July 13, 2006
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Beached
The sun was shining today, and there was a little breeze. It had just rained, so it wasn’t scorchingly hot, either. But why then did I not take the opportunity, in the 3 hours before sunset, to trailer the sailboat down the 3/4 mile to the shore? When did three hours become “not enough time”? A few years ago, if someone had asked me if I thought we could drive to the drainage lake and drop a boat in for a sail in under 3 hours, I would have been ready in < 5 minutes. It was better though, for my patients and myself, that I read on neonatal abstinence and its treatment.
Am I practicing self-justification? You bet! But still, a part of me thinks, “What a weenie! 3 hours was lots of time to go sailing!”
