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so awesome! I saw an early screening tonight and I LOVE it! Hope it makes Paul Fieg and all the actresses in it a ton of money. CGI has really come a long way since the first Ghostbusters was made. Some great cameos in it, and all the actresses were hilarious! It was great casting.
I was a nursing assistant for a few years out of high school. Thought I wanted to go to nursing school. I worked at 3 different places, and cared for hospice people dying of cancer (and other things), alzheimer patients, people in a persistent vegetative state who were kept alive due to tube feedings, short term patients who had just had surgery and needed a bit of therapy before heading home, head trauma patients (almost exclusively young men) etc. It is EXHAUSTING, even for a young person. Very few people notice how hard you work but absolutely notice when you've fallen short in some way.
You could easily have 8-12 patients (8 being a light load) of which half had to be bathed every day (everyone was bathed every other day except Sunday.) Everyone needed their vital signs. You had to track who ate what and when, mood, who pooped and peed and how much etc.
It was a big job with lots of heavy lifting, no benefits (heaven help you if you injure your back and can't afford to see a doctor. You could suffer the rest of your life.) Everyone things their mom/dad is the most important patient and deserves the majority of your time. They don't realize that once you account for all of the above, plus take time to wolf down some lunch at some point, change the sheets of everyone who had a shower etc you really only had about 10 min a day for each patient. If one family ties you up for 30 min, everyone else suffers. Unlike nurses, CNA's aren't allowed to stay late because they don't want to pay overtime, so you better figure out a way to get it all done.
That's definitely the most thankless job I've had.
You could easily have 8-12 patients (8 being a light load) of which half had to be bathed every day (everyone was bathed every other day except Sunday.) Everyone needed their vital signs. You had to track who ate what and when, mood, who pooped and peed and how much etc.
It was a big job with lots of heavy lifting, no benefits (heaven help you if you injure your back and can't afford to see a doctor. You could suffer the rest of your life.) Everyone things their mom/dad is the most important patient and deserves the majority of your time. They don't realize that once you account for all of the above, plus take time to wolf down some lunch at some point, change the sheets of everyone who had a shower etc you really only had about 10 min a day for each patient. If one family ties you up for 30 min, everyone else suffers. Unlike nurses, CNA's aren't allowed to stay late because they don't want to pay overtime, so you better figure out a way to get it all done.
That's definitely the most thankless job I've had.
Which is awesome because if you add a squirt of dishsoap to the vinegar, they'll get sucked into it and drown. Win! Or maybe I'm the only person with a parrot whose cage/food attracts fruit flies in the summer.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Bowl of vinegar can eradicate weird smells.
Will apple cider vinegar work?
Yes, any sort will. The stronger, the better. White is probably the best and cheapest for cleaning and deodorizing, though.
+1
I have always used vinegar after painting a room. It does help. I have only ever used white vinegar so I can't tell you how apple cider vinegar is.
Apple Cider might attract fruit flies...
williams sonoma. pricey but worth every penny.
Unless your meat comes from Whole Foods or a farmer's market, it was not humanely killed. Sorry to be the burster of your bubble.Anonymous wrote:doodlebug wrote:Isn't paella usually made with seafood? Or rabbit? Or other meat? So it's ok to eat THOSE tortured animals, as long as they're on your plate, but not the bull fight? I am omnivorous, but eat very little meat and only if it comes from Whole Foods or a farmers market. If I could find a way to keep my iron up, I think I'd go vegetarian rather than risk eating an animal that lived a miserable life and died a terrible death.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I read on here everyday about embracing culture and here it is, you don't like a different culture and you have to bash it because you don't like it.
hmmm interesting
Some injustices go beyond "culture" - slavery, rape, domestic abuse, etc. Even animal cruelty.
+100 I'll also add that I don't embrace child brides, genital mutilation, blood fiestas (another "great" Spanish tradition) and more.
Exactly! Embracing another culture doesn't mean you have to adopt/support the violent aspects of it.
+1
Now pass the paella!
Yes. Delicious meat and seafood. From animals that were humanely killed. Not tortured first in a ring for the amusement of others.
Isn't paella usually made with seafood? Or rabbit? Or other meat? So it's ok to eat THOSE tortured animals, as long as they're on your plate, but not the bull fight? I am omnivorous, but eat very little meat and only if it comes from Whole Foods or a farmers market. If I could find a way to keep my iron up, I think I'd go vegetarian rather than risk eating an animal that lived a miserable life and died a terrible death.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I read on here everyday about embracing culture and here it is, you don't like a different culture and you have to bash it because you don't like it.
hmmm interesting
Some injustices go beyond "culture" - slavery, rape, domestic abuse, etc. Even animal cruelty.
+100 I'll also add that I don't embrace child brides, genital mutilation, blood fiestas (another "great" Spanish tradition) and more.
Exactly! Embracing another culture doesn't mean you have to adopt/support the violent aspects of it.
+1
Now pass the paella!
they may have bought it and had buyers remorse. It happens. That said, the suggestion to meet at the apple store is a good idea.
Take out a large life insurance policy and move on. He's going to do what he's going to do.
Here's the thing OP. It doesn't matter who's right and who's wrong. If you make a big production about this, move cubicles etc., you'll be breeding worse treatment in the future. Now they'll have fuel. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Aren't you supposed to get boosters every 10 yrs or so? If you have no idea when you were vaccinated, then it was long enough ago that you need a booster. Go get it. You pass things on, like whooping cough, to an unvaccinated infant without actually getting sick yourself. Just get vaccinated and be done with it. You'll be up to date and you'll have the records going forward. You'll be immune against tetanus if you cut yourself in the kitchen.
If it's too late for camps, then have a list of things they need to do during the day. Take away all electronics until you get home and the list is completely satisfactorily. The list might include things like cleaning their room including the closet and under the bed, gathering clothes, shoes and toys they no longer use, loading and unloading the dishwasher, defrosting the freezer, taking out the garbage, reading X number of pages in a library book, doing X number of pages in workbooks for math, spelling, grammar etc. Have a reward of some kind at the end of a certain period of time...every third week they get a full day of down time, or a trip to a certain museum or amusement park you all want to visit, the family goes to a movie ... whatever you can afford and is motivating to them. But don't cave and get your husband in on it too. Your house should be C.L.E.A.N. if they're home all day. Every time one of them says I'm bored they lose an hour of screen time or have to put a quarter in a jar or whatever. No screen time until everything on the list is done everyday. No exception.
I don't think thsoe were Reebox, they were kangaroos. I loved mine!! http://www.kangaroos.com/Anonymous wrote:White Reebox with the zipper pocket on the side - a great spot to put a quarter for a pay phone, esp when lost
Never getting sick of a movie because VCRs didn't exist until 3rd or 4th grade. Then you had a rent a movie and take it back the next day so you never got to watch something over and over.
ABC Afterschool specials
Cabbage Patch Kids
Being more afraid of your teacher than your teacher was of your parents
Not having constant access to news so you had a lot less to worry about
Could have been a grandfather or other ancestor. Who knows.Anonymous wrote:It's hard to articulate but I think just the fact that I wasn't scared of him as a kid...he certainly didn't seem like he wanted to hurt me - he was just there, sort of a friendly unobtrusive presence. Once I got older I stopped sensing his presence like that and, of course, logic told me that there was no way that he could be real...right?
I became scared of him only after I realized that he shouldn't be there. Once I became scared of him I stopped sensing him - at least in a concrete form like a man in the crawl space.
Over the years, I have felt nudged and protected by something akin to a guardian angel.
Whoever I know that's having a baby, particularly if I'm involved in some way...like invited to a shower for example. I don't care if it's a second or third baby, I still go to the shower and give a gift of some kind.
people w/o cars (like me) can invest in a cart of some kind, a nice quality backpack and some reusable bags. I have a good backpack and a Burley Travoy and panniers that I can use when I'm on my bike. If I were desperate, I could use uber. If someone is flat broke, I can see where even those items would be a luxury.