Diapers

Sometimes my job can be so amusing. Other times, it is amusing to the people I tell my stories to, even though I did not find particular situations quite so interesting. Case in point, yesterday I had to change a diaper on a very nice 80 year old gentleman, and put some cream on a small sore on his bottom. A very routine activity in my life, nothing exciting. That is, until I tell my non-nursing friends "what I did today." Laughing hysterically, my friend finally responds, "So you had to be touching some old guys BUTT?!?! And RUBBING it? HA ha ha ha Ha!!!!!!"
Well, when you put it that way, I guess it was pretty funny.
I remember when I was first in nursing school and my friend had a baby. She was the first baby that any of my friends had, so of course, we all spoiled her and loved on the baby and were in complete awe at every little thing she did. The first time I had to, I mean got to change the baby's diaper, I was so grossed out. "She keeps wiggling! UGH! It smells!" It was quite a challenge and I made quite the big deal of it and was sooooo proud of my acomplishment.
Little did I know.....
Then we started doing our clinical rotations in the hospital. Let me tell you, changing the diaper on a 300 pound man is an entirely different experience!
The next time I changed my friend's baby's diaper a semester later, it was one of the easiest things I had ever done! I was lavishing in the fact that this activity did not take 4 people to turn the baby from side to side. I loved that a gown was not necessary for me to wear. I loved that it only took a few seconds. The best part was that I could just hold both her ankles and deftly lift her whole butt up and easily slide the diaper up under her. Piece of cake!
Oh what a difference a semester makes!
Of course, that sweet baby is now a 2nd grader, but that's not the point. She was my first baby friend. And I am sure that if I had to, it would still be a much easier task to change her diaper if she needed it than pretty much any of my patients.
I still love my job, even the diaper changing parts. It is a blessing to be able to do that for them. It's good to be me. Diapers and all....

Lately

Lately, this is what I've been up to. A lot of laying around, hanging out with the cat, keeping cool and enjoying my time off.

Meowzee has been showing me a few tricks for keeping cool in the 95 degree heat. I haven't taken all of them though. I think it's gross to hang out on the floor behind the toilet, but maybe that's just me. :-)

The two of us like to watch TV together too.

Jeff's tomato garden is doing quite well.

His marigolds have nearly taken over the garden. They are stunning though.

He has just one dalia, but it is spectacular.

With all the tomatoes, we had a branch that broke off and we ended up with a ton of green tomatoes. What's a girl to do but to make fried green tomatoes?

I lightly flour, salt and peppered them, dipped them in a mixture of buttermilk, a bit of flour, some salt, and a good amount of seasoning pepper, then coated them in corn meal and dropped them into a pan of really hot oil for a few seconds till they looked like this. I served them to Jeff and one of his friends. I had a side of ranch dressing and the boys had a bit of cajun seasoning. I got thumbs up all around as their mouths were full and thier faces were all smiles.

Last but not least, a bit of shopping. New boots! Isn't that just one of the best things, finding a perfect pair of boots for a really cheap price? Since I wear a rather large size, finding any kind of shoes can be tricky. Then there is the whole subject of heels, which tend to be quite tall. I don't so much need the extra height, so these with the kitten heel were just perfect! It is good to be me and I can't wait to wear my new boots!