Thursday October 13 2022

Editorial Team / Admin · Oct 13, 2022

Hello all!

I liked The Professor and the Madman! I read it a few years ago. Perhaps it's time to read it again! I do like most of his books, though (Simon Winchester)!

S and I had a nice walk in the park yesterday. I think, though, I did something to my right hip. When I got home, I made a quick soup and dh and I sat and ate it and watched a Poirot episode, and when I got up later I could hardly stand. It hurts to walk, though I have full ROM. Last night it complained if I moved it. So, sleep wasn't great, and it is still "owie!" this morning. Will see how it behaves. Will give it some time to heal.

nursej22, good luck with the driving! Yes, that is one boring drive, through the desert! Lucky you are not in a covered wagon, going agonizingly slowly!

Nothing else planned for today.

Have a good day!

nursej22, MSN, RN · Oct 13, 2022

I would never have made it as a pioneer woman in a Conestoga wagon, LOL.

nursej22, MSN, RN · Oct 13, 2022

Only 2 more hours of driving to go.
Dianah, I hope your hip pain eases quickly!

NoStars, I understand your reluctance to do a video meeting, but who is going to listen in? An inebriated person and someone who can’t remember she lives there? And maybe there are too many secrets at your house. I am sure your hubby hasn’t even thought about who is actually keeping the household running. Or what will happen when he’s not around. Just my 2 cents.
Hi to all.

No Stars In My Eyes · Oct 13, 2022

My mother had my writing (penmanship) analyzed when I was in my late teens. I can't remember anything that the report said, other than "she would have made a good pioneer woman." Huh. Wish I knew the rest of it; and also, my penmanship changed over the years, as I am a lot sloppier than I used to be. Now I'd be a good 'sloth' ?, as Sabby used to say of herself. (Wonder how she's doing?)

Did a few errands today, and would not let hubby drive out to pick up supper. When I said, "No, I'll drive to pick up supper." he didn't even ask why. I reckon he knew why, slurry voice and hesitations mid-sentence, and unsteady on his feet. If he had gone, he would've come home with something wrong about the order and he would huff and puff about the idiots at the drive-through window. I've heard him make orders on the phone in his condition and he just can't pull it together enough, even when I give him a plainly written list of the orders.

He and Nannie are now having their post supper nap; the news won't be on for another 15 minutes. I hope this isn't one of the evenings he doesn't holler at the TV and the Newscaster, and the stories, and the people in the stories, especially politicians and medical experts.

j22, I promise that hubby would not be inebriated to the degree that he wouldn't be able to tell what I was saying and get insulted and "Why do you have to tell complete strangers?" // And supposedly Nannie doesn't know he drinks. The last time he fell, as we were going downstairs to the den he whispered in my ear, "Don't tell Nannie about me falling, OK?"

Enough of that, I say!

Hope Nannie goes to bed early tonight. No ballgame to watch. Oh, and we won last nights game. Next game is Friday.

I need to take one of my 0.5 mg Xanax. I have what I refer to as "emotional nausea". All the down and bad feelings sink to my stomach where they stay until my stomach says "AAARRRGGGHHH!", and it makes me cough, followed by gagging. No emesis though. That's how come I know it is from un-released emotions.

But, like I said ENOUGH!

Thanks everybody, for being there.

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · Oct 13, 2022

3 hours ago, nursej22 said:

I would never have made it as a pioneer woman in a Conestoga wagon, LOL.

Me neither! LOL

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · Oct 13, 2022

I've been enjoying some kind-of-rare peaceful days.

Monday morning Hubs called from home and told me he wanted to "trade jobs". LOL. No way! I guess the cat or cats had vomited, he had to clean his mom up. And one of our dogs has started dropping turds as she walks through the house (thankfully, she is still continent of urine) and Hubs sat in a chair that had some poop in it. At least he was laughing about it. Thank God tramadol makes him happy.

Then when I got home that evening I heard him yelling "Shut up!" at his mom. Twin B came out of the kitchen and explained that he had brought home some things from the grocery store and they were putting them away. Gma, because she's always curious about things going on in the kitchen, had followed them in there and was asking questions and got her feelings hurt somehow so she was being belligerent, and then a little shelf in the fridge door gave way and a couple of glass bottles (soy sauce, something else) fell and shattered. He had had enough. Then I walked into the kitchen and he yelled at me not to come in there because there was glass on the floor. Fortunately things smoothed out after that.

Have a good evening, all!

nursej22, MSN, RN · Oct 13, 2022

NoStars, I hate reading that you are sufferIng, in part, to conceal a secret, that’s not really a secret. I think more people know that hubby realizes: docs, hospital and clinic staff, neighbor, food and liquor venders, and SIL.

Tweety, BSN, RN · Oct 14, 2022

Hugs Stars.

Safe travels J22.

Ado, sound like a crappy day there.

Dianah, hope you're feeling better by now.

Low census for some reason right now. At one point I was down to one patient, but since I was in charge of both units, I went to our sister unit and spent some time there. Got out on time.

Off tomorrow and working the weekend.

No Stars In My Eyes · Oct 14, 2022

Sure enough everyone knows about hubby's drinking....even my sister and brother who have spoken with him on the phone say they knew he 'd been drinking when they had talked. My brother said, "It's not like we haven't had any experience in recognizing it, because of dad." But honestly I do not remember my dad staggering or falling, so hubby seems worse to me. Dad had high blood pressure and had a major heart attack when he was 63. But, my father wasn't a diabetic, or have COPD, emphysema, or cirrhosis. I remember when hubby was healthy and didn't drink at all....nothing but iced tea! Those were the days.

Anyway, I'm not being secretive because like I said, everyone knows. I do talk w/ others about it, like the neighbors, a lady at the bank, etc. I grouse, roll my eyes, sigh and smh, and they agree. But it doesn't do much but let me release some tension. When hubby says he is "so embarrassed" about falling, apparently it's not enough to make him realize he could be DOING something about it. Ah, the Face of Denial.

There's the Oct 26th appt to look forward to, with his PCP. I don't lie for him at the doctor's office, I promise.

? Thanks~

Tweety, BSN, RN · Oct 14, 2022

Stars, seems like you've have many doctor's appointments, one even where he said "you will die if you don't stop drinking". Don't set yourself up for disappointment.

No Stars In My Eyes · Oct 14, 2022

Yeah, okay, Tweety; you're right again. *sigh* ? I keep thinking something will sink in, but I guess I'm assuming normal intelligence, which alcoholism is notably lacking in.