@amarand OOOMG these are even better 🤩

@amarand looks like the Operation guy has lost some weight. 😅

I was just asked to blow up balloons for this event. Absolutely not.

I’ve never been more grateful for my latex allergy.

(Also per policy, latex balloons aren’t allowed in the hospital which I think this nurse should be aware of. But here we are.)

It’s not that I am pooh-poohing this thing. It’s that I’m exercising my right to not be a part of it… and I would rather not use my epi-pen for it.

@IronButterfly @thewebrecluse #birbs are an instant mood boost. 🤩 gorgeous

Not here for anyone’s nonsense today.
Maskers gonna Mask. MYOB, lady.

One of my maskless coworkers (a vocal non-believer in masks 🙄) was grilling another usually maskless coworker this morning about the mask she chose to wear today due to her sinus infection.

We made eye-eye contact for a tense second. Try me, sis.

She did not.

I continue to wear a #mask for myriad reasons (my kid’s asthma, people are gross, the cancer patients I work with, my coffee breath is preferable to the other aromas floating around the hospital and other places, my personal satisfaction to be able to mouth profanities, the air of mystery and intrigue that comes with my coworkers never having seen my full face, et al.)

But my favorite reason is that I want others who continue to #maskup, for their own reasons, to know they’re not alone.

It’s too early for this hair clip to be burrowing this deep in my damn skull. 😮‍💨

@BillieBun the plot thickens with the couple being together for the last 25+ years but the partner not wanting the title of the 5th spouse, re: why they did not get married prior to this.

@BillieBun when they signed the marriage license patient was mentally competent, or so they say. But come ceremony day… not so much. Again—this is why I will be unavailable to attend/witness the ceremony. 😬

@Avidspark I’ll be taking my lunch break during this shady occasion

The chaplain is coming today to perform a marriage ceremony for one of our dying patients.

Word on the unit is: the patient is now non compos mentis barreling toward needing a 1:1 patient companion. (There was a marriage license finagled some days ago.)

I want (less than) zero part in this. Not even decorations or a slice of cake.

Also it will be the patient’s 5th marriage.

Woof.

@EnochianEntropy grief can be so cruel. Don’t be hard on yourself if you’re not feeling it as deeply as you think it should. Grief is a moving target. Is unfair by design. Go easy on yourself. 💛 I’d wager your mom would want you to.

@duglop it means everything!

@apetrusk I trust she’s warned you that a good birdcage cleaning lasts a whole 15.7 seconds. 😅 Such pretty #birbs

@Render sick burn.
Also, TIL I can’t spell (like a proper American.)

@bmacmixer 😅

@ToolPackinMama people certainly won’t have money to spend at hotels, on flights, on cars, or at any of the other criminally greedy companies who seem to hold all the American politicians by the short hairs.