Tuesday December 20 2022

Tweety, BSN, RN · Dec 20, 2022

Good morning!

Ado that's a tough situation and financially as well.

Joe, I can't say I've ever enjoyed counseling and have always been nervous about it. But glad you've take that step.

Took care of the floor mopping and a load of laundry. Doing to male prep a bit. Going to see the new Black Panther movie today. Wanted to see that on the big screen.

Have a great day.

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · Dec 20, 2022

I enjoy getting to gutcheck myself in counseling. And I think I've made some real growth in the past 15 months or so since I finally started seeing a counselor again, in terms of not trying to fix everything for everyone and realizing what is in my scope and what isn't.

Today is new employee orientation. Twin B will be there. Not gonna lie; this feels a bit awkward. But I just have a quick spiel. So here I sit, not wanting to get started on anything major and then get called in to do my bit.

Twin A received an acceptance letter from the university. (not that we had any doubt). His goal at this point is a Ph.D. so ... I wish him well. Guess he'll be going further into debt. Wish I could do more.

Talked to my sister last night. She says she waited too long to deposit the check from when Hubs and I bought the house (nearly a year ago). Who does that? It's a sizable check. The bank was kind of doing us a favor to cash mine from the abstract company and then cut checks for my sister and brother. I guess I'll call and see if they'll cut another one. I can hear my counselor telling me that it's not in my scope... she can make that call. And I'd agree but sometimes I really do worry that dementia is creeping up on her. She doesn't even have a valid drivers' license because hers expired during the height of Covid when she couldn't make an appointment to get it renewed. Now she says she will have to take a driving test. I don't know but I'm guessing she is driving without a license. Oy.

nursej22, MSN, RN · Dec 20, 2022

Good morning. I'm glad I went shopping yesterday because we got another 6-8 inches of snow overnight and it's still coming down. The wind is still blowing, so it's drifting, so hard to tell how much has accumulated. The dog is disgusted and so far is refusing to go out. I dug him a little path so he can go under the shrubbery to do what needs to be done. I'm going to make more cookies today, and wrap the few presents I bought yesterday. Mostly I am giving gift certificates, so I will pop those into cards.

I had counseling in the past, but the last few times I tried to find someone, nothing really clicked. By the time you get rejected 5 times and then realize the person you see is not a good fit, it feels like it's not worth the effort. I hear you Annie about relatives and dementia. I do feel like sometimes it's up to me to keep everything glued together, or keep all the juggling balls in the air.

We were going to see a movie today, but I think staying home is safer.

Stars, you are in my thoughts.

Ado Annie, ASN, RN · Dec 20, 2022

22 minutes ago, nursej22 said:

The wind is still blowing, so it's drifting, so hard to tell how much has accumulated. The dog is disgusted and so far is refusing to go out. I dug him a little path so he can go under the shrubbery to do what needs to be done.

I'm with the dog! I don't miss Indiana winters. Snow is great once or twice around Christmas and then I can be done with it.

I started to mix up my date roll cookies last night but realized I didn't have enough brown sugar so I picked a "mocha cookie" recipe out of a book and mixed it up instead. It needed to refrigerate so hope to bake those tonight. Coffee and chocolate -- what could go wrong? And the recipe says to drizzle them with a caramel sauce. Mmm.

nursej22, MSN, RN · Dec 20, 2022

the view out my kitchen door.

No Stars In My Eyes · Dec 20, 2022

"Snow, snow, White-white-white, I can even see it with my bad eyesight."

That was an elementary school student's poem from the book by H. Allen Smith (prolly out of print) whose book was titled, "Write me a Poem, Baby"

Have spent HOURS looking for my car keys, with no luck yet, but they don't have feet so they can't be far. Tore my room apart, searched the car and around the house, all pockets of all hoodies. Last time I lost them we found them under the front seat of the car, and this was after we had already ordered a new one.

Hubby is keeping it to a moderate level today, thank goodness.

I have pot pies in the oven.

Nannie is turning into a patoot again. She now ignores her recliner remote control and slides forward to climb out of the chair with the foot-rest UP. Waiting for it to break if she does it too much more. Told her to yell next time she needs help, but she says she did, and "no one is here." That's in direct contrast to the second time she got out of her chair....the reason being that she wanted to close the drapes so "those people can't look in here at me." (No one is out in our back yard.)

Both Nannie and hubby need hearing aides. I have never heard the words "Huh?" or "What?" so many times in a day. EVERY time I say something that's the response I get. I am going to have to stand in front of them and say their name, make sure they are looking right at me, and THEN speaking clearly and distinctly. GAH!

Hope to be able to 'tune back in' to you guys soon. I am still exhausted, and feeling frazzled.