It's once again the first Monday of the month, and that mean's it's Medical Monday. Woohoo! This month's link-up is hosted by Jane at From a Doctor's Wife and Emma at Your Doctor's Wife. We've been enjoying long weekend here in Ontario, if your definition of "enjoying" involves being awakened at 6:30am by pagers going off.
This month I'm talking about the complex issue of scheduling. It is something I still don't have a handle on, so I hope some other medical folks will chime in and give me advise.
Once upon a time, I boasted of being a luddite. I didn't need electronic organizers! I had a wall calendar and a paper organizer. I loved the feel of a brand new daytimer and enjoyed writing in the dates for the year ahead.
Then I got married to someone who loves technology and is insanely busy. Even when we were dating, Gil added me onto his online calendar so I could see when he was on-call. Because of my old-fashioned tendencies, I'd dutifully write his on-call weekends on my paper calendar. As we eased into married life, however, the paper organizer became less and less useful because I didn't actually have a life to keep track of, and the online calendar became my life-line for keeping track of Gil's crazy days.
Nowadays, apart from a large wall calendar that's partly for show, I've had to give up on my beloved paper. (You're welcome, trees!) Gil and I use Google Calendars and the Calendars + app to keep tabs on each other. Since I work shift work and sometimes have evening obligations, it's also important for my husband to know when I'm not going to be around. Sometimes I "invite" him to a date so he'll know he has to that evening off. Even with the online calendars, though, life is confusing. Honestly, I don't know how I will do it once kids come into the equation and we are dealing with doctor and dentist appointments, extra-curricular classes, etc.
Medical families, I'd love to know how you keep track of your busy life. What methods work and which have been colossal failures? Inquiring minds want to know!
Um, we use an online calendar but it almost seems useless - things change all the time. It is only the beginning of August and already the call schedule for this month has changed twice! But we try:-) Thanks for linking up with Medical Mondays!
ReplyDeleteWe use a Google calendar which we can both log onto. However, it changes so often, we both just text or call on another to "double check" all the time. It's horrible! I color code to group the events into "kids" "important" "mine" and "his" sections. It works when he has time to check it.
ReplyDeleteGreat to have you on the MM grid!! Thanks for linking up and helping spread the word!!