i just worked the last three days. snow fleeted outside my patients' windows blanketing the world below in white fluff. from our 8th floor windows it looked peaceful and quiet - a winter wonderland! but in my head, i couldn't help but stress about how to get to and from work should the streets be icy (my 17 year old camry is not the best in snow and neither is it's owner). nurses don't really get to call in "sick" from work because they can't make it in to the "office." hospitals don't shut down. and they don't run very well if and when a good majority of the staff can't show up.
thankfully i have the day off today. instead of walking three miles in to work at 6 AM (like the dedicated employee that i am), i got to sleep in until 8:30, nurse my on-the-verge-of-being-sick body, and putz around the house. i've done dishes, folded laundry, walked to trader joe's, and am currently sitting in the warmth of elliot bay bookstore sipping on a sweet latte with plans of reading a good book.
ahh, here's to a rare seattle snow day! i feel like a kid again, hoping school will be cancelled and lots of hot chocolate will be gulped!
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