A long night

7:23pm, pacific standard time, hotel in Palm Desert, California, USA, Thursday night, February 23, 2023. An admission was scheduled for this afternoon, dependent on when a certain patient came home from the hospital. Ten minutes before 5pm, the on call nurse texted me, saying she couldn’t make the visit. Inclement weather had her stuck in the hi-desert. Long story short, rather than cancel the admission, I drove an hour up the hill to get the her, turned around, then drove an hour back down the mountain and dropped her off at the appointment. Now, after a quick dinner, I am going to pick her up at the patient’s home and take her back to Yucca Valley. Then, I am going to turn around and come back to Palm Desert. Hopefully, I will be in bed by 10:30pm. It has been a long night already.