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Long day so far... still at work, I am.

But clocked out at the present time, waiting for some decisions to be made in the ER.

It was raining cats and dogs when I got up this morning, but it had stopped by the time that I was ready to go to work. And I left the sliding window open in the truck, so it got a little damp in there. The heat had pretty well dried it out by the time I got back to it, though.

Since I was taking call tonight, and since the evening tech was gone, I thought that I might just as well come in at 08:00 instead of 07:00, since it was a certainty that the work wouldn't be done by 16:30 and I'd just have to come back anyway.

And that worked out pretty good, I clocked out at 16:30 and there was already an ER patient waiting for me.

Got that one done, and then...

Then...

Then there was nothing to do. So I clocked out and went to do some errands... picking up some drugs. Yeah, at Walgreens.

And I did something there that I haven't done in at least fifteen years.

I bought a comb.

Yep, I broke down and just did it.

Couldn't find one like I wanted... a black comb with only one size of teeth, or prongs, or whatever the hell you call them sticky-up things. So the one that I got has a rough and a fine part, which is OK, I guess... I've got a rough part and a fine part, myself.

Went home, hoping to see Karen, but my hope was in vain. Today is Patricks' fifteenth birthday (HAPPY FIFTEENTH, PATRICK!), and they've been celebrating all day long, I guess. I really wanted to go out to the Outback this evening with them, but it was not to be.

Karen said last night that she'd told me about the party at the Outback, but I know that she didn't... I don't forget things that entail eating excellent steaks, no matter what else I forget. And I even checked with her before I volunteered to take call tonight.

I was home about fifteen minutes and I got called in... a floor patient, just admitted, that needed an abdomen and pelvis done STAT.

And, of course, there were four other patients that dribbled in that I did in the meantime.

And still waiting... dare I go home? Would I be there more than a minute?

And dammit, I left my cell phone on the computer desk, so If I get paged on the way home I have to just turn around and come back.

Well, OK, here goes nothing....

It's about 01:45 on Saturday morning... Friday, it's gone, and that's Fine With Me.

I did get home, had a chance to kiss Karen and eat a little ice cream... which reminds me, I've gotta go eat the rest of it... anyway, and I got to take my pills.

Since then, back and forth thrice.

Next paycheck gonna look good!

Weather's supposed to be nice tomorrow, less humid and only in the low 80s. I really want to get some outside work done, and tomorrow will be the day.

On the other hand, I really liked last weekend, the do-nothing one. I could use another one of those but the guilty would get to me, I'm afraid.

The Web is off and on for me... in fact, a few of the archive entries that I FTPed earlier this week never made it there, and a kind reader let me know about it.

So, what's happening is... if I reset the cable modem, I can use the web for about five minutes, then it's gone. Reboot modem, read stuff, reboot modem, read....

And the same with FTP. Mail is a little more reliable, though, don't really know why or how.

Damn and I need to get some sleep! Gonna try, it's been 90 minutes since I've done a patient.