There's a woman in the place that i work (which i have decided to dub the "Pastel Mile" for reasons that apply to a Stephen King paragraph) who has been chewing snuff and tobacco for her whole life after infancy, a total of about 87 years. She, consequently, is cursed with mouth and throat cancer and has lost all her teeth. Her voice is a ( Read more... )

Today, saw two colonoscopies and a Nissen Wrap, a solution for constant GERD that involves wrapping the fundus of the stomach around the lower esophagus. Interesting stuff ( Read more... )

I'm trying to find a nonreligious volunteer service in the five-city area, but to no avail; working at the nursing home makes me want to be a better person ( Read more... )

6:15 - 6:30 Wake up, stumble around, brush teeth ( Read more... )

So
Sick of
Studying
Sherlock Holmes that i
Shall
Succumb to
Suffocation with the
Slightest Provocation

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I didn't intend for that entry to be as long as it was; i seem to spiral downward every time i talk about my job. It's not depressing, though - it's thought-provoking, if not thought-demanding ( Read more... )

Happily, the only disaster was a missing resident who had apparently been escorted to the porch by a well-meaning but mentally foggy Other resident ( Read more... )

Sadly, i've spent about an hour all-told (with the exception of the very delicious dinner that 'Ceratops' mom put on for us night before last) with my cool roommate; completely separate work schedules and a tendency to do different things at night have served to isolate us from each other ( Read more... )

Curious to wish it were Monday. I've never dreaded the weekend before.