Friday through Sunday of the holiday weekend, Dr. Hottie was on home call. This means he must be able to get to the hospital within 20-30 minutes if needed. Admittedly, it sort of feels like house arrest. The mountains and all of its adventures are calling- and also happen to be 30-60 minutes away- before you even hit the trailhead. We're not really city folk, and I had a hard time coming up with things to do close to home. The second challenge is that, whatever you do should take one hour or less- if it's longer than that you will inevitably be interrupted by the evil pager. So in trying to avoid the black hole that is self-pity, here's the start of a list of short bursts of activity that can be done close to home.
1. Hill repeats: we found out it only takes ~5 around these parts until you want to puke.
2. Have a pool day: that just happens to be a 90 second bike ride from the hospital.
3. Make a fun summer-themed dessert to share: that only takes ~30 minutes to make.
4. Have an evening picnic at the neighborhood park: but make sure you have a quick escape plan if/when the sprinklers turn on (at least we don't mind water...)
5. Watch your favorite TV shows on netflix: Because the only show I can hold out & only watch with Dr.H is about a scary serial killer (check out Dexter- but don't watch alone).
So yea, instead of a glorious 3 day holiday weekend trip- we worked on surviving call weekends. What are holidays again ?!?!!
1. Hill repeats: we found out it only takes ~5 around these parts until you want to puke.
2. Have a pool day: that just happens to be a 90 second bike ride from the hospital.
3. Make a fun summer-themed dessert to share: that only takes ~30 minutes to make.
4. Have an evening picnic at the neighborhood park: but make sure you have a quick escape plan if/when the sprinklers turn on (at least we don't mind water...)
5. Watch your favorite TV shows on netflix: Because the only show I can hold out & only watch with Dr.H is about a scary serial killer (check out Dexter- but don't watch alone).
So yea, instead of a glorious 3 day holiday weekend trip- we worked on surviving call weekends. What are holidays again ?!?!!