Random Thoughts

I need to get back into my blog. I'm sure Momma Mooselet is worried about me, convinced I'm overworked and overtired. While this is true, I'm chugging along in passive mode. Instead of waiting for it to end, I'm starting to think I need to fight against it. Of course that requires a lot of energy, which is in short supply these days. It's the Vicious Hamster Wheel of Fatigue, and I'm trying like crazy to get off. So here are some random thoughts as I spin on the wheel:

** Dear Doctor - you are NOT the be-all and end-all fount of knowledge. Yes you have an important job and you help your patients battle a potentially life-threatening disease. However when we mere nurses make a suggestion, we're not trying to be better than you, or one-up you, or whatever it is you think we're doing. We're trying to do our job and help the same patients that you are. So stop being a jackass and doing the exact opposite of what we ask just to make a point that you're the doctor. It does nothing positive for you.

** I work with a lot of amazing nurses from all over the world. It is a seriously multi-cultural environment with nurses from New Zealand, the Philippines, South Africa, France, England, Scotland, Ireland... and me. I'm the lone North American representative. I get some grief now and again, but it's given in the Australian spirit of "we only give you shit if we like you" and I know now that it's required that I give it right back. But they are a great bunch of folks to work with.

** Ben & Jerry's ice cream now have a shop in Sydney and sell their pint tubs in Sydney & Melbourne. Gah!!! I love Ben & Jerry's so much I actually wrote to them and begged them to come to Brisbane. How sad is that?? If Krispy Kreme did it I hope I can soon have a tub of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough of my very own.

** Speaking of food, I would commit unspeakable acts for a decent bagel.

** Clive has started speech therapy sessions once a week. We can safely say he has an expressive speech problem, but can't say if there is anything else going on or not. His therapist has taped his sessions and Clive has been watching them non-stop.

** Sparky and Her Majesty have started football again. Sparky will be in the Under 15s, which gives me pause as it somehow represents a point in my mind where he is not longer little. Of course he hasn't been little for a long time, but it hit me like a ton of bricks this year. Her Majesty is in the Under 7s again.

** Sparky and The Hermit had birthday's this past week, with Sparky turning 15 and The Hermit turning an undisclosed age.

** Miss Thing continues to make me batty. Just want to let that be known.

** I have gotten several really nice compliments about my blog from people, and I thank them profusely. It's always warms the cockles of my heart (and ego) to hear people say they enjoy my ramblings.

** Dear Woolworths - If you're going to make a big deal about price reductions, advertising a change from $1.02 to $0.99 is probably not your best bet. Especially when Australian prices are rounded up or down if one is paying in cash. Last year, the pack of noodles cost $1 cash. This year? $1 cash.

** I find I'm turning into something of a prude as I get older. For example, porn never really bothered me in my younger days. These days I'm really over it and wish there was less of it around. And I don't like being a prude, so this bothers me.

** It's taken me over 5 hours to compile this list owing to multiple interruptions and an evening out to dinner with the entire family. 5 hours is insane, and explains why my poor blog gets neglected.