Random Notes from the Sandwich Life
1. I'm lousy at responding at comments so I will do so here. Sarah Head---thank you----I'm going to look into nettles...and thanks for putting me on your distant healing list----I find that so comforting.
2. As far as the Great Ornament Break of 2009, there was no metal top---it just had a little blown glass circle at the top. It was iridescent.....it looked something like this garden globe does:
I've looked all through ebay and the like. It was made in the 80's sometime and I think I got it at Lord & Taylor many years ago.....sigh.....
3. I sent a copy of my what I'd written on my blog to the director of the nursing home. First it was automatically returned because it had the word 'shit' in it so I changed it to 'feces' and sent it again. I just didn't have the energy to rewrite it. She responded and said she'd investigate and there would be disciplinary action. She gave me her cell phone number in case I needed to contact her again. O.k., all good. I also mentioned that my mother had been confined to her room for a day because of lack of oxygen canisters and said that I was concerned about the care of her open sores on her behind. She ignored those things....said they strived for excellent patient outcomes and that she believed that my mother was happy with the care she'd received there previously. You know....the more I think about that the more it irritates me. I don't doubt that they strive for excellent patient outcomes....but how does she know if my mother was happy with the care she received? I guess because she came back. Because I don't think anybody asked her...or me if we were happy with the care she received. There aren't all that many options in town and when you are told you need to go to a nursing home for IV treatment...well hell, you go. Why does she assume that she was happy with the care she received. Because she's polite and says thank you? I don't know.... I just find that niggling away at me like a piece of popcorn stuck in your teeth.....
4. Wonderful news about the furlough days at the University. Sigh. I know, I know....I'm glad I have a job....four days won't kill us but given that we are barely getting by NOW......ugh. And of course being the worrier I am....well, I worry....
5. I haven't been sleeping well. First there was the night I babysat the frozen pipe and the hairdryer and since then.....I don't know.....despite being exhausted I'm not sleeping. Time for another round of Unisom I guess.
6. Nice looking snowman near my workplace.....
7. The plan is for my mother to come home from the nursing home tomorrow. I have my doubts but I can't tell her she has to stay there..... I just can't. The whole thing makes me tired. Cross your fingers people, cross your fingers....