Diets, Decaf & Other Dubious Deeds

i have got stay out of the COVID section and the current news & hot topics section because those threads are just too ridiculous. and some of the remarks people make on there are just flat out stupid. just an fyi, i'm on planet earth and i'm a human being pretending to be a purple minion at the moment. 😆 i don't like using the ignore feature but sometimes it's a necessity.

nothing good on the menu at work today. so, not sure what i'll be eating. i may have to make me a grilled cheese in the back or something. census was 93 the other day so, still low at times. supposed to be 91° today. 😓

they are having t-shirts printed for us that say something about us being heroes. i don't consider myself a hero for sticking around through a pandemic to continue to feed patients and staff. it's my job. nothing heroic about it except that i didn't freak out and quit for fear of catching it and dying. which could still happen. one never knows.

anyway, have a great day all.
 

Huffington Post

You know, employers get mad when people won't stay on the job but, they don't do enough to take care of us or keep us safe. And expecting workers to come in and work while waiting on COVID results is just plain foolish.
 
I have a feeling tomorrow/today is gonna be bad. I think our patient count went up. Gonna be a long few days. I have to work Sat, Sun & Mon. Ugh!
 

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Morning.

Long & busy day ahead. Not really feeling it today. We got our "hero" t-shirts yesterday. I feel weird about wearing it. I don't see showing up to do my work in the midst of a pandemic as being heroic. I am just part of a support team for sick people, their family and the staff in the building. My job is to help participate in their nourishment. Nothing heroic about that. Being brave enough to stay employed there during all this, that's different. If the shirts read "being a hero for not quitting when people counted on you" then I could wear it comfortably.

I don't like all that attention. I came, I did my work, I went home. Just like any other day. The patients are having chicken strips or glazed chicken for supper. Depending on what they're allowed. They have an option of potato wedges or rice with mirepoix in it. And fresh asparagus. I have to braise the stew meat for tomorrow in there. Pork chop day sucks. That's on Monday's. It's not a funday. Too much to do, not much time to do it in.

Anyway, I'm gonna peruse for a bit then head out. Have a great day.
 
All I have to say is WOW! Whole lotta fightin goin on. I like to watch. LOL! Some of it's pretty funny. Anyway, 1 long day down...2 more to go. Not sure if it's the pandemic or what but, we have some very needy patients right now. We've been doing our best to take care of their food related desires. Been a busy weekend so far.

Still playing with this new avatar site. It's cracking me up.
 
MarciKS said:
I'm upset this evening because someone I really like left the site because of something that happened on here. I think we need to try to be a little nicer to each other on here. We're grown ups for God's sake. There's no reason for us to be hateful to one another. Act like an adult instead of being an ahole. The world is full of aholes and doesn't need any extra.
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Who left? What happened?
 
Only have time for a quickie this morning. It was 99° yesterday when I got off work. I think today is supposed to be worse.

Patients are being fed stew tonight. They hate the stew and yet we continue to feed it to them.

I find it interesting that this huge fuss is made over a man killed by police. If there had been cell phones back in the day when Jesus was nailed to the cross to die and his side sliced open to ensure he was dead, I wonder if they'd all be in here making a thread and screaming about that? Jesus was an innocent. If people spent more time focusing on the Lord maybe there wouldn't be such atrocities in this world. But who am I? What do I know? ~Shrugs~

Anyway, my single hope for today is that everyone here will make an attempt to be good to one another. Even if it's only for an hr. Peace out!
 
This was shared in another thread.
https://www.bluezones.com/2020/06/c...op-epidemiologist-who-predicted-the-pandemic/

If this is the case then I'm not gonna worry about dieting. If there's a possibility that I might die in the next 18 mo then I don't give a crap anymore. I'm just gonna do my thing. I'm not wasting time trying to rid myself of fat just to turn around and die. Think about it. This could be the last 18 mo of life for a great deal of us. 60-70% of the population? This whole COVID thing has been devastating enough. And now this. And there's supposed to be more viruses in the future that are similar if not worse that are supposed to be making their way along.

I'm just over it already. I can't breathe with my mask, I don't wanna breathe without it. It's not gonna matter if no one else will wear theirs. I will still wear the things but, I need stuff at the store and I'm going in. I've had enough of this s**t of being held hostage by a d****d virus. If the good Lord wants me and it's my time then I guess it's my time. Not gonna try to argue with the man.

Update: The article mentions the possibility of surviving this thing if we stay at home for the next 18 mo. I could do that. No problem. Not sure what it will do to me mentally. Since March my mental stability has changed. So, I may just continue to stay out of the stores unless I absolutely have to.
 
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Morning.

It's gonna be a long and very, very busy day. Pork chop day at the inn.

So it has come to the attn of my feet that we need knew shoes. Having such a thing delivered here requires I be home otherwise the delivery ppl will leave it on the porch. I'm not interested in tossing $150 down the drain. I'm going out to Tradehome Shoes to get myself a new pair of Hokas. I'm on my feet 8 hrs a day, every day, 5 days a week. A good shoe is important.

Tomorrow I am finally off and I'm gonna allow myself to sleep in. Between the masks and the heat, it's really taking it outta me.

So I watched that George Floyd video last night. I want to say that yes, I agree those cops were dicks killing that man. They deserve to be put down in the same fashion. However, I have to ask myself if he'd been in the same dire situation had he been working or at home playing video games. I didn't see any video of what lead to them dragging him from the car and cuffing him. So it's hard for me to say he wasn't resisting arrest. But, my point is, had he not been where he was, doing what he was doing at the time, he might still very well be alive and that cop would've found someone else to kill that day. So it's not just about George Floyd. It's about all ppl who are terrorized and abused by police. Not just one black man.

When you make the choice to go out and commit a crime, you risk getting injured or killed by police in the scuffle to stop you. That's a natural element of this. But what that cop did, was wrong. I agree with that. Unfortunately there are abusive ppl everywhere who have jobs that allow this kind of s**t to go on until they are caught and penalized.

Anyway, have a good day.
 
No matter where you go on the internet there seems to be some pretty mean spirited people. It often makes me wonder if they're jerks in the real world. Doubt I'd have to wonder very long. I think it's sad that they resort to insults and trying to make others look and feel stupid just because they don't agree with everything they type. Not a single one of us knows everything but some people seem to think they do. I hate that kind of crap. That's why I don't like the more controversial threads because I come across as confrontational. I'd rather be confrontational than flat out rude.
 
3 hrs later...awake with nightmares.

sometimes my anxiety meds give me some pretty wicked and pretty vivid nightmares. And it's like the camera in my head gets stuck on one image that keeps continue rolling. or one specific scene. I have to get up and sit up for a while to get it to pass.

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Waiting on the mailman. Waiting to see if he has a pkg for me and I don't wanna miss him. So I'm here in the living room waiting.
 
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