spring/storm/call

Spring was here til this storm reminded us we still live in the mountains. The heat has come on and the red puffy jacket has been resurrected. I am on my last 12 hours of my 80 hour week and life overall is good. Went to a good lecture on spinal injuries in sports, had a great peer review committee meeting and a nice dinner out with a friend this week on top of work, trying to exercise and life. LUCKILY I don't have to work tomorrow (originally I was scheduled to but my PA wanted the $ and realized she had a short week). I will be out of commission for the next 2 weeks since I will be working Tues and Wed and then will be flying to Fiji on Fri for my Wilderness Medicine course. Have been reading up on stuff in preparation which has been interesting. Also reading more on plant based diets and enjoying what I have been reading/learning there. Eating overall a more healthy and balanced diet. I just wish this country didn't work on greed but worked instead on every one's health and welfare. We would all be eating better and that would help solve some of the health care crisis costs. Oh well.
Hope you are all happy and healthy and eating your vegetables!!! Lots of love, ME

typical on-season week

work, call, work, skin up Tiahak at night and ski down with Brad and Clifford, work, meetings, work, work (17 patients sat am before noon) and then 2 birthday parties sat night 1 in snowmass and 1 in carbondale, blessed hike and home to catch up on work... :)

i warned you... Kim in pink...

Kim in pink snowpants!

Pictures to follow but I did some retail therapy. I actually bought myself new pink snowpants yesterday which were on sale in town. The last time I bought snowpants were >10 years ago and have been looking for some with insulation. I bet you can't wait to see the pictures :).
So my week has been good. My friends tumors are receding after some brutal chemo which is great! http://kanekolohe.blogspot.com/ Work has been busy and we had an increadibly busy Feb. I have a very busy 3 weeks coming up. Had a good conversation with Greg this week which was nice. Saw the show 8 last night with friends and that was great... http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hCcqjCqqjSxC65rM2Cc57_mOEtJA?docId=f24a7d5090c24f3eafe0ee2a00580142
Appalled by Rush Limbaugh but very happy sponsors are pulling their support... http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/limbaugh_ads/?rc=fb_share1
etc etc etc...
Love to you all... more anon!

Lounge Party, Laugh Fest etc

This week was another of work, work, work... about 70 hours which is more than I have done recently but better than last year for sure! Love having enough staff... it was a busy week though with complicated patients all around. Still loving having Sarah cooking healthy food for me and using that as my meals. Met with Shinta on my day off and it was such a nice time. Did cross country with Clifford a lot and Brad a little and plan to do something fun with my dog today before maybe watching a little of the Oscars. Really haven't seen many of the movies but love Bill Crystal. Also went to some of the comedy fest with a friend which was very fun Fri night and a GREAT LOUNGE PARTY at another friend's house last night (sorry about the dark pix). They had done their music studio up great, there were about 100 people there and the music was fantastic. Really nice but I was really tired. Slept in til 7:30am this morning and now about to go out with Clifford for some exercise. Then I better study for my PALS course on Tues and get ready for the week... Hope you all had a good one! Love me...
PS at least Brad is a better parker than the person in the cartoon... it did feel like a cartoon event when it happened :)

PPS I hate this site... no matter how much I edit it comes out messed up... The beginning says this was another week of work... 70 hours but better than last year and it is nice to have enough staff... but it was a busy week with complicated patients... Also said LOVE having Sarah cook healthy food for me and on my day off saw Shinta which was VERY nice...

Valentines day week in Aspen...

Twas a fantastic Valentines day... worked then sledded then went to the Blind Cafe with Brad and friends. Read about it on Bridget's blog. http://mountain-musings.blogspot.com/2012/02/aspen-blind-cafe.html Also had a huge surprise in the paper... had a busy week at work, heard a friend who is one of the best pediatric oncology nurses I have ever met just got diagnosed this week with 2 cancers, Hodgkins lymphoma and a diffuse large B cell lymphoma... am sending him LOTS of positive vibes through the internet and ethernet... cross country skied with Clifford about 7 miles today in BEAUTIFUL weather, ate at a new Thai Restaurant in Aspen and it was fantastic and included sticky rice with mango... etc etc etc... Next week is incredibly busy for me but this week was pretty darn good for me (not for Patrick... but hopefully now that he knows what he's got he can kick butt with some CHOP-R to get on the road to recovery)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

winter sports

So this week consisted of work, hiking, skinning up Buttermilk and a bit of bike envy... My friend has a new bike for winter/sand dunes and she rocked it the other night for a late night after work bike/skin up the mountain. Clifford loved going with us. Shinta is looking at buying a new house for her and her growing family. Not much else new this week other than Sarah is cooking rocking healthy food for me, going to an English in Action dinner tomorrow night and life goes on. Well, unfortunately, not for a great singer who passed away. Whitney Houston who had a most spectacular voice until she got into drugs/etoh died tonight. That was one of the most unfortunate, avoidable losses in the music industry lately. She was so talented until... Very sorry to hear that.