Uh-oh and WOO-HOO!

I am on VACATION!!!! (for 2 weeks).

But, before that started, my week was quite interesting.

It included:

• FUN TIME skiing at Kirkwood resort up at Tahoe on Monday (Pres' Day) with Phi and Jeremy... It has been so wet that Tahoe has gotten a TON of snow. In fact, it was snowing pretty hard the whole day we were up there, and made for the best skiing snow I have ever experienced (esp because I wasn't afraid to fall! And, speaking of falling, I hope that Phi has recovered from his tumble while boarding the ski lift which somehow I caused... our skiis/snowboard got mixed up together... oops). In any case, the skiing was awesome; the drive home, however, was certainly not. Hwy 88 was closed due to an avalanche danger, so we had to reroute to the 50, which was a PARKING LOT for the whole drive back. A 100- mile trip took us 5 hours!!! Ick. Holiday traffic + bad weather + CA drivers who don't know anything about snow = bad, bad driving experience. Thanks to Jeremy who stuck it out the whole way behind the wheel.
• Having a dead ipod miraculously revived by the geniuses at the mall Apple store. I don't know how those guys accomplished that, as it was making a very pathetic whirring sound and showing the ipod-frowny-face every time I tried to turn it on. Charging didn't do anything, nor did resetting it. I was sure it was a goner; however, all I can say is that miracles do happen!
• Noticing a tire aneurysm (not quite sure how that happened... perhaps one of the several flats I've gotten in the past year?) which I luckily caught and which prompted a new tire purchase... $$ ouch.
• ACLS class all day on Thursday which was a bit nerve-wracking (I'm scared of codes!), but which was really, really helpful. I go back to the VA in May, where I will be on alone at night taking care of ICU patients, and I feel much more prepared to resuscitate any vets that try to die on me!
• Hectic Friday clinic. Clinic stresses me out. Sometimes OB triage is better. (Did I just say that??!)

But-- forget all that. I am free for the next 2 weeks! No clinic notes to write! No EMR inbox to deal with (thanks, Joe!). Such a great feeling.

Plans: I am on my way to SLC to visit Molly and ski some more for a few days! I think it will be kind of like a reunion... Jason is there as are some of Molly's other friends from Roch/college... It will be so awesome! In fact, I am writing this from a Flying J somewhere near the eastern border of Nevada and Utah.... Highway 80 is one of the best roads I have ever been on, and a straight shot from Sac-town to Salt Lake City! I am just taking a little break (espresso is amazing...) before trucking on.

Shomir and I fly to Ft. Lauderdale on Wednesday and then cruise starting Saturday before heading on to the Kits' place.

Did I mention that I loooooooooooooooooove vacation??!