My secret Santa found the most beautiful card! A nurse owl!! I am in love the second I see it, then I open it and seriously cried in the driveway reading the thoughtful note. She knew how rough this time of year can be for people in the medical field and she is so very right. This morning I checked the mail on the way home after my 9th ICU night shift in a row... I was so tired, physically and emotionally. We had several bad outcomes for patients in the unit this week, we are short staffed, and hubby is still looking for work since being laid off so all of that mixed with pure exhaustion made me much more emotional than normal this morning. I needed to read that more than you will ever know, thank you so much.

I am going to take your advice and use the movie tickets this weekend with my daughter, it is a much-needed break from the chaos!