sharpeimom

Nicolus Nicholas???

Birth announcement: Wrengracealmond All I can say is, "Huh?"

I'm having a severe case of the giggles too! My poor mother tried sooo hard to raise a lady!

It was in a birth announcement. Sorry! I'm absolutely NO help at all!

J-UAN Yep! All caps plus a dash!

That box of Lucky Charms must have been on sale!

I'd love it if you'd do one for me.Thanks!

Grover It wouldn't be so funny if we hadn't had a dog with that name.

The father's name is Raymond James ____. Son's legal name? Ryaj Grandson's name? Rayjjr All I can do is shake my head and say, "Huh?"

How about Auroa Purple Dawn?

It happens to psych nurses too! At a family dinner, a very bossy retired elementary school teacher aunt said when I was asked a "kid age" question, "Oh, she won't know the answer because she was just a psych nurse." Just?? Hummmppphhh!!!!! I'm so sorry about your family member. My mom had hospice at home and they were wonderful.

I would refuse very firmly, tell her to give you more notice next time, and when she doesn't (as she won't) I'd just ignore her calls and messages after that.

I was mom to a shar pei when I joined all nurses and am now mom to an adorable Staffy pup as well.

I worked inpatient locked department psych for too long to let a few fingernails bother me. Toenail clippings would be marginal.

A student with a question stopped by the house. He was wearing that lovely shirt.

I saw a t-shirt recently that I think this kid needs. It said, "Testicle Festival! Bring ALL the testosterone you can make!" No thanks! I'll just skip that one if it's OK.

With one tooth I lost, the tooth fairy didn't turn a light on, and in the morning I was thrilled to find she had left me a $20 bill! That night my dad had been the tooth fairy's apprentice and had pulled the wrong bill out of his wallet. When I had my wisdom teeth removed while I was in college, he returned them -- each one in its own little tooth fairy box! I put them under my pillow and she left me a one hundred dollar bill since three had been impacted and had been removed under general anesthesia in the hospital.

If the tooth keeps getting lost under the pillow, here's an alternate idea. Put the tooth in a glass, then put in the center of the kitchen table. Put a trail of soft breadcrumbs leading up to the glass on both sides. The tooth fairy (elf?) will eat the crumbs and have a sip of water and find the tooth. She can leave the money in the drained dry glass. Our neighbor across the street, who was a practicing dentist until he was ninety, devised the idea when his own kids were that age.

I voted!

Not private duty, but a winner nonetheless. It was the only comment on the whole page when I received my very first ninety day evaluation on my first nursing job. I contested it. "Katherine does not polish her shoe laces when she polishes her shoes."

Maybe I'm letting the thief off too easily but I almost always assume they need it worse or they wouldn't have lifted it in the first place.

What about wrapping a towel or a bath sheet around your patient before leaving the bathroom?

At the vet's office: Fluffy. The only problem? Fluffy is a foxy and not the long-awaited type.

My nurse cousin had a similar experience. It had been a HOT day when it was difficult to drink enough to remain hydrated. He went for the routine drug test required of all employees on his unit when his break came. The sample was amber. When sample was tested, it was off. His results had always been clean before so he redid it and passed with flying colors. You'll do great!

You mean I have to wear shoes and socks?! Sigh I wore the old fashioned tie up the side ones. They were either Clinics or NurseMates. I forget which.They were ugly but they were comfortable and had wonderful support I wore socks and walking shoe-type sneakers when I worked psych.