Published Dec 21, 2024
Joe NightingMale, MSN, RN
1,547 Posts
Stars hope you were able to get your new Keurig
Dianah I'm not too bad at driving in snow but I definitely don't care for it
Ado I hope the antibiotic help the cat
Tweety hope today is better
NJ22 sorry to hear about the accident and the dogs getting sick. Glad that you are OK
Work started to get a little crazy at times, as I got another new case, thankfully a coworker helped with the tasks for the other coworker who was out. So by the end of the day things were quiet
As was the rest of the day. Ran a few errands and exercised. Cat seems mostly back to normal, although her appetite is down a bit
Today I'm going to try and get out to the Arboretum, although it might prove too cold, we'll see. Then I have lunch with dad. Then I'm hosting a dinner out with the over 50 group. Trying out another new restaurant, if this one works out I may try having it at this same location for a while rather than doing new ones every month like I have been
Colder day today, only in the mid 20s
Tweety, BSN, RN
35,513 Posts
Good morning!
Gosh J22, hope you're okay and you have better days.
I got up with the dogs at their breakfast time and laid down for a couple more hours.
I've spent a lot of time working on myself and how I respond to work stress. Yesterday I was a bit disappointed that I resorted to anger and negativity. Qualities I normally don't have and react more calmly and professional. Yesterday I just seemed to be bombarded, "start my IV", "draw some blood", two emergencies, having to go to endoscopy with a patient getting blood that I started because it wouldn't have gotten done on time, asking for help with stuff and getting "I'm too busy" and taking two admissions myself because they gave of three shift change admissions. I've also worked very hard in dispelling the myth that "charge nurse" means "personal slave to do what I don't want to do so I can get out on time, but too bad the charge nurse has to stay late".
Sorry just venting. Maybe I'm overthinking but it seems since I interviewed to do it full time, I've had rotten days. LOL.
I took a coworker home that lives very near me and she wanted to stop at McDonalds and pick up her dinner and that's what I also had for dinner last night. I gained a couple of pounds already this Christmas. It's not a good season but only a few more days to go and the diet and healthy eating begins again.
I have four days off. Then in charge Xmas and Boxing Day. I do have some days working the floor coming up.
toomuchbaloney
14,963 Posts
Happy Solstice from the land of the midnight sun. Tomorrow I will enjoy 20 seconds more of daylight. Our daylight temperatures are pretty steadily below zero generally but we are experiencing a warm spell and our temps through Christmas should be hanging in the single digits.
Edited to add that the image shows the highest point of the sun as seen over the Alaska Range from University of Alaska Fairbanks in Winter.
Gorgeous pics!
nursej22, MSN, RN
4,514 Posts
Stunning!
No Stars In My Eyes
5,270 Posts
Okay, I'm serious, Tweety and j22, you are going to have a good day today! Sounds like yesterday was a total bust for y'all. So, No More! I mean it!
Got up twice to put Nannie back to bed during the night; last time was a 4 AM. Then when I woke up and went to the kitchen to make some coffee at 8 AM, there she was in her recliner again, all slumped down and sound asleep. I let her be and took my coffee upstairs, set it on the bedside table. pulled my covers up, and promptly fell back to sleep.
Woke up at noon, got dressed and came down to get Nannie going.....meds and breakfast first and then into the bathroom to get washed and dressed. Put the same thing on her today as she wore yesterday and she acted like a kid at Christmas, smiling and clapping her hands:"Oh goody, I LOVE that jacket!" Last night when I took it off her she fussed because she wanted to wear it to bed, but I said, "No, We don't wear jackets to bed," (The Royal "We") She is so afraid that once she takes off whatever 'favorite' outfit she has on, she'll never see it again. I always reassure her I am going to hang it up with her other 'favorite' clothes and they will all be there in the morning. 🙄
It is sunny today, but the high temp is only going to be 42 and it is breezy, so the dead leaves are tumbling around. Naturally Nannie asked me 3x, "Are we going out somewhere today?" (Nope, 'we' isn't and neither am I.) She is currently adjusting her sleeves and checking her jacket buttons, staring intently at her shoes, and squinting out at the sunny back yard.
Hoping Nannie will do the napping thing so I can go upstairs and change my bed and do some laundry. And do some more dishes and empty the wastebaskets AGAIN. So, w00t! Another exciting day for this Domestic Goddess. Ppfftt!
Last night I felt like crying again, but the tears won't come. I think I would feel better after I cry and release the tension, but can't force it, so I just picked up my new book, a piece of fiction based on a true story about a young woman who decided to pass herself off as her dead brother, and became the Pope! I couldn't get either of the historical books that had the 'true story", but this fictionalized story gives a really good idea of what life was like 'way back when'. Not an easy life! One of the 'medicines' they used was carefully collected pigeon dung, and there were a few other horrendous treatments along that line. OY! It's a thousand wonders people lived after being treated with them.
So, anyway, I am keeping an eye on Nannie and once she starts to doze heavily, I will be about my biznezz, what hubby used to refer to as "the wifely chores."
No Stars In My Eyes said: I felt like crying again, but the tears won't come. I think I would feel better after I cry and release the tension, but can't force it,
I felt like crying again, but the tears won't come. I think I would feel better after I cry and release the tension, but can't force it,
NEB generally smokes a bowl and puts on a movie when she's feeling melancholy. I found her crying over an old Star Trek movie the other day. We had a laugh about that.
This is always a low time of year for me. I associate it with death. I know, that morbid, but I've several relatives die around now, and it was when past nursing home patients died. I got my car to the tire store to fix my flat from last night. The wheel was ruined, so they'll replace that and check to see if the tire is any good. I called the insurance and an adjuster should call Monday. My right wrist is a little sore and swollen, but otherwise I think I'm fine. Each staff has an idea of what the charge should do. I was never that great at IV starts, so I could usually push that off. Stay strong and take care of yourself. Stars interrupted sleep just sucks. Hopefully daycare will help? I want chips and dip, but I don't want to make it. Wah wah. Dh is going to make risotto tonight which sounds good. I hope it's done before bedtime. oh, and the dogs seem to be feeling better.
Nannie slept all afternoon: CHECK!
Did the dishes: CHECK!
Finishing up the last load of laundry: CHECK!
Changed all human and dog Pee-pads/Chux: CHECK!
Will be making my bed with fresh stuff once the comforter and fitted sheet are through drying, so SORTA CHECK! ('cause I can't go to sleep with a wet comforter.)
ALMOST time to make supper for Nannie: To Be Checked in a little while.
tmb~I smoke a bowl or two every night between 10 PM and 2 AM, as my consolation for being irritated by being stuck with Nannie all day, almost every AM and PM. Makes me feel somewhat relieved and better, not sadder. The only movies I ever cried over were "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", and "Coming Home" with Jane Fonda and oh-shoot-what's-his-name-- (Angelina Jolie's Dad who was also friend of Ratso Rizzo in another movie.) I really FELT it so DEEPLY for Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp), being the only one who felt responsible for all the heaviness of everything going on in the movie and his family. It was just so SAD!
Dryer's buzzer just spoke out. Will prolly have to do a second round as it is not just my comforter, but also Momo's 'clam-shell' bed, both of which she scooted her fanny on after a BM. 🤫 Then after it is thoroughly dry I will go up and make my bed. But first will be Nannie's supper.....
NSIME, NEB says that it must be indica to really classify as crybaby cannabis.
Yeah, it was Jon Voight, as the paralyzed veteran returning from the war, in Coming Home. I worked with quads and Paras in my first nursing job at MGH (in 'Bahstin' or 'Bawstenn'.) so I was really aware of what a wheelchair patient had to go through.
And one other movie I wanted to cry during was the original 'Lassie Come Home'. I am heart-heavy whenever there is a hurt animal.
Indica or the other one (name lost in a brain blip) but I also have the real thing, and I don't mean coca-cola. Don't want to keep taking Xanax when I am bummed out; 'druther have it as my sleep med.
My problem is I just L-O-N-G for time BY MYSELF, ALONE! (Joan Armatrading's "Me, Myself, and I" was my secret theme song since I first heard it!)
dianah, ASN
8 Articles; 4,537 Posts
Hello all!
nursej22, hope your wrist feels better soon, good you didn't sustain worse injuries! Car? it'll get fixed. Good the dogs are better. I go back and forth, knowing it is a beautiful season of promise, yet remembering all who are no longer with us (especially those recently deceased, and thinking of their families, coping with the first holidays after such a loss).
Wow, No Stars, you are on a CHECK-OFF roll!! I hope Nannie stays in bed and sleeps allllllllllllllllll night, so you can have YOUR rest. Your nails look nice, BTW. 😉
TMB, those photos are just gorgeous! I'm sure I'd be so thankful to see the sun FINALLY peep over the horizon, knowing longer (and warmer) days are a'comin'!
Joe, how was the Arboretum (and the get-together)? Glad your cat's appetite is picking up. They don't always give clear messages when they don't feel well.
Tweety, YAY, time OFF!! I'm sure the dogs like having you home. Any plans?
We watched Zoom Sabbath School, and then had lunch and watched an episode of The Chosen. This afternoon I baked more cookies for dh, and made a cranberry-jalapeno dip for us. I took a small amount from the whole, for me, and mixed it with stevia rather than sugar. We'll see what happens! We plan to go to the local theater to see their last play of the year, A Sherlock Carol. It's nothin' fancy, we can go casual, and it's close-by, and will be a nice night 'out.'
Have a good evening!