Slippery wet spring snow...that's what we have had the last two nights...and supposedly will get the next couple of days as well...I am patiently waiting to see what has become of the bulbs I planted last fall (I am hoping that the squirrels left a few for me. ) Some of my friends gave me a generous amount of money last year after my father passed away, so that I could plant a garden in his memory. I am looking greatly forward to seeing those flowers this spring and summer.

Busy week at work. We had a lot of very sick inpatients this week. I was in the IV room and it rocked -- not only a lot of drips and abx for the sick inpatients, but a lot of things like banana bags which had to be prepared for emergency room as well -- and abx for outpatients. And we had a very large TPN load. Sometimes I was running back and forth between the automix machine trying to keep it connected to enough fluids to make up the base fluids for the TPNs and going to the regular laminair flow hood to keep up with all of the now and STAT doses for the inpatients. But I managed, as did my coworkers. We worked hard and well, and can be proud of ourselves for meeting the challenge. And tonight we had cheese and crackers and chocolate, which also helps lower stress levels quite a bit.

This should be yet another busy weekend. Bill will spend the weekend with the high school wrestling team at the palace in Auburn Hills, cheering for their team mate who made it to the high school individual championships. Steven will be wrestling in a big open tournament for the club down in Ohio. Dan will probably take him down there tomorrow night to weigh in, and I will probably head down there with them on Saturday, since it means quite a bit to the little one if I am able to come watch him wrestle.

Cure - Love Song Lyrics
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am home again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am whole again

Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am young again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am fun again

However far away
I will always love you
However long I stay
I will always love you
Whatever words I say
I will always love you
I will always love you

Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am free again
Whenever I'm alone with you
You make me feel like I am clean again

However far away
I will always love you
However long I stay
I will always love you
Whatever words I say
I will always love you
I will always love you

Marvin Gaye

Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing

Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing

I got your picture hangin' on the wall
It can't see or come to me when I call your name
I realize it's just a picture in a frame

I read your letters when you're not near
But they don't move me
And they don't groove me like when I hear
Your sweet voice whispering in my ear

Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing

I play the game, a fantasy
I pretend I'm not in reality
I need the shelter of your arms to comfort me

No other sound is quite the same as your name
No touch can do half as much to make me feel better
So let's stay together

I got some memories to look back on
And though they help me when you phone
I'm well aware nothing can take the place of being there

So let me get the real thing
So let me get the real thing
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing
Ain't nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing

Cindi Lauper

Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick,
and think of you
caught up in circles confusion--
is nothing new
Flashback--warm nights--
almost left behind
suitcases of memories,
time after--

sometimes you picture me--
I'm walking too far ahead
you're calling to me, I can't hear
what you've said--
Then you say--go slow--
I fall behind--
the second hand unwinds

chorus:
if you're lost you can look--and you will find me
time after time
if you fall I will catch you--I'll be waiting
time after time

after my picture fades and darkness has
turned to gray
watching through windows--you're wondering
if I'm OK
secrets stolen from deep inside
the drum beats out of time--

chorus:
if you're lost you can look--and you will find me
time after time
if you fall I will catch you--I'll be waiting
time after time


you said go slow--
I fall behind
the second hand unwinds--

chorus:
if you're lost you can look--and you will find me
time after time
if you fall I will catch you--I'll be waiting
time after time

...time after time
time after time
time after time
time after time

Beatles

Try to see it my way,
Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on?
While you see it your way,
Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone.
We can work it out,
We can work it out.

Think of what you're saying.
You can get it wrong and still you think that it's alright.
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out and get it straight, or say good night.
We can work it out,
We can work it out.
Life is very short, and there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend.
I have always thought that it's a crime,
So I will ask you once again.

Try to see it my way,
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong.
While you see it your way
There's a chance that we might fall apart before too long.
We can work it out,
We can work it out.
Life is very short, and there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend.
I have always thought that it's a crime,
So I will ask you once again.

Try to see it my way,
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong.
While you see it your way
There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long.
We can work it out,
We can work it out.