Despite normally working a 12 hours shift, I can appreciate all that can be accomplished in even an 8 hour workday. On the other hand, I know some people clock in and 8 hours later clock out without having accomplished a single thing. Let us now consider what can be accomplished in eight hours when you are not at work. In eight hours it is reasonable to assume that one could pick up around the house, have some lunch, and run a few errands. Alternatively, you could get through a full-season marathon of your favorite tv show, or approximately 4 movies. Also you could get in your 8 hours of recommended daily sleep. I’d like to share the events of my day from 7am-3pm today.
1) worked the last half-hour of my scheduled shift at the hospital
2) drove to Loveland Ski Area, stopping in Idaho Springs for breakfast at Two Brothers Deli
3) got three runs in on the mountain
4) had a bloody mary
5) switched snowboards, got two more runs in
6) saw my wife catch a heel edge and fracture her wrist
7) drove to the orthopedic surgeon’s office
8) found out that wife had two non-displaced fractures of her right wrist, watched her get splinted (cast will be applied Monday pending no bones end up displaced over the weekend)
9) saw a lady that appeared to be in her late 70s to early 80s driving a turquoise mustang with a Denver Broncos decal in the rear window
10) got into a car accident
I figure you have to take the bad with the good. In my book, seeing an 80 year-old lady driving a turquoise mustang balances out fractured bones and a car accident.
Rammin' the Clam... 