delerious at 4 am again

the last stretch in my week of overnights, ahh. i can see the light at the end of the tunnel. so it's been snowing a ton here since monday night (i think...the days are blurring together). since the picture was taken it's snowed three more times. i keep asking if the whole winter is going to be like this, but no one has said for sure. i think this weather is earlier in the year than expected, but i'm sure i have a whole lot more snow to look forward to. they haven't been doing a great job of keeping it plowed in front of our apartment. on the way to work tonight i skidded off of the drive that turns onto the road. luckily there was some guy standing right there because some other car had done the exact same thing two minutes earlier. he stuck some log near my tire or something...i don't know what he was doing...and i was able to drive away. i felt kind of rude just pulling out and driving away, but i don't think stopping was an option.
looking out the front door 
i'm looking forward to doing a lot of sitting around this weekend. it's supposed to snow even more so i probably won't be doing a lot of getting out and about. that will be nice, it's been a pretty tiring week. there's a dog in the ICU that requires almost constant attention because he's so critical. it's a 4th year student's dog that was in a study and received a dose of human albumin. he had a delayed allergic/immune reaction to it, probably the worst allergic reaction i've seen (in my vast experience) and he's a really sick puppy. i think he may be over the very worst of it but it's still going to be slow going for a while. he's got a lot of healing to do. he's been very tolerant of all the crap we're doing to him. i'm sure she's regretting her decision to try to help out with the advancement of veterinary medicine.

so sarah wants to put some christmas decorations in our office...i don't know if i can handle a whole month of them. maybe i'll volunteer my purple lights that are multiseasonal. at least i haven't been in any stores that are blaring carols yet. i guess that's because the only place i've been lately is the grocery store.

well, it's back to the ICU to check up on things.