Wednesday May 25 2022

Good afternoon.

Steady but manageable day.  New grad sbwith me one more week.  She's doing great.  

No need for more ibuprofen today.   The last crown bothered me for days.  

Two call outs for night shift.  Something us going around. 

Sitting at conference, listening to pre-taped presentations, which seems weird for an in person conference. This morning’s session is 3 hours long. ? I was able to secure a seat near the wall so I can stand frequently. It’s hot again, up to 105. I think lunch is provided today, otherwise most restaurants are 1/2 mile away. 
Hang in there Joe. No fun to feel pressured but I’m sure your efforts are appreciated. 
Tweety, I’m glad your dental work pain is manageable. I feel so lucky to have strong-ish teeth. 
Hi Dianah, doggone cold meds do have side effects, don’t they. I’m still taking a half dose of Sudafed, to keep my sniffles dried up.

I recommend a new vacuum stat! The newer ones are so better and lighter to use. 
Hi Ado and anyone else. 
Amo, where are you?

Trying to stay awake through an Outpatient Quality Reporting webinar. I really think I'm a bit ADHD and either can't focus or focus too deeply on minutiae. There is a new (voluntary for now) measure to report, which includes vital signs and lab results. It looks as if they eventually want us to report them on 90% or more of discharges with a Medicare FFS claim. Not a huge deal for me, but wouldn't that be burdensome for larger hospitals? I guess if they can be electronically extracted from the EHR it's so bad. Sorry to be thinking out loud ?

Tried a new local Mexican eatery for lunch and it was tasty. 

Tweety, I hope you get that insurance problem resolved soon. How nerve-wracking.

I do enjoy reading what you all write. 

I see we had an ER patient yesterday who is 105 years old. My thoughts went immediately to Gma. I don't know what I'll do if she lives to 105. I don't think *I* will last that long in that case. I remember when my mother died and we were trying to see what our options were for Dad, that my sister and I talked with DHS about nursing home financing and they would have taken all his assets, including the house (even though it was in the trust, I think) and there was something about if it had been sold more than 7 (?) years before then it could be excluded. Since stepson bought Gma's house just over a year ago, I wonder how that would affect Gma's ability to pay for nursing home care? Also, we'd have different state laws to deal with since said house is in Indiana. Not that Hubs is willing to even consider a NH at this point. Again, thinking out loud. Apologies.

I could swear I already posted here today, but couldn't find anything by me! So...

The pig across the street has started to deliver her piglets. Hubby went over there briefly and said she'd had two, so far. And, the other female pig got preggers when she or the boy-pig got out of their pen a month ago. She's no- where near delivering yet, though, I think.

 ? PIGS-PIGS-PIGS!! ????????? Wonder how many she'll have?

dianah, I definitely want a light-weight vac that can get cat and dog hairs up; human hairs, too, because I shed a lot. Not getting bald, just have LOTS of hair, and it seems to me that it is mostly the white hairs I am shedding! Cool, huh?

Nannie's comment about the woman who interviews the ball players: "Look at her NECK! She isn't as young as she wants us to think she is!" I believe it was shadows and her hair blowing around that made Nannie think it was ... well, like HER own neck! I think the woman is not quite 30-ish...There is not a wattle on her!

H'lo Tweety, Joe, Ado, j22, and where the heck is amoLu these days?

Not too chatty right now. The ballgame is over (we won 8-4) and it's time for me to go upstairs, relax against a pile of pillows and read. Aaaahhhhhhhhh!