Who Needs Sleep?

Wow. I am tired. I know this overtime is good and I get double time and all, but right now I just want to go to bed! Ok, forget bed, I'll just lay my head down on this desk here and.....

Goodbye Earl

I miss my night shift people!!!!! I am pulling some extra shifts this week and it makes me very sentimental for my old crew. They're a cut above on nights during the week here - some very amazing people. I miss them :)

So, today Brenda started painting again - because I was too big of a lazy a$$ to start it on Monday. I painted my heart out all day last Wednesday, and then it rained on everything that night. I am still pissed. So, Brenda started it again in our living room this morning. We are now painting inside as to avoid painting a third time. We'll just be high all week on paint fumes, that's all.

Also today - I did some CNA clinicals in the pre-surgery area. It totally made me wish I would go to school to be a surgeon. But I'm not totally digging school now. That, and I want to stay home with some kids instead. The pics of the open heart surgery still ROCKED, though!

I watched The Seven Year Itch the other day, because I like old movies. Hm. Not impressed. Marylin kissing the guy so his wife would be jealous - yeah, I don't think that would work with me. I would kick his a$$. He would regret that. The part that really irked me was the fantasy with the secretary. She hits on him - he pushes her away - she jumps on him - he hits her - and she asks for more!!!!! Bullshit!!! I am not putting the asterisks in for that one! I actually had to pause the movie and yell and feel sorry that there are people out there who have been taught that kind of thing is ok. I am still fuming - can you tell? So, if I ever get past my infuriation, I may be able to actually see the movie from the artful stand point.

Don't hold your breath.

People Get Ready Jesus is Coming

Ok, so I don't call him Jesus - and I feel pretty darn blasphemous putting that as a heading. The song is good, though :) No - he's a doctor here at Mercy and other people call him Jesus. I call him Dr. McFine. It's the Armani jeans, let me tell ya. I'm not even much of an Armani type girl, but he is the exception to the rule. You know, he is gorgeous, but that's not why I like him so much - he's HILARIOUS! (and pretty geeky, too!) He is from Lebanon I do believe, and he has the long hair and mustach just like the "normal" pictures of Jesus. (hence the nickname...) I won't put his real name down - but everybody I work with will know exactly who I'm talking about :)
At first, I was terrified to talk to him. Or, it may have been that I couldn't breath or think every time he walked by. One day, I was sitting in Pod 3 when he came out of a patients room. He started talking to me about how the patient wanted to die and the family was not ok with this. Then he says to me, as he ponders it aloud, "I think I'd like to die when I'm 99 years old. Ya. 99."
"OK." I said, wondering if he accidentally had a shot of Dilaudid. "Why 99?"
"Well, " he says very pensively - now he's put his pen down and leaning on his elbows on the desk in front of me - "I've always liked odd numbers, and I like numbers you can divide by eleven."
Had Dr. McFine said this to any other person, they would have thought he was nuts. I, however, perfectly accepted this as a reasonable explanation. "Hm, that makes sense. I think I'd like to die at 82. I like even numbers. That, and 8 is the number for new beginnings, and 2 is the number of marriage, or joining."
He liked my answer and we talk every time he comes in now.
He likes to tell me about his espresso machine, and how I need one. Also, he updates me on anything funny with youtube lately, and now we are even facebook friends! He told me tonight he's going to buy me for a dollar. *OK. I'm ok with that!* Actually, the more I get to know him, the more I break down that pedestal I first put him on. I no longer drool over him, I like him better this way. Down to earth and imperfect. It's great!!
Well, tonight he comes down and Amy (one of my favorite nurses) says to another person, "Do you need some help, Moses?" - and Dr. McFine replies, "Moses? I thought I was Jesus?!?!" Amy and I both busted a gut! He was very confused, the poor man! It was quite entertaining.
Sometime, I'll have to tell you about when Amy first met him - that's a pretty good story, too.
Did I mention he has amazing skin? and a great accent.
Nite.

Why's Everybody Always Pickin' On Me?

I am not making fun of people with OCD, just to let you know! I am constantly organizing, alphabetising, and labeling the desks in my area of the E.R. Dr. Nowysz noticed this and started interviewing me for my mental health history. I then proceeded to tell him that I have mapped out the hospital so that no matter where I go - I am going in a counter-clockwise circle. I also have Des Moines mapped out for the purpose of driving in the same manner. I cannot drive from my mother's house by Mason City to my father's house in Center Point, because that would be clockwise from Des Moines. I must go to my father's first. That is just one of my many "quirks". Ask Brenda - she can list them all. So, Dr. Nowysz has unofficially diagnosed me with OCD. The nurses laugh at me every day. I laugh at myself every day. I realize that there is no reason for some of my anal tendencies, (Most have very definite reasons.) and I do see the humor in it all. That doesn't, however, stop me from doing any of it. OCD's OK with me! I just call it organized.

Straight Lines

This by the way - hysterical.

Long, Long Time

I read this person's blog the other day, and all of the titles were song names. I thought it was a good idea. Let's see how long this phase lasts.
So, I truly didn't realize that it had been quite that long since my last post. Lori did. She reminded me a lot. :) Between work, more work, family drama, painting all the furniture I own, school, and Netflix, it's been a little hard to post lately.
Speaking of Netflix... I've been watching a lot of TV online. I watched the entire series of SeaQuest DSV. It's cheesy, it doesn't make much sense, it's a LOT of bad acting (and some good), but it stars Jonathan Brandis. Therefore, it is automatically at the top of My Favorites list. I should type up one of those.... Anyway, I have also watched Weeds. Not as impressed as I hoped to be. The series gets a little far fetched as the seasons go. Again, I watch it for the actors. I adore Mary-Louise Parker and Romany Malco is just lickable. (I'm getting kinda sick of putting in the links and may stop - just to let you know.) The show is pretty addicting, as well - like a soap opera. I am almost willing to pay for Showtime just to see the new stuff right away. (and then I remember - Uncle Randy has Showtime on Demand. And a pool. :) Now I am watching Sliders - another *wonderful* 90's sci-fi show! A little of my CDO comes out while watching Sliders, though. They do not always play their episodes in sequential order. This bugged me as a kid, too. I hated that the preview from the end of the last show was an epidsode that aired 3-odd weeks ago. (or 4-odd weeks from then) Yep, still bugs me.
I think I need to post in short increments. I'm gonna start doing that. Now.

Quote of the Week #7 - OK, so I'm a little behind...

"I have CDO. It's like OCD, but with the letters in alphabetical order, like they're supposed to be." - Hanan Rahman, Reader's Digest