Christmas

The weather is behaving in a more normal fashion tonight. I drove home from work in a rain/snow mix. When I let the dog out to pee a few minutes ago, little ice balls were coming down. We are due to get about an inch of slush tonight.

Today was Christmas. Dan cooked us a good hearty breakfast, and then we opened our gifts. Steven loved his ipod nano. Bill loved his laptop. Dan seemed happy with most of his gifts. He gave me diamond jewelry, which makes me want to yell at him for the expense. He has been watching too much television and seen too many diamond jewelry commercials! A few books would have been just fine, at a fraction of the cost.  But he did it out of love, so I cannot yell at him. I even wore one of the necklaces to work tonight, to make him happy.

Work was surprisingly steady tonight for a major holiday. But sickness and injury do not go away just because it is Christmas. And those of us who work in hospitals must do our jobs so that unfortunate people who are sick or hurt at the holidays can get good and compassionate care.

   <--- hardworking nurse taking loving care of his/her patients on Christmas night - they are true angels!