Sunday May 7th 2023

[Joe NightingMale, MSN, RN]

Stars it's understandable why your stomach would act  up, mine would too under stress.  And it must be stressful seeing him deteriorate but  take  no action

Tweety I agree, self care is a must given that he won't care for himself

NJ22 I have heard that diet can influence inflammation.  I tend to be frugal too

Ado my dad's girlfriend recently had shingles.  I agree, she needs to be seen soon

Went to the bird watching event but had to park a block or two down the street due to a lack of parking.  Still got to the event in time and saw a lot of birds, including a pileated woodpecker which I haven't seen before.  Going to go next week too

Rest of the day went pretty well too.  Did some cleaning, ran an errand or two, and had lunch with dad.  Rode my bike around the neighborhood and to the library.  Picked up the next book on the book club's list.  Watched Blacula but gave up after half an hour, too campy  and low quality (especially the sound) and full of stereotypes

Have church today, will be assisting so I have to get there a bit early.  Will do a little preparation before church for a crock pot  pumpkin soup I'm going to make after church.  While that's cooking I plan to do some CEUs.  Might ride my bike or go for a walk later

Will get up to the mid 80s today with rain tonight

 

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

Good morning!

Joe, hope you have a good Sunday.  A lot of those old movies got away with things that wouldn't fly today.

Ado, is urgent/convenient care an option?  We have them all over the place here and I've been to them a few times and gotten excellent advice/care.

As always, I'm glad you take me well Stars. 

I woke up way too early and decided to get up at 4:40.  Lately 4AM triggers something in me to awaken.  It's quite annoying.  I did take a brief 30 minute nap later.  I had coffee and cleared my head and got 15 more CEUs studying the central nervous system.  25.5 more CEUs and I can renew one last time to get my ANCC certification.  At least I don't have to promise myself that I won't wait until the last minute.

I've been taking a course on Insight Timer on procrastination.  But I'm procrastinating on today's lesson.    I managed to not procrastinate and made it to the gym and grocery store.  Going to make some chickpea soup and maybe some egg bites (little omelettey things you use a muffin pan to make) using some vegan Just Egg.  

 

 

 

 

 

[Ado Annie, ASN, RN]

Tweety, today she sent another picture and we are both pretty sure it's shingles. I urged an urgent care or ER if she couldn't get in to her doc and I think she'll do one or another tomorrow. For relief. But she says she can make it through today. 

I need help with procrastination. I had a pretty good week at work but at home I'm not doing well. Hubs has left to go to the lake this afternoon to help someone else get his boat in the water. Twin B is sleeping. Twin A is home. Gma is at the dining table muttering to herself. I need to change sheets today and wash some linens. And buy some pate-style cat food for Turbo although she has been managing the shreds OK today. She is in my lap again. Feline paralysis is only a small part of my procrastination, though. I was awful and sent Hubs to church and the choir without me. I stayed up late last night reading and puttering. I'm reading Wuthering Heights since I never had. Why is this book so "classic"? The people are awful and it's hardly a love story. But I'll finish it. 

I did verify that stepdaughter's 5-yr-old twins have had chicken pox vaccines. 

[No Stars In My Eyes]

Hello~

I got up waaaay late, got Nannie up, and now we are watching the ballgame that started at 11:30 AM Now it is in extra innings, the 11th to be specific, and now we go to bottom of the 12th inning.....and WE got a walk-off run and WON! Yippee!

Hubby just came to the den from out in the Ford. He looks really tired. I think it would be a good idea to review his Advanced Directives; he already has a DNR (as we all do here). Not that it would make a heck of a lot of difference in how he acts to take care of himself, but I would like to be clear on the 'just-in-case" events...

Several Hours Later~ I went out and picked up some takeout supper. I guess I won't have the talk hubby until Nannie goes to bed...

[dianah, ASN]

Ado, I had to look up why Wuthering Heights is considered a classic.

From Cliff Notes: "Wuthering Heights is an important contemporary novel for two reasons: Its honest and accurate portrayal of life during an early era provides a glimpse of history, and the literary merit it possesses in and of itself enables the text to rise above entertainment and rank as quality literature."

A Doctoral Candidate in English's take on it (lifted from a 2018 article): "It is a Paradise Lost of a novel: its poetry Miltonic, its style hyperbolic, and its cruelty relentless. It has left readers and scholars alike stumbling to locate its seemingly Delphic meaning, as we try to make sense of the Hobbesian world it portrays."

"To appreciate the greatness of Wuthering Heights, I had to stop trying to read it as a love story. It's when I began to read it instead as a story of intergenerational abuse, and how that abuse creates monsters, that I started to understand why it's such a beloved book... 

Per Constance Grady, ... a senior correspondent on the Culture team for Vox:  "As a portrait of the cycle of abuse, this is heady stuff. Wuthering Heights takes place in a viciously brutal world, one in which casual interfamily violence is the norm, and it is clear-eyed about the emotional dynamics that build such a world and allow it to flourish.

But that world is a nightmare. It's an undeniably well-crafted nightmare of deep psychological resonance, and it is rich and immersive, so that when you read it, you feel that you are trapped on the moors and there are people screaming all around you. It's an incredible literary effect and Emily Brontë was probably a genius to achieve it, and holy god I want no part in it.

So on Emily Brontë's 200th birthday, here's to the monumental achievement of a woman who left very little behind. Wuthering Heights is one of the only windows we have available to the interior life of its fiercely private author, and it is a staggering accomplishment.

Please never force me to read it again." (emphasis mine)

So, Ado, you are not alone. :)  I'm sure I have read it at one time in my life, but cannot recall many details of it (see how affected I was by it?).  However, I can recite certain passages of Little Women, having read and re-read that book many times.  Same with Pride and Prejudice. 

I woke up with a sore right hip and kinda down-ish.  After lunch I dug in the soil in a small area in the front yard, and planted the cherry tomato plant I'd purchased at Lowe's some days ago.  I want to plant a few other things, too, just to be able to run out and grab things as they ripen.  Lawn sprinklers will keep them watered.  I will change sheets and linens tonight.  Dh is almost done with the jam.

Have a good afternoon/evening!

 

[No Stars In My Eyes]

Here's a humdinger of "DID YOU KNOW" .....

 Nannie was on American Idol last year?  Yes, she said so!! And she was shocked when "that guy" told her to try singing in a lower key, "and it shocked me, because you know I have always sung the high soprano parts; and you know, he was right!" ....I said,"Oh, huh. That's interesting."

We previously 'found out', if you will remember, she also played baseball with the Atlanta Braves a few years ago.

[dianah, ASN]

Wow, Nannie is quite the celebrity (in her own mind)!!

[Ado Annie, ASN, RN]

Who knew that Nannie is such a multi-faceted individual? ?

[nursej22, MSN, RN]

I remember reading Withering Heights in high school. And we watched the really old movie adaptation with Lawrence Olivier, David Niven and Merle Oberon. And that's about all I remember. I took 2 English courses, called Great Books and Great Books 2. We read a lot of classics--some were a slog, like Crime and Punishment, and some I really liked, like Pride and Prejudice. 

Anyhoo, today turned out okay. I woke up achy and sore, but tylenol and advil did their job. I cleaned up the kitchen, and helped ds make chili.  Then, went outside to putter about. Now, I'm watching 60 minutes and the hockey game. 

I didn't realize Nannie was such a celebrity! 

I plan to pick up some little herb plants for my deck planter--I grow thyme, oregano, rosemary, sage, and parsley. It's so handy to have just outside the door. It's still too cold for tomato plants outside. Next week, maybe. 

A pileated woodpecker! Those things are huge when you see them up close! And quite striking in appearance. That reminds me when I came home the other morning, I heard this weird sound like squeaky hinges up in the neighbors' tree. It was a pair of bald eagles vocalizing! 

I suppose I need to do some CEs, but I'm not sure I'll maintain my license. It's paid for this year, so I can, as usual, procrastinate, LOL. 

 

[nursej22, MSN, RN]

Here is my blurry photo of the chatty eagles 

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

I just realized my sheets are still in the dryer from Saturday.  Guess I have a thing or to two learn about procrastination and perhaps focus.

Nannie the celebrity.  Who knew. 

I never read Whuthering Heights.  My education didn't seem to have of read too many books.  Just short stories and plays and the dreaded Shakespeare.

Working an overtime shift Monday.

Here's a picture of a bird I took on Sunday evening.

 

 

[dianah, ASN]

I loved Shakespeare!  (still do)