…6/21–10: peace & serenity

72º in ABQ; 18% humidity at 6A…GAQ; Las Cruces City MGR resigned; NM is trying to lure MX tourists into our state; local man may have a plan to stop the oil leak in the in the Gulf of MX; overnight fire at ABQ High School; power outages yesterday from high winds, and toppled trees; now, five people have died in last week’s plane crash near Ruidoso; saw Bernalillo Rail Runner stop this past weekend; Santa Fe man accused of shooting two campers; NM father murdered his two sons, then killed himself;

Has PICU added their documentation to PowerChart?; long wait at UNMH E/R; I ask for my time off, and usually for two hours per week; home via very fast PM R/R; an anniversary card from Judi, an IM Coder who used to work with me;

ABQ temp mentioned on ABC AM news; wet in: Twin Cities, Rapid City, Omaha, Chicago, Fargo, Orlando, New Orleans, Great Falls, Detroit, INDY & Madison; hail fell on parts of WY & MT during this past weekend; heat in Tulsa, from DC to Dallas & ATL; tornadoes tore through Billings, MT, where they kept reforming: caught on video; fires threaten Flagstaff; tornado threat for MT, KS & IA; stormy weather along sections of I-10, I-80, I-90 & I-94; this is the first day of summer; temps from the 60s to 100s;

Dallas shootout killed one police officer; bacon in rainbow colors; in Chicago, fifty-two shootings during one weekend; violence on the rise in Baltimore; oil spill damage may reach $2 billion; the DOW ended down; the state with the most single dads is IN; for the Gulf along the beach: tourism is out, while tar balls are in; woman shot on IL highway while onlookers watched from their vehicles, and did nothing; the Times SQ bomber admits his guilt;

An increase in N Iraq suicide attacks; S China floods; burglar crawled under a bed to avoid being caught by police; featherless penguin gets his own suit; high amounts of radiation detected in N Korea; gold is $1,257.20 an ounce; oil is $77.00 per barrel; Portugal win in World Cup Soccer; by 2011, China will lead the world in manufacturing;

…6/22–10: the gentle sounds of silence

67º in ABQ; 25% humidity at 6A…GAQ; did someone receive a call from the W Mesa killer?; Brad made Guacamole, and Zucchini Lasagna; woman cut in the face by someone at a NW Duke City motel; pot plants found growing along the bank s of the Rio Grande; unclaimed money for Duke City schools?;

Continue GPU billing, check for PICU documentation; ran & missed the PM R/R, took the Central bus home; car driving on Central at Cornell drove through a red light; no PICU Admits;

ABQ temp mentioned on the ABC AM News; wet in: JAX, Cleveland, the Twin Cities, Rapid City, Yellowstone, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Ann Arbor, INDY, St. Louis, Omaha, Fargo, Milwaukee, Des Moines, Buffalo, Baltimore, DC & New Orleans; hot & humid in Richmond; Nashville will be warmer than ABQ; bad weather along parts of I-70, I-90, I-94 & I-95; chance of tornadoes in NE, IA, all the way to PA; per The Weather Channel; Celia is now a Category 2 hurricane; twister reported in SE FL; temps from the 70s to the 100;

‘FL beaches never looked better’ is the latest slogan; 255 fires are burning in the Gulf of MX, the smell of oil is overwhelming; Times SQ bomber faces 100 years in jail; key Obama economic aide will step down; more nurses strike in MN; grasshoppers invade CA town; total expenses by the US to clean the oil spill: $122 million; the DOW dropped; NY plans to increase its cigarette tax; a WI town’s name is misspelled on the city’s water tower; harmless grenade shuts down a Pittsburgh airport & rail station; PA man returned wedding reception money to a bride & groom, that lost the cash on a highway; sharks are moving closer to the FL shores, where the water is cleaner; judges say it is OK to drill & build more oil rigs; White House issued the “patient’s bill of rights”; some companies only want to hire people who are currently employed, and that’s not against the law;

Floods in Brazil; dog rips license plate from a car; classical violinist from Japan plays music to the beat of video games; baby broke record by wearing 215 pairs of underwear at one time; because of the World Cup victory [or, loss], will N Korea declare war on Portugal?; gold is $1,239.90 an ounce; oil is $77.50 per barrel;