im tired

tday was the nd of a long week for me. Im glad that I will have some tim to relax a little bit and unwid before i start moving into my new place monday. I have a talent show this coming friday and will be a part of 4 time slot. I am going to play guitar and sing the firs one. te next one i am suposed to have a dance partner anddo some east coast swing commonly knowen as jitter bug. the next slot I am going to dance a Waltz with one of the nurses and finish out with another guy and an aid an sisng another song while we play guitars. I dont care the cost of how much is goig o hurt I want the residents at the nursing home to be lite hearted so I am giving my all into this. i have had a couple of the gals who are gog todance with me complain how much they are hurting. com on Im twice there ag and yet I am willing to give myself o the enjoymnt to those who are living there. I gues Im just too bull headed t give up and i dont care how old you are if im twice your age dont snivvel to me about pains and achs. there is not one joint in my body that is not screaming righ now so put on your bi girl panties and suck it up its 5 minutes of moving for craps sake.. now will see who whines at the end of nextfriday.....lol

an awesome weekend

i got off work saturday and had been talking to a friend i have knowen for many years. she was going to house set saturday evening and asked me if I wanted to help. I thought abou it someand have wanted to take thetruck on a road trip i decided to hit the road. got there and went out to eat with her son daughter adn grandson. then back to the house and we got to talk. soon she was off to bed and I to the sofa for a great nights sleep. awoke and showered and coffee ad we were off to Caulder then big creek where she lives with her Daddy. after we al got settled we took off to sight in my rifle. we drove up the mountain and found a nice place to shoot and got it sighted in. back to th ehouse and warm up then he oldest son and I go back out and shoot some more. 300 yards killing rocks. a super dinner of Elk steak mashed taters gravy and corn. te whole trip was very nice as so many memories came back mostly good but yes some ba ones too. driving back to town this morning we seen a bunch of Elk deer  and such. over all it was a wonderfull weekend. I even got invited back and will go again. m not sure but the feelings of many years ago have never died. infact they have got stronger.

just another day in my boring life

Yestrday was rather interesting. i got done with all my things to do at work and so  heled out like always doing little things that needed done. one of the residents who had been failing fast finnaly passed away. this time it was a relief as I believe she was ready to go and she had her family with her. the day was sunny and warm and after work it was nice to enjoy the heat. Today is dreary cold and cloudy. I so cant wait for it to warm up i just want to get out an enjoy the out doors again

wooo hoo its sunday

yay its sunday the day of rest. last night i was so exhausted from working and little sleep I decided to go to the storage shed and sleep! I got a spot cleared out on the floor layed down the matress then i dug out my egg drate adn finished it off with my sleeping bags. I found a couple pillows and I was set. I knew this was going to be a great nights sleep as I dove into the bag.  I took my hoodie and pulled the hood over my head adn the sleeping bag up to my face. seconds later with the rain beating on the roof i was history! i slept untill about 4:30 had tp Pee and back to sleep again. At 7:30 same situation. i got back in the sleeping bag and once more i was fast asleep. another hour past and I am awake for the day. walked back to the house and had some Pizzza and Pepsi for breakfast and messed around and fell asleep on the sofa. this time when I woke up it felt like I had been hit by a 2 ton bomb everything hurt...... fixed me some carmel corn and a glass of milk and I am set. I so cant wait for it to warm up and I can get out and camp.

class all over again ( a lesson in humanity)

today was my first solo day at work. I got in Early like always to have a couplle minutes to face the day. I got clocked in and got my cart all ready with my supplys i needed adn headed out. the side work or so its called  got done and I was off to start cleaning the residents rooms. there is a lady I have knowen since I was 7 years old who was my second grade teacher in our special needs unit. (alzheimers unit) I tryed to talk to her a couple days ago but she didnt even remember she had been a teacher. I asked the nurse about visiting with her adn she encouraged me to talk and see if she remembered anything. all the residents of that unit were in there dinning room setting around there tables so I thought i would just go visit and see what happened. I walked into the room and searched for this lady adn just ahead of me was an older lady who was standing there arms reaching for me and she was crying like she was looking to me for comfort. I was totaly not ready for that one. I had no cluse what protocall is so i just did what I do..... I walked over and gave her a hug. she held on and cryed adn cryed and jusst burryed her head in my chest and i felt so helpless.
soon another lady was comforting hernad the tears stopped. the lady seemed calmed down so i was able t visit with the lady who I had searched for. I started talking to her and this time she had remembered me adn remembered what she had done for work for so many years. I felt touched and so humbled. I  soon was off cleaning and went to the room of yet another Lady. I explained I would be cleaning and asked if that was going to be ok. I got a yes that will be fine and soon she was talking..... the only thing this Woman wished for was to get out and walk. she told me she had got to go walk but she had fallen so she was not going to get to solo walking. it came to me tha I think its time to take the time to get some of these people out and let them enjoy the spring air when it warms up some. I think its going to be interesting to just take them in there wheel chair for a short walk and just let them talk. I have yet again been changed. Im looking forward to listening to some stories from these people. I know each of them is so lonely as when i clean each wishes to just talk. I have had to adjust to being able to work and talk and give them some conversation. Im not sure where this is going to go but im ready!

my first real day of work at the new job

Today was fun. I was assigned to a gal my age and they call her shorty. she is a hoot! we hit it off great adn she was awesome as a trainer, i got to meet so many people today. I will never get there names im so thankfull for name badges. they have a cafeteria at work adn you can purchace meals so I thought I would give it a try. I bouchr a meal ticket just like in school and  could not wait for lunch. I looked at the price of there meals adn holy crap almost 7 bux for a lunch. I wont be eating lunch there much. however for 2.50 you can get there salad bar. it was ok but anyone who knows me knows I need alot of calories a day to get by. just after lunch I was off to get my fingerprints taken and the back ground crap done. I HATE doing that!!!!
 after all that it was back to work and the end of shift. I came home called a few friends and waited for the dude to cal about a tool I had for sale on craigslist. got the call drove to Pullman sold it adn back home. I will be so thankfull to have my own space.

orientation day

today I woke up and got ready for work..... I know that sounds trivial but it was my first day adn orientation is always interesting. I got to sign a bunch of new forms then off to watch a boat load of videos they even fed me lunch. after lunch it was back to more videos adn when i had them done I got to again sign my name a bunch again. then it was the hepatitus b shot. im so glad to have work. I start tommorow cleaning and im ready to start working. I do have a fear..... I may know some of the resedence and I have an aunt who lives there. i think its going to be hard to be there adn watching them pass away. i know i am a tough guy but inside im really not. i know its going to be hard adn im worried i will have a hard time with it. I also know me... i will make frieends with many people and bring a few smiles to many faces by just being me. i hope i can handle it.