vacation-here we come!

Yay! a week of vacation! We are getting ready to head out for a 3 night holiday. We are going to camp this weekend and attend a small town rodeo and fair. We've wanted to do this forever, and the time has come to finally do it! Quick update of our lives.......
Last Saturday I completed the last night of three at work. What a relief. On Sunday I was a lazy bum. I couldn't get enough sleep. I slept till noon, and was up for a few hours, then napped again. Del & the boys had a relaxing day with me. I did get up though and Del & I went for a bike ride around the section in the evening. Then Del & I went for a ride, checking out the fields. The water had certainly done it damage. I was worried I wouldn't be able to sleep that night, but no problem there!
Monday, was catch up at home. Did laundry, cleaning, weeded the garden........ even did some farm book work. Tuesday, completed a bunch of odd jobs at home. Tuesday was our 19th Wedding Anniversary. Wow, that time has gone quickly! Del & I went to the city for supper and went shopping. Groceries, and such. I love shopping with Del. I don't get to do it enough any more.
Wednesday, back to work for a 12 hour day. Had a busy day at work, so 12 hours went by fast. It looked like it would be overtime in the evening, but that last hour we worked like crazy and caught up. Our hospital has 16 beds in total, as well as an Emergency Room. There is an adjacent 40 bed Personal Care Home, as well as a Medical Clinic, which has 3 doctors at present. Our staff at the hospital is 1 RN &1 LPN at all times, and a health care aide from 7-3 on Monday to Friday. This is sufficent when all is calm and the hospital isn't full. But you add a busy ER, high in patient numbers, and heavy care in patients, and it adds up to some very crazy days!
This morning, Thursday, I had my turn in taking my mom for radiation. It actually is a special time with her. She either wants to talk, or sit quietly. Either one is fine. She is holding up quite well. Shes coughing a bit more the last few days, which seems to be effects of the radiation. We went shopping for some groceries for her, and she wanted to look for some plants. Thats a good sign when she wants to look for plants. She's actually developing a plan for their yard. A month ago, she would not even consider anything regarding the house or yard. 5 more treatments to go and then she gets a bit of a break.
Alright, we're off.......Have a great, safe weekend everyone!