It’s been three years……

 Oh my. It’s been three years. I’m not sure if I’m back or not but I thought I would give it a go. 

I quit my job. My work called asking me to come in for a gift they got me for having longest tenure with the company. They got me a new IPad. It was nice of them but they should have saved their money or got a much needed new phone for the nurses station. Or much needed new computers for the med carts. I resigned the day after they gave me the IPad.

 Quitting my job felt so amazing…..like leaving a crappy marriage  or relationship. I felt like I could breathe again, and like a ton of weight was lifted off my shoulders. I quit this past March after 24 years and not for one day or one second have I regretted it. 

My dad passed away two years ago. It was very unexpected. He was admitted to the hospital with the diagnosis of an Ileus…..ended up being a cancerous mass in his colon not an Ileus……he aspirated while vomiting….ended up in respiratory failure…..was intubated……then started to improve enough to be extubated…….and he told them not to intubate him again…….and so when his oxygen saturation started to drop again he said his goodbyes to us and asked us to not stay to watch him die.

. It was all so heartbreaking. My dad was my best friend in a confusing sort of way. He was the smartest and funniest person I’ve ever known and he was the strongest person I’ve ever known. I was proud of him in many ways, and very grateful for him.

Mom and dad had red birds come to their house everyday to eat food set out by my parents. They loved their  Red birds. On the morning after dad died I had two red birds on my picket fence, never been there before that I knew of,  sitting just above my cat Ralphi. Dad loved Ralph. Thought he was the cutest cat ever. Mom never met him. I’m sure those two red birds were mom and dad. Dad probably introducing mom to Ralphi.

Today I’ve been trying my hand at putting in a bathroom floor. So far I suck at it but it’s fun trying…..sort of….

Ralphi and Mr. Bojangles are doing well. Mr Bojangles is my best friend, Ralph is my best bud. I call them the Bengals. 

That’s it for now……..