Wow.

Sometimes, it takes diving into the problems of others to make you forget your own. I feel so bad for my Nurse Manager, who was kind of thrown into her manager role right after getting her MSN. She is so overwhelmed by everything, and it seems like most of the people on days and evenings are either brand new and don't want to do anything, or have been at the VA for a 100 years and still don't want to do anything. YES, there are those who come in and work their asses off, and they know who they are.

But for the most part, it seems like there isn't any camaraderie. It's really sad.

So, we had crazyness happen last night. We were at the nurses station reading up on the new patient that had arrived earlier, continent, mentally reasonable, then we hear a loud thump and something that sounded like a groan from a horror movie. Sherri and I looked at eachother as if to say "WTF wuzzat!?" I stood up to go check it out, and I see a man (the new patient) lying on the floor with a small pool of blood around his head. "Oh my god!" I take off down the hall, grab a box of gloves and start throwing pairs at my coworkers. We rolled him onto his back, and he had a huge knot and a gash above his right eyebrow. I held him flat on his back while Henry the hot charge nurse lept into action and quickly bandaged the area. Sherri ran to find a stretcher, Susan called triage to make arrangements for him to go, and Nina went to find dry clothes and supplies to change him.

I have to say that I was proud. We did a full body lift about 4 feet off of the ground to get him on the stretcher. We worked like a well oiled belly dancer. It was great. I mean, the incident was horrific, but I'm glad that everyone was able to keep their head and take care of the patient.

And thats really what it's all about, you know?

I'm sorry to report...

That the cover of "strong independent single woman" is quickly crumbling.

I'm having a bad day, I suppose. I just feel really sad and alone.

But I need to get off of my crucifix, in case someone needs the wood.

The Sweetest Goodbye...

Not only did I need the road trip because I was going frickin' stir crazy, but the original intention was to go see our friend Alana, who moved to east Tennessee a few months or so ago

Well, as what tends to happen when I try to make plans, Kelly got sick and couldn't make the drive here from Alabama.

I had already made the hotel reservations, and deeply had my heart set on getting out of the house with my best friends.
So I was heartbroken and a little upset.
Ultimately, I decided that I'd go- even if I had to go alone.

But I still had to try to find a trip-buddy

I called Aiden and of course, he had to work. My adoptive-from-work mom, Sherri didn't want to leave our smoothy charge nurse alone with the *ah-hem* other ladies of night shift. Understandably.

So I thought I'd ask Desi. Out of nowhere. On short notice. Crazy, there's no way she'll go.

Imagine my surprise when she said yes!

She had to bring her year old daughter, Lela, but it's all good in tha hood.

Lela slept most of the trip there.



I wanted to sleep most of the trip there.


We got to the hotel  and unloaded our things in our
fabulous room.


The next morning, we went out for the staple of Pigeon Forge:


Mine had peanut butter and chocolate chips. Mmmm. Healthy.

We went to the aquarium.



We had lunch at the Feeding Frenzy next to the Stingray Tank.

Then we went to the Mountain Mall where I purchased some great souvenirs
for Aiden and Sherri.


Then we drove home. Lela was slightly more fussy on the way back, but she'd been strapped down in a car for, like, hours. It was hot and I have no air conditioning. On the way back, had to pull off of the interstate, to the side of the road and perform a standing diaper change, where I held Lela in the air while Desiree changed the diaper and dodged her kicking feet. Yeah, just like at work. Ha!

All in all, it was a great trip. Though short, we had a great time. It's like eerie how much she and I have in common, and both of us spend the longest time babbling about nothing at all.

It's glorious.

So really, my friendship with her is like, the best thing to come out of the *koff* relationship with Big, so I'm grateful to him for that. And if I still swung that way- I'd so girly crush on her. ;)

When I dropped her off, I talked to her grandparents for a few minutes. Because I'm the queen of polite family relations. Walking out the door, I got a hug from Desi and a half hug from Lela. Ahh, the sweetest goodbye.

Then I drove home, miniblogged, and passed out.

Good times.

Best Road-Trip Ever.

I'll more than likely be wiping off the Va-Ca Woot site and putting up pictures from this, the best road trip ever. Desi and I (along with her small companion, Lela) drove to Pigion Forge for a day, went to the Aquarium, browsed the Christmas Store, and got pretty damn tipsy in a hotel room.

It was sweet.

I'll write more on it later, as well as post some pictures.

I'm a sleepy lady.

Did I mention that Desi is Big's sister?

She's hot.

How's about some double deuce action!?

How Nintendo Are You?




How Jedi Are You?



Got a letter back from Aiden :)

I'm not going to post it. I need some privacy, you know.
(Yeah, right)

Anyway... I'm not so worried anymore. And he likes my cutthroat honesty, I think. I'm glad I sent him that letter. It needed to be said, and I think he's worth waiting for as long as he realizes that I can't wait forever.

*happy again*