What a night. Very very busy at Medassist, I was late for my real job, that's only the second time that's happened. I really hope that it doesn't happen too often, I might have to give it up, I can't jeopardize my main job. Or maybe work it where I never go to work at the hospital on the nights that I work at Medassist. I don't really want to do either of these things, I like it just the way it is.

That's the way old people get, y'know. Any change is a pain.

Anyways, I go from being really busy to not busy at all. Things are really dead (no pun intended) at the hospital tonight. ICU and CCU have only six patients altogether. The hospital census is up, but the emergency department is really slow. Done five patients so far, it's 03:00. Hardly anything to do in the morning, no ICU portable chest xrays. Guess I'd better enjoy it while I can.

I did get a pretty good nap in yesterday, in spite of my prediction that I wouldn't. Slept from about 12:00 to 15:30. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to stay awake on a night like tonight!

It's been really nice having JD up to visit. We haven't spent as much time together as I really want to, though. He and a couple of his friends went to a concert in Lawrence tonight, he's supposed to call me when he gets home. We're going out to eat at the outback steak house tomorrow night, the North Star is closed for vacation, or I would not consider going anywhere else for a steak. I've heard good and bad reports on the outback, with the bad outweighing the good about 2 to 1. I'll let you know tomorrow what I think of it.

I don't know when I'm going to move all my stuff downstairs. I missed an opportunity the other day when JD could've helped me. I guess I'm just not quite ready psychologically yet. I might get it done this week, maybe, maybe not. I kinda want to change the arrangement, though. And maybe build a different desk or re-do the one I have. I'm using a solid wood 4 by 9 foot door, with a "belly" cut-out. I've got it sitting on a 2X4 frame, then I've got 2X12 and 1X12 shelving up about another three feet. Currently I've got my printer on rollers underneath the desk, and that's a real pain. I've always had the whole thing sitting up against a wall, which is also a real pain. I'd like to be able to get to the back easily, but I don't want it to look too crummy, so I need to make some doors or something. Not that it really matters anyway. Nobody will ever see it. I guess just to make Karen feel better about it.

I've got some countertops that I might use instead of the door. One's like 3X15 feet, though, and the other's 3X10 feet. The room I'm putting them in is about 14X20, so that'd just about fill it up. Yeah, I like that. Only I want my treadmill and weight machine in there too. Darn. I guess I'll have to think a little more about this. A good reason why I procrastinate so much... I need a lot of time to think about what I'm really doing, so I don't screw up really badly!

I'll let you know as I progress, if I ever do...

This is a little bit off the subject, but I heard that Bill Clinton is so sure about getting re-elected that he's starting to date again...

Another subject altogether again... Karen got another speeding ticket. That's two in the last six weeks. One more and she gets her license lifted. I don't know what to do with her. At least this time she had her seat belt on, everybody else did too. She had Kim and Packy and Lacee with her. I need to have a really stern talk with her, I guess. This is her third ticket in her life, the first was ten years ago. The last two have been when she was hauling Kim and the kids around. Maybe Kim should drive half of the time... or all the time. After all, they're her errands...

I seem to have a real lack of inspiration lately, I need something to give it a boost. Any ideas? Maybe if I actually did something, instead of talking all the time, I'd have something to talk about. That didn't sound right, there's some kinda logic deficit there somewhere...

Since the nurses in the ED weren't busy, I talked one of them into giving me a backrub. Very nice, I was purring and almost dozing at the same time. Nothing like a nurse for a good backrub! I still like Karen's, though... you never know what'll happen when it's over! (Get your minds out of the gutter... I mean I might get a leg-rub, too!)(Did that sound sincere? They say if you can fake sincerity, you can fake anything...)

That's enough for one day(night). Off to bed with me, I'm starting to get silly....