Some mornings when I come online I have no idea for a post in my head. That's not a bad thing actually, it leaves a spot open for a new idea or two should one occur. Of course, there needs to be sensory input in order for something to occur and to that end I checked the AOL news headlines.

This mornings topics of the day include Amy Winehouse, the amount of cleavage one should not display in the workplace, Jenna Bush's wedding, and the statement that GM used DEAD humans in tests. Cadavers in place of crash test dummies? Dare I read that article? I suppose we can safely assume no one was hurt in the crash.

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I'm not really a big Amy Winehouse fan. I've heard her music and it doesn't thrill me on any level, so I really can't understand why I need to know that she dyes her hair, has a bald spot and talks to mayo jars. I suppose on some level that all this information will appeal to those readers of "news" that are sick of the Clinton/Obama political scenery, however, I can't grasp the necessity of calling bald spots, hair dye and mayo jar conversations...news. Should said mayo jar answer back...I'd call a doctor...not the news media. Then again that's me and I always associated "news" with Walter Cronkite, Harry Reasoner, Seth Huntley or David Brinkley and not with Chevy Chase and the satire of Saturday Night Live.

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Workplace cleavage is inappropriate at any time, unless your place of employment is the street corner of a city red light district. It continually amazes me to see how young women dress when they are applying for jobs. Even in the home care business where young women are asked to provide personal care to the elderly in their homes, they think tank tops and no bra are acceptable. I'm sure we have elderly males living alone that enjoy the view. Far be it from me to deprive them. I just do not understand what these young women get out of showing off in front of men that are of an age where they wear Depends and really believe that a shower once a week will make them sick. We are talking about Medicare/Medicaid recipients here not the independently wealthy.

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Jenna Bush got married. Do I care? She may be the daughter of a President of the United States of America, however this wedding did not take place in the White House. She wanted a private affair which included close friends, family and the Secret Service, which was why the nuptials took place at the family ranch. I checked my mail, I wasn't invited. My heart is not broken by the omission. Since I wasn't invited, and have no desire to invite myself, why is the news media insisting on inviting me? It's a free country, I have the right to ignore that which I'm not interested in. Sorry, I'm not interested in the wedding.

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I cowboyed up and read the article about the GM cadaver crash tests. I can't see any evidence that GM used dead people to test their SAAB in any collision anywhere. I did find an interesting fact or two. It seems that all car manufacturers used cadavers to test their vehicles before crash test dummies were invented. No, they did not rob graveyards, the bodies were donated by their former inhabitants for research. The information gathered during these tests led to the invention of crash test dummies. Today when we donate our bodies to research we very well could wind up at a university that researches ways and means to build a better crash test dummy.

Unless Jenna Bush is injured by my failure to want to attend her wedding, I can safely say no one was hurt in the preparation of this post. It's Monday, that's the best I can do.

I really don't think this was the kind of Love that Frankie Valli was singing about, but this post is for The Library Cat and his wife Chris. They are in the middle of a health crisis during which she sent him home from the hospital to make sure one of their cats got it's medicine. When they say cat's rule, dogs drool...they mean it.

Survival Classes for Men @ the
ADULT LEARNING CENTER
PULASKI TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

REGISTRATION MUST BE COMPLETED
by Monday, May 19, 2008

NOTE: DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY AND DIFFICULTY LEVEL
OF THE CONTENTS, CLASS SIZES WILL BE LIMITED TO 8 PARTICIPANTS MAXIMUM

Class 1
How To Fill Up The Ice Cube Trays--Step by Step, with Slide Presentation.
Meets 4 weeks, Monday and Wednesday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM.

Class 2
The Toilet Paper Roll--Does It Change Itself?
Round Table Discussion.
Meets 2 weeks, Saturday 12:00 for 2 hours.

Class 3
Is It Possible To Urinate Using The Technique Of Lifting The Seat and Avoiding The Floor, Walls and Nearby Bathtub?--Group Practice.
Meets 4 weeks, Saturday 10:00 PM for 2 hours.

Class 4
Fundamental Differences Between The Laundry Hamper and The Floor--Pictures and Explanatory Graphics.
Meets Saturdays at 2:00 PM for 3 weeks.

Class 5
Dinner Dishes--Can They Levitate and Fly Into The Kitchen Sink?
Examples on Video.
Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning
at 7:00 PM

Class 6
Loss Of Identity--Losing The Remote To Your Significant Other.
Help Line Support and Support Groups.
Meets 4 Weeks, Friday and Sunday 7:00 PM

Class 7
Learning How To Find Things--Starting With Looking In The Right Places And Not Turning The House Upside Down While Screaming.
Open Forum
Monday at 8:00 PM, 2 hours.

Class 8
Health Watch--Bringing Her Flowers Is Not Harmful To Your Health.
Graphics and Audio Tapes.
Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 PM for 2 hours.

Class 9
Real Men Ask For Directions When Lost--Real Life Testimonials.
Tuesdays at 6:00 PM Location to be determined

Class 10
Is It Genetically Impossible To Sit Quietly While She Parallel Parks?
Driving Simulations.
4 weeks, Saturday's noon, 2 hours.

Class 11
Learning to Live--Basic Differences Between Mother and Wife.
Online Classes and role-playing
Tuesdays at 7:00 PM, location to be determined

Class 12
How to be the Ideal Shopping Companion
Relaxation Exercises, Meditation and Breathing Techniques.
Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM.

Class 13
How to Fight Cerebral Atrophy--Remembering Birthdays, Anniversaries and Other Important Dates and Calling When You're Going To Be Late.
Cerebral Shock Therapy Sessions and Full Lobotomies Offered.
Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 PM for 2 hours.

Class 14
The Stove/Oven--What It Is and How It Is Used.
Live Demonstration.
Tuesdays at 6:00 PM, location to be determined.

Upon completion of any of the above courses, diplomas will be issued to the survivors.

I don't talk much about the cases we have at work because I don't want to infringe on client confidentiality. We have 2 private duty clients that receive care after office hours and they then are my responsibility. I should say mine and the dingbat supervisory nurse we have. I think he's not qualified, and my opinion doesn't exist because of his credentials. His credentials are excellent. It's his attitude that places him in the category of useless as a supervisor.

Our company policies exist because of state regulations and safety of client and employee issues. One of our policies is this. If a client is on the floor for any reason and cannot get up ALONE, the aide is to notify the office and call 911 for assistance in lifting the client. This regulation has existed for the entire time I've been employed with this company. Once I am aware of a need to call 911 my duty is to notify the supervising nurse of the issue and what steps were taken.

Last night we had this occur. When I called the supervisor he DEMANDED that I call the aide and stop her from calling 911. Mind you, he's NOT going to go there and lift the client, he's going to INSTRUCT the aide in the proper method of assisting the client to stand. I have a client suffering from dementia who became confused and slid to the floor from her bed during an attempt to transfer her from chair to her bed for the night. She is on the floor grasping the side bars and complaining that WE are hurting her. She is most likely NOT Injured, but WE don't know that. I'm not qualified, the aide is not qualified, and the supervisor is definitely NOT qualified to diagnose her condition OVER THE PHONE.

I called the aide back, she had all ready called and was waiting for the EMT's. I then called the nurse back, apprised him of this and at his request gave him the phone number of the client. He didn't get an answer. Most likely because the EMT's were there and she was being lifted. The nurse calls me back and begins to explain things to me.

First thing he tells me is that the AIDE is whacky, and she has problems that other aides there do not. This client tends to become uncooperative when she gets confused and HE knows how to TALK to her so that she will then be able to allow the aide to pick her up. Where in here are we addressing any injuries she may have sustained in this slide? Not only are we not supposed to try to lift a fallen client, to try to lift this client unassisted is a workmans comp case waiting to happen. Oh...but....the FAMILY might get upset. Not for nothing, but my personal experience is the family would get a LOT more upset if we lifted someone with a broken bone. The problem is, he doesn't inform the family of company policies so they can make a decision that they don't want to hire us because of it. Some of the things he said to me last night during his conversation with me indicate that he's so far out of touch with reality that he's dangerous.

This morning I called my boss and explained the entire situation. Until the company can place another nurse in his stead we have to work with what we have. I am to follow company proceedures and NOT notify the supervisor unless the client MUST be transported to the hospital for injuries. As a matter of fact I am to call either her or the director of nursing before I call him. He told me we would be in big trouble for calling 911. We'd be in bigger trouble if we didn't and the client or the aide turns out to be injured seriously because of HIS nonsense.

He's dangerous, and I work for a person who wants to believe the best of people. She wanted to give him time to find his way through all the regulations we have to be aware of. He doesn't agree with these regulations so he's changing things to suit himself rather than familiarizing himself with what he needs to do. The rest of us all had his number months ago, she just needed time. She's got it now and as she said to me, he won't be around much longer. That's fine but any amount of time is too long for me. As far as I'm concerned he's been here too long now.

Last I heard he's trying to blame ME for last nights fiasco. I've had to fax my report in so that she has in her hands what actually transpired. That's been his method all along, get caught doing something wrong and then trying to blame every body else for the problem. So far, we've managed to avoid any serious problems because the people he tries to blame KNOW what we're supposed to be doing. It's a sad situation because if he would put the effort into learning rather than blaming others for what HE doesn't know, things would run much smoother. He tried to mess with me, and I don't mess with very easily. I'm not perfect, but I've been there longer and I don't overstep my bounds the way he does. The other situation that became apparent after my talk with the boss is that the other private case is no longer entirely ours. Hospice is in there and we are now working for Hospice when we're in there. Funny thing, the NURSE knew that, none of the rest of us did. I wonder how long he thought he'd get away with that?

Sometimes things happen and you just don't know why. I received a PM, one that I did not ask for. It made certain accusations against a member of Blogstream that were rather disturbing. Due to the nature of the accusations and the fact that real names were used I am choosing NOT to post it publically. It has been shared with 2 other bloggers here for my own reasons. A copy of it was sent to the blogger it concerns.

I responded to it because of a statement that the family was demanding that the blogger submit to a correction either through her husband or her pastor. I know what "submitting" to a correction entails, and I also know that failure to comply with the penance results in a shunning. The person who is shunned loses all contact with family and any church members that have become friends. It's an ancient practice that is being revived. Not entirely a Christian one, but the idea of the public humiliation of this act entails is heartbreaking.

I responded to this part of the PM I received by telling the person in question that my Pastor teaches that WOMEN are an equal partner in a marriage and NOT second class citizens to be starved at the whim of their husbands. I also asked that he not contact me again. I shouldn't have responded, but the "Correction" portion of his statement was a red flag to a bull and I fought back. I thought I was doing so on behalf of the blogger.

As I said, I sent a copy of his PM to the blogger in question and told her to stop posting and get a lawyer. This is the response I got. It's in her comment pages so I guess it's fair to post here, since it's a pretty ugly accusation against me.

Sherry,

Methinks that YOU need to stop telling ME what I should and should not keep doing. You are a busybody and a gossip and I'm tired of it. Communicating with people who are consciously trying to starve two people, no matter how angry they might be sounds just a teensy bit like collusion to me. Like aiding and abetting........

And you actually thought that the lawyer they are consulting is AWARE of ALL of the facts and that NO ONE is LYING? In that case, my dear, you are not just a gossiping busybody, you are simpleminded and ignorant.

Since you are no longer welcome at my blog and are hereby blocked, I assume you will PM all over the blogstream to let people know what a bee-yotch I have become, right? Well, ya gotsta do what ya gotsta do when someone would rather see you DEAD than divorced. Anyone who communicates with and believes people like that are telling the truth, especially after you have known ME for two years, not THEM, well......sorry, I don't need that kind of person in my life.

God bless you Sherry...........I hope He blesses you with TRUTH.

Number 1, any lawyer will tell you NOT to air your dirty laundry in public. It provides fodder for the cannons of the opposition and this is a downright dirty fight between husband and wife that NEVER needed to be here because WE aren't involved. My request that she stop posting was to protect HER. She's the one leaving her husband not the other way around. New York State does NOT have no fault divorce. What her future will be like depends on what she will be given in a settlement. That settlement could be diminished seriously by what "fault" she is found to have in the termination of this marriage. Why give anyone the opportunity to do you in?

Number 2, I must be pretty stupid because I don't see how receiving an unasked for PM is collusion on my part or gossip.

Number 3, Never would I EVER wish someone dead rather than divorced.

Now since I am blocked would someone let her know what I've said here because I don't fight my battles in PM's. I put it out where everyone can see it. Also, tell her that if anyone needs God's forgiveness it ISN'T me.