It has opened my eyes

Working at my job has enabled me to come in contact with people from all walks of life. However its the ones that have just found themselves in horrible situations in life and it just makes my heart ache. I have been extremely busy at work the past few days. We have a tons of new clients coming into our CBA program (community based alternatives). Its a program that is meant to keep people out of the nursing homes and if it is possible with some assistance let them live on their own. I have gone and visited several nursing homes to go visit a client and its just heart breaking to see all the people in there, listening to them yelling out for help or just rolling around aimlessly in their wheelchairs. But any who, I digress...I went to visit this woman the other day who is only 35 years old. She has kidney failure and is on dialysis, however she broke her foot two years ago and so she was taken to the hospital. Well she had been living with her mom prior to this however her mom was in the hospital at the same time so when they went to discharge her, there was no one home. So the hospital had her admitted to a nursing home, and that is where she has been for the past 2 years. She is 35 years old, she doesn't belong in a nursing home!
And another gentleman I went to go visit yesterday is 40 years old and he has been a quadriplegic since he was 14 when he went cliff diving off lake grapevine. He seems to be a highly functioning quad and does a lot of things for himself. He had been living with his aunt however one day his uncle told him he need to exterminate the house so he said he was going to take him for a drive and next thing he knew he was being dumped off at a nursing home, and his family never looked back. He has been there for 3 years. He is all there mentally, and he gets around anywhere he wants in his electric wheelchair. He just needs a little assistance from someone and he could live by himself. So with the help of the state program I can help get this guy out of the nursing home and let him live in his own apartment. Its just sad to see what people are put through. I don't see how a family can do that. Sure it make not be easy to take care of a loved one, but its not easy for them to be disabled and unable to take care of themselves. I just don't get it.

So mean!

So this morning we had our usual Wednesday morning staff meeting. And just as soon as we sit down, the secretary rings back on my bosses phone and says that BJ our business manager is on the phone. So we all have to get up and leave her office while she talks to him. Then a few minutes later we go back into her office to start out meeting. She starts of by reminding us of the visit we are expecting from BJ the cooperate business manager and Carlos the vice president of our company. We have all been curious as to the reasoning for them coming. So she lets us know that the reason BJ called was to let us know that the reason they were coming was that our office has not been doing good, we are not improving enough for them, and not increasing in our numbers of patients. Our boss told us that the business manager is ALL about numbers and he doesn't care that we have pending patients all he sees are the numbers we have now. We are all in shock by now, and you can see everyones mind is racing. I am thinking that I am going to have to end up going back to the hospital, and all the while our boss continues on with our Wednesday staff meeting. She said she was going to give us the opportunity to vent about the situation at the end of the meeting. And as she talks to us my coworkers go on and on about how wrong this is for them to do this to us. And how hard we have been working. And then she says its ok for us to go back to work. And right as we get up to leave she goes oh, by the way... April Fools.

Fun with friends

There are just not words enough to write about the need for friends. Life would just be incomplete without those who we consider our near and dear friends. Sometimes its not always what they do for you specifically, but the give and take you give each other. Knowing that you can count on each other, and be there when its truly needed. I don't have recent pictures with all my friends, and there are many that could be pictured, this weekend I was able to go visit my friend Monica and we both happened to be wearing our matching shirts she made for us at Christmas time. It was quite comical because we looked like little kids matching. But we laughed it off, and decided to take pictures to honor our event.

"A friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else."

"A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself."

The outdated system of writing checks

I was waiting in line to pay for my new back door at Lowe's the other night. I was waiting in the only line with a cashier, and I was quite anxious to leave as Lowe's is not exactly a store I care to spend great time in. I get up to the line and there is only one gentleman in front of me, however this man is not paying in the simple cash or charge version, he is using the now seeminly outdated Check system. It made me think of a blog that Ellen Degeneres wrote and I may have shared this before, but it makes me chuckle every time.

"I went to the grocery store this weekend to buy some sundries, and something horrific happened. I got caught in line behind a woman who paid with a check. That's pure torture. I thought I was on "Punk'd." Who pays with a check anymore? I never do. I only use my American Express card. (wink) Writing out a check could not take longer. First of all, they don't even get the checkbook out until everything's bagged. Then they have to look at the driver's license, get a manager's approval, stamp it, put it in the special drawer... sacrifice a goat. It takes forever. Then they take out their register and balance their checkbook before they leave. "Let's see, carry the one, take away the nine, add the four..." Even when I used checks, I didn't record them. I just waited for them to bounce and then I knew how much I spent. And if you make a mistake, then you have to void it and start over, or put your initials on it to make it "legal." Is that really legal? How do they know who wrote the initials? It's just two capital letters. Unless you're Prince. Then it's just the one; "P." Maybe that's why he changed his name to that symbol for a while. Harder to forge. I'll bet he has purple checks... with rain on them. Purple Rain checks. Some people take the time to write in the "memo" line. That's so when they get their canceled checks back, they can remember what they were for. "To the LAPD. LAPD? What's this for? (look down to memo line) Ah, yes... bail. Lucky there's that memo line. I thought it was a reminder section. Like, if you write a check to your plumber. In the memo section you can put, "Remember to wear a belt next time you fix my sink."

Britney's controversal song

It was a Monday evening. Approximate time? 7:30 p.m. I was on my way home from the grocery store when Britney Spears' new song came on the radio. I loved it...although I found it odd. Who is this Amy person and why is Britney so anxious about her? Is it a lesbian thing? Or is Amy going to kick her butt?

Oh, who cared? I liked the song so I downloaded it to my computer and put it on my MySpace. I must have listened to the song 25 or more times between Monday and Wednesday night. Wednesday night, I was surfing around, looking for something else, when I read a mention of Britney's controversial new song.

Controversial? Why? Maybe THIS was the key to why the song made no sense to me.

The song, If U Seek Amy, the posted the video below (hoping it doesn't become obsolete by the end of the day). Parents are calling for it not to be played during the time kids might be listening because kids will somehow be corrupted by hearing this song?

No, they won't. Unless you TELL them it's controversial.

You'll figure it out now that I've told you there's a message here but hearing it fresh, who sits and pieces together that something like this is dirty? The lyrics go: "All of the boys and all of the girls are begging to If You Seek Amy."

Think about it a second. I'll wait...

Of course, it's all over for the Britney song now. Parents are freaking out, the press is all over it, and word is spreading like wildfire in every elementary school this side of the border. Britney's song will, of course, be a huge hit because everyone will have to hear it. Everyone will have to see the video too, because of Britney's ample bosom, not to mention all of the boys and all of the girls begging to If You See K- Britney.

Got it yet?

Here's the video. You know you wanna watch! Its such a catchy song, why did everyone have to ruin it for me by telling me what her hidden message was?

What kind of woman are you?

Lovely Lady

You are lovely and caring. You help others and spread out a lot of sympathy. Your life aim maybe is to serve the people. But your weakness is that you forget about yourself, your own needs. All your time is hold back for your friends and family. You are always there for people in trouble. Ready for any emergency. You make a lot of sacrifices just to be a good human. But every woman has her needs, her longings and a destiny. Don't lose yourself in work or curing other people's souls. You will have your own problems in your life. Another problem is that you don't say your opinion when it's right and important to say it. People trample onto your soul if you are always so kind and lovely and helpful. They will play on you. Though you should try to relax more and enjoy your life, you should not lose the gift that was given to you to help others . Not everyone is created this way... You are unique and rare!

Life update

So many things have been going on in my life, but none I found warranted their own blog, so I just thought I would write sort of an update on things so far.
So I was offered that position with my company to be the director of nursing however after cooperate reviewed the information and checked with the states requirements they couldn't give me that position due to the fact that I have never been a charge nurse. And apparently the position is also an alternate administrator in case our administrator was gone for any reason. So im going to continue with the job that I have and they are going to continue to look for a person for that position. If for some reason they don't find a person to fill that position, after I have been here for a year then I am eligible. So far I have been here 2 months, so that's a ways away lol.
On the 7th I got to go to a mavericks game with my roommate Melissa which was a lot of fun. They played the Washington Wizards and the mavs creamed them. LOL

Then this last Sunday my friend Kristen was in town. She moved away several years ago and then got married and so its been ages since I have seen her. But we got together for dinner at her friends house and she cooked dinner for us. Then we played some guitar hero world tour on her friends boyfriends giant projector screen and then everyone played some pool. It was a blast. Then last night we all went and had dinner at my favorite Japanese place, yes its Jinbeh shocker I know, and then went and saw the movie Taken. That movie was amazing its like a combination of 24 and Alias, both of which I love, so the show was a real hit with me.