From Teacher to Ambulance Driver to Tournament Director In 24 hours

I can not reveal any details, but last night after I had put on my night gown and gotten in bed very late, after a very long and fun day teaching, I got a call. One of my students needed to go to the hospital and so I took her. I was up until two in the morning. Everyone is fine. I was needed to drive and was happy to help. I just missed a few hours sleep.

So I drove home this morning from Virginia. Changed my clothes, threw a whole lot more Mah jongg sets in my car and went to set up for the Caring house tournament. It was a sell out with 160 participants. So many of my students and friends from far and wide were there.

It was a loud, fun party. Sometimes people forgot to write their names or their table numbers on their score sheets, but eventually I got the whole thing figured out. We had some happy winners and it was all in service for caring house which does good work taking care of cancer patients at Duke.

I am just glad that I was not needed to provide any medical support tonight. I am not sure there are enough hours for me to recover.