Wondering.....

Three days of work are done. Long weekend is over. And for us at work it was quiet. Usually long weekends are quite busy, especially during summer months. But, we didn't have a doctor available on call, so all emergency room patients were directed to the closest ER. Unfortunately for the closest ER, the two hospitals closest to them, were closed, and they were probably overloaded with out of town patients. That is the reality of rural medicine. There are just not enough docs around, and they can't 'perform' 24/7. Docs are normal people with families and needs just like the rest of us. So, to me its understandable for them to take time away from work to look after themselves. We are short one Doc in town, and with two away on holidays, that left us one for last week. Even if we had 4 docs employed at the facility, they would be busy. We cover a large geographical area with a large size population. Yes, that's the reality of rural medicine. Anyway, that made my weekend at work fairly quiet. It was a nice break.

When I had figured out my fall schedule, this spring, I was relieved to have the upcoming 10 days off, to help with harvest. God seems to have other plans. The weather has wreaked havoc with my scheduling harvest. The amount of rain sent our way has the fields saturated with water. It has rained off and on since Sunday. And, yes, I look out the window and see clouds and a light rain falling right now. I get so sarcastic. Like, 'hmmmm, its so dry, good thing its raining again!'. Not!! The lakes in the front yard are back, the fields are mud/standing water, and the roads are tracks of mud as well. Guess I'll find something else to do with my days off. Not that there isn't stuff to do, its just difficult to find something else to do, when there's bigger problems and bigger projects that should be done.

A 42 year old neighbour, father of two, was killed Sunday night, in a ATV accident. We were talking at work yesterday about the tragic summer its been in the area. Last week, a 65 yr old farmer was crushed fatally in a farming accident. Alot of loss for small communities. Hard to understand why families are left without their loved ones.

Kids are back to school tomorrow. Grade 7 and 9. 6 more years and no more bus rides out of this yard. Wow!! Jayde has hockey this weekend; tryouts for a winter city team. I'm a little nervous for him. He's gonna have to do very well to make this team. Don't know if he's got it in him, but for his sake I hope he does well. He so badly wants to play on this team.

Mom has her CT on Thursday with an oncology appointment next week to review results and decide on chemo plan. She has certainly enjoyed her break from medical appts. She is looking well considering her disease. She does tire very easily and her pain is increasing, so the CT results are going to be interesting. Is that the right word? Probably not, but I can't think of a better one right now.

Sunday evening we went to Rog and Anita's. Their house is still a revolving door to visitors. I hope they're ok with all the people going through. They certainly are cared for. I know I'm finding this weekend difficult, so I can imagine how hard it is for them. I keep thinking, this is the weekend they would have moved Kate to get her settled in for university. Then I think of Beth having to go back to high school on Wed, and being among all the kids, in the environment she went with Kate the last couple of years. Kate would have loved university. She would have thrived on the learning aspect, the social environment, and the sports/volleyball program university would have offered her. Oh, the what ifs?? I spoke or texted all of my nieces and nephews yesterday. There's a need to connect with them. I don't have very many of them, and to know they're doing ok is very important. They are all special!!!

If only the sun would shine....... Somehow its just easier to handle difficult times when the sun is out.