May 01, 2006 13:46
Oh the joys of hanging out in hospitals, and remember me nor anyone I am directly in contact with daily* works in a hospital. I have spent a fair amount of time lately in and out of hospitals, not myself but visiting. The only benefit I see so far is that it creates a whole lot of knitting time. A few weeks ago now Ted got hit in the head with a golf ball, four was yelled he ducked and it got him in the back of the head, he still isn't right.
My father also was in the hospital for a week, with an obstruction, you don't want to know the details, I didn't want to know them but do. He is out now, a little better, very weak after almost a whole week of IV and no food. His shoulder replacement in May has been postponed to I don't know when, but that too will include a hospital stay, one that is even close to my house. Dad has had 7 surgeries in 14 months and I see a few more on the horizon, he says he doesn't deserve all of this bad Karma, but it is hard for me to agree. Am I evil that I don't feel that bad for him? I mean he has been a hypochondriac his whole life wouldn't this be his dream to have real problems and get them resolved now? I don't know I am still bitter, and I do worry tons when it is life threatening, I just tend to worry more about Mom than him.
The golf ball incident, did land us an invite to Easter no more than 72 hour prior. That pissed me off, his mom won't talk to him will not allow him in her home but he gets hit in the head and now he isn't all that bad. She is mad that we are living together, I went on this rant before. It really hasn't improved and just pisses me off that only when he is in harms way is he a son to her. I think the road with her is going to be a long one. Which is why her being a nurse on the floor where my father was, was the most tense thing about it all for me.
There really has been life without hospitals for me as well, it has included a lot of knitting, as usual, some working out a little more unusual and house stuff. We go in spurts trying to get the house is some kind of order, to see order, cleaned up order, unpacked order you choose, none of them are complete.
I am working out, not so much in the habit forming ways yet but I am consistently getting in some time each week which does need to be more, and sleeping in this morning did not help that unless I can talk myself into it after work. I am realizing the morning stuff does work, but I can't get too much sleep the night before or it makes me sleepier, the more you sleep the sleepier I am. Anything over 8 and I think my body doesn't want to get up ever, even if it is crappy sleep. It would help if I ate better as well, novel idea.
The business buying fell through, it turned out to not be a great venture for our wallets. I would give up a stable income with benefits for a non-stable income (to add to the boys unstable income) it just didn't make sense so we passed. Maybe something will come up again one day when it makes more sense. The idea (as brief as it was) to set my own hours and what not is making it harder for me to come to work daily, I think I just need some time off to relax and enjoy life without that 8 hours thing in the middle of the day. Soon lets hope.
* Except the boys mother, who is a nurse, I don't see her daily though.