Interesting things

1. I had a crazy patient named Nate this week. He is very talkative and a little bit nuts and he was hit by a train last year. He rolled up his pantlegs to show me where they'd put the pins in his leg, and then told me to put my hand on his head. There was an area about 4 inches square that was missing the skull and I could feel softness through it. "Now feel this" he told me, and strained down, and as he did, his brain bulged out the hole. Talk about gross.
2. I had a dream today that I was a spy and I was hiding down the side of a building with my head turned all the way left so I was flatter. I woke up to find I was in the exact same position on my stomach in my bed. Only the tree that was suffocating me was actually my pillow.
3. I went to Sam and Yvonne's house for dinner and decided to make a cake. Because Marlene's kitchen is under construction I made it in the toaster oven, in a bundt pan. It rose properly, browned properly, and tasted great.
4. Last night Robin took me hiking up a mountain and on a bridge over a river he gave me a pretty little ring and asked me to marry him. I said yes, of course.
5. The whole purpose of this blog entry was to tell you that I'm engaged. And that I'm ridiculously happy about it.