Walking for the Fallen

My Dad met up with this guy at a gas station this afternoon in Gaylord. He started walking in Nevada, and is walking a mile for every fallen soldier. I guess he was quite the site. He had just gotten squared away with a set of snow shoes and was headed to the Upper Peninsula. Pretty damn cool!

It ALMOST feels like spring!

So today the temps were in the mid 30's, the sun was out and things are kinda sorta starting to thaw. Its amazing how 30 degrees is warm. I'm able to run around without a jacket. Thats actually really messed up. But not to worry, we have another Lake Effect Snow Storm coming on Wednesday. More cold, wind and snow. Seriously, it is getting old.

So what have I been doing lately? I've become a very sedentary, lazy, couch potato. I sleep in, lay on the couch and nap, eat, do as little as possible and than go back to bed. Some days I am able to find enough energy to get on the bike for 30 minutes. Other days I am so tired I'm only able to take a shower and get the mail, than lay around. I always get like this toward the end of winter. I've been reading up and learning as much as I can about the Appalachian Trail and have started buying equipment. The more I read about it, the more I want to go out and hike the entire trail. But, considering I could only find one person to hike with me for 100 miles, the chances of finding someone to leave civilization for 6 or 7 months are slim. However it is easy to dream about while I'm laying on the couch. Whats a person to do?

Another blizzard...or two...or three

Well, Gaylord has been in a blizzard it seems for the past week. Today it got so bad they closed down the interstate. Which is a big problem, since that is really the only way of getting these flat landers home. Needless to say, I stuck it out and made it far enough to get to a friends house to head down to The Joe for a Red Wing game. Great game, but they lost. It was everything you could ask for, except a couple of extra goals. It was loud, the game was sold out to a great group of fans, and there were even a couple of good fights. Anything you would want out of a game. But, right now I am so damn cold I'm headed to bed to turn on my electric blanket before I get frost bite.

Work....

I've decided that a day of work in the ER is very similar to a bad version of reality TV. At times it is almost like a bad nightmare. I can't believe they pay me to do this work.