midnightsjane | Lesson learned

-Sometimes you shouldn't say what you're thinking out loud. For example: the other night at work one of the patients kept pulling his CPAP mask off and demanding to go on nasal prongs, then five minutes later wanting to go back on CPAP, which meant the RT had to come back over from ICU. At the nursing station I said something to the effect that he really needed to just settle down and stop being so annoying. A few minutes later his daughter came out and said "you know we can hear you, right?". OOOPs. I apologized for what I'd said, explained why I was feeling frustrated, and why it was important for her father to wear the CPAP mask. Things were smoothed over, a plan was made, and I learned that sometimes I should keep my thoughts in my head and not let them leak out into the open air. Easier said than done, in my experience.

In other news, I need to book my flight to Ottawa ASAP. My niece's wedding is coming up mid June, and I haven't done anything about a)the flight b)the wedding present or c)a dress to wear. Procrastination is another thing I need to work on, it seems.

I have to take my car in for a tuneup this week. These new cars have fancy reminders for us dumb humans...yesterday a little picture of a wrench popped up on my speedometer panel with a message: Oil life 15%. Now if the car would only tell me where the parking spots are.

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