And yet another bitch of a night.
We had a carload of teens come in while I was trying to do a CT scan on a guy who'd been assaulted. His jaw had been broken, and it was very painful for him to lay down so that I could get the scans done. I had to have him medicated before we could complete the exams... usually something that you don't do on a head injury until the CT has been done. But sometimes it just can't be helped...
Anyway, these four kids came it, they'd lost control of their vehicle on a gravel road trying to avoid hitting a deer. Three of the four had their seatbelts on. The only female in the car didn't... and she rattled around and injured everyone else. They were all very lucky, avoiding any serious injuries.
So... not only should you always have your own seat belt on, you should insist that everyone else have theirs on too.
For instance, it you were driving, and you had a friend in the back seat without a seat belt, and you hit something hard... your seatbelt would stop you from hitting the windshield. But your friend behind you would... of course, he'd take your head off getting there.
Projectiles come in all forms...
So, I ran for most of the night. Legs hurt, feet hurt, the usual litany... but I felt good when I left... ambitious, like I really wanted to get some stuff done today.
And, once again, all of that ambition leaked out on the way home. And I don't want to do anything but go to bed. No, that's wrong... I really *WANT* to do a lot of stuff, but my body is telling me in a voice that cannot be denied, "GO. TO. BED."
But I made a pot of coffee, so I'm up for a while anyway. I did that before I realized the inevitable...
So now I'm wired and tired. Oops, tard. War'd and tard. Not a really good way to be, but it's the way I am. And I'm afraid to start anything complicated for fear of hurting myself... and botching up whatever it would be that I would try to do.
Additionally, I'm getting goofy.
So I'll play a little Mannheim Steamroller to calm me down... Fresh Aire II.
I had to DL Winamp again... good program. Absolutely free, now, and improved... or at least changed.
I've kinda gotten away from the Napster gig that I was on for a while there... for one thing, I've gotten all of the oldies that I want, and for the other thing, I've gotten bored...
Fishing... that's what I need to be doing, dammit. But it rained again this morning, a pretty good thunderstorm, from what I heard. Poured, I heard. I was too busy to enjoy it, but I know that the humidity is way up there, and it's supposed to get to 90-something today. I'm gonna stay inside.
The road to Betsy's pond is pretty much impassible for a two-wheel drive vehicle for a coupla days after a rain... maybe Tyler and I can go Tuesday morning, if it doesn't rain anymore...
Tard. Dammit, I'm going to try to sleep despite the coffee...
More tomorrow.