Everyone is still alive

Whew…the boyfriend is still sans hemorrhage, and I made it through my shift yesterday. My dad stayed with the boyfriend lest he lost his entire blood volume again, so I didn’t worry all day long. It was quite a day; I had patients with TB, scabies, and various other scary and very communicable diseases, so it was a day where I felt I should boil myself in bleach when I got home.

Meanwhile, my dad is lingering over the weekend, and the three of us are coexisting while tied to our separate laptops. My dad is a geek (I come by it legitimately) and brings with him enough electronic equipment to rival Best Buy on a slow day, so my office is bristling with cables and antennae. I’m trying to rest up because I am still exhausted after a long stretch of working mixed with sleepless nights and emotional stress. I work Monday and Tuesday so I have 2 days to become restored!

I have been checking out SmugMug for photos and really like it, but I think I’ll be sticking with Flickr. I like that Flickr has feeds from freaking everything, that you can have pictures in several sets at once, and that the groups have an easy way to find recent pictures. The communities on SmugMug make it very difficult to follow along with new uploads, although the forums are pretty cool. Flickr is also cheaper, although the extra $15 won’t break the bank. If only Flickr would have an option to allow anyone to comment on a photo; it’s annoying that only members can comment. SmugMug lets you decide all this.

Anyway, this is me recharging. Nobody pissed me off at work yesterday, and I dare to hope that the in-crowd bickering has ended for the time being. There was evident teamwork for the first time in a while. I feel slightly less burned out for the moment. Now, if I could overcome my physical exhaustion and residual stress, I might start actually feeling rested!