Work has been so weird the last week or so. Two weekends ago we had a truly strange and disturbing suicide attempt by a patient out in one of the parking structures. Then was the usual major holiday business (the patient census always seems to go down for the major winter holidays starting a few days before Thanksgiving and lasting through New Years but the patients we have always seem to be so much sicker than usual). The night before Thanksgiving one of the nurses had a heart attack on the job (she was taken to our ER, then sent to another hospital...she is reportedly going to be OK). Everyone I know in my age group thinks social security won't be there for us, and we all joke about having to work until we drop dead on the job - but that was a little too close for comfort. Another nurse was on the phone earlier this week with her son. He was in a car with his girlfriend and her children. While he was talking to his mother on his cell phone, another driver ran a red light and crashed into the car he was in. He, his lady, and the children all had to be taken to the nearest hospital. We have a little old man on one of the intensive care units recovering from major heart surgery who tries to keep walking out AMA (Against Medical Advice). The poor guy is really confused and he wants to go home. There have been plenty of other strange incidents involving staff and patients as well. The holidays are a really stressful time to work in a hospital. Things just get very odd.
I have been busy Christmas shopping the last few days, primarily on the Internet. I have been finding stuff all over the place. My latest purchase will be coming from France, a big box of stuff for Bill. I have only been working on the kids so far...still have to think of things for Dan and the other relatives and family friends.
Wrestling season started last weekend with a Border Wars tournament we hosted at our high school. Dan helped run things, the kids wrestled, and I spent hours helping in the concession stand. Next weekend Steven will wrestle in Dundee and Bill out in Chelsea. I'm not sure which parent will go with which child.
I still do not know when we will be able to get the Christmas tree up, either.
On Saturday after wrestling we went to see the latest Harry Potter movie. It was very well done. The third and fourth movies are a lot better than the first two. The directors trimmed all of the unnecessary sub plots and stuck to the main story line. This one was pretty grim, and when a certain murder happened, Steven and I both cried, even though we've both read the books and knew what was coming. The next two books are even darker, so it will be interesting to see if they can find a director brave enough to follow the plot arc into the darkness.
U2 LYRICS
"Elevation"
High, higher than the sun
You shoot me from a gun
I need you to elevate me here
A corner of your lips
Is the orbit of your hips
Eclipse
You elevate my soul
I've got no self control
Been living like a mole now
Going down, excavation
Higher now, in the sky
You make me feel like I can fly
So high
Elevation
A star
Lit up like a cigar
Strung out like a guitar
Maybe you can educate my mind
Explain all these controls
Can't sing but I've got soul
The goal is elevation
A mole
Digging in a hole
Digging up my soul now
Going down, excavation
Higher now
In the sky
You make me feel like I can fly
So high
Elevation
Love
Lift me out of these blues
Won't you tell me something true
I believe in you
A mole
Digging in a hole
Digging up my soul now
Going down, excavation
Higher now
In the sky
You make me feel like I can fly
So high
Elevation
Elevation
Elevation
Elevation
Elevation
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