Knee Deep

My brain is complete mush today. Being somewhat thick headed optimistic, I kept thinking that each work day this week would be a bit better than the day before. Boy, am I stupid, or what? I swears it precious, I never used the Q word.

So last night (meaning Friday), I'm at a start of care and get 5 phone calls from the family of that somewhat difficult start of care I'd done the night before. Each one was a different caller, and each one had a different complaint or problem. There were kerfuffles galore going on in that dwelling, and I was about to find myself knee deep in the muck. There I was, all dressed up in my Friday night best without a pair of Wellies to be had.

I was screamed at, threatened, refereed a physical fight between intoxicated people, and then, just to solidify my crappy night, I promptly knelt in urine that soaked my trousers. That. Was. Gross. Believe me, I never imagined running into trouble like this on the job. I visualized what I thought would be more dangerous situations, like unwittingly walking into a crack house, but this kind of trouble never entered my mind. My belief that trouble knows no zip code has been proven, as all of this happened in a very nice area of town. Most people don't let their feelings show in front of strangers, but these were no ordinary people. Pushed to my limits, I let loose with some Houseisms and today, I'm not regretting them a bit. I tell you, some folks are out of their ever-loving minds and stressful situations often bring out the worst behaviors in people.

Now that I've finished the charting and whining, I'm going to put that case behind me. A little birdie told me all was said and done over there and Nurse Rudee need never darken that doorstep again. Praise God-He does answer prayer.

Instead of dark thoughts, I'm going to do something here that has been needing attention for a bit of time now. I'm about to decorate the joint with the awards I've gotten from my blogger pals. It's about time, don't you think? I read Winifred's post about forgetting to post her awards and thought it clever. I even asked if I could steal her post as I thought it was perfect, and obviously, I'm rather sloth-like when it comes to this. Even though she graciously gave permission to swipe her stuff, I'll link you to that post and you can pretend I've plagiarized her work.

This award came first from Brenda, and then from RC. Thank you both very much.

According to the authors of this award, this blog invests and believes in the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award." Well how about that? I am indeed honored. In return, I'm giving this proximity award to Karen, Sister Jeanne, Gill, Jane, Cheryl, Rositta, Debra and Amy. They all fit well into this category. Now go forth and share the love.

Here is another award I got from Brenda-and probably before she won the shawl. Thank you Brenda, you are a friend indeed. Brenda doesn't care too much for the award process and singling out people to receive them. Me neither, but here are the rules: "These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbon of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. That said, I nominate Rose, Sandy, the Crusty Crone, Betty, Lisa, and Miss376. I also nominate blogless SueB, blogless OWIATW and blogless Ravelry Ruth for their comments.


This Kreativ Blogger Award is one I received first from Amy, and again from Betty. Thank you, thank you. I think the award is self explanatory. Here are the rules for this award:
1. Copy the award to your site.
2. Link to the person from whom you received the award.
3. Nominate 7 other bloggers.
4. Link to those on your blog.
5. Leave a message on the blogs you nominated

I'm passing this one to Riley T Coyote, RC, Flydragon, Brenda, Distracted, Laurie, J'Ollie, Winifred and even though he'll make fun of it, I'm giving it to WT (and it is passed on in good faith.) OK, so that's 8 9. So what? The Grammy Awards has over a hundred categories and probably four times as many nominees. These bloggers make me laugh all of the time and are 10 times better than any Grammy Award show although slightly less better than the Academy Awards. I'd have nominated Little Red, but Duke didn't want me to.

Thanks for trudging through this very windy post, and thank you for the awards. I think someone should give me an award for the most links in one post. Don't you? God, I hope I didn't forget anyone.