- Wherever I'm at in public I assume there's a camera on me and I'm honestly not sure if that's a good or bad thing.
- They sell cooked and flavored pig's ears now for dog treats.
- I bought a helicopter model once for a patient who had been an aircrewman in Vietnam. He died before I could build it with him. It appeared recently in some of my stuff. I really liked that guy and he responded well to me. He bounced back enough while I was caring for him he actually had to be pulled from full time care for a week or so. His sister who was his main care provider had found he was living in a storage shed somewhere after he'd dropped out of his families life. The last months of his life were nice and arguably better than a lot of his years before. He was a long ago case, but my recall of our time together is nearly a video log in my mind. I walked in to relieve the day nurse as he was dying. His sister saw me in the doorway after I let myself in. Her heart broke for me when she saw my shoulders slump, bags containing that model and supplies in hand when I realised he was almost gone. She started crying and ran and hugged me saying, "He's almost gone. Come in and be with him." He took a few more deep breaths as I talked to him and held his hand. They were the deepest terminal breaths I've ever seen anyone take. His cheeks fluttered and I could hear what I assume to be vibrations from his vocal cords. After he was gone, she told me he would wait up to see me and ask when I was coming and refuse pain meds so he wouldn't be gorked out when I got there.
- Billy Squier My Kind Of Lover
- Although I am pretty open, when I confess my sins, tell my story or otherwise bare my soul to a woman it rarely strengthens the relationship and I most often regret it and always assume it will come back to haunt me.
- People are surprised I brush my teeth at work. I'm shocked people can go 12 or really even 8 hours without brushing their choppers.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Monday's Missives
My hot friend... pictured with some Hooter's chick. Ha. We were in the Wounded Warrior Battalion together at Hood. Don't believe a word he says. I mean really, I think he was there because he got hit in the head or something and is probably still making up outrageous stories about me.
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i brush my teeth at least 3 times a day... my family is full of dentists so i was raised with good dental hygiene... going without held high penalties in my home ha!
your job is a tough one, although i know how rewarding it is at the same time... my time as a nurse taught me about the dying process and the compassion that eases the soul...
we women... we think we want to know EVERYTHING there is to know about a man.... all the little things hiding out in the shadows... not always a good thing.. in my older age i've decided that i want to know the generalities of somethings but maybe not the details... relationships are so incredibly difficult....
have a great monday!
Sher- Thanks for the encouragement.
You know- you're right on the history thing in relationships: generalities are a good, even important things, but do we really need to know or tell all the gory details?
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