I am chattering at myself, anxious and a little grotesque, because i am suited up to look like something i am not ( Read more... )

"What happened to her hair?" The older one demanded angrily. "We just had it styled yesterday, specifically for this wedding. It looks different ( Read more... )

My friend scuttled, the cur, and i was left to pick out clothing and find other accoutrements that seemed appropriate ( Read more... )

"Where's your blowdryer, Mary ( Read more... )

So, here's a funny little tidbit that was causing me much anguish about twenty four hours ago ( Read more... )

Today we had a suicide victim - slit both of his wrists with a straight razor blade (both cuts were about two inches long) when he was drunk and drove himself to the emergency room. A blood alcohol level of something like .18. Twenty five years old ( Read more... )

singing in the shower
setting up the damned VC
arranging the chairs for that church function
getting that mud stain out of those white pants
mowing the lawn
putting on the ritz

Three elongate, fast-moving shadows skittered across my walls at ten oh five PM - definitely the young employees, on their way to put to bed Flora Drake, who lived in 106. They always ask why i keep my door open at night. No one who didn't live here would understand ( Read more... )

My twitchy Alzheimer's patient told me yesterday that he was missing his $250 dollar bill ( Read more... )

It amuses me how much we love our residents. I was thinking about how comfortable i'd be sinking back into the routine of college, back where i belong, where i know what to do and study. Measurable progress is pretty important, i've found ( Read more... )