Posted March 3rd, 2004 by Michelle

Well, geeze, I never thought I’d have to keep up with Sean as far as sheer volume is concerned. But tonight’s blog is going to mercifully short, as I must be up in less than seven hours to work out, make breffast, and get to the church on time.

I left my mom two hours ago in the care of an angry, bitter nurse who decided to rip off my mom’s BP monitor because he “want(ed) that machine”. No matter that my mom’s BP has been terrifyingly low on my watch, and no matter that the decided to give her her BP meds even though she lost a lot of blood during surgery. Hello, duh, do the math, folks. But all in all, she’s had really wonderful nurses and interns and doctors so I guess I can’t begrudge one angry nurse on the graveyard shift. Actually, I do begrudge him. I told mom to use the “F” word as much as she wanted if he started treating her badly. I know how she likes to swear when people are stupid.

It felt ridiculous to be driving home to Napa with my mom in the hospital three more days, but what else can I do. I have to ride out this week at work and then turn around Monday and explain to my new job that they need to give me the job they promised me rather than the one they’ve decided to lay on me at the last second. But that’s a whole nother story.

I’m exhausted and I miss my cat and I’m broke and my mom is sleeping in a crowded, shared room in a hospital two hours away. But, y’know, spending a day in a hospital reminds me that my life is pretty sweet. It’s hard to even write that, but it’s clearly the truth.