Made me think??????

I was off work last Fri. and agreed to have dinner with my best friend Wendy that night.
As I pull up to her house, my friend from work calls to tell that a dear and sweet patient of mine had passed away. He had just gotten back from the hospital and wasn't really doing too good.
On Thurs. night, the last time I saw or took care of him; he was like his old self. He use to rub my arm. Well he did this as I was feeding him.
I never really knew what this man was like or what he did in his life.......until I read his obuartiary. He was a very smart man. Here is some of it:

" During World War II, he worked for Douglas Aircraft in the design and production of the aluminum wings of the C-54 cargo plane. Following the war, he had a distinguished 26-year career as a project engineer and executive for Reynolds Metals Co. During that time, he developed the extrusion process for producing the first seamless aluminum drink cans. He was also instrumental in introducing to the nation the use of aluminum foil for cooking. Following his retirement from Reynolds, he served as director of Buildings and Grounds for Virginia Commonwealth University, including the 50-building hospital campus of the Medical College of Virginia. He was also active in the Boy Scouts. After he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, he served as a local and regional scout leader for 25 years, including service as the Chicago Area District Boy Scout Commissioner. The family wishes to thank the staff at Chesapeake Healthcare for their extraordinary care during his stay."

That makes one really think what did this person do with their life.
I basically take care of people for a living. That is my career. And come to find out, this was a very smart man.
What are people going to say about me when I pass on? I miss him and still have a hard time walking into to his room. Because for the past 5 1/2 months, I helped take care of this man. But he always did tell me "thank-you" for anything I did for him.
Why can't some of the older people I take care of be like that? It also makes me think, "What kind of person am I gonna be when I get older or if I end up where someone has to help take care of me? No one knows how we will be when we are older and have to depend on someone else to help or take care of us. I just hope that I turn out to like some of the good ones that I have been able to help take care of.

Having a bad week

My week hasn't been so great, so far. And it's only Tues. you say. Well let's start with that I was sick Sat. ( my day off) and Sun. was my scheduled day off, but stupid me picked it up. Thinking why not? Hubby and daughter are gone. Well, I was still sick that day too. Tried to call off from work and they said, "they weren't taking any call offs." Oh, did I mention I was coughing and running a fever. Didn't matter. Go to work anyway.
Thought I was feeling better by the time I got home Sun.
NOPE!!
Mon. am woke up with a fever and called off. I was miserable all day. No one to take care of me or cater to my needs. Started feeling better and went to work on Tues.
So hopefully somewhere around the corner the rest of the week has to get better. At least I hope it does. I'm still not feeling like myself. I should've taken more time off.
Off to bed to get some sleep and rest.
Tomorrow is another day.

Errin- my baby girl

this is a pic of my baby Errin, that was in the accident.

she's only 14 yrs. old.

My ex is saying that she's having issues riding in a car. Which is understandable.

To think my baby is gonna have to plastic surgery.

The cut is above her right eye and is near the hairline.

But she's doing okay so far.

My youngest daughter, Errin

Well where should I start?
Let's start on Fri. (the 8Th), that was my day off.
At 6:30a.m. I awaken from a very deep sleep to go make a potty run and thinking "I'll be able to go back to sleep."
Well, much to my surprise my cell phone was flashing-which means that someone has called me.
So I look at it and see that it was ex-husband (whom lives in TX.) that has called and left a message and a text message too.
So I check the text the text first.
This is what it read. Now remind you I'm still half asleep.
"Errin is okay,stitched up, it will require plastic surgery. Don't call here until 11 am your time. We need some sleep. Message received my time at 5:19am.
So I PANIC!!!!
Then I listen to the voice message.
It states,
Lori, Errin was in a car accident and we're at the hospital. She's going to be okay.
He stops talking and I can hear the doctor in the back ground saying, she's gonna be sore and she's a banged up.

OKAY!! I AM WIDE AWAKE NOW. CRYING MY EYES OUT. Keep in mind hubby is in Ky. and other daughter-Heather is in TX. visiting. First thought that pops into my mind is OMG! my daughter needs plastic surgery. She is mangled and all cut up.

I call daughter, Heather, who is there; and she thought I was crazy. She didn't know anything about it. So she wakes up grandma to find out what is going on.

Well, I call hubby(who is an hour behind my time) at 6:30am and I'm crying so hard into the phone he can't understand me. He thought I was in an accident.
so he calms me down and I proceed to tell him the story. In between dropped calls.
Heather calls me back with info. First it was, she was in the back seat on the passenger side and they got t-boned from a driver that ran a red light and the impact was on her side and she was the only one that got hurt. She's okay, she had to have 13 stitches. Her eyes were all scratched up and face has little scratches on it.

Well, about a half a pack cigarettes and half a pot of coffee I was well awake and a nervous wreck. Hubby gets me calmed down. I call a few family members and friends.

Well at about 11a.m. my ex calls with info.
I immediately start crying and shaking. Okay, here's what he said.
Errin has 15 stitches in her head. It wasn't a straight cut, it was jagged. Her eyes were fine. In fact, she was wearing her glasses and they weren't broken, bent or scratched. She had blood all in her head and all over her.
That is enough to scare any parent. We still don't have the full detail of the accident. Awaiting the police report. But it seems that this guy that was driving the car Errin was in, is the one actually at fault. He is the one that ran the red light.
But the impact was on her side and she hit the window from the crash.

That had to be one of the scariest things I've gone through. My baby was in a car accident.
She is very lucky to walk away with just 15 stitches. I tell her that every time I talk to her.
It could have been worse and I'm glad it wasn't.
I told her God and her grandmother were watching down over her. She is so lucky.

This accident happened about 1:30 a.m. (TX. time). There is more to the story that I will tell later.

But after all that stress, a bottle of wine throughout the day at about 6 p.m. I was feeling relaxed(for the most part). Every time I look at any of her pictures I thank God she's okay.
And then my weekend was spent working 15 hours each day. So tonight I hope that I get some good sleep and sleep in later.

That was my day off and my weekend. Errin will be coming out to visit in July and Heather will be with her coming home. I can't wait to see both of them.

So now it's off to bed to rest and SLEEP!!!!!
I hope that everyone had a good weekend.

Oh by the way, yes her name is spelled with 2 R's not one-Errin. It is something different.

T.V.shows

Does anyone out there watch the new show "Travler?"
OMG!! I am hooked on it now. Since all my favoritve shows
aren't on right now, I've picked up a few new ones.
Like; Travler, The Starter Wife and Army Wives.

I am so glad that we have the DVR so that I can record
shows I want to see and watch them when I get home.
I really miss Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives
and CSI. But I have been watching the reruns when
they are on.

Tomorrow night is The Starter Wife, so I will watch
that when I get home from work.

Talk to ya later.

Hello everyone, it's me

Yes I am still here. Sorry it's been a long time since I've been on.
Well, I am alone- daughter gone to TX. until July and hubby gone
to Ky. until July. What am I ever gonna do???
Well, it's me and the animals- I am the zoo keeper. Sometimes it feels
like a zoo with them. For some odd reason 2 of the cats like to chase
one another when it's time for me to go to bed. The puppy has actually
been good. He makes himself a little bed on the sofa and sleeps until
I get up and then he has to go outside and lay in the sun on the patio.
My daughter turned "16" yesterday. Now she's gonna think that since
she's an official teenager; that SHE knows everything. But don't most
teenagers think that way. But she is a good girl.
I will write more later.
Just wanted to let my friends know that I was still here. Just been a little
busy. I will find time to write more later.
Take care.
Have a good Monday everyone.