Playing a Little Catch Up

Good Monday morning and happy (observed) Veterans' Day to you! For some of you that means a day off work. Enjoy!

I am not among the lucky who have the day off. In fact, everyone in my department has to work today as we have a big Veterans' Day program this afternoon. I don't know exactly what all is going on, but we sure made a lot of decorations and my boss sure stressed over it. I hope it goes well and lets our residents who are veterans know just how much their service is appreciated.

There isn't much to tell since I spent the whole weekend working. It was another weekend in which we were short-handed. What is with people? They know the requirements of a job when they interview and agree to it...then they call off all the time.

The state says we are "over-employed" as in we have more employees on payroll than we need to staff the place. Unfortunately, I see the same handful of faces over and over. They are offering nurses absolutely ridiculous pay/benefit packages trying to get good ones who will work, but it isn't working that way. My department is the only one that doesn't have constant call-offs. That's because my boss will fire anyone who doesn't want to work.

To catch you up on Tim's health "adventure"...  He sees the endocrinologist about his parathyroid today. I hope they get really on this right away because he is complaining of pain more and more and it seems to be spreading upward through his body. I'm praying it hasn't done any permanent damage.

As for for the rheumatologist and the whole Lupus issue, we can't get a "new patient" appointment until March 22! Apparently, rheumatologists are in high demand but few and far between. We're on a waiting list in case anything opens up sooner, but I'm not holding my breath. If they are that in demand, I doubt all the people in front of us will cancel.

And my thoughts concerning learning who my father is are a little calmer. I do thank all of you for your input, prayers, and advice and believe me, I've considered all of it. I still don't know if my son plans to reach out to the cousins Ancestry.com tipped him off to. What I do know is that I am not personally going to do any reaching out. I have to consider my mom's feelings, my father's family's feelings, and my own heart. If my son contacts them and they express interest in meeting me...then I promise to at least be open to considering the possibility. I trust that if and when the time comes, the Lord will lead me to the right decision.

Now since I don't start work until noon today, I am off to get caught up on A Million Little Things.

To all veterans...