Saturday Night & The Saturday Six

Well, where has the day gone?  Oh I know...I slept it away, lol.  I went to bed around 9:00 this morning after working all night.  I thought I was going to be nice to David and let him sleep in and I would stay up with Caleb for a while, but when I got home this morning at 7:45am they were both up.  It was funny, I opened the door trying to be quite and I hear "Mom's home!"  I probably can't sneak in at all with Mr Brown anymore now that he's a big 1st grader and all.

 

Anyways, I slept until 6:30 this afternoon!  I hate sleeping that late, but I didn't set my alarm so I guess David was thinking about how I only got about 3 1/2 hours yesterday before work and was letting me play catchup.  But there went my idea of cooking dinner because they had already gone to McDonalds.  Yea, how nutritional.  I think I'm going to cook anyway and use an idea from my friend Jan and cook a roast in my crockpot.  Should be good for the guys for lunch/dinner tomorrow.  I've got to work Sun and Mon.  I found out yesterday that David isn't working either one, though.  Oh well, we'll save on childcare expenses.

 

Work was really interesting last night.  I swear, if all the students at ASU are as dumb as the ones that come in, then we are doomed.  First of all the other night I triaged about 5 or 6 kids who wanted doctor's notes not to take their finals the next day.  Dumb, dumb, dumb.  Don't they know that the makeup is going to be that much harder?  Then last night they were all drunk and beating each other up, and 90% of them were underage, of course.

 

One of the more interesting cases was this 19yr old kid that said he got a laceration on his face from falling while skateboarding.  Not an unusual complaintin itself unless you had seen the guy.  He was 6ft, approximately 250lbs, and clean cut.  Okay, right there it should ring alarms in your head that this was not a true story.  Then add to the fact that he looked more like he had been in a fist fight than an accident.  Then add another ingredient that he had a whole posse of friends with him that looked close to him.  And not a skateboard in site.  Several things I've learned about skateboarders, they dress all emo, are very thin, have long hair, and never, ever, go anywhere without their skateboards.  So I'm like "right....".  But I continue to check him in.  All of a sudden about 10 guys burst into the ER lobby and my patient's friends all jump up and they all start yelling and pushing each other around.  It was as close to an all out gang fight as I ever want to get close to.  Made me think of West Side Story.  The only thing missing was weapons, and I wasn't ruling out that someone had something, KWIM?  So then my guy stands up and starts taking off the blood pressure cuff and I yell "sit down!"  I call 911 and say "get over here now!"  Course by the time PD shows up everyone is outside (thank goodness) and running off (PD did catch a few).  So I look at the guy after all the commotion has calmed down and go "skateboard huh?"  He goes "What?...I'm athletic".  I say "Dude, you are so NOT a skateboarder!" and then die laughing.

 

Then about an hour later this car pulls up and deposits their friend who "only had 3 shots of tequila" (one tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor) but yet she is "unconscious" and they "can't wake her up".  Funny how she was able to put her feet down on the pavement to keep from falling and able to put her feet up on the wheelchair steps.  What kids do for attention.

 

Okay then, just when we thought it couldn't get any better, these two guys show up around 5:00am all beat up about the head with these lacerations.  Supposedly they were "innocently" just walking down the street when this gang of other guys jump them wielding combination locks tied onto ropes and beat them profusely.  Of course no one knew anything.  Another "right....".

 

Oh be afraid...be very afraid!

 

Hope everyone gets some sleep and has a wonderful Sunday!

 

De

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Saturday Six - Episode 139

Much of the country is under an arctic chill. So rather than go outside, why not stay indoors with some comfort food and a new list of questions!

But first, Gabrielle of "A Metamorphoself of Gabrielle" was first to play last week! Congratulations, Gabrielle!

Here are this week's "Saturday Six" questions. Either answer the questions in a comment here, or put the answers in an entry on your journal...but either way, leave a link to your journal so that everyone else can visit! To be counted as "first to play," you must be the first player to either answer the questions in a comment or to provide a complete link to the specific entry in your journal in which you answer the questions. A link to your journal in general cannot count. Enjoy!

1. Do you send Christmas cards? If so, do you write any notes inside the Christmas card or include a "newsletter" about your family, or do you basically just sign your name?  Depends, sometimes I just sign, sometimes I sent a newsletter, and sometimes I do both.

2. Are you more likely to shop in a store that has returned the phrase, "Merry Christmas" to its holiday signage?  No.  But it is nice.

3. Do you buy your pets Christmas presents?  I did when I had pets.

4. Take the quiz: Are you more cat or dog?

You Are: 30% Dog, 70% Cat

You and cats have a lot in common. You're both smart and in charge - with a good amount of attitude. However, you do have a very playful side that occasionally comes out!

No surprise here...

5. Which have you owned more of during your life, cats or dogs?  Cats.

6. If you had to come back as one or the other, and assuming you'd belong to an owner who would treat you well, would you rather be a cat or a dog?  Naturally, a cat.