I had a routine visit with my doctor the other day.
I have a pinched nerve somewhere between my neck and mid back.
For now it will be anti-inflammatory medication and stretching.............some of the time it's miserable, the pain/discomfort............&...........some of the time not so bad.
Ran into an old friend the other day at the bank.
I always see people I used to know at the bank.
His wife was the first person I told I was pregnant when pregnant with my first son.
She died last week unexpectedly from a heart attack.........ignored the stomach pains.........turns out it was her heart.........
I've been working on a painting that's turning out pretty cool. I hope to finish it today!...&....I promised sons wife to be that I'd have my invitation list for the wedding completed today............haven't even begun to work on it!
On my days off from work I feel like I've just stepped out of a war zone........it's just been insanely busy..........for 12 straight hours while at work I run on adrenalin trying to meet deadline after deadline.......then review in my head, over and over again everything that happened, making sure I've covered all bases............it's crazy......I'm too old to keep doing this......... it's not healthy.....except for the 12 hours of walking............
i don't know how to do anything else.
i wish that i did.
Monday, March 30, 2015
Monday, March 16, 2015
monday
i got a text from oldest son and from daughter while i was at work Saturday......one right after the other. i knew something was up.........took a quick look at my phone and daughters text said "call me when u can"........sons text said "bought engagement ring for Rhae."............................i burst in to tears............I'm such a dork. called oldest son. he told me he had the ring in his pocket when him and his girl went to the hamburger stand.........the cute little one with picnic tables.........it was sunny, warm and clear skies.......they were having lunch....... he put the ring on the table in front of the girl and said "wanna get married?" he said she began giggling and crying all at once.
i thought about my mom and how she'd be the first person i would have called.
so I'm at the desk at the nurses station crying and congratulating son......a few other nurses at the desk
yelling congrats to him..................daughter still texting me wanting to break the news....lol...
get home from work last night....................daughter comes to my bedroom to tell me about her day at work.........how shes going about her day at the library when a man comes out of the bathroom, holding a knife, blood shooting out of his arm because he severed an artery on purpose.
she applied a tourniquet with the only thing she could find......a piece of "caution" tape used to keep the people off the wet floors. the police officer on duty called 911 then talked to the man until the guy became unconscious.
daughter said just minutes earlier the guy was talking to other patrons saying how pretty it was outside today.
she felt sad for him..... lamented that you really don't know what a person is feeling. shook her up a bit.
being her mom, my thought was I'm glad he didn't hurt her or anyone else with his knife, and i hope he doesn't have hepatitis or HIV.......and gosh i wish she would have run from him.....and just allowed the cop to deal with the situation.
the suns already out. it's going to hit 70 today.
our favorite roadside hamburger stand opened this past Saturday.......the one where son proposed..........we (me and boyfriend) have plans to go there for lunch, to sit at the picnic table and get some rays.........I'm looking forward to it.
i thought about my mom and how she'd be the first person i would have called.
so I'm at the desk at the nurses station crying and congratulating son......a few other nurses at the desk
yelling congrats to him..................daughter still texting me wanting to break the news....lol...
get home from work last night....................daughter comes to my bedroom to tell me about her day at work.........how shes going about her day at the library when a man comes out of the bathroom, holding a knife, blood shooting out of his arm because he severed an artery on purpose.
she applied a tourniquet with the only thing she could find......a piece of "caution" tape used to keep the people off the wet floors. the police officer on duty called 911 then talked to the man until the guy became unconscious.
daughter said just minutes earlier the guy was talking to other patrons saying how pretty it was outside today.
she felt sad for him..... lamented that you really don't know what a person is feeling. shook her up a bit.
being her mom, my thought was I'm glad he didn't hurt her or anyone else with his knife, and i hope he doesn't have hepatitis or HIV.......and gosh i wish she would have run from him.....and just allowed the cop to deal with the situation.
the suns already out. it's going to hit 70 today.
our favorite roadside hamburger stand opened this past Saturday.......the one where son proposed..........we (me and boyfriend) have plans to go there for lunch, to sit at the picnic table and get some rays.........I'm looking forward to it.
Thursday, March 12, 2015
thursday
Every morning on my off day I anticipate a call from my boss.
I hear some of the other staff talking about how she calls them
to ask questions about this or that, or why didn't they do such and such.
So I leave work wondering and worrying is there something I've forgotten to do.
There are so many distractions, so much going on It's easy to forget something.
But the anxiety and worry is about forgetting/failing to do some big something that could potentially
harm a patient.
When I left work last night I felt uneasy about leaving. I felt like I was forgetting something. It was right there on the tip of my brain......... I lingered around trying to remember......replayed the days events in my head...........did the same on my drive home, and then later while in bed.....................now I just wait........
it's going to be a beautiful, sunny, mid 60's day.........a welcome break from the cold and the snow..............would like to get out in the yard and do a little work but the ground is really wet and muddy.......so I don't know............maybe we will take a drive out in the country.....
I hear some of the other staff talking about how she calls them
to ask questions about this or that, or why didn't they do such and such.
So I leave work wondering and worrying is there something I've forgotten to do.
There are so many distractions, so much going on It's easy to forget something.
But the anxiety and worry is about forgetting/failing to do some big something that could potentially
harm a patient.
When I left work last night I felt uneasy about leaving. I felt like I was forgetting something. It was right there on the tip of my brain......... I lingered around trying to remember......replayed the days events in my head...........did the same on my drive home, and then later while in bed.....................now I just wait........
it's going to be a beautiful, sunny, mid 60's day.........a welcome break from the cold and the snow..............would like to get out in the yard and do a little work but the ground is really wet and muddy.......so I don't know............maybe we will take a drive out in the country.....
Sunday, March 08, 2015
sunday
celebrated boyfriends birthday Friday. daughter and I took him out for a nice dinner and bought him a new television for him for the bedroom.
got in from the dinner and settled in for the night when
daughter called me to the living room. a man was knocking at the front door and she didn't know him. i opened the dining room window
to get a look at who was at our door as we do not have a peep hole.
a man who i did not recognize said "Sandra it's Daniel" it hit me that it was boyfriends son. him and his wife coming to visit from Colorado for boyfriends birthday. it was a surprise visit.
my first thought was i wish i had spent my day off work cleaning the house. :O)
so i got them in the house.......they explained they wanted to surprise boyfriend on his birthday with a visit..........their first visit to Ky.
i went to the bedroom and told boyfriend the neighbor was here, needed to talk to him. boyfriend was thinking they'd probably hit one of our cars. he was totally shocked to see his son and daughter-in-law in the living room..............and very happy!
so we spent the next 4 days hanging out with the visiting couple.
it was a good time.
work has been overwhelmingly busy.
they cut our staff again.
my patient load has increased by 6 or 7 additional patients.
doesn't sound like much but it is................and my computer at work has been broken for several weeks. takes forever to do a task with the way it isn't working.......................and to boot the chairs at the nurses station are broken.......have been for a couple of years.........mine flipped backwards the other day..........left me laying on my back on the floor.
it's all so disheartening some of the time.
i met 3 of my sisters at dads yesterday.
it was his birthday.
we had breakfast together and visited for several hours. it was a nice time.
my youngest sister makes homemade jams, & salsa, and cans pickles, greenbeans, and such.......
she brought each of us grape and apple jams, salsa, bread and butter pickles, and some applebutter. it all looks so good.....
i cant wait to munch on the pickles. she gave me some for christmas and they are delicious.....the best i've ever had!
got in from the dinner and settled in for the night when
daughter called me to the living room. a man was knocking at the front door and she didn't know him. i opened the dining room window
to get a look at who was at our door as we do not have a peep hole.
a man who i did not recognize said "Sandra it's Daniel" it hit me that it was boyfriends son. him and his wife coming to visit from Colorado for boyfriends birthday. it was a surprise visit.
my first thought was i wish i had spent my day off work cleaning the house. :O)
so i got them in the house.......they explained they wanted to surprise boyfriend on his birthday with a visit..........their first visit to Ky.
i went to the bedroom and told boyfriend the neighbor was here, needed to talk to him. boyfriend was thinking they'd probably hit one of our cars. he was totally shocked to see his son and daughter-in-law in the living room..............and very happy!
so we spent the next 4 days hanging out with the visiting couple.
it was a good time.
work has been overwhelmingly busy.
they cut our staff again.
my patient load has increased by 6 or 7 additional patients.
doesn't sound like much but it is................and my computer at work has been broken for several weeks. takes forever to do a task with the way it isn't working.......................and to boot the chairs at the nurses station are broken.......have been for a couple of years.........mine flipped backwards the other day..........left me laying on my back on the floor.
it's all so disheartening some of the time.
i met 3 of my sisters at dads yesterday.
it was his birthday.
we had breakfast together and visited for several hours. it was a nice time.
my youngest sister makes homemade jams, & salsa, and cans pickles, greenbeans, and such.......
she brought each of us grape and apple jams, salsa, bread and butter pickles, and some applebutter. it all looks so good.....
i cant wait to munch on the pickles. she gave me some for christmas and they are delicious.....the best i've ever had!
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