Good news--I got a call yesterday saying that my arrestee's HIV test came back negative, which meant that I could stop taking the damn HIV drugs I'd been on. They'd been making me pretty darn queasy, and the anti-nausea pills my doctor gave me put me to sleep (which is not a good thing when you're working 6pm-6am nightwatch) so I only took two of those. Still waiting to hear about the hepatitis test, but the buttfull of gamma globulin I got should hopefully take care of most of that risk should she be positive.

I got a call last night at about 8pm from my Lt. asking me what I was doing. "Cleaning my office," I replied. "That's the kind of exciting life I lead." "That's pathetic," he said. "A bunch of us are getting together on my boat to play cards and drink beer. Wanna come?"

Dumb question.

So I went down to the marina, managed to find his boat (it's in a different slip every time I go down there) and then learned how to play BooRay. BooRay is a trick-based game that is very popular in the wilds of Louisiana, and it has a reputation for being a somewhat wild game. The rules of BooRay vary with the locale, but people who play it seriously are very serious about it... and it is not at all unheard of for people to get shot for playing a trump card when they still had a card of the lead suit in their hand.

However, the game I was in was fairly civilized, with no weaponry immediately evident. I managed to only lose about $12, which wasn't too bad for my first time playing BooRay. (It's actually spelled "Boure" with the little ' accent over the e (it's a french/cajun thing), but I couldn't figure out how to do that in html, and most people just go ahead and spell it BooRay.)

Anyway, I had a great time, and it's really cool to be a part of a social group now.

And congrats to Clarion alum and NAWer, Chiara, for getting knocked up!