embrace the citizens

i'm exhausted. back at work. it was hard leaving yesterday. i did not like leaving tripp while he was still at the hospital. (its interesting how as far as i know in the US it is appropriate to say 'in the hospital' but we say 'in jail' 'in bed', etc. why do some things have the 'the' and sometimes it is eliminated?)

tripp seems to be doing well. he went 12 hours yesterday without morphine. some of that time he was asleep but i still think its a triumph of sorts. it means that the pain is usually tolerable unless he aggravates himself by sitting up or walking or coughing or laughing.

last night i made a drink that had mandarin and vanilla vodkas mixed with ginger ale. it tasted like a creamsicle.

time to get a move on my work here so i can maybe have time to nap later. i hope i can catch up fairly painlessly in work and school from my week off. biggest worry right now is the thesis.

happy valentine's day, kids.