Two hours to go

I'm currently sitting on a 10CD computer. It's 0508. I have had nothing to do since... oh say 0200. I have two patients and they're annoyingly stable for inpatient peoples. Maybe CPT Clarke is right about me needing more adrenaline. I'm biding my time slowly. I've checked e-mail, I've checked finances, I've researched cars, I've done all my charting, updated everything I'm supposed to update. I'm good to go. I'm also getting very sleepy. 12 hour shifts leave not much time for other things in life. This morning was the unit staff meeting. It was 30 minutes to the end of shift and it ran for 90 minute. I didn't leave LRMC until after 0900. I was very alert when I got home too. I'd gone to the mailroom, picked up 5 packages, and I wanted to open everything when I got home. I had to resist a few of them. As slow as tonight has been I'm starting to experience the weird things that happen on a med-surg unit. 1. my patient was being flirtatous with me and 2. there's a patient who keeps sneaking into the bathroom to smoke. We haven't caught him yet, but there's really only one person it can be and by the time the smell makes its way down to the nurses station he's long gone and looking occupied. Quite amusing.

I got busy this week after Gabe told me the news that he's reporting to SFAS (Special Forces Assessment and Selection Course) on 6MAY08. Yes, a month from now. Yes, it means he's moving back to the USA and No, he's not coming back to Germany. How do I feel about it? I don't know. I'm very excited for him, it's great he got accepted, it's a great chance for him but I am absolutely sad that I will not get to spend more time with him and see what might have happened. Oh what the Army does... Anyway, I completely rearranged the furniture in my downstairs. I flipped the entire thing around. I know know one ever saw what it was like the first time but it's backwards. I still have the ugly temporary furniture and it's now taking up toooo much room. I hung the pictures I bought myself for my birthday and I'm very excited about them. They're styled like vintage vogue fashion sketches. Very me. Very fun. I cleaned all my floors, cleaned my kitchen inside and out, and cleaned my bathrooms. At least I did somthing productive. This whole night is day and day is night thing is leading to a lot of productivity in my world that is unnatural for me.

Well, I must pretend to do some work. I have fluids to change, Antibiotics to hang, and a Dr. Pepper in the break room going flat. I'm most worried about the Dr. Pepper...