Since most of my friends are on this forum...

[BeachMomma]

Hah! I used to do the same job! When I had to go to court, I wore a suit with a red blouse. Red is my power color and I still wear it when I need to feel super confident. Back then, I was young and pretty so that made it even tougher to get the point across that I meant business. I guess it's no surprise that I developed an attitude. Lol

Trust me when I tell you that you don't ever want to get on a nurse's bad side. Your mom can probably verify that. Lol. It's a bad day when a nurse comes at you with restraints - especially if she's accompanied by a few of her friends wearing badges. We don't play around. When my ex assaulted me, HE called 911 to report me. I kicked his ass enough to get away from him, and the cops only had one question for me. "He outweighs you by more than a hundred pounds. How the hell did you do that?" I shrugged and told them I used to be an ER nurse. That was the only explanation they needed. Lol

The pain has been much better. Doc increased my Zoloft dosage and that seems to do the trick. I've been out sick all week with bronchitis though. I thought I was being wimpy about it until the boyfriend got it too. It put us both on our asses. This had been one helluvan aggressive bug, but I'm gonna try to go back to work tomorrow. My voice comes and goes, so I should be ok as long as they don't give me any hard of hearing patients.

Did you have a good weekend?

 

[NightL]

Tonight I was thinking of friends and wondered "where is that Beachie?" so I popped my head back in the door of home. Tonight I read your last post here then realised I have not checked in nearly enough. Oh and Oh!!! Arsehole fucked up person!!! (and a whole lot more) - not you - your ex.

So how are the ailing people? Many days have passed so I am hoping the bronchitis has now gone for both.

Have there been public performances of that wolvie song yet?

 

[Que]

Nice to hear the pain is better!

 

[Emerson40]

The uniform gives the wearer a sense of authority at times as well. I've worn both types, and trust me, it's more difficult to command respect in scrubs. I can be authoritative and assertive when I need to be, and I can get downright aggressive when the situation calls for it. In tense situations, I tend to be more assertive/aggressive than my younger counterparts. I blame that on old school training and a few years in the emergency room.

In uniform or scrubs, a fine nurse makes all the difference. Some of the best ones make it look so effortless, and go about their caring business unpretentiously and quietly. Some of the most precious, yet under-appreciated folks you'll ever have the privilege of meeting.

They also have incredible stories about the human condition, as they share in moments of unbelievable joy and miracle, and then face things so devastating and heartbreaking, it would wind us mere mortals. Sometimes in the same shift.

Hope you and the BeachMan are feeling better and breathing easier. Do give us an update when you are not too busy working or being swept off your feet.

And tell us how your pussy is doing. Haven't heard about your sweet pussy for a while.
Caliente, wasn't it?

 

[BeachMomma]

Tonight I was thinking of friends and wondered "where is that Beachie?" so I popped my head back in the door of home. Tonight I read your last post here then realised I have not checked in nearly enough. Oh and Oh!!! Arsehole fucked up person!!! (and a whole lot more) - not you - your ex.

So how are the ailing people? Many days have passed so I am hoping the bronchitis has now gone for both.

Have there been public performances of that wolvie song yet?

The plague house is all better now, thanks! Which wolvie song?

I completely understand about not being here enough. I don't get here - or to see Brad and Gracie enough. Life, aka work lol, gets in the way far too often. When I do get to be home, I don't want to do anything or go anywhere. As much fun as I have with Brad and Gracie, I just don't want to go anywhere. I think I just get burned out on being around people. After a couple of days being "on," I just want to be quiet and still. No stimulation whatsoever. I joke sometimes that I'm in sensory overload after a shift, but I'm not sure that it's that much of a joke.

Nice to hear the pain is better!

Yes, thanks! It's awesome feeling normal again. My friends and family tell me I'm a whole new person. It's not a new person; it's the old me coming back to the surface! I changed so much when I didn't feel good. I just didn't have any life left in me at all. Every bit of energy I had was consumed by the pain and exhaustion.

In uniform or scrubs, a fine nurse makes all the difference. Some of the best ones make it look so effortless, and go about their caring business unpretentiously and quietly. Some of the most precious, yet under-appreciated folks you'll ever have the privilege of meeting.

They also have incredible stories about the human condition, as they share in moments of unbelievable joy and miracle, and then face things so devastating and heartbreaking, it would wind us mere mortals. Sometimes in the same shift.

Hope you and the BeachMan are feeling better and breathing easier. Do give us an update when you are not too busy working or being swept off your feet.

And tell us how your pussy is doing. Haven't heard about your sweet pussy for a while.
Caliente, wasn't it?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! @ both pics! I can't imagine I'd smile that pretty if I were covered in the remnants of a code brown, but I've been lucky *cough* enough to find myself in the same situation as the top picture more times than I care to count.

Thank you for the kind words about my counterparts and myself. There's a meme floating around that says, "Save one life and you're a hero. Save hundreds of lives and you're a nurse." Every nurse I know would just shrug and say they're just doing their jobs. We jump and run into situations that most people with common sense would run away from. I'll tell a recent story about that in bit.

You goof! lol My pussy loves basking in the attention and affection that she receives. She's a purring fool! Oh, wait! You were asking about Caliente! Cali splits her time between chasing lizards on the lanai, basking in the attention that she so richly deserves (in her own humble opinion lol), and sleeping in the window with one eye open so she can protect us from those dangerous, life-threatening lizards!

I mentioned earlier that I'd share a "nurses rush in where angels fear to tread" moment with y'all. Forgive me for copying and pasting the story from the Ghost Stories thread, but I don't want to relive last weekend long enough to type it out again. I worked last Friday and Saturday. This happened early Saturday morning. I couldn't recover emotionally from it until sometime Tuesday. Hell, I'm still a little jittery.

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I had a panic attack Saturday not long after I fell asleep. I'd had a very rough day at work. A pt had a PTSD attack and he was punching at anything he could. Fists flew everywhere and I had visions of him putting my head thru the wall. I was terrified but I calmed him down. I shook all day long. The entire 13+ hour shift. I told the boyfriend about it, but we didn't really have time to talk it out. Almost as soon as I went to sleep I had a PTSD attack myself. Violence really triggers a response because of the abuse I suffered in my first marriage.

When the boyfriend woke me up, I was crying and shaking uncontrollably. I haven't been able to sleep more than an hour or two a night since then. The boyfriend was just incredible. He held me and kept telling me he was there and I wasn't alone. I can't imagine how tough it must be for him to have to fight my demons and to just stand by helplessly knowing that I'm hurting and scared. He asked me a few times today if I feel safe. I've only felt safe when he's here with me. I avoided other people today while he was at work. I just didn't feel strong enough to be around anybody. Once he got home I was fine. Well maybe not fine, but I could handle being in public.

I have to go to work in a couple of hours (Monday). I hope it goes without incident and exhausts me enough that I can sleep. I haven't slept more than four hours total since 0600 Saturday.
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I finally got a little sleep Monday night. By Thursday I felt comfortable enough to go to work without being so nervous. Nurses do sometimes rush in, but at least for this nurse, I couldn't do anything less. I hear stories sometimes about nurses who were killed trying to protect their patients, and I think that I'm not that brave. Then something like last weekend happens, and I realize it has nothing to do with bravery and everything to do with instinctively protecting our patients. I've been in enough violent situations at work to know that I probably would be the one to engage an assailant to try to protect my patient. Nurses *are* just doing their jobs. At the same time, being a nurse isn't just a job. It becomes part of who we are.

Enough of the insanity of work....

Happy Father's Day, men! What are your plans for the day?

 

[perkyT]

BeachyBaby!!

I am still jealous of you spending time with the LuvPups!!!

 

[BeachMomma]

They're adorable! I went over there Thursday for a while. Gunner had to tell me his troubles (lol); he is the most talkative dog I've ever known! He missed Auntie Beachy. He tried his best to sit on my lap. Lol. He doesn't know he's too big to be a lap puppy anymore. He's definitely his daddy's dog; he kept trying to lick my cleavage. Lol

They're just a couple of cuddle puppies. Koko tried to act nonchalant, but she laid under my feet for a long time. Gunner couldn't stand it if I tried to pet her though. He's such an attention whore!

It was nice catching up with B3 again too. Lol

How are you? How's school? How much longer do you have?

 

[BeachMomma]

*brushes cobwebs off the furniture*

Yoohooo! Anybody home? The prodigal Momma has returned! I hope some of the family is still around

 

[Emerson40]

Well, look who rolled in from her wee hammock siesta...


Somebody pour me some cake!

 

[BeachMomma]

Well, look who rolled in from her wee hammock siesta...


Somebody pour me some cake!

Haha! Thank ya kind sir! Don’t mind if I do! One for you, one for me. One for you, two for me! What’s happening in your corner of Lit? I reread this thread the other day and again laughed so hard I cried. Funny stuff! Is everybody still around?

 

[BeachMomma]

Sweet baby Jesus, how did I not know this was a thing?!!

Cake vodka? Good question considering that used to be my drink of choice. Lol. One year JoyDyan gave up cake for Lent and she went through massive withdrawals from it. I suggested she try cake vodka and pineapple juice to curb her craving. It tastes just like pineapple upside down cake. I don’t know if she actually did it, but the option was there. It’s really good stuff. I didn’t drink the brand that Em showed in his picture, but I bet Smirnoff is better. I drank Three Olives.

We have a local rum distillery (rummery? lol) called Siesta Key Rum. They routinely win awards every year for their spiced rum. http://www.drumcircledistilling.com/drum-circle-distilling.html. Absolutely the best stuff on earth. Their coconut rum isn’t too shabby either, but nothing can compare to their spiced rum.