Dear Rand Paul

You should be scared. And every single one of your fellow Senators and Congressmen and women.

If you have taken any economics classes, you must have forgotten some of the key tenets:

1. People tend to be rational actors, but markets may not.
2. Printing money does not solve any problems.

To put it simply:

1. If you tell people you will pay them back, you pay them back.
2. If you do not, they send in the collection agency to take anything of value.

I'm sorry, I don't want the Chinese coming to get our national monuments, etc., if we don't pay them back.

I worry about Aunt Mabel, who has T-bills, if she doesn't have the full faith in credit in the U.S. government she will starts sewing money back into the curtains. This has happened in her lifetime, and I've seen money with those holes from the thread of an electric sewing machine.

All 80+% of us Americans who are mad as hell want two things:

1. You do your job and reopen the government.
2. You take care of the debt ceiling so the US Treasury department can pay the U.S. government's bills.

Remember this tomorrow, while you are off and getting paid, and the rest of the government employees are furloughed.

Here's hoping your Christmas presents (an economics lesson, a clue and a pink slip) get delivered early.

Sincerely not,

RehabRN

A little scorched earth...

Oh, it'll be mighty exciting the next time I'm working with Senior Charge. She acted friendly the other day just before delivering her scorching response when she asked me if I had seen any of our patients at the sister unit (SU)clinic. "So, seen any of our people there? Well, that's not a very good use of a rehab nurse for that department." Most of this venom had to do with Big Boss who mandated that SU and their clinic be supported while certain staff members are out on medical leave. I told her, "Well, ask them to send our people to me. I'm ready!" She didn't find that humorous.

Since that incident, she's steered clear of me. I'm not sure if it's the fact that I'll not be available to hear (mostly via others) that Senior will get the pick of the holidays off, or if Senior now wishes he/she would have picked my gig. Who knows....I've given up trying to resolve that logic.

Meanwhile, I'm building my reputation as a quick learner. Got to do a few things by myself and got checked off for my orientation. Thanks to SU's boss, I'll also end up with more orientation. There's a lot at stake getting things online and thoroughly inspected, so after my success with the craziness of JC earlier this year, I think they realize I can deal with whatever comes my way...if I get prepped and have some time to study. Big Boss and nurse manager seem to have confidence in me, so I'm going with it.

I have nothing to lose and everything to gain. This is the most visible position I've held as a nurse. I'm not a supervisor, but I am important to the team. The floor will still be there when I get done, and so will the attitudes and characters out there. I have to forgive...but I never forget.

On we go...stay tuned.