Saturday June 14th 2025

nighttech, CNA · Jun 14

Good morning, thanks for welcoming me! I am just finishing up my shift. I'm going to go home, do a few chores, sleep, and come back and do it all over again tonight.

My night started out a little busy, but the rest of the night was very slow.

Now I look forward to showering and eating breakfast-dinner!

Tweety, BSN, RN · Jun 14

Good morning!

Hi Joe, hope you have a good day.

Welcome night tech! Hope you have a good sleep and a good shift tonight.

Woke up and it was 5AM so I fed Waffles and went back to sleep for a couple of more hours.

Will go to a "No Kings" protest today. It's going to be hot, but it's Florida. Won't be there for long. It's only from 10:30 to 12:00.

Otherwise not sure what I'll do with my day. I do have some education to do for work. There's always something. I also need to get some Trauma CEUs as well as stroke CEUs because our designation as a trauma and stroke center.

Have a great day.

nursej22, MSN, RN · Jun 14

Welcome, @nighttech. Yes, get your rest! I think several of us here have done night shift, and sleep becomes so precious.

Another overcast, gloomy day, which will make the rally more tolerable. Ours isn't until 3 pm. I finally got a decent night's sleep, but I overdid using my sore shoulder yesterday, but digging some holes for dahlias. I will need to be more careful today. Dh found another packet of zinnia seeds, that I will get in the ground today, and I can do that one-handed.

I can think of a lot of "ought to tasks" but most require both hands, or at least my dominant hand. At least as a left-hander, I have had to learn to do things with my right, but still it can be tricky. You all should try brushing your teeth with the opposite hand, LOL.

Stars, I think you will be able to find maybe a flowy, long skirt and a nice top. When my sister broke her leg and had to wear a giant knee brace, I found her a couple that made it easy to dress for going out in public. I think I got them at JC Penny.

No Stars In My Eyes · Jun 14

So peculiar to move my feet and legs in bed and there is no Momo to work around. She had 3-4 places she slept on the bed, and we worked it out very nicely. I am having a hard time with her no longer being here. This sounds terrible, but I guess because of hubby's long-standing alcoholism, I didn't feel so bereft when he passed. I had already been mourning for quite some time before he actually passed. And at least I was with him when he did pass, and we had talked about it plenty, so we knew what we each felt. Anyway, death is a part of life. I like to think Momo is up in dog-heaven, welcomed by and playing with my other dogs who have passed over the years. But I am glad I had her and improved her life while she was still alive, and knew she was attached to me in a good way. She deserved all the love and care after what she had been through earlier in her life.

Nannie is old, yes, tmb, but she isn't 'actively' in the process of dying. But you are right about letting her eat what and the way she wants to. I have had other patients who I felt that way about, letting them please themselves on their way out of life, and other nurses thought I was terrible for being that way. But thank you for reminding me that it is not my job to keep trying to improve her health, when it is an inevitability that she passes. But I still feel like she is too stubborn to die. Can't expect her to remember anything I say to her beyond 30 seconds after I said it, so I don't know why I feel obliged to say anything at all. Have to switch gears, because I know the way I react to all her peculiarities is NOT healthy for ME! I think it is just the 9 years I've been here that is weighing on me so heavily,

More laundry today, otherwise I dunno what will be going on. I think SiL said she will come and get Nannie tomorrow after church, and bring her over to her house for a while, but then she said it wouldn't be for long ... so who knows what will happen! I am so used to having my plans for time off being thwarted weekly, Sometimes I feel like either Donald Duck or Daffy Duck inside, throwing a spastic FIT and stuttering and squalling, but on the outside I am like..."oh well!" That's why SiL thinks I am "so CHILL" about things, I'm really NOT, but what good does it do to give way to being mad as hell?

So, so, so, so....it is time to get the Nannie-person up. w00t? Not hardly.

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · Jun 14

I could say so many of those things about Gma as well. I'm fortunate that Hubs has accepted that by and large she is HIS responsibility. I tell him that he cannot get sick.

No Stars In My Eyes · Jun 14

Forgot to say it is 86 degrees, with humidity at 71% and a "feels like" of 98 degrees. Possibility of rain around 5 - 6 PM. Good day to stay inside the house!

And because Nannie was 'trained' to always make her bed up first thing, and, then because she lays down on top of it, ALLLLLL the sheets and blankets, etc, are soaked to the gills (if they even HAVE gills!), so I will be doing 3 loads of her stuff and 2 loads of mine. But at least mine are not pee-soaked! And what else is there to do? Nuttin'! Oh, except button the buttons for her on her over-blouse....they are small and she can't get em done. But she will unbutton them soon, no doubt because she is unable to quit fiddling with them. I try to give her the piece of cloth with buttons, zippers and shoelaces to fiddle with, but she prefers to be constantly re-adjusting her clothing.

I may change my seating arrangement so I am in the old recliner next to and slightly behind Nannie. When I am sitting here on the sofa with my head down while I am on the laptop, or turned away from her while I am watching TV, I do not see (or hear!) her when she tries to get up from her recliner and ends up stopped from going any further, with the full weight of her butt on the foot rest. And she doesn't SAY anythingOne of these days she will fall on her face while trying to complete her 'plan' to get up out of the chair. Then I will have to call the ambulance team to come get her up, and if they want to take her to the ER, I know the ER won't admit her, and then they will call me at the most inconvenient time to go pick her up. Why am I always so anticipatory? Because it has happened that way so many times over the years! Oh for heaven's sake, Stars, get your mind elsewhere now, PLEASE!

*sigh*

"As The Agitator Turns" is my wash-day soap-opera.