Mad Scribblings From the Life of a Middle-Aged New Nurse
Did you ever work on a gigantic jigsaw puzzle only to get to the end and find there was a piece missing? How did you feel? Were you angry? Sad? Bitter? Were you so compelled to complete the puzzle that you made a piece fit forcefully -- or cut one out of cardboard just to... Continue Reading →
After almost a week of silence, I finally got a text from Bob this morning. "LOL good ones sorry been busy" (The "good ones" refer to the handful of memes I had sent him; the "sorry been busy" refers to me saying "where are you?") But I haven't answered because this was my perception of... Continue Reading →
Ghosting is as common in dating these days as going out for dinner or a coffee was ten years ago. (Damn millennials ruin everything - haha) Ghosting -- for the unwashed -- is when the person you've been seeing and regularly communicating with suddenly cuts off all communication. It usually happens without warning (but not... Continue Reading →
This isn't starting off as a good day. First, I woke up to a torn contact lens -- and cannot find my replacements ANYWHERE. My glasses are broken, so right now, as I sit here typing, I have my torn contact lens in my eye and feel like my eyeball is on fire. Add to... Continue Reading →
Nursing school is a bitch. It's worse than anything you can imagine. People go crazy (they really do!). They lose their damn minds. One of our spring students was hospitalized because they were failing and there was a police presence at senior graduation due to threats from someone who failed out. Seriously. Yes. It happens.... Continue Reading →
My former coworkers in retail have the best memes about shitty customers. One that is making the rounds this morning is accompanied by the caption "people suck" -- picturing a manager telling a customer the same thing the cashier just did. Difficult customers who always want to talk to the manager are classic retail-worker fodder.... Continue Reading →
When I was young, my parents were terrified by the rapidly changing world they were surrounded by -- a world they did not grow up in themselves. They were so afraid that it would corrupt their youngest child beyond repair that they over-protected me. It was a world they really didn't understand. So much had... Continue Reading →
After finishing the floor in the back half of the bathroom, the cleaning is on hold for the moment. I kinda ran out of steam. I'm not sure why. There's hardly anything left to finish, yet I CANNOT get myself to complete it. I joined some facebook cleaning support groups and believe it or not,... Continue Reading →
Today was toilet surround day. The task I have been dreading. There something inherently nauseating about crawling around the toilet bowl face first. It's one of the tasks I think I have avoided literally since the first day I moved in. So what you are about to see is almost 8 years of grime. You... Continue Reading →
Things are progressing, but slowly. I began the floor cleanup in the bathroom and quickly realized I have no idea where my broom went. Hard to clean a floor without the ability to sweep dirt. So I quickly became angry with myself and overwhelmed with all the gritty dirt on the floor getting on my... Continue Reading →
Mad Margaret Diaries 