Easy day..

I'm having a nice, non stressful day. I worked night shift last night (got four hours of the Labour Day superstat at double time and a half, nice to get paid what I'm worth at last, LOL). It was a good shift, busy but not crazy busy. I had time to do everything, and to do the little extras (like good mouth care)for my patient, and enough work that the shift passed by quickly. I enjoy shifts like that.

Came home and slept for a couple of hours. Got up and sat on the couch reading, fell asleep for another hour, got dressed, took a parcel back to the post office, and went to the Library. I returned the special pillow I bought; the one that was supposed to help my neck. It was good in theory, but it was like sleeping on a rock. The nice thing about buying from the Shopping Channel is that they take returns on everything without any hassle at all, even enclosing paid postage for returns. I'm disappointed, because I'd hoped that the pillow would help ease my neck pains. Ah, well. I'll get my money back anyway.

Walked up the street to the Library and picked up several books to read; nothing special, just some mysteries. I'm being much better at using the public library, instead of spending the money on books from the store.

Sent my sister an email birthday card; it's my younger sister's birthday today, and I remembered. Yay me.

I'm enjoying the peace and quiet today; it's been such a stressful time of late, and I need a little tranquility. Tomorrow is going to be busy; I have a dentist appointment in the morning. I'm sure my dentist is going to yell at me because I haven't been in over a year. Then in the afternoon I'm going to get my hair cut, then head out to the farm after that.

Guess I'd best make the most of my time today. I'm heading back to the couch with a book and some tea.

Goal Accomplished!

(This is especially interesting for me, because one of the players is a co-worker of mine. She took her holidays to play in this game.)

Forty women just set a Guinness World Record for playing the longest ice hockey game in history,in a skating rink in Burnaby,BC. They fought through blistered feet, swollen knees, foot injuries and one concussion, played for 243 hours and 10 minutes, and raised $125,000 for cystic fibrosis research. They scored 2,500 goals during the 10 day long game. Players skated for four hour shifts, and had to stay on the property for the entire time. They slept in trailers between shifts.

The game was played in memory of Eva Markvoort (known for her LJ "65redroses") who was chosen in 2010 as the spokeswoman for the event. She died last year at the age of 25 from complications of the disease.

Bravo, all you wonderful women! Well done.