Well, I passed my EMT test, which is a good feeling. Now all that's left is to finish clinicals and take the state test. I passed the class final with 90%, and it takes 70% on a similar test to pass the state certification, so I'm confident, but it's a month away, so I have to keep reviewing.
Our anniversary is this week, and I had a pretty good plan--I was going to surprise her with a trip to the nearest big city. We were going to drop off the kids with my sister, take the scenic route to the city, see a play my wife has wanted to see since it was on Broadway, and stay in a nice hotel overnight.
But all that aside, it hasn't really been a good couple of days. Last night, her grandmother went into the hospital, and the short version is that she's not expected to recover. All plans are in limbo; my wife is driving four hours by herself to say goodbye tomorrow. One of my sons was upset that he couldn't go with her, but I'm not going to force her to put up with his behaviors by herself when she's already strung so tightly, and he really doesn't understand what he's asking to be part of--driving eight hours round trip to spend maybe 15 minutes in an ICU room looking at a woman he'll hardly recognize in the state she's in. It's not going to be a fun visit.
