One headache almost over...

Manglement sometimes gives me headaches. Like recently, when I asked nicely for my presentation to be approved.

Nope. The CNO says wait, so we all wait. No one knows why. I think CNO just did it because.

Thankfully, my presentation passed muster except for a very minor omission. I fixed it, now I just have to fly it by legal.

If all of the world were so easy to navigate, we'd all be sitting on the world's largest iceberg.

Here's wishing we have some global warming soon!

Stay tuned for our next exciting installment...

Back to the grind

The polar vortex arrived in force yesterday. Bubba was out of school so we packed a lunch and visited our doctor (since he sometimes runs late). All went well and we actually got out earlier than expected.

I sat at my computer so long working on my PublicU presentation that I hurt last night. Oh, the back and other muscles should balk when I'm awake and have plenty of time to walk around.

Tuesdays after a holiday always seem like Mondays.

Oh, the excitement the day will bring.

Stay tuned...

A Wayne and Garth moment

"We're not worthy", I wanted to shout, complete with bows, but I took it all in stride.

My advisor from PublicU contacted me today about talking to her students in a conference about what I do in the SU.

Priceless.



I love you two, but I AM worthy. Three words: Bring it on!

 Stay tuned!

The joys of spring

Yes, RehabLand is warming up for the moment. The neighbor's daffodils are up and looking bright. I'm going to be trapped inside, since I got invited back to MegaConference nursing section. I'm not going to lie: I was a second string presenter, but since they found a bigger room, they decided to invite me. This year, MegaConference is not far away and Dahey can visit lots of friends and relatives. It was a no-brainer.

Bubba had fun on his spring break. I don't think he'll like going back to school, but it will be over soon enough. Getting a kid to do homework when the weather is nice is challenging.

Dahey finally got a new (used) car. Hallelujah! I'm just hoping this former grandma mobile can handle him driving it all over the place.

So I'm going to stop for now. Thank goodness we have a printing group who works on short notice (and mine is very nice). I'm going to be busy doing my homework this weekend.

More to come...

What we will do for the ones we love

My Bubba has a cold. I went and got him a treat.

My sister needed a ride home from the hospital recently. I took her  home, and even offered her favorite thing, Starbucks.

Dahey likes sweets, so I made some banana cake for him to take with him to work today.

My widowed aunt asked me to "go along to a presentation" by a company here in RehabLand that sells nutraceuticals. They work with a soy product that will "save your world." where every member of the audience (she and I were the crowd) who used the product (6 different people) had a testimonial about how it cured everything from rheumatoid arthritis to depression and some forms of cancer.

Since it was snowing, not many folks showed up, even though Warren Buffett owns a network marketing company.

Some things are easier to do than others.

Good night!

Hurry up and go

Survived my presentation, survived my interrogation, er, interview for the SU.

Now to enjoy the rest of this conference and the long Labor Day weekend.

More later

Time to update the slides

I do an education presentation for a local non-profit organization which many of our rehab patients belong. Traveling partner and I discuss the favorite rehab nurse topic: bowel and bladder issues.

We did a thorough research on the internet and in journals, etc., since the folks we work with publish stuff.

But, I never realized until today when I attended a presentation with a urologist that we forgot a surgical intervention: bladder augmentation. (And yes, it does make the bladder bigger.) I guess one of these days I may actually meet a patient who's had this done. So far, not yet.


Finally, they mentioned this device. I got flashbacks to nursing school when I had to do a soap suds enema (without a balloon, which would have been nice).

Stay tuned...

Winding down

Ah, so glad the week is nearly over. It's been taxing with this random assorted virus I have--one moment constant nose running, another coughing. I can't wait until it's run its course and is over.

Ice, snow and mayhem have come to RehabLand. Why do sane looking people think it's okay to try to do 80mph down a snowy road with black ice and winds at 30-40 mph? People died here on the roads today. So glad I don't have to drive where these crazies are. I wish my boss understand why I want to telecommute (yes, I can!) on days like today.

I'm happy despite the snow and biting cold. My people in our sister hospitals are finally back from vacation! (only took what seemed to be a month). They are answering e-mails AND participating. Joy, joy, joy! I am thrilled. And, yours truly did her first group presentation, to a group of nurses all over the place via computer. It was very, very cool.

Bubba and I enjoyed playing in the snow with WildDog when work and school was done. It was the highlight of my day.

More to come...

It figures...

My life has had shades of Murphy's Law the whole day.

1. Painters came back to the Hotel, right outside my office. What does this mean? Paint fumes galore. Thankfully, my friends upstairs let me hide out at the spare desk in their area. The painters stayed away from there.

Still don't know if our office staff chief got the painters a work order to paint my office, which hasn't been painted since the Ford Administration (which was also when the building was built...love those historical cornerstones!)

2. WildDog fell down and strained his front leg. Poor thing! He's a geriatric dog.

3. I feel a cold (or other random virus) coming on, just in time for my presentation tomorrow.

I'll be crossing my fingers (and hoping I have a voice tomorrow). Stay tuned.

D-Day...

Or Jour J as they'd call it in Paris.

Today is my conference presentation. Lots to tell once it's done...stay tuned!

By hook or by crook...

I'm probably going to end up in Vegas this year...maybe for my anniversary! Dahey said we could renew our wedding vows there for fun at one of those chapels. I told him only if he wears an Elvis costume. I was told I have to be Priscilla...not sure if the blonde or brunette one!

Anywho...enough of me. The work week ended with much excitement. The docs obviously didn't think we had enough to do, so they gave us a few extras at the last minute, like getting a PICC line and blood cultures for my patient who slept most of the day, because he stayed up watching movies all night and ringing the light for candy.

Our boss decided to redo a presentation my conference companion and I had done for one conference and submit it for another conference. Of course, all of the information had to be done stat, because, the boss never wants to wait (and he/she has ADHD) and the deadline is 1201 EST. This conference is in Las Vegas, too.

Happily, right now I'm working on a group project in my class and it's going very nicely. We have a larger group and being the project manager, I'm having fun doing and doling out the work where needed. We will deliver on time, by golly!

So now, a couple of shots...of espresso later, I'm ready to go to bed. To sleep, perchance, to dream...of a free weekend.

Stay tuned....more to come.