Monday May 15th 2023

Joe, are your zinnias not growing at all? I received 2 packets of flower seeds at church yesterday (Mother's Day). Four o'clocks and nasturtiums. I'll have to find a place to plant them. I also like to be outside (at least as long as I'm not sweating ridiculously or being chewed up by bugs). 

Tweety, that sounds like an exhausting shift. Hope today is better.

J22, how was the movie? I read The Book Thief and liked it. Seems that WW2 is fertile ground for a lot of good story-telling. There definitely were a lot of dramatic events, villains, and heroes. And ordinary people caught up in all of it.

Stars, I love Alexander McCall Smith. His writing is amusing and thought-provoking. I haven't kept up with the 2 series that I was at one time reading pretty faithfully -- the #1 Ladies Detective Agency and 44 Scotland Street. Oh, and the Isabelle Dalhousie series, too. I kind of wish the titles were numbered or at least had subtitles like "#14 in the 44 Scotland Street series". I'd like to read them more or less in order and have trouble remembering what I've read and what I haven't. 

I finally finished Wuthering Heights and started the book club selection for this month, The Seamstress of New Orleans. We watched the movie A Man Called Otto from the book A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Bachman. Another author whose books I have loved. I spent some time in the office Saturday finishing up things for the Med Staff and Infection Prevention Committee meeting today. Went to church (by myself, since Twin A was working) and sang with the choir. Hubs and I went out to eat in the evening after Twin A got home. Nothing was open in this little berg except Mexican restaurants (which I actually crave, but he is not such a big fan of) so we drove a few miles and went to a barbecue place for smoked brisket sandwiches. They were good, and washed down with a cold bottle of root beer. The drive took us through Noble, and we saw some of the damage from the latest tornadoes. Within a small distance from damage from another recent tornado. 

When Hubs first joined me back in Oklahoma, we actually put in an offer on a house near Noble. The offer was accepted but then the bank wouldn't loan us the money (at the last minute) -- this was before we sold the house in Indiana. It was a very frustrating time and we ended up renting until we moved in with my dad after my mom died. We sold the Indiana house about a year after not being able to buy the one in Noble. ANYWAY, during the tornado coverage the other night I kept hearing references to the street that house was on. 

I was glad to hear that the wildlife rehab didn't have any damage or other ill effects from the storms. It is in that area as well.

When we watch the local news, we get our forecast. However, when the Network News comes on and gives their weather report, they always show the places where the weather was REALLY BAD, and poor old Nannie has to be reminded that those weather 'events' happened thousands of miles away from us. Her sense of geography is even worse than mine!

Ado, This is my first Alexander McCall Smith book, and I think it is the second one in the series, so I am already behind when the characters were first introduced. 

I once had a patient who had lived in and referred to Oklahoma as "Okla-dammit" because of the propensity for destructive storms.

Nannie is siesta-ing, hubby is out in the Ford, and I have to make a run to the grocery store AGAIN. This time for coffee and toilet paper. It's always sumpthin'! Gotta go now to be able to miss the school bus and shift-change traffic.

Toodles!

Good evening.

Overtime shift went well.  I had five patients and an empty bed most of the day until I got an admission at 6:40pm.  Again. Oh well, we are still making $500 for an extra shift and it will take the sting out of inflation and expenses.

Off for a couple of days.  

Great pictures!  Glad you had a good weekend!

Ooh, Dianah, those are neat pictures. Yes, the desert is fascinating and I enjoy visiting, but the heat can be overwhelming. I always wonder how people in the 1800s ever survived. 

Gosh, you people with your books put me to shame. I really have trouble finishing a book. The Book Thief movie was quite good. We enjoyed A Man Called Otto, and I had read the book a few years ago. 

Oh Tweety, don't you know shift change admits are just a coincidence. not. yes, the extra $$$ should take some sting out, but make sure you take care of yourself! 

Meatloaf in a crockpot? That does sound interesting. 

It is hot again, today. I jogged early in the day, and actually had one of my better runs. We went over to visit MIL, and ran a few errands. Now I'm hiding in the house until it cools off tonight. 

Nice pix, dianah!

Braves pitched a shut-out game 12 - 0 over Houston Astros.