There are so many things floating around in my crazy ass head right now. I worked today in good ol’ poopy paradise and had a shitin’ good time. Good fellow health care professionals working alongside me and we even got free grub from Boston Market at lunchtime. We had an in-service and in order to get our hyper, OCD, goofy big asses to sit down, they have to offer free food.

I think it is safe to say that nurses have a distinct personality, at least for the most part. There are some boring biatches that I work with, but for the most part we all get along very well. Even our Greg Fockers are flippin’ funny and bring humor to the day.

Where else on earth can you be in shit up to your elbows, have shit smeared on the walls, blood splattered on your shoes, mucous in eye level suction containers 2 inches from your head, see 32 penis’ and 20 vagina’s, hell even say the word vagina out loud without a double take from anyone around, put a tube up those same body parts, put a tube up the nose into the belly, tie down a crazy ass confused person, get kicked and called a bitch, do CPR and push medicines to save a life and hold someones hand while they die all in the same day? Ahh, nursing. I love it!!

That is why I say the personality thing. You have to deal with some serious shit, laugh 50% of the time, be comfortable with being oushy and assertive and have empathy and sincerity. But you know what, we have a good time. Even among all the chaos of running around and being overworked and understaffed, we like what we do. It makes the time pass.

Hell, half way through the day we talked about sex, sagging body parts, lack of sex drive, depression medications and penis girth, yeah I said it, when we had a few minutes to kill. I bet a lot of you don’t conversate on those topics at work! LOL.

Oh boy, what a day. I was also reminded about the importance of family and quality of life. I helped a family decide to make thier family member a palliative, hospice patient. Why is it that doctors can’t say the word death but we can march right in the room, hold the family members hand and say, “Your mom is dying, lets do what she would want and make her comfortable. Give her that final gift”.

Anyway, the family was great and it just reminded me how much I love my family and how important it is to live one day at a time. If this isn’t the pot calling the kettle black, huh, but fortunately for me I have these very real situations to remind me of all this and help keep it “real”.

So yeah, now I am going to kiss my girls on their foreheads and whisper mommy loves you” in their sleeping ears and then go kiss and hug my hubby. I am going to tell The Big Guy how much I love him and that I think he is a great daddy, hubby and best friend. Cause guess what? We only get one time around and you better make it good!

I might even give him some good lovin’, wink, wink, if you know what I mean! LOL. Why does it always come back to the ol’ who-ha?

One final statement: In the words of Jim Halpert, “Bears beats battlestar gallatica”!!!!! Looooovvvvveee The Office!

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