Been taking care of a post-surgical patient the past few days. He’s really quite a trooper.
That sounded so official but it’s really just been fun.
It’s fascinating to watch Joe go through a new experience. We are very similar in the way that no matter what the experience is, we view it as writing material. Every feeling and thought must be acknowledged and put in place to be written about and explained later. I could have just chopped off my left foot and I’d be thinking about how I was going to write about it. Joe has gauze packed in his cheeks, can’t say a darn thing intelligibly, has bloody saliva dripping out of the side of his mouth and is barely conscious because his surgery just ended 20 minutes ago but keeps writing down everything so he can relay it accurately later. I love watching his mind work. Maybe I love it just because it reminds me of myself. I don’t know. Something to think about.
It’s funny to me that even though I’ve had my wisdom teeth out years ago and had babies and had surgery and anesthesia and the whole thing, I’m experiencing it through Joe’s eyes and it’s different.
Been busy working my three jobs. I like the flexibility of working from home most of the time. It allows me to get more work done than if I had to physically be at the work sites all day.
A guy in New York wanted me to send him some of my paintings for a gallery show. He also wanted me to send him $250.00. I told him I’d think about it. That means no.
I really like this quote:
“I have tried out numerous professions just to find myself right where I belong, as a starving artist. (The best diet I have ever found.)”
Jan Lukens
Winston-Salem, N.C.
GO Team!
quick recap for the kids:
when it comes time to get the teeth yanked out of your head, i’ll mash you some bananas and make you chocolate pudding….i know how now.
miss you
love you
mom
Hey Nurse Leah – you are awesome. Joe’s lucky to have you. 🙂 Take care.