Holidays are over. I was able to take quite a bit of time off over the last 2 weeks, which was great. I got lots of rest. To finish up the week Simone came in with Sarah and Melanie on Friday. Erin had been asking to see Sarah for a very long time. It was great to spend some time with them.

This week I seem to be making up for lost time. Longer hours have been necessary and now I am on call because everyone else is sick or going to a funeral. I have never had to do call before, so far there is one prevalent issue. Everyone, including me(I’m better) is coming down with gastro symptoms at work. We haven’t had to close the ward yet but it wasn’t looking good at 6:30 this morning when I went in to teach a falls prevention class to night staff and the nurse from our floor who was assigned to come came and told me that he had just filled the med room sink with vomit and now he had diarrhea (ok, so nurses revel in these gross details) so he couldn’t make it! But due to the fact that I have just had a good rest, I am getting extra pay, and it’s all very interesting it is all good.