Back in the saddle
I just finished by first 12 hour night shift in ages...and I guess I still have the stamina for it...my interns were falling asleep but I did fine...fortunately it was raining here and that keeps everyone away from this ER...the opposite of the downtown ER I used to work...every homeless person in the city would come in for a warm spot and a meal!
Not too many sick patients and had some good teaching with the residents...then an ego stroking from the staff guy who relieved me about wanting me to work there full time....
Alek's last day of Christmas vacation, and he made the most of it with his babysitter while I was asleep this morning...projects all over! Brian is out selling some real estate in the rain...
My New Year's resolution was to maintain better contact with my old friends...I got a great email back from an ODS vet friend who's really struggled with PTSD symptoms, and I also had a great exchange with on of the docs I went to OIF I with who has since left the reserves and now works for NASA. The connections with these guys made me think about the guys who are still over there now...I hope 2006 is the real turning point there and they are all back as soon as possible.....
A friend got me thinking about Robert Frost and I thought I'd put up my favorite Frost poem,
Fire and Ice
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
With deceptively simple language and the images of Dante's Inferno, I find this poem particularly poignant with the current debates about the war and same sex marriage...Frost just has so many levels, as does Blake...but deep hidden meaning aside, it just sounds great!
More later when I am awake...
Not too many sick patients and had some good teaching with the residents...then an ego stroking from the staff guy who relieved me about wanting me to work there full time....
Alek's last day of Christmas vacation, and he made the most of it with his babysitter while I was asleep this morning...projects all over! Brian is out selling some real estate in the rain...
My New Year's resolution was to maintain better contact with my old friends...I got a great email back from an ODS vet friend who's really struggled with PTSD symptoms, and I also had a great exchange with on of the docs I went to OIF I with who has since left the reserves and now works for NASA. The connections with these guys made me think about the guys who are still over there now...I hope 2006 is the real turning point there and they are all back as soon as possible.....
A friend got me thinking about Robert Frost and I thought I'd put up my favorite Frost poem,
Fire and Ice
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
With deceptively simple language and the images of Dante's Inferno, I find this poem particularly poignant with the current debates about the war and same sex marriage...Frost just has so many levels, as does Blake...but deep hidden meaning aside, it just sounds great!
More later when I am awake...