Christina is here for the weekend, and life is good. She flew into Mobile instead of the usual flying into Atlanta for a weekend at my parents with Clay. I have some real reservations about doing it this way. Usually I spend a very exhausting but rewarding weekend getting off work at 7am, sleeping a couple of hours then driving to Auburn, picking up Clay and driving to Atlanta for Christina. After fighting through ATL with a two year old and getting her we drive back to Auburn where, utterly exhausted, we all fall asleep until it's time to go to my parents' Saturday morning. Then Sunday, after a brief weekend, it's time to do it in reverse. Although I love having my kids together, it makes me feel like I don't spend quality time with either of them, so I'm doing it different this month. This weekend it's just me and Christina. Next week I'll go up and spend time alone with Clay. It means I don't see either of them as much and they don't get to see each other, but after a summer of sibling rivalry I just needed to stir things up some. I hope it's the right thing to do.
The pic above was taken at dinner, watching the sun set over Dog River along beautiful Mobile Bay. Afterward we went for ice cream in Fairhope with Andrew and Julie, then it was time for bed. It was SO nice to go through the Mobile airport instead of ATL so we could have time to enjoy ourselves. We were in and out in no time, and parking was a whopping $2. Today we'll go to friends' homes to watch football and socialize, and generally enjoy some dedicated father/daughter time.
Yesterday was a good day all around. I ended my shift in the morning with some fun, but sad, cases. One was a young man from a bad "car vs. house" wreck. His head had broken the windshield creating a large C shaped laceration in his scalp that was bleeding freely. What's worse, he had gone from awake and alert at the scene to barely responsive in the ER. The presumption in that case is brain bleeding or injury, so we quickly stabilized him, stopped his bleeding and sent him by helicopter to the university hospital. Then, on the heels of that case, a man having an acute heart attack came in. That's a cause for excitement because, in those cases, the sooner they can get a heart catheterization, the less heart muscle they lose. So minutes count. I have to say, I was really proud of my ER team in both cases. They functioned well, kept their collective heads and got both of those patients where they needed to be quickly and efficiently. I live for this stuff. It's what I love about the ER.
So life is good this weekend. I miss Clay, but I'll see him in a few days for some concentrated time together. And I have my oldest baby all to myself all weekend. Life is good.
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