choppers ;)

[ashewoman]

The great thing? They are hanging on the same family tree, and the chances of karma kicking them in the you-know-were are outstanding!

Thanks sharon!  Maybe that's why they are so hard on me.  They have some of the same problems but choose to be hard on themselves.  Of course I do that sometimes too, but I usually limit it to myself rather than raining it down on other's heads.  LOL  But my point is maybe I need to let go and be even less like them.  And spend less time with them.  GG

[ashewoman]

I used to work with a "Catty" bunch of women in a local emergency room. 
I have to say, I do not miss dressing every day.  I wear Jammies, because its always jammie time somewhere!   HERES TO JAMMIES!!

Thanks for your support!  HA HA! I like that "jammie time somewhere"  I'm about to get to that point... do you realize how much you can save if you just stop buying street clothes?  Besides, it's not like I ever wear them.  Jammies may be my answer.  And generally speaking I don't go anywhere because I don't want to change out of them.  I have 5 night gowns this summer.  I've worn them until I've nearly worn them out.  HA HA!  I have three winter jammie pants.  Maybe this year I'll stock up and forget jeans.  Jeans just kill my stomach and I'm buying them so loose now they fall off my butt when I walk in an effort to reduce the discomfort.  So chances are jammies will cover more than me hiking my pants up every few steps.  LOL  Speaking of catty ER nurses.... I think maybe that's a requirement.  I get more crap from the triage nurse than any other dept.  And its always someone different so I can't really complain about the offender.  I can't imagine working with that kind of personality.  It's like they are so unhappy about having to list your complaints that they are just hateful.  Last time I was in, I told the little nagger, "Look I've got nothing to say to you.  What difference does it make anyway?  I have to say it all to the darn nurse inside and then again to the doctor, so I'm not wasting my breath giving you my entire medical history.  It's in my file.  Read it if you want to know." I figured that would put me at the dead end of the triage list but apparently I got lucky and it was a short list period because I was the 2nd person back there.  That is THE ONLY thing that's nice about the VA... almost no one uses their ER so it is usually pretty empty compared to a city or county hospital.  Thank god for small blessings right? GG

[eyeamdry]

GG........I loved this thread.  I remember a lady who worked at our local grocery for years and she was not as old as she looked.  She did have diabetes and problems with her legs.  She worked as long and longer than she should have.  One day I stopped at thee store when I was still working and she said to me........"the first thing I do when I get home is take out my teeth, take off my shoes and bra, then have a shot of bourbon."  She lived just a short distance from the store and I'[ll never forget her talk about "after work."  I still laugh at her humor.  Lucy