it's been an eerily quiet night at work. i'm suspicious that it may be because there have been some problems with the pager system the last few days. usually the answering service pages me when they get a call, but i haven't received a single one all night. there's usually at least the "i was just calling to see how my dog is doing" type of calls. i even paged myself just to see if it worked, which it did. i guess if there is some dire emergency they'll call the ICU. that's usually what they do when i ignore their pages. maybe i should just quit being paranoid and enjoy the quiet night.

so, going to portland for the weekend. i'm not sure what exciting activities await us because we haven't really thought about the details, except that we'll visit with mary and marcus. since monday is MLK day, i actually get a four-day weekend! (i finish overnights friday morning.) for once, a holiday that i don't have to work part of!