doing so.

i've managed to finally get through this book that i've been reading for the last month! its called the 'interpreter of maladies' - a collection of short stories written by pulizter prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri. at first i wasn't sure whether i liked it or not. i've decided that i do like it, but i don't think i'll read it again. the stories are basically about outsiders - people who don't quite fit in and the reader is shown only a cross sectional view of their lives, we are forced to come up with our own conclusions to these stories i.e.: what happens next? - seems to be the question i was asking myself each time! Its as if Ms. Lahiri, through this book, wishes to convey that life goes on.

i'll be driving down to tauranga straight after work to see charity.

i've made a mixed cd of eclectic up beat tunes to keep my mind busy for the journey. i need to shave. i hate stubble. i look so dirty. im feeling a little bloated too - dang chicken pie!

i think i'll go make myself a cup of coffee. i might look up the latest clinical guidelines for the management of various mental disorders...maybe.