Moving -- Again!

To the loyal readers who have stuck with me in spite of the longer and longer intervals between blog posts (both of you!) -- thank you! This is to let you know that I've moved my blog again, hopefully for the last time, to a bright shiny new WordPress installation on my own remotely-hosted domain account. You can find it at http://www.toastyfrog.net, and as a reward for going to the extra trouble of changing your bookmark settings, I've even posted a brand new back to school rant so that you can suffer vicariously along with me as I trudge through my last term in nursing school. (Also I put in a nifty random header image changing thingy, so be sure and reload the page 15 or 20 times to get the full effect!)

See you there,
Ruth

Why I Love My Job

One of the things I love most about my job is that you just never know what is going to happen next. It's never boring! Here's just one small example of what I mean.

The setting: The geropsych unit where I work, in "Fred's" room, where he's just waked up and I'm helping him dress for breakfast.

Fred: "Have you seen my brother?"
Me: "I didn't know you had a brother."
Fred: "Sure, I have a brother. Unless he's dead... He could be dead, I guess. Shoot, he'd be in his 80s by now."
Me: "What's your brother's name?"
Fred: "Fred."
Me: "But YOUR name is Fred."
Fred: "Of course." (He looks at me like I must be an idiot.)
Me: "So what's your brother's name, then?"
Fred: "Fred."
Me: "Your brother's name is Fred? Wasn't that kind of confusing?"
Fred: "No, MY name is Fred."
Me: "That's what I thought. What's your brother's name?"
Fred: "Fred."
Me: "So were your parents just unimaginative, or what?"
Fred: "No, they were Polish."