So How Was It For You?

Christmas break is over and I'm back in Coeur d'Alene....meaning, yes, I got out in the first place. We ended up having somewhere between 28-32 inches (I never measured) and the day after I posted all the last pictures my two roomies and I played in the snow all day! The next day I was determined to get home because it was my only break in the weather. I learned how to put on chains (I had to use them to get to the freeway) and off I went! I had to drive from CDA to Seattle and then to Portland (pesky I-84 was a mess) but it was worth it to come home and get snowed in with my baby!
On Christmas day we managed to drive to Tri-Cities...it was slow going, but we got there just in time for the prime rib dinner and white russians!!! CJ and I had a great weekend there and I got to spend some time with his best friends, which I was so happy to do.
The rest of the holiday was very laid back, with CJ and I spending as much time together as possible. We watched movies, baked cookies (and ate them all), drank, ate, drank, ate...etc.

Now...I'm back again. Today it took all of a half hour to get back into the routine of things, and then I was off to the races. A bit of a slow day, but here are the highlights:
-Not a single sinus infection or bronchitis...whoopee!!
-Funny rash on 11 year old kid....a recurrance of chicken pox, or viral exanthem?
-18 female snowboarder who fell hard on her back, exquisitely tender to palpation over the L flank region......urine dipstick shows...TADA! Microscopic hematuria! Diagnosis: Renal contusion.
-Pared down and froze plantar wart on a 16 year old boy...for the second time. This thing is my nemesis...it will not die.
-Finally finished my Rapid Interpretation of EKG's book....I am now a genius.

I wanted to share just a few of the pictures from our fantastic winter break:

Mary sitting in the "Christmas Corner," (we had no tree, so we designated a corner):

CJ and the dog playing in the snow:

This gem is from Halloween (CJ as David Hasselhoff in Knight Rider....me as Sarah Palin)
Much love to the PA homies...all this traversing around is starting to take a toll, eh?

Jen