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Shared on Thu, 05/15/2008 - 14:58

close to home

I was working today and one of the nurses came up to me and asked had I heard about the bus hitting someone? I said, um, no....What about it? The woman died. Yikes! Well, we looked it up on the local TV station website and, sure as the world, it had happened. When we first saw it, it said it happened on Manning Drive by Columbia. Wow! That's like right in front of the hospital! I would have seen it all if I would have just looked out the window. Not that I wanted to. It happened at 11:00, and by noon there was no one in the entire hospital that didn't know about it.

pearly_54

Shared on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 14:59

Some good, some rant

Got sent home early from work today.  Nice.  Not enough people getting cancer?  Nah....  We have our up and down periods.  right now we are pretty much at full staff and census is down.  So, the per diem nurse gets sent home.  And, one nurse has already given notice, leaving in about two weeks.  Another two are actively looking and interviewing.  It's a tough place to be, and you need to luv what you do in order to stay there.  Since I am only there three days/week, I don't get involved in the politics and petty gossip.  Oh, don't get me wrong!  I luv the gossip!  But, it goes no farther th

pearly_54

Shared on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 14:59

Some good, some rant

Got sent home early from work today.  Nice.  Not enough people getting cancer?  Nah....  We have our up and down periods.  right now we are pretty much at full staff and census is down.  So, the per diem nurse gets sent home.  And, one nurse has already given notice, leaving in about two weeks.  Another two are actively looking and interviewing.  It's a tough place to be, and you need to luv what you do in order to stay there.  Since I am only there three days/week, I don't get involved in the politics and petty gossip.  Oh, don't get me wrong!  I luv the gossip!  But, it goes no farther th

pearly_54

Shared on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 07:10

Mother's Day thoughts

Today is Mother's Day.  Yes, I am a mother, and a grandmother....  But, I know I will not hear from my son, just because.  And, my daughter will likely call me, or send me an ecard.  Hubby says I am not his mother, altho he offered to take me to lunch.  Not!  I do not go out to eat on the busiest day of the year for restaurants.  Any waitress/past waitress knows, just stay home!  Let hubby or family cook for you.  I haven't had a mother for many years, so I don't have to remember to send a card or make a call.  Ack!  Not my favorite day of the year.  My parents had me late in life, so I fel

pearly_54

Shared on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 07:10

Mother's Day thoughts

Today is Mother's Day.  Yes, I am a mother, and a grandmother....  But, I know I will not hear from my son, just because.  And, my daughter will likely call me, or send me an ecard.  Hubby says I am not his mother, altho he offered to take me to lunch.  Not!  I do not go out to eat on the busiest day of the year for restaurants.  Any waitress/past waitress knows, just stay home!  Let hubby or family cook for you.  I haven't had a mother for many years, so I don't have to remember to send a card or make a call.  Ack!  Not my favorite day of the year.  My parents had me late in life, so I fel

pearly_54

Shared on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 14:01

back to the gym...yikes!

When you get, um , older, never, never let a month go by without working out.  Travel is not an easy time to keep up cardio or weights, and I took a vacation from it all.  Now, I am barely living to tell the tale.  Ack!  I went to the gym this morning.  Started the weight circuit as usual, and realized I had become a wimp very quickly.  I had to reduce some of the weights by 5 lbs. in order to complete my sets.  Bah!  Now, I'm feeling shakey and tired from the workout.  I didn't change my cardio any.  that was ok.  I really need a nice massage......

pearly_54

Shared on Sat, 05/10/2008 - 14:01

back to the gym...yikes!

When you get, um , older, never, never let a month go by without working out.  Travel is not an easy time to keep up cardio or weights, and I took a vacation from it all.  Now, I am barely living to tell the tale.  Ack!  I went to the gym this morning.  Started the weight circuit as usual, and realized I had become a wimp very quickly.  I had to reduce some of the weights by 5 lbs. in order to complete my sets.  Bah!  Now, I'm feeling shakey and tired from the workout.  I didn't change my cardio any.  that was ok.  I really need a nice massage......

pearly_54

Shared on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 16:01

Back to Work...

Eek!  I went back to work today!  Party's over.  I miss all of you!  I wanna do it again!  I am already planning the next road trip.  Well, thinking about planning it.  Sometime after the Chi Lan.  And I have a cruise to do in September....maybe.  We shall see.  I think I will go south and west.  How far west?  hmmmmm  That's all.  Life is back to same old same old., SSDD. 

pearly_54

Shared on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 16:01

Back to Work...

Eek!  I went back to work today!  Party's over.  I miss all of you!  I wanna do it again!  I am already planning the next road trip.  Well, thinking about planning it.  Sometime after the Chi Lan.  And I have a cruise to do in September....maybe.  We shall see.  I think I will go south and west.  How far west?  hmmmmm  That's all.  Life is back to same old same old., SSDD. 

pearly_54

Shared on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 17:08

Pics from my Road Trip

I have just spent a good part of the day going thru my pics and selecting the following.  Not an easy thing cuz I wanted to show all of them.  Sooooo

First stop, Knoxville, TN.  Parottthead and his goddaughter.  This was loooong before the party.

Parottthead explaining how to play the silly card game.  Fun!

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