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  • Work was horrible. I got into a confrontation with Disaster Lady. Remember her? She of the $800 cat? She of the erratic behavior and the tall tales? She wanted me to do a task, something she believed was my responsib…

  • Today I accidentally dropped my uniform in the toilet. As I do every morning, I put my clothes on the toilet seat lid so I could shower. For a few seconds I stood, flabbergasted, wondering why my clothes dropped below …

  • Here's what I want to know: which one of my children melted half a bag of chocolate chips in--wait for it--my cast iron frying pan--and then tried to spread the mess on a banana, which he or she then placed in the freez…

  • A Cautionary Tale

    So, the other day, I'm brushing my teeth, and I'm brushing and brushing, and all of a sudden something slithers out of my mouth and drops into the sink. A living something. An earwig! There had been an earwig in my to…

  • Today I am required to report for a uniform fitting at work. So very, very unhappy about this. This is what co-worker Rudy had to say: “I ain't wearing no pants that come all the way up to my titties.” Ladies and…

  • Dear Abby

    We're not allowed to give advice to patients at work, but today, it seems that's all I did. Example:Ring RingMe: Emergency Department.Patient: Can you tell me what effect drinking alchohol will have on the prescripti…

  • Edit: Work sucked even more than usual, and I'm pretty sure I was exposed to meningitis. But no one puked in my face.Second Edit to add a few more photos from my sister's visit.We climbed the same mountain again on Thur…

  • Second edit: I deleted my featured grownups piece not only because there were 300 hits in two days with just four comments, but because almost every hit came from an "unknown" source--featured grownups wasn't even liste…

  • I recently read Don't Get Too Comfortable, by David Rakoff. It's a funny look at "first world" problems. In one chapter, he takes a job as "Pool Ambassador" at a fancy hotel in Florida. If he had stayed on the job for…

  • They say truth is stranger than fiction and working in the ER bears this out. I try not to write too much about the bizarre things that happen because a.) people would think I am making it up, b.)worries about violat…