Tuesday November 15 2022

[Joe NightingMale, MSN, RN]

Tweety hopefully the repairs don't prove too expensive

Dianah  that is nice weather, especially compared to here

Stars hopefully you can find some shoes that fit

NJ22 that is a sad case

Ado I hope today is less crazy

Had some odd dreams last night, somewhat disturbing but can't quite remember them.   Same thing happened a day or two ago.  Odd because I rarely remember dreams

Was feeling kind of down for much of the morning and part of the afternoon too, not sure why.  It seemed to abate by the evening

Work was pretty good, not too much work despite having one person out all week.  Hoping today proves to be good as well

Was a fairly quiet night.   Exercised, started on the new knitting project, and watched Star Trek as it was decent episode

Tonight should be pretty quiet too.   I declined to attend tonight's vestry meeting, as it's optional and about candidates for vestry and I can't  think of anyone to recommend

Snowing right now, will get into the upper 30s.  By the weekend I think it will be down to the mid 20s

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

Good morning!

Joe, hope you don't get to feeling too down and have a decent day.

J22, sad to hear about the young man.   

Stars, hope for another sober day and no falls.

Ado, patients and families are so "entitled" these days.

I always get the recommended maintenance from the dealer on my cars but yesterday was the most expensive "routine maintenance" I've ever seen.  Prices sure have gone up.  I had to put it on my credit card.  Hopefully it keeps it from breaking down and I hope to keep it for many years.  It's just a Toyota Corolla Sheesh.

I'm supposed to get my bathroom remodeling finished up today but they haven't told me what time.  I'll call them in a bit.  It shouldn't take long as it's just some final work on the doors that they didn't have the parts for.  It's usable.

My team won two games of three last night but we stayed in 14th place out of 18.  It's not going to be a good season for us.

 

 

[Ado Annie, ASN, RN]

Hi, Joe. 

Tweety, I bet you'll be glad to have the remodel finished. Sorry about the bowling team. Some seasons are just not the best, I guess. 

I'm fighting with a CDC website trying to get some updates done in NHSN before tonight's deadline. For some reason, this data is difficult for me to process and I have really struggled. It's going to have to be good enough. But the website needs to stay up and functional! 

It's sunny but a cool 42 degrees. Wonder what we'll face in Indiana next week.

Tonight Twin B starts training for the registration clerk job. I hope it goes well for him. He has heard my complaints about rude patients and families so he knows to expect that sometimes. 

[No Stars In My Eyes]

Wet and cold here today. I got up at 12:30 PM, lay back down and slept another 30 minutes. Reluctantly got up and got dressed. If my hips and left knee weren't aching, I would've stayed in bed. I am still SOOOOO sleepy.

Hubby came in from his man-cave and I could tell right away he was drunk. He started making Nannie's lunch, I went down and helped her get out of her wet clothes and into some dry ones, then stripped her wet bed and started the wash. She got in her recliner.

Went back up to the kitchen and asked hubby if he has been drinking and he said yes. I told him to find a place to settle down and NOT be moving around, and to NOT FALL. I took Nannie's lunch to her, and he sat in his recliner and put on his 02, then promptly fell asleep.

Now Nannie has finished her lunch and is sleeping. The first load in the washing machine is on rinse and spin. 

I dread days like this when I feel I have to pay attention to hubby, lest he takes another fall. I HATE it. It's so STUPID. I know he is an addict and this process is one that takes many tries, failing and trying and failing. He is going to HAVE to go into some kind of rehab. I will not spend the whole Winter holding my breath "just in case". 

I'm going to poke around on line and see what's going on in the world, not that it will make me feel any better, but it is something to do.

[No Stars In My Eyes]

When hubby woke up from his nap and went out on the porch to smoke, I went out and sat down with him. Told him I had to talk about something serious. I said he needs to call his PCP and make an appointment to arrange for some inpatient detox somehow, somewhere. I said if it wasn't covered by Medicare or his supplement, we would borrow money to get this taken care of. I said I know it is said that addicts won't stop until they hit bottom, and I don't know where his bottom line is. If he was just taking a sip to get a buzz, that's one thing, but he never stops, he goes way beyond that. I said I COULD NOT go through the whole Winter waking up with dread that he would be reeling and unsteady, and fear of the next fall. He's been lucky so far that he's not broken anything.

He tried to say he was worried about saddling me with all of Nannie's care, but I said I was already doing almost everything for her, and she and I would get along fine, regardless of for how long he was in rehab. I said worrying about his health all the time was way worse for me than taking care of her.

He said he would call and make the appt w/ his PCP to arrange for rehab.

Let us pray.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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He said he would call and make the appt.

[dianah, ASN]

No Stars, I HOPE he does call!  You laid it on the line, spoke the truth.  Will continue to pray.

Ado, our oldest ds learned about dealing with the public/working in the public sector when he worked for a couple years at a large music store chain.  And yes, hopefully your son has heard your stories enough that he should be prepared.

Tweety, good the remodel will FINALLY be finished!  I'm sure you enjoy it every time you walk in the room.  And, re: bowling: as we have always agreed, it's more important that you have fun doing it, rather than what place you are in.  But the fun seems to increase when your team is flying high!!

Joe, oooooo, SNOW!!  Stay warm!

Quiet day.  Nothing new going on.  I made some potato-cheese soup yesterday, it turned out good. 

Have a good evening!