Thanks everybody!!
If I have learned one important lesson today, it is this ...
Make sure you schedule off on your birthday every single goddamned year from now on, because the day is likely to suck big HAIRY ass.
It was incredibly busy tonight, barely got to think, much less enjoy myself at work, which actually does happen on occasion. On a brighter note, the first call I took tonight was from one of my favorite patients (I give her cigarettes for all of the major events ... Christmas, her birthday, and her year out of the hospital anniversary (assuming she makes it)) who called to wish me a happy birthday.
That was cool.
LJ, that is a fantastic piece you found. And yes, that description is SOOO totally me, if I do say so myself.