7 Down

My first week on my old eating plan is going fair. I am down 7 pounds but really the first 10 or more is just water so we shall see how it falls next week. All in all I am happy with the progress so far. Now if it will stop raining this week so I can climb on the ole bike. If it doesn't I guess I will hit the gym.

We did our 2nd night of self staffing. As feared all shifts were staffed perfectly except the 11's. We haven't exactly had perfect staffing for awhile now so nothing new but it could be bad when we get full again. Low census on the day shifts, short staffed at night. But I am keeping my game face on and not being the grumpy old nurse who has been through this and 400 other changes that come and go. Doesn't help anyway.

It has been raining cats and dogs. Everyday the flowers are opened up more. The old plum tree that fell during last years storm has some shoots coming off the bottom truck. May grow back so we are leaving the stump for now and going to see what happens. The flowers smell so good.


So what's with this swine flu. 152 deaths or 7. Every since they started letting you use calculators in school no one can count. So I got to wonder. What's in it for the government to get the numbers so wrong? Maybe this. See why we need global health care. For situations just like this. Hummmmmm. This cynical old lady. Or a smoke screen to keep our minds on other things. Or maybe like at work I am just a old cynical lady who always looks for the hidden reasons behind every decision made.

Now a disclaimer. The flu is something that can be very serious especially for the elderly or young or those with other health conditions. Occasionally even the very healthy will die.


Well, time to start drinking the water. I am bad at that. Can you smell the flower below? Actually since I still have the crud I can't either but I remember how it smells and am getting better everyday. Now if only my shoulder would be better.