Olympic Fever

I am so in love with watching the Olympics! I don't care which country wins. Actually I want everyone to win. I'm such a "Mom"!Can't get much done with my eyeballs glued to the TV! I am so inspired by these athletes but here I am on the couch, back injury flared up from my spontaneous dancing last weekend when we set up our new stereo. Prednisone and Vicodin on board to keep me out of pain and healing. And Ice, ice, ice....

Do all nurses end up with chronic back pain? It seems to be true with all the old "Nightingales" I talk to. In my new job I am the granny of the group at 55! The sweetie training me is 30! I'm keeping my back problems sort of "Hush-Hush" since I'm 2 weeks NEW on the job. No one knows how bad it is. Although today I got up from my desk three times and the striking pain made me gasp and move very slowly. Got to the Dr. at 5pm.

Gettin' old really sucks. Remember I joined "Curves" last year? Been there three times and each time the back flares up. Tried taking it REALLY ..S...L...O...W.... can't do it. Most of the machines work the back. Gotta get out of the one year contract.

I think I need to get back to swimming and maybe water aerobics. Opinions?

*****************Giveaway SOON!

I'm Back in Action!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!

I think I've got the "sleeping at night time" conquered. Skipped the Ambien the last two nights and slept great! LOVE having the weekends OFF too!

And, I have so much more time to do things...........Hooray!!!!!!!!!!

Handmade giveaway from FEST

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Double Giveaway on the FEST Blog


There's pretty silver seashell earrings and

CRAYONS !!!!!!!!!!!

Visit, check out the shops, comment and you could win!!!!!!!

HELP ! Suggestions Needed

Ohhhhhhh,........... I am having trouble switching from a night person to a day person.

Ambian is helping, but just when I think I'm sooo tired and don't need a pill, I go to sleep and then after just 4 hrs I wake up

that's 3am

and can't sleep any more!

and have to be bright eyed and bushy- tailed in the office at 9AM!

Any suggestions???

Happy Birthday Bubble Wrap!

Bubble Wrap is 50 years old today! I have trouble keeping it to reuse..........

Everybody loves it!!! PoPPOpPoppOPPoPpopPOpPOPpOPPOPpopPOP...........................

I'm on "Cuteable" !!!

I thought my sleep schedule was weird when I worked nights.

Now that I have two weeks of nights left and then daytime work starting on FEB. 1st.......

I can't sleep at all.......anxiety, excited, whatever...........

Anyway ...my "Sienna Sparrow" domino pendant made it on "Cuteable"!!!!

today----3rd down form the top!

Little victories of recognition...so FUN!

I Got the New Job !!!!!!

Well today was great! I was offered the case manager position and I took it!
Back to working in the day and getting "normal" sleep at night. I have worked nights for 10+ years.....

No more per diem shifts. I'm getting PTOs, benefits and bonus'....

HOORAY!!!

I wonder how long it will take to make the change and adjust to it?

Will I be falling asleep at my desk at work?
Can I pretend I was praying when they catch me?

Oh No .....I'm going to have to start putting on makeup before I go to work!
AND wearing "office" attire...
Goodbye comfortable scrubs, ( sports bras) and crocs!

Got a Bite on a new Job.....?????

Well I spent most of last year debating.....Job changes....

I've been a home care night nurse tooooo long - I'm growing fangs.

( mosiac photo credit and link to acenal.etsy.com a fellow FESTette)

I want to return to the world of sunshine - although I'll probably have to wear shades until my eyes readjust. Even on my days off I'm up all night - till 7a and then sleep till 3p

It Sucks. Now any way.

It was Good when I was a girl scout leader, volunteer at HS Band, and taxi cab for the kids.

But, alas they are grown and no longer need me to be the parental unit who sucks all the fun out of their lives and enforces "RULES"

So what to do......what to do?????

I debated:

Going back for my masters degree???...quite expensive and timely.

Getting certified in Quality Assurance or Utilization Review? 9 months Hmmmmmm

Then I stumbled on Informatics - computers in Nursing- sounds like fun?

Hospice seems very interesting to me. I've worked several cases and loved it. Not many nurses do but - I do.

I went for an interview for a UR position at a Psychiatric Hospital and was offered the job!

The office was a 5 x 6 closet - no windows - No thanks.

I interviewed for a nurses aide teaching job - wanted that one - didn't get it....

Well today I went for an interview at my current company as a Case Manager. I've done this kind of work before , many years ago.

I want it! It went very well but , several others are in contention so I'll hear next week.

Keep your fingers crossed for me! I could get to be NORMAL again!

Miagi's No HDD

Here's how Miagi says "Turn up the heat Mom!" as he warms his belly on the frig vent!

Holy CRAP-- It's not allowed to get this cold in Florida!!!
Who made this rule? you say......
ME, that's who!
How many of us moved here to escape the "frigid miserable air that causes dry cracked hands and feet, excessive layering of clothes, sickness and depression"?
Almost everyone I know except the few "Crackers" who were born here.

However, recently due to this weather, a strange personality trait has emerged from some people. I have become aware of a new kind of stubborn weirdo personality. I call them HDDs (Heat Defiance Dummies).

The HDD individual gets some kind of pride "high" from bragging about not using heat in their homes. Mind you it's been 37 to 40 degrees the last few nights! They must tell everyone they know and that's on FB and twitter too, that they don't need any heat! They will soldier through without it!
Have years of being in the Florida sweltering heat "fried" some of their common sense brain cells.
Is it just a senile trait? Many of them are elderly.
Are they ridiculously cheap. Excuse me,......I mean thrifty? They say that's not why.
One HDD told me she was afraid of the weird smell from her heater.............."?"
One HDD told me, " we haven't used our heater yet and we never will!"
Do they think an unused heater increases its value like an unwrapped baseball card or Barbie doll?
One especially PROUD HDD neighbor is staying in her bed, all bundled up, day and night, with a window cracked!
She's cracked all right!....and German- very stubborn.
I'm German so I can admit to the stubborn trait myself. However I am stubborn about being cozy warm, keeping my fur babies warm and not getting sick!

First Sale of my Handmade Domino Pendants!

Well I am so tickled - I had a sale!!!!

My first sale of my quirky "handmade" Domino pendants!

I gave several to friends & family as Christmas presents and received some "love" back from them.

However, the very next time I saw my Mother, after Christmas, she was wearing the necklace(?) Hmmmm..... coincidence??? Here's why I'm suspicious...

My Dad, who is retired, still wears a tailored dress shirt EVERY day. No Polo's No t-shirts, NO tank tops. One birthday I got him a Tropical/ Hawaiian shirt. I thought ...tailored style , yet leisurely. Conservative black with light blue designs. He wears it every time he comes to my house - never anywhere else. He's trying toooo hard to pretend he likes it.

Anyway , when someone who doesn't love you, or feel obligated to like your crafts, or fake a smile when they open a handmade gift, ACTUALLY BUYS one to really wear because they LIKE it......It feels great!

I wonder why I distrust my families actions so much? .....off to the shrink's couch...