The boys had their sectional meet in Pleasant Plains. Plains is one of those teams that really should be in the next class up but they are just barely under the cutoff for student population numbers. So they dominate many of the races to where it’s basically the Plains runners and everybody else. The energy was just a bit off for the evening with much of the crowd excitement being channeled into keeping warm from the cold.

But it was still a good time. Judah PR’d and got a medal in his 800. The relay team didn’t run their best with the handoffs being less than smooth and their fastest runner having just had a root canal. So they were kind of disappointed but it’s also the way things go sometimes. That’s the thing with sports, you have your peaks and your valleys and all of the races and towns and car rides and places in-between. It was still a good season.

Dad was discharged from the hospital in the afternoon. I left in the morning and spent the day up there with them. I was actually amazed at how fast the time went and how a person can be doing so well having just had their chest cut open. Can you even imagine having your job being to operate on peoples hearts? Like everyday that’s just what you do and then you just go home and sleep and watch tv or spend time with your family.

This pause in school has had me going somewhat insane. I was looking up nursing jobs at the hospital and I really couldn’t have asked for a better deal than the one I have now. My hourly wage is at the high end of what I’d make as a floor nurse and when you add extra for the weekend and evening differentials it’s even more. Hospital nurses don’t make nearly as much as they should when you consider their hours and duties.