It's been a long run of inactivity here at the Hot Corner, but Thursday-Saturday are my busiest days of the week. For some reason a certain college that I may or may not work for schedules every game for every sport from Thursday-Saturday and leaves every other day open. So much for moderation.

But this week, our teams were on the road, so I decided to give Trista the Valentine's present she had asked for. See, I get the double whammy. Her b-day is on the 13th. Back-to-back. At least it's not easy to forget. Well, a few weeks ago I asked what she wanted and she simply said, a card with something nice written in it delivered in person. That might not sound like much, but when you work on the weekends and live three hours away, it's not so simple.

But Thursday I checked out of work early, drove to Morgantown just in time to walk into the hospital and hand deliver a Valentine's Day card. Needless to say she was quite surprised. The smile and hug was all the thanks I could ask for. It was also fortunate that I was in town. Friday, she came down with a high fever and nasty cough and they sent her home from work before I could head back to Erie. I decided the proper thing to do would be work from the laptop in Morgantown and tend to illness.

I've always been the type of person that wants to fix every problem, but when someone is sick, you can't worry about fixing the problem. The only thing, and most important thing (I learned this from my mom and grandma) is just be there and be a comforter. Go to the store and pick up medicine and little food items that will make them feel better. Clean up around the house so they don't have to. Do the little mundane tasks like laundry so they won't have it on their mind. Just do anything you can so all they have to worry about is resting and relaxing. I actually enjoyed being the housekeeper and nurse for a day. But believe me, I have no future in the health care business. I majored in journalism for a reason.

On a side note, I'll be blogging about the NBA Slam Dunk competition tomorrow. I was blown away by this year's participants.