work and play

the phone rang just as i was leaving for the game party last night and again while driving to the party... one of the nurses needed guidance in reporting an incident... and again this morning, the phone woke me about the same incident as more details were added when the kid wrote the statement about what he said happened... the nurses have a lot to do so adding the reporting of incidents to their pile is not ideal, but the law says certain incidents must be reported and investigated within 24 hours and that has not been the practice on weekends so i've instituted a when in doubt, call me process and this is the first weekend that is in effect and so far, three calls... being on call every weekend is not part of the original negotiation for this job and it would be great leverage for a raise but this is a lean fiscal year and word is out that we would not be team players if we requested a large increase at our annual renegotiation (which is corporate guilt tripping and psychological group manipulation at it's finest)... anyway, i will probably get one more call about this incident and hopefully that will be all for this weekend...

meanwhile, i am showered and ready to head out to the batting cages to get ready for the double header today... i am more rested than i have been all week, almost seven hours sleep, after all, more than in the past four days combined... i still have not eaten solid food and drank about 12 ounces of dr pepper cherry last night which, aside from about six ounces of grapefruit juice and sixteen ounces of k2 protien drink (60 calories total in the protien drink), that's all the body has taken in since wendnesday, or was that tuesday... and the cleasing fast feels better today than any previous day... the scal said 196.2 after a shower, so it is up from the 195.6 low of yesterday but a pound of wet hair and water, at least, accounts for that... i did drink a half gallon of water yesterday, so i am more hydrated than the three previous days where i was extremely minimal on water intake as well... without planning or conscious effort, i seem to have decided that i was going to fast most seriously and did for three days... today i'll drink a 400 calori protein drink before the double header so my muscles are not shocked by the sudden exercise, especially if i am running around the bases... feeling excellent...

i hope, even if there are bumps, bruises, obstacles, and everything is not going along perfectly in your world, that you are finding your work and play excellent too :)