Blog: Blog Update

Written by: Dr. Joel Hunter

Posted on Dec 5, 2011

Man alive, I haven’t updated this thing in a long time. It is not for lack of reminders. When I say “hi” to Kate, our Clinic Director, in the morning, she says, “You should update the blog.” She has a better grip on the To Do list than I do, either that or she just doesn’t want to talk to me in the morning. Either way, I fully intend to write blogs, then find other things that need to be done more, like answer email, or call patients, or stare out my window.

The same thing happened to me when my wife and I had our own blog for a while (www.lizzyandjoel.com). I would feel flourishes of creativity and write a few blogs, and then spend weeks wringing my hands that I had no exciting news to update. Never during this time did it occur to me that people probably weren’t sitting around biting their fingernails waiting for a new blog (“What does he think about ?!?”). But I digress, keeping a blog updated is an endeavor that is much easier in intention than in execution.

To get things caught up, Hunter Vision is growing by leaps and bounds. We are all really happy about it. I got to teach a few courses at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting this year, which was a lot of fun. Luke (my son) has learned a lot of words like “boo” “nu” and “baybo,” which are whimsical translations of “blue” “Luke” and “belly button.” He’s a pretty much a genius and I couldn’t be more proud of him. Thanksgiving was great. Lizzy made a feast for my parents and hers. I learned how gravy is made and almost barfed, but then ended up still really liking it in spite of how disgusting it is. I need to remember to stay ignorant about foods I like.

And now the blog is updated. It will definitely stay updated from this point forward. I am sure of it. Also, now that this is done, Kate is going to have to talk to me in the morning. The first thing I’ll cover with her is how gravy is made.