Random things that make me smile

So I saw something interesting happen the other day. I was driving, not in the greatest part of town, and pulled up to a stoplight behind several cars. Two cars ahead of me was a small car full of teenagers, and the passenger door of that car opened and a young man got out. He looked like trouble, plain and simple, every bit a young thug, and I watched with curiosity as he moved around the front of the car he'd gotten out of and toward the driver's window of the car in front. Now granted, maybe I'm cynical and jaded from too much time caring for the underbelly of society - but I assumed he was up to no good. Imagine my pleasant surprise when he made eye contact with that car's driver, then moved back a couple of steps and replaced the car's fuel cap and closed the little door. It made me smile.

Ran across a picture I took a few years ago, after I'd climbed the Incline and was running down the Barr Trail...

and it reminded me of Christy's pictures of her feet.

And I've been thinking about how lucky we are to know some of the people we know. We went out for sushi and gelato with some dear friends the other night, and I got thinking about how much we adore this couple, how we would do darn near anything for them, and how we've come to learn we can expect the same from them in just the relatively short time we've known them. N&E, we love you guys and appreciate your friendship more than we can say.

The ER has been unusually busy lately, which is kind of a refreshing change from the slow past month. Good job security for both of us, it's true. But a smattering of minor events, both involving patients, visitors, co-workers, etc...give us cause to question our motives and occasionally despise the human condition. And nearly every shift, a reason to laugh, and to feel fortunate.

The weather is cooling off, I'm wearing a sweater and jeans today, and I want to throw a little tantrum: Summer, I'm not finished with you yet, don't go!!!