Friday Frenzy

I know. I have been a lazy blogger of late.  But I'll use my Friday post to try to fill it the gaps.

Monday:  Summoned to appear fro jury duty, but was released after nearly 6 hours of selection processing.  That and I noted on my questionnaire that serving on a jury would be a hardship.  The judge brought me back into her chambers, where the attorneys for both sides as well as the defendant were in on the interview.  The judge, who was delightful to be honest, asked me about my answer.  I told her that I was the primary breadwinners in our family at the moment, and while I wasn't worried about LOOSING my job, I did worry about the money.  Since I was an hourly employee the hours I'm not there I don't get paid.

Good thing I was released.  It ended up being a trail with charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault and domestic violence int he presence of a child. I think I'd have had a hard time being fair on that one.

Tuesday: Work was crazy, but that is normal anymore.  then Iran right from work home to pick up The Boy and we ran to the swim team parent's meeting.  Same old, same ole.  But it felt weird to be there with The Girl.  Then one of her friends--now a senior--said how much she was missing The Girl too anytime the "team" was together.  There were a LOT of new freshman swimmers though.  I hope that is a good sign of things to come.

Wednesday: I got a lot of stuff done at work.  whew.  That is always a relief.  I got out of there earlier too--things were slow, thus the feeling of progress!  It is amazing what I can accomplish at home when I'm not at work.

Thursday:  I had another crazy day at work, but it all worked out in the end.  Just some people make you crazy!  I had a call from a patient's daughter who is coming from out of state to pick up her hospice-serviced patient to drive him to Las Vegas where they are supposed to catch a plane to Samoa, where the father would like to die.  Did I mention he is on oxygen full time?  Oh, and you can't get on an airplane with O2 tanks, and there aren't any portable oxygen concentrators that can be used on a pressurized plane with an output of more than 3 liters per minute?  Her father is at 4.5 LPM.  She's booked their flights and paid for everything but it will be illegal (and unethical to whomever she rents the O2 equipment from there) to get him on a plane?

Thank heavens it is Friday.  Even it today gets crazy, I know it is the weekend....and a holiday one at that!