I have some very good news (for me anyways)....

While visiting my kid sister in Grand Rapids this weekend, we were wandering around looking for things to do. At the Gerald Ford Museum there was a huge fountain that was long and deep. On my list of things to do before I die is wade in a fountain. That was rather risky since there were security and people everywhere. Trust me though, I contemplated it for a very long time. But once I found out it would be federal law-breaking, I opted to go on my merry way.....to the zoo. There was a fountain near the entrance where there was some traffic. It was slightly hidden by some large bushes where I could slip my shoes off and bolt into the water. The water was very cold, but well worth the pain. I do have pictures to prove that this was done and I will post them later.

A day well spent! Cheers!

A Good Practical Joke

If you were to ask me, there is nothing better than a good practical joke. Pulling them off at work is the best. Mainly because you have more tools to set it up and also the challenge of not getting caught.

While a co-worker went to have his lunch break, we set up an IV with the tubing hidden and eventually taped under the desk right where it would drip right onto his lap. Once he comes back, we are talking and laughing and what not. When he slides in front of his computer to do something, I sneak around the corner and opened up the fluids. Just as planned, he sat there for a couple of seconds until he realized his pants were wet. Unfortunately it wasn't a direct hit and just got on his pant leg. Next victim was this girl who was sitting at another desk; when we were cracking up laughing she hadn't a clue as to what happened, even though she was no more than 15 feet away. Anyways, we asked her if she could come over and show us her myspace page. Just for a side note, myspace is super retarded. Anyways, she is addicted to it so she quickly slid over to show us. Just as she is pointing out pictures, I again, sneak around and opened it up. This was a direct hit. And not only did we get her once, she is so obsessed with it, she moved back over to continue on with the pictures. Got her again. Than we pulled the respiratory therapists into it. I had them sit in front of the computer and watch the security camera because I was going to pull a prank on the front desk person. As she sat there all focused and excited, I again went around and opened up the fluids. Another direct hit. Of course than we had to get the new respiratory therapist, another direct hit. It was an extremely slow night and we did this for probably 4 hours. As far as I know, we never got caught....

Other pranks at work include hiding under a bed sheet as a dead body and start moving when an unsuspected victim gets near the body. Another one is taking all the toys that we use for real life education. Things such as bloody wounds you put on your arm, etc, etc. While I was lying in the bed being decorated by my co-workers, the story would be that I slipped and fell in the bathroom and had to have surgery done. We even got the doctor to play along with this one. When the lab guy came to draw my blood, he saw me and looked like he was going to cry. The respiratory therapist wasn't too impressed with the situation and didn't find it the least bit funny. Too bad for him. And with this one, we even decided to try and get the nursing supervisor. When she saw me she was ready to try and find a replacement for me.

Best part with all of these are, I have never got caught. However, these may have something to do with my label, "A bored Sarah is a bad Sarah".

I want an accent

I took care of a lady whose husband was from England. I liked his accent and wish there was some place I could learn to speak like that. I also liked how after I gave him some coffee, instead of saying thank you, he said "cheers!" So from now on, whenever anyone gives me a beverage, I'm going to reply by saying Cheers! So I may not be able to speak like them, but I'm going to use part of their lingo!

The Joys of Work!

It has been awhile. My motto lately has been work all winter and play all summer. So basically I've been picking up a lot of overtime at work. It has been fun, but tiring. Labor Day weekend was full of laughs. Seriously, I was laughing so hard I was crying. And remember when you were a kid and you would start laughing and be unable to stop. Than the next thing you know you don't even remember what you were laughing about. It was like that. I hadn't done that in a long time.

Unfortunately I can't disclose too much information due to privacy laws with health care, blah, blah, blah. But I'll give you some brief details of some of the things I got to laugh about. The first being the 20 something year old that came by ambulance because he tried to kill himself. Not so funny, right? As he is lying there sobbing, I ask him how he was trying to kill himself. He said that he was allergic to apples so he had been eating apples all night. For the most part I am able to contain myself and act professional in front of people, but I couldn't. I seriously busted out laughing, which lead to more and more laughing while this guy is laying there crying like a girl. How unprofessional!!

My second story is probably only super funny to me because you have to know the people I work with and you probably had to be there. I don't know why it is so funny when people fart. Out loud, in front of people, at inappropriate times..... We have this older nurse who was in helping the doctor sew up a guys leg. There were 2 teenage boys in the room at the time, probably 14 or 15 years old. Just as the doctor pushes the needle into the patient, she farts. It was quiet when she did this, and it really came out loud. The kids eyes got big and everyone is trying not to laugh. Than she says in her little squeaky voice, "On that note, I'm going to leave." That is when everyone busted out laughing. We made fun of her for the rest of their visit. They said the whole situation was worth the trip in. I was laughing so hard I was crying and I couldn't even retell the story it was so funny. Just thinking about it right now, I'm laughing.

Good times!

This is Funny

Ed was in trouble. He forgot his wedding anniversary. His wife was really angry. She told him,"Tomorrow morning I expect to find a gift in the driveway that goes from 0 to 200 in less then 6 seconds AND IT BETTER BE THERE!!"

The next morning Ed got up early and left for work. When his wife woke up she looked out the window and sure enough there was a box gift-wrapped in the middle of the driveway. Confused, the wife put on her robe and ran out to the driveway, and brought the box back in the house. She opened it and found a brand new bathroom scale. Ed has been missing since Friday. Please pray for him.

Waking the Dead

Well, I've decided to give this geocaching a second try. Taking the GPS to work I called up EMS for the coordinates to the helicopter landing pad and they were pretty close, but not as specific as the GPS. So, a friend of mine said he has gone before and he would show me exactly what it was I was to be looking for. We decided to do this after working 12 hours so we figured we should find some place fairly close. So, we choose to go to the cemetery. In the dark. With flashlights. You should have seen how many cars were slowing down to watch three people in scrubs run around the cemetery being very disrespectful to the dead trying to find this little hidden whatever. Sometimes, when I was close to the graves near the road, I would pretend like I was praying when the cars would pass. Anyways, after searching for over a hour we decide to call one of the paramedics who is huge into this stuff. It just so happens that she was working that day and that she was the one who had hidden this cache. She said she would come over to help us out. It was the first time and probably the last time that I'll see an ambulance in a cemetery. It really made people stop and slow down to figure out what the hell was going on. So the end result was that we were quite a distance from the grave where it was hidden in a bush. What did I find? A tiny little tube with a piece of rolled up paper to write your name on. But just the fact that we had the experience to walk around in the cemetery in the dark with flashlights and have an ambulance show up, made my day. Even possibly my week, we'll see how the rest of it goes. It was something that will probably never happen again. And that is probably a good thing. It still cracks me up.

Update on my life list

I was super close to being able to cross off a task on my list of things to do before I die. I had gone to the grocery store and wasn't in a terrible hurry to go anywhere when I left. Not far from my parking space was this older gentleman changing a flat tire. First I just walked by, but than my list popped into my head. So I approached him and offered to help. He smiled and said no thanks and said his daughter was on her way to help him. I even asked him twice, knowing how close I was to finishing this task. But again he declined and said I was the only one who had offered to help him. I smiled and went upon my way. Apparently he didn't know how important it was to me to change his tire. So, it is still on the list.