Juxtapositions

A wild night on the floor recently at the Hotel:

One of my patients (aka RR for Ring-Ring) rings the light constantly. He "acts" upset that I'm his nurse (not really--just for show). He gets his heart set on delivery food that was turned away once, and finally, when he's totally dejected and swears it'll never show up...in walks the delivery guy. DG gets a huge tip and RR gets the meal he's been dreaming about.

Even with RR, I'm able to work on homework, in between rounds, look up an article, write a review and study for my exam.

And on the way home, while throwing my book bag in the front seat, I pull a muscle in my back (yes, that book really is heavy, even if it's small!). Despite hot shower, massage and an Aleve, it's still sore.

So yours truly takes out the goodies for the open book test which ends on Sunday at midnight. And despite the pain, I get an A. Thank you P., my class partner, for encouraging me to take my time.

It was easy...the back still hurts. I'd be awake anyway tending it. Why not take a test at the same time?

More later....