Nurses and holiday exhaustion

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And, the Holidays are not over yet. How on earth do Nurses do it? How do they juggle their personal and professional lives? When do you find time to shop, cook, clean, decorate, interact with all the relatives, AND hold down your Nursing job ... heck, when do you SLEEP? I raise my champagne glass to you, oh NURSE extraordinaire ... you are to be commended on a job well done.

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I'm still trying to ...

Our Christmas celebration AND New Years celebration, will be this week.

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sirI said:
I'm still trying to ...

Our Christmas celebration AND New Years celebration, will be this week.

Mine too. Due to my husband and I both having to work Christmas. It broke my heart that neither of us could be with our daughter.

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BecomingNursey said:
Mine too. Due to my husband and I both having to work Christmas. It broke my heart that neither of us could be with our daughter.

Aw, I'm sorry, BecomingNursey.

I have family scattered to the four winds and ALL will arrive throughout the day tomorrow.

My mind is going in a dozen different directions. LOL!

I hope you have a great celebration this week. ?

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I just decided that if nobody will die in case this "something" is not done, then I can live without doing it. If someone else will most definitely die, then he/she is welcome to be my guest and do it

Doesn't solve problem 100% but takes care about approximately half of the things. I have to reconcile myself with a lot of things not dusted for the next couple of years if I want to make it through grad school.

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sirI said:
Aw, I'm sorry, BecomingNursey.

I have family scattered to the four winds and ALL will arrive throughout the day tomorrow.

My mind is going in a dozen different directions. LOL!

I hope you have a great celebration this week. ?

Thanks! You too ? Hoping for safe travels for all of your family.

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Two words. Amazon Prime. I did almost all of my Christmas shopping through Amazon. It was delivered to my house within a couple of days and promptly went to our spare bedroom. I wrapped on days off.

Decorating - the entire family helps on a weekend I have off. (This year it was the weekend after Thanksgiving).

Cleaning - ongoing, we all just pitch in and help so that when the holidays roll around there's no panic driven cleaning spree.

Cooking - we do a lot of crock pot meals over the holidays. That or soup that can simmer on the stove all day or easily be warmed up.

Work - it is what it is. Rotating schedule.

Beyond that, I've learned to relax. A lot. If the house isn't spotless, if I forget to wrap a gift, if the soup scorches, or if the puppy poos on the floor, it's not the end of the world. Some of these "disasters" are the stuff we laugh about the hardest when reminiscing!

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amazon Prime - a man's best friend :D

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Joe V said:
amazon Prime - a man's best friend :D

AND, a woman's. :):)

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KatieMI said:
I just decided that if nobody will die in case this "something" is not done, then I can live without doing it. If someone else will most definitely die, then he/she is welcome to be my guest and do it

Doesn't solve problem 100% but takes care about approximately half of the things. I have to reconcile myself with a lot of things not dusted for the next couple of years if I want to make it through grad school.

I'm with ya on that. No profound hemorrhage, death, all's o.k. ?

I just ask that everyone NOT try to sign their names in the dust. LOL!

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BecomingNursey said:
Thanks! You too ? Hoping for safe travels for all of your family.

Thank you so much.

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I let people with the time and desire get it all done this year, and it was awesome! Didn't have to bake, cook dinner, wrap presents, etc. I did manage to get the tree decorated and stockings up, so I'm impressed with myself.

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