Goodness sakes...here we are the close of another day....dang where does time go?Well I know exactly where time goes....yesterday I started work at 1600 hrs..that would be 4pm...my scheduled shift was until midnight..but then I was on call until 0600 in the morning.....as it would turn out...I ended up staying at work until 0600 this morning....yup ...pulled a 14 hour shift...with a hour drive either way on top....very long night....I was saying to my hubby....I knew my eyes were open when I was driving as I could see the semi in front of me...but gosh it was like I was in limbo land whilst I was driving.....he said I could have been sleeping....but my eyes were open I said....his father confirmed that I could have been sleeping and proceeded to regale me with a story of hubby doing the exact same thing last year. After contemplating this I thought it might have been possible...as I remember looking down at my speedometer and I was only doing 90Km in a 110km zone...and I felt like I was swerving ....hmmmmm.....glad I was close to home. Windows open, music playing loudly...but finally my turn off approached and I was only 600 meters from home....
I arrived home exhausted....funny...I can't remember the last time I worked a night shift that I ever felt that exhausted....then it dawned on me.....normally on night shift we get a rest period...not so last evening...you see...we kept hoping that we would be able to send the patient to the ward...that wasn't going to be the case...the patient when not in pain...didn't want to breath....breath damn you ..... breath I say!.......but no...it wasn't meant to be...so we did a bedside vigil.....between counting respiration's and giving analgesic there wasn't much time for having a little nap.
So needless to say I arrived home tired and hungry and exhausted. I had a quick bite to eat....while I was sitting on the couch...I could feel my eyelids getting heavier....and before I knew it I was gone....yes gone off to la la land.......I do remember hubby putting a blanket around me.....3 hours later I awoke...still in my clothes.....I made my way up to my bedroom....undressed and made my clumsy way into my bed. Next thing I remember it was 1230 and hubby had come into the room to get ready to go out.....WOW it's 1230 already.....how did that happen?
I got up shortly there after.....he told me he was making a trip to Victoria with his father today and reminded me that it was his parents wedding anniversary. Ah the anniversary....in my daze state...yes yes I remember I said.
I got myself up and out of bed....managed the stairs without tripping and made it to the kitchen were the coffee was on....pour myself a cup of java....and proceeded to the couch....Hubby had left by this time.....I started thinking...it's his parents anniversary...we have to do something....what can we do...ah....dinner.....I can cook them dinner make a nice dessert and get them a card....yes that is what I shall do.
Energy....that is what I need....find the energy to get ones butt up off of the couch and get a move on.....slowly....yes....one butt cheek then another...yes yes that's it....I've managed to get my butt up off of the couch....it's all good....progress will be made....back to the kitchen I go.....I head towards the drawer where I keep all my recipe books......with mother in law being a diabetic and trying to watch her intake I think what can I make....father in law is not fond of cheese so the dessert can not consit of cheese....sorry honey no cherry cheese cake tonight. I scourer my way through the recipe books. I come upon my "Company's Coming " cookbook....this cook book is Low fat recipes....great I think....low fat...and I could watch the sugar....I search the pages.....I thinking comfort food. I find a great recipe for Corn Chowder....now that's comfort food...then I think what could I add...well a nice loaf of organic baked bread...warmed and cut in large pieces and served with low cal margarine...yes.....then veggies.....I decide I am going to make a salad....fresh greens with arugula lettuce, mandarin orange slices, roasted pecans, and red peppers....after mixing these I toss them with a mandarin sesame seed dressing...very light and oh so tasty.....Dessert....yes I searched the Low Fat recipe book for a dessert...what do I come up with is a Lemon Poppy seed Bundt cake with a Lemon glaze.
Ok now I am armed with my recipes...I check my cupboards to see if I have all the ingredients....most I do...but some I realize I will have to venture out to the store....but not until I get my house chores done.....did I mention I am doing this after working a 14 hour shift....ok then. So I get the house chores done...and off to town I go.....shop away. Like most even though I have come prepared to the store with my list.....I find I purchase more than what is on my list....how does that happen? Regardless, I have my ingredients of torture....no really, I was looking forward to preparing this meal. I pay for my groceries and make my way home. I call mother in law to make sure she is up to coming over for dinner. She happily accepts the invitation. I set a time. I am now on a mission.
It's after four pm by this time....I plan out my course of action. Make the cake...get that in the oven...while that is baking I can be preparing the chowder and the salad....mission accomplished. Cake is baked...out of the oven it comes. I make a lemon glaze.....but while the cake it cooling I prepare the table.....set semi formal....comfortable...yet enough to show that some effort was put into preparing things....nothing over the top.
Hubby and father in law arrive home sooner than I expected...but being who I am...I was prepared.....dinner was almost on the readyto serve. Father in law went home to get mother in law...they arrive and we sit down to our meal.
So here's to two of the most important people in our lives......M & R aka Mom and Dad...aka Papa and Nana....here's wishing the both of you a wonderful day....Happy 54th Wedding Anniversary to you both...you have brought so much joy to so many....Thank you!
This picture is of my inlaws...my hubby is the little one sitting on his mommy's lap....with his sister and brothers' next and then Daddy"O! Circa 1965
