First things first... go here and look at the Picture then come back. No, no! Don't start reading Scott's journal yet... patience!

Scott also has quite a few other pictures in his gallery, all, of course, very good.

Scott asked me about a year ago if he could draw me, and of course I said yes, and then he let me know about six months ago that he hadn't forgotten. Since then, of course, *I* had forgotten, and it was a very pleasant surprise to find the URL in my mailbox this morning...

As usual, I didn't get much sleep yesterday, but, luckily, I wasn't hit too hard last night. It was, in fact, a pretty mellow night after midnight.... but I'd done fourteen patients between 22:00 and midnight.

I went up to the cafeteria to get some tea and check out the food, not really planning on eating so early... but the swiss steak sucked me in, and I hadn't eaten before I left for work. Dee, our night cafe operator, told me that she'd quit smoking a few months ago. She was a Pall Mall Red smoker, and pretty dedicated to them... and I'd been missing her in the smoking area, but I thought that is was just that... just missing her breaks... but no, she'd left the flock, and I'm proud of her. Jealous, but proud.

Another one is leaving the flock, too... not the smoking flock, but escaping from under the white wings of our fair establishment (the hospital). My long-time friend Steve in security is leaving after twenty years. He's going to be an editor at a place in Lawrence that does acedemic publishing. I'm proud of him too, and again, jealous.

I applied for the CT position, and I will interview in the morning for it... they're going to decide this week. Given my past history, I'm not getting my hopes up... but it sure would be nice.

Off to bed with me now...
OK, now you can go read Scott's journal.