Hope everyone is doing great today! It is a depressing day here in the Carolinas, we have not seen our Carolina blue in a week and it is raining hard today. That ok because I have big plans to protect my quit on a day like this. Looks like a gym, grocery trip, fall clean another room, laundry, and last but not least goto work at 4pm. Yes I have to pull the 2nd shift tonight 4pm-midnight. Not my shift of choice but you do what you got to do. Think I will take some school work with me so I can get my midterm paper knocked out. Yeah I have plenty of time for that unless one of my confused little Veterans decide not to sleep then I will entertain them. I love my job at the VA because my Veterans are all dementia and alzheimers residents, yes we are a locked unit but they have so much to tell you about if you get them on memory lane. The activities dept does not do a whole lot with them so after my med pass and charting I do lots of fun things with them. My theory is they may be confused but they want to have fun too! I do group exercise with some of them everyday, some like to dance, some like to sing, heck I even broke out a game of bowling(platic pins and ball!). These Veterans have been through many wars, the depression, and things we would not even be able to cope with these days so they deserve respect and for their last days to be lived to the fullest with laughter and goodtimes.
Hope everyone has a great day today and remember to stay smoke free and protect your quit!
