tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62578002011-04-21T10:52:59.922-07:00Masakit ang ulo ni Basagulo.I don't see patients, I take care of them.
Life of a nurse.basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comBlogger2951100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-46655377222177759802008-10-11T21:00:00.000-07:002008-10-22T10:46:35.092-07:00Post-Washington DC preparation.I picked up my brother at the Ontario International Airport from Oakland. We then drove to DJ Bibingkahan for early dinner. I noticed that the Max Chicken restaurant has moved to a new location at a mall. This mini mall is just packed with Filipino restaurant. I didn't particularly care for expensive Filipino cuisine. Give me affordable good tasting food and I'll basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-30683563046268484182008-09-25T00:57:00.000-07:002008-09-25T01:21:32.725-07:00Accomplishments.When there is no work available from the nursing registry I work with, I need to accomplish something worthwhile. In the past, I have done gardening, cleaning the pool, washing the car, grooming the dog, and other home maintenance duties.Tonight it's my bedroom curtains. The old curtains just about had it. They've been up since I moved in. They have holes and just filthy. I tore basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-2105355593443698222008-09-20T21:00:00.000-07:002008-09-25T02:13:27.735-07:00Photo shoot, Fall 2008. (and pre-party preparation)I'm back in the bay area for the 3rd annual Twins Birthday extravaganza. This time it will be on a Sunday as the Day in the Park event will make parking a hellish event and my sister doesn't want to hear the possible complaints by party goers if they have to walk half a mile for parking. Moving the party the day after Day in the Park event will basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-62260375674768768512008-09-19T21:00:00.000-07:002008-09-25T01:47:08.404-07:00Off to the Bay Area.It's Friday and I drove to the Bay Area for the twins' 3rd birthday party next Sunday. I almost didn't make it if I have to work this weekend. I managed to squeeze in 2 days of work this week which is enough for me to survive. I'll work more in the coming week. I packed my camera and studio gear to do a photo shoot of my sister's kids.I dropped Sarge off to the vet/kennel so Ibasagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-25992064147675683622008-08-13T03:35:00.000-07:002008-08-26T18:29:41.286-07:00Cant's sleep so here goes...It's Wednesday morning, 3:35 a.m. I have a scheduled interview at 9:00 a.m. See the problem? I am not really interested with this job as it will require me to drive 30 miles one way to work. To make it worst, the commute is on the 210 freeway. It's the busiest time of the day heading to Los Angeles. No thanks. The only reason I'm going is to practice and not to piss basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-43601860562239938242008-07-29T01:26:00.000-07:002008-07-29T01:50:29.631-07:00Talking with my bro.I call my brother a lot. He is a smart guy and his opinion matters to me. I have this imaginary book and in that book is a list of people whose opinion matters to me. It was actually part of a comeback if a person was trying to force their opinion on me, I pull out this imaginary book and I tell that person while I open the imaginary book that I'm looking at the list of peoplebasagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1713105106810726222008-07-24T01:02:00.000-07:002008-07-29T01:24:01.919-07:00Cleaning house Part 2.The next morning I headed back to Granada Hills to finish up the cleanup. I started with checking on the touch up paints and found out that the colors are different for two of the rooms. We need to make a trip to the paint store later today.First up is steam cleaning the carpet in the bedrooms. There are three rooms so this will basically be a simple job. I tried to keep thebasagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-69279274551193644992008-07-23T03:14:00.000-07:002008-07-23T03:34:46.329-07:00House Cleaning.My sister's house is vacant for rent. I'm in to help my brother-in-law, V, clean up the place. It was Saturday and the weather was beautiful. Sunny and warm.I got there around 11:00 a.m. I could not sleep the night before. I went to bed at 2:00 a.m. that morning only to toss and turn. I was really tired when I arrived. I went straight to work unloading the carpet steam cleaner. Abasagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-50964230885742045832008-07-17T15:42:00.000-07:002008-07-17T16:12:22.019-07:00Med/surg at FHP.Last night was totally unexpected. Being a Wednesday, I thought the census will be low and no work will be available. The Registry called and I'm going to Foothill Presbyterian Hospital in Glendora, Ca. It's only about 7 miles away from home. Unfortunately, I woke up at 9:00 a.m. that morning and has been up all day cleaning up the house. Oh well, I'm going to be tired but I also basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-21036454793201267682008-07-15T08:23:00.000-07:002008-07-15T08:39:56.977-07:00Back on track.I went back to work last night with a nursing registry. It was a late call, meaning someone didn't show up for work so the hospital needs someone to cover their staffing. Scheduled work for this hospital in Montery Park is 6 pm to 6:30 am. The registry called me at 6:15 pm last night and I need to show up at 8:00 pm. It's like working 10 hours for 12 hrs. pay.I saw one of my formerbasagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-6978830465254752752008-07-10T23:41:00.000-07:002008-07-10T23:57:44.616-07:00Moving on.I left Casa Colina last Tuesday as a result of a confrontation with a supervisor on staffing issues. I was first suspended for 2 weeks without pay pending an investigation and while my boss went on vacation. I called human resources for help on this issue and no action was done on the suspension. I complained that it is not fair for my boss to go on vacation and leave me hanging for 2 basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-48944549698192981992008-06-27T17:52:00.000-07:002008-06-27T18:13:37.351-07:00Driving around.I took my 14 year old Civic today and found out the air conditioning is not working. I drove to Arcadia Methodist Hospital to check out the job openings. Fifteen miles in the 85 degree weather without ac got me sweating real quick. After Arcadia i went to East Valley and they only have ICU job openings.On the way home I stopped by my mechanic and he noticed right away things that basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-58323648254040636792008-06-26T18:43:00.000-07:002008-06-27T17:51:58.959-07:00Fired my gardener.Okay, after 10 years I decided to save some money by doing my own gardening. My yard is big compared to the tiny cookie cutter lots of today. My home is 43 years old and there are trees here that can be intimidating to a newbie gardener.Like the way I was when I first purchased my place I bought some gardening tools. This time I got some electric powered lawn mower and edger. Nobasagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-18498766995303506712008-06-11T21:57:00.000-07:002008-06-12T00:01:11.962-07:00Stupid, stupid people.There is never a shortage of what I call stupid people. Stupidity has its levels. Some folks will never use the word stupid as it is a harsh criticism of someone who doesn't know any better but that's for another blog. I'm not even talking about disabled people here. They are not included. I am talking about normal people who functions without assistance.Low level stupidity basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-75348122118700352732008-06-02T07:31:00.000-07:002008-06-02T08:02:24.377-07:00Interesting work characters.It's been a while since I wrote about work. Yeah, it's there and been there for 50 years. There is a need to what I do and it's really nice to help people out with their needs without killing my self in stress. Don't get me wrong, critical care is important and in demand but it's too much for my body and my mind. There are people who stays in critical care for a long basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-73362377008954402922008-06-02T07:11:00.000-07:002008-06-02T07:30:07.660-07:00WOW updateI've been playing a lot of player vs. player on my favorite online game. I haven't been winning lately. What I'm experiencing was like a gambling addiction. I won a lot the first few days I did PvP then losing a lot lately. I know it's no where like gambling as the house has no control of the winnings. The players don't seem to be balanced in terms of abilities. There are even times basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-90882711062183712412008-05-25T08:03:00.000-07:002008-05-25T08:20:42.626-07:00WoW FirstsI've been playing with my horde rogue character lately and decided to try playing my Alliance priest. My priest character dies a lot during PvP play at Warsong Gulch. She needs a bunch of enchants to her armor. The auction house doesn't have any gear that will help her out in this issue of having a lot of health. So I went the enchanting route. I asked a level 70 character with a very basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-22637538128463820002008-05-22T17:07:00.000-07:002008-05-22T17:24:05.588-07:00Thunderstorms and server malfunction.It took me 5 times to log into WoW servers today. I blame the weird weather we are having. Thunderstorm with everything on it. Thunder and lots of rain. I gave up logging in, waste of time. There are advisories on tv stating to watchout for flash floods.I searched online last night for macros for my rogue, paladin and priest characters. I purchased a gaming basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-44418440767215090692008-05-05T12:40:00.000-07:002008-05-05T12:41:45.703-07:00NatGeo will air this story on May 11Almost 30 million views.basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-7693598477331635712008-05-05T12:22:00.000-07:002008-05-05T12:23:41.647-07:00Byebye iPhone!Hehehebasagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-81820446075504888032008-05-05T12:16:00.000-07:002008-05-05T12:18:15.780-07:00Pre-school politics.LOL. basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-63583511984054123632008-04-12T09:03:00.000-07:002008-04-12T09:22:06.767-07:00Tax time and 10th year death anniversary.I finally turned in my tax return. Ahh, such relief. It's a relief that this American tradition to turn in a portion of my hard earned money to the government is done for this year. It's easier to call it a tradition compared to other things as trying to avoid this tradition can land you in jail or wages taken from you by the Internal revenue service, the basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-62632294805313260062008-03-09T01:15:00.000-08:002008-03-09T03:17:57.925-07:00Prayers answered.I came back to work, after almost 2 weeks off due to illness, only to find out that two of my co-workers has resigned. According to the grape vine they were asked to resign. Nurse A is an RN with a long history of being fired. A nurse knew her from another facility and her records were bad. According to a supervisor that I happen to chit chat with, she makes a lot of mistakes basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-36488791290359667042008-03-02T17:39:00.000-08:002008-03-02T17:52:44.405-08:00March already?Most of my time has been consumed by playing World of Warcraft. This online role-playing game is bigger than anything that came out of computing in decades. I've been playing/working on PC's and Macs since 1984. My collection of obsolete macs and PC's can attest to that.The biggest appeal of WOW is that it is the game that we never had back in the 1980's. Text games were that hupplabasagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-48443471738565809552008-02-20T17:52:00.000-08:002008-03-02T18:03:52.543-08:00I was soooo wrong.For months I thought my Montero was doing fine and I have isolated the electrical problem. I was so wrong. I finally folded and spent the money to have her fixed. My mechanic was right, it was the alarm. I folded even more by getting a better radio, one that controls an iPod and play CDs and MP3s. An Alpine head unit and a Clifford alarm were the upgrade for my baby.Yeah it's 10basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-69527132447680454512008-02-13T08:43:00.000-08:002008-02-13T08:47:40.314-08:00Celeb at work. Working at the world renowned Rehab center, there are a few celebrities who had rehab with us. I recently took care of one of them.basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-53728221927723022252008-01-13T04:10:00.000-08:002008-01-13T04:20:55.242-08:00Happy birthday to me!I'm middle age, sad but true. It's been 3 months since I posted. Work is the same. Scary, I usually don't last more than a year at a job. It's a 3 mile ride to work so I'm staying for now.My Montero is still running. I found that one of the roof light is causing the problem. Quick fix, turn it off. The alarm works well and the stereo feedback is gone. Hmm, I wish life is thatbasagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-3449070519384130022007-10-26T10:33:00.000-07:002007-11-06T00:19:58.837-08:00Montero updates.I got the Montero Sport back and my mechanic said it could be the alarm system. It's draining the battery. My mechanic disabled the alarm and it seems to be okay. There is not much speaker feedback as before. The radio is working and depending on where I park, I just used the steering wheel lock just in case someone gets the urge to carjack it. I had my '83 Olds Omega stolen basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-40442747528344516682007-10-12T00:32:00.000-07:002007-10-12T00:54:41.162-07:00My baby is sick.My 10 year old Montero has been in the shop for days. It stranded me in the middle of the road a month ago and I had her towed to my neighbor's shop. Great to have Triple A when you have older vehicles. The charging system was still working so I had the battery replaced. I was lucky it was not the alternator.After I got the SUV back, I heard popping noise from the speakers. The basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-88134207594960750472007-10-10T07:58:00.000-07:002007-10-10T08:24:22.053-07:00Not a real connection.After 3 weeks of what seems to be love was not. Slowly, I realized that there is nothing magical about what I have. There is no match. Nothing wonderful.I personally don't feel what I felt when I first fell in love. She probably did but I didn't. I kept waiting for that feeling. The excitement of seeing her and just the constant wonderful feeling. Nothing, nada, kaput.I basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-75839403958309102452007-10-03T03:01:00.000-07:002007-10-03T03:19:47.984-07:00It's been 4 months...?I can't believe I haven't been blogging. I've been busy with work and actually have a social life now.Brother told me that cleaning up my house has brought changes in my life. I believe him. I've given up on love and someone all of a sudden was interested in me. I've also switched to night shift. Work is much easier and there is more pay. The co-workers are better, there basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-59184488131528671322007-06-28T22:43:00.000-07:002007-06-28T22:57:17.950-07:0010 year old Montero Sport.Wow, time flies when you are having fun. My baby SUV turned 10 this year. No major problem. It just got it's new timing belt and water pump replaced. Accessory belts were also replaced as they are beat up with 86,000 miles on them. It cost a pretty penny to keep my SUV up but it's cheaper than buying a new one.Oil was also changed as it's been six months since it was basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-27978662854690745902007-06-22T22:59:00.000-07:002007-06-28T23:06:24.401-07:00Head shots for future Hollywood star.I did a photo shot today with my brother's brother in law. He wants to get into acting and needs some head shot of himself. Hollywood is different now with digital all over the place. The simple b&w glossy is no longer used. Color is the norm and my portraiture skills is not used. The setup is simple nothing creative. No special lighting is required or will bebasagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-64652382753114979742007-06-02T14:53:00.000-07:002007-10-03T03:11:17.550-07:00Bad Lab resultsAfter a doctor's visit, my health is in crisis. Bad news on the cholesterol section. Eating out and picking bad choices of foods in wrong amounts led to this disaster. Time to get out of the rut and start moving my behind to get in shape.Taebo in the morning before work. No more eggs and sausages for a long while. I bought some eggs substitute. Tuna salad for lunch and salmon for basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-59010280970631907712007-05-30T00:00:00.000-07:002007-10-03T03:10:15.404-07:006th birthday.Sunday was my niece E's birthday. I drove 400 miles for this event and it's all worth it. The last time I saw my nieces was last January. In this short span of time, they have changed in a way that they are growing. E's sisters, the twins, are just so cute. They act their age and it's funny to watch.I really don't like attending children's bday party as they are generally boring to basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-5864006311616478702007-05-16T16:47:00.000-07:002007-10-03T03:05:36.563-07:00Mother's Day 2007Mother's day is one of those card company holidays invented to sell cards. hehehe. Not really, mother's day is celebrated in different parts of the world and at different times of the year.Having no one to celebrate Mother's day with, I showed up for work just to keep my mind off this day. It was actually a nice day as we have an extra CNA and I didn't have to do beds. One nursebasagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-53804595271638015082007-05-12T21:58:00.001-07:002007-05-12T22:04:20.479-07:00What the Heck is this?I 've thought of myself as a loser with my stinking nursing career, then I found this guy. LOL. Now he's a real loser. He quit a good job for a crappy one. I wish I can write as good as he can.basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-26068476196920610182007-04-22T11:15:00.000-07:002007-04-22T11:29:28.515-07:00Walden University.An online school that offers the flexibility for people to earn an advance degree without commuting or kissing up to your professors. I asked for information and talked to an advisor for about an hour over the phone. Everything seems nice and then she turned into a sales woman.She wants all my information, copy of my nursing license, social security numbers of all my ancestors basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-70915722603616763542007-04-18T10:56:00.000-07:002007-04-18T11:15:58.904-07:00Canceled wedding gig.I was suppose to have a wedding gig next weekend when my buddy canceled me as the photographer. His fiance wants a traditional Indonesian wedding where the ceremonies last for 16 hours or something like that.To be part of this traditional wedding, my buddy was adopted by an Indonesian family (weird). Then there are offerings of goats (weirder) and other rituals that goes on basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-5341494610985075032007-04-10T21:26:00.000-07:002007-04-10T21:53:29.683-07:00Death anniversary and taxes.I had my taxes done today. I made less last year and I survived. Hmm, work less and still survive, now that is a concept. Most people want to be rich, then there are the ones who will be satisfied being out of the hole they are in. There are different types of people. Super achievers look at ordinary people as complacent and lazy. Dreamless fools who settle for basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-38401232901281036612007-04-08T12:05:00.000-07:002007-04-08T12:59:38.289-07:0025 years in America!I almost forget to commemorate this year as my 25th immigration anniversary to the US. It was a bitter sweet 25 years. Got two degrees, lost both parents to disease instead of old age, still single but loving it, own a home and still finds a million things to complain about. That's life I guess. Can't complain if I'm 6 feet underground. LOL.25 years ago, I wouldn't have basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-67296774292636813172007-04-06T21:02:00.000-07:002007-04-06T21:31:14.524-07:00Looking for a new gig.The Casa situation has changed as the people there are just getting to my nerves. From CNAs to doctors, bunch of discomfort to my rear end. How did an organization lasted this long with these types of people? The answer is complex.Things in the past is no way similar to todays' standards. Rehabilitation medicine, the spinal cord and traumatic brain injury type has changed basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-56956571900840307872007-04-06T20:54:00.000-07:002007-04-06T21:00:31.446-07:00Oooops...It was getting warm here in my part of the woods. Sarge's coat is pretty thick and he seem to be in total annoyance when out with the sun blazing at him. I decided to cut off all his winter coat. What a relief until the weather starts getting cold again. Sucks for Sarge.He didn't enjoy the next following days. It was cold and he can't rest on the cold concrete floor of the outside porch.basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-11302786651683404492007-03-31T22:20:00.000-07:002007-03-31T22:39:19.192-07:00UCW bruin dung kicked around by Florida.Try again next year bruins of Westwood. You are now a life member of Loserville. You guys are used to it anyway. All that win for nothing. Might as well give it up. They should rename your public school to UC Westwood. It's a disgrace to keep the Los Angeles name. All the fans that hoped and prayed. All they got was a big fat zero. Disgusting. Repulsive. basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-80746392004325813102007-03-28T23:28:00.000-07:002007-03-29T00:01:03.001-07:00Gotta love spring.The weather is sooo nice. I'm off for 3 days and I'm not even thinking of picking up a shift. Hey what's that? some Filipino guy on a Home Depot commercial. He spoke with a Filipino accent. Too bad Home Depot's in the ban list. Gazillion people are pissed as they are now understaffing their stores and there are no one there to help you. OSH is my store, use it then return it. basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-28024669031996068962007-03-23T22:28:00.000-07:002007-03-23T22:51:11.818-07:00Until next year...There goes another year in basketball for the Trojans. The tar heels won by 10 points. I saw the last 40 seconds of the game. I thought it was scheduled for Saturday. Ooops, it was today.Nothings lost. CSI reruns are more interesting.Forgot to set up my alarm...I woke up at 6:30 am today. Thirty mins late for work and another 30 mins late because I need to shower and take the basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-2637022459363135172007-03-19T22:26:00.000-07:002007-03-19T22:40:20.156-07:00USC makes it to sweet 16.I really don't think my old alma mater will make it to the final four but hey they made it to the first stage of the NCAA Finals. Not bad. I'm happy with a little feeling of pride.The cross town rival is highly ranked and more likely to make it to the Final Four but it's not hard to ask for divine intervention for their demise. I loath any kind of success on their basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-14715061317730123882007-03-16T10:06:00.002-07:002007-03-16T11:12:31.447-07:00Husband Wanted (posted from VAJOE.com) A lonely widow, aged 70, decided that is was time to get married again. She put an ad in the local newspaper that read:HUSBAND WANTED:MUST BE IN MY AGE GROUP (70s), MUST NOT BEAT ME, MUST NOT RUN AROUND ON ME,AND MUST STILL BE GOOD IN BED ! ALL APPLICANTS PLEASE APPLY IN PERSON.On the second day she heard the doorbell. Much to her dismay, she opened the doorbasagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-81951606192792518322007-03-08T15:44:00.000-08:002007-03-08T15:55:38.700-08:00Keeping your Windows 98, 98SE, Me stable.I have a 9 year old desktop Windows computer. A Compaq Athelon 500Mhz. 500 FSB computer. It was the fastest computer utilizing the new 32 bit processor that month of 1998 and I just have to have it.It worked ok. Crashing is it's middle name and windows 98 se was unstable. I have a PowerMac G3 that is way more stable but doesn't have the resources the PC basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-76842063566165536662007-03-03T22:18:00.000-08:002007-03-03T22:31:41.891-08:00Helping friends to let go.I found an old telephone list and found a number of an old friend from the old aerospace job. I dialed the number but it was no longer in service. I searched the internet for the new area code of Palmdale, Ca. Used the number and found out that he still have that number. I left a message and early this afternoon he called me back.I found out that he still works for basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-30265588186508406192007-02-28T22:49:00.000-08:002007-02-28T22:49:42.127-08:00Still alive. (a 2-16-07 entry)The work at Casa has intensified and the staff is having a hard time coping. More spinal cord injury patients are in and they are not going out. Every 2 hour doses of Dilaudid eat up nursing time. One wants to be lifted everytime he gets moved. He has a sore that goes bone deep and I can't blame him. He's not going anywhere until the wound is healed. Yeah, stage IV basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-20541667068435362442007-02-27T22:49:00.000-08:002007-02-28T22:38:27.583-08:00Casa in the news.Casa was featured in the news this evening. It showed how injured soldiers are being left uncared for by the Veterans Administration. The VA has told these survivors of war that they will require wheelchair for life and nursing home care. Afew lucky souls end up at Casa. After months of rehabilitation, they are now walking and talking. Living a life with their family.I happen to basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-43575767267108388842007-02-24T16:22:00.000-08:002007-02-24T16:33:29.080-08:00Rainy daysIt's been raining the past few days. Rain one day and sun the next. The good thing is that we are getting rain. My gutters are working as built. No more flooding in the garage. Money well spent having it fixed.I have been putting of washing the cars. The rain takes care of the dust.I found that some people leaves their sprinkler system on even after a rain. That is just wasteful. Most basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-36035670300733751792007-02-24T16:12:00.000-08:002007-02-24T16:21:55.918-08:00LSQC Class of 1982 25th anniversary.Jeez, I'm old. It's been 25 years since HS graduation. Looking back I was glad it was all over. I never felt bad about not telling anyone I was leaving for the US. The principal was telling me that he should have been told. In my mind no way so he can give me special projects? Idiot. They copied my grades from one quarter to the other. LOL.Some of my batch basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-15448310248700843592007-02-24T15:10:00.000-08:002007-02-24T15:33:14.081-08:00Back to normal.Work conditions are back to normal. The tetraplegics are less demanding with their specific needs. These guys can get bossy. I had to tell one of them to ease off the nursing assistants. His tone of voice was deaming and the CNAs are working hard to meet his needs. Some of them thinks they have a slave.Before one should embark in dangerous activities think about what it can do to basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-45392854585142690312007-02-24T15:00:00.000-08:002007-02-24T15:10:31.635-08:00Damnn Iiiit!Okay, one thing about starting over is making sure you know where you keep your back up copies of programs you love. I found the jacket of my Photoshop 7 but there is no disk inside. ARRRGHH.I downloaded the 30 days trial version of CS-2. This program costs about $650. It's a great program but I don't need everything it offers.I'm on the look out for my PS 7 disk. It's out there basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-80015444606677585522007-02-23T13:36:00.000-08:002007-02-24T16:07:33.437-08:00Talking to God.One of our patient lost it last week. He's a retired nurse administrator for an insurance company and a hospital in L.A. She was refusing her medications and physical therapy. His doctor was ready to transfer him where ever he wants to go. Administrators were trying to help him out but he was not cooperative with his care. He rejects staff that wears perfume or any pleasant scentbasagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-49481002248715985712007-02-16T22:19:00.000-08:002007-02-16T22:33:08.417-08:00Another day reconfiguring a computer.My laptop has reached it's max level on the hard drive. In an attempt to slim down by deleting some programs I removed some vital "stuff" that makes the system stable. The result was an endless events of crashes. The laptop involved is 6 years old, time flies when you are having fun. The processor is still fast a Pentium 4, 2.4Ghz. with a 16" screen. It's a basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-15492765712670908242007-01-27T11:17:00.000-08:002007-01-27T11:38:17.557-08:00Two down, one more to go.I was awakened by my ringing phone this morning just to find out that a friend was looking for a wedding photographer. It's the third trip to the aisle for my buddy and he is just those type that can't stay single for very long. He was divorced 3 years ago to a nurse and this time around to another nurse.His likes single moms and he too is a single dad so there you go. I basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-89720113303366311562007-01-26T23:29:00.000-08:002007-01-26T23:58:22.605-08:00Computers...I don't get it.It must be the planets alignment as weird things have happened to my computers. My VAIO laptop has Mozilla Firefox loaded on it as a browser. Well, it decided to just reconfigure itself during the night and I lost all bookmarks and search engines. I reloaded the program after failing to figure out what happened. It's good I have enough brain cells left to remember some basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-36463687254820088442007-01-26T15:29:00.000-08:002007-01-26T19:09:03.807-08:00YouTube gets it all.A month ago, I was told to publish some of my jokes in youtube. I question this strategy based upon others copying my material. My concerns were valid. When you upload video to youtube, you release them a license that lets them do what they please with it. They can sell it, remix it, publish it, without informing you."For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-58622286795916534822007-01-26T14:48:00.000-08:002007-01-26T15:28:20.472-08:00A week off.I was cancelled for overtime last Wednesday so just to make things better i called in sick the next day. This makes for a week off. Our pay period starts on Friday so technically I worked 2 days during the time period. Just to make things even interesting, I went to work the day I called in sick to make sure I get paid for the paid time off (PTO). My boss didn't care, she knew that basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-41024652034255231052007-01-19T06:12:00.000-08:002007-01-19T06:37:50.230-08:00The Boot. (fwd from the internet)Did you hear about the Texas teacher who was helping one of her kindergarten students put on his cowboy boots? He asked for help and she could see why. Even with her pulling and him pushing, the little boots still didn't want to go on. By the time they got the second boot on, she had worked up a sweat. She almost cried when the little boy said, "Teacher, basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-62845971748303824532007-01-13T20:11:00.000-08:002007-01-13T21:19:00.553-08:00Jeez, what kinda weather is this?It is freezing here in So. Cal. So far, the winter has been mild almost spring like. Friday morning it started raining and in some places there were hail storms. Fontana reported snow! My heater is working full time. My gas bill was 3 digits last month, it will be again. Going out this morning for breakfast was a bit unpleasant. I don't like cold weather, my skin basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-11413535196360926592007-01-10T14:28:00.000-08:002007-01-10T17:47:57.079-08:00F-14 Tomcat retired.I was channel surfing last night and saw a special of Modern Marvels. It was the retirement of the F14 Tomcat. I remember the 1986 movie TopGun where they showed a lot of F-14 maneuvers. The F-14 is my favorite fighter jet followed by the F-16 a light weight fighter.The Navy will replace the F-14 with the F/A-18.basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-47187544278707768082007-01-08T23:03:00.000-08:002007-01-08T23:09:32.960-08:0080 degree weather plus Santa Ana Winds equals Malibu Fire.Four mansions gone as wildfires rages in Malibu. It doesn't matter if it's winter here in So. Calif. Fires can occur at any time. Today's incident was reminiscent of the fire 10 years ago. A total of 9 homes were involved and four burned to the ground. Open gas lines makes the fire fighting difficult. Pets are also missing. Tough day in basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-54952517322623072342007-01-02T20:44:00.000-08:002007-01-08T22:24:50.250-08:00USC declawed Wolverettes 32-18.The first half of this game was so boring I went to see Dreamgirls. Now that is a movie. Go see it in the theater because I doubt anybody's home theater will do it justice.Back to the game. As I said I missed the second half as the relatives at my aunt's house was not interested with the game. They want to see the movie and ride my Benz. So, I indulged them and basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-11828079700987585362006-12-27T20:56:00.000-08:002006-12-27T21:09:30.008-08:00Seminoles slaughter Baby bears for dinner 44-27.It was no surprise. The come from behind win was what classics are made of. Unfortunately for a PAC-10 team, they lost. It just makes the Pac-10 look bad. It brings the diapered bruins back down to earth. God forbid their egos got too big from their win over the mighty Trojans. The Gerber eating bruins should get used to where they are, the bottom basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-81159219503353037092006-12-26T13:24:00.000-08:002007-01-08T22:49:22.729-08:002007, ready or not here it comes.There goes another year. I'm keeping the next year as simple as I can. No more complicated job assignments and "hard work" nursing. An LVN at work was telling us about several openings in a psych facility that is "easy money". Patients are admitted at their will and no 4140 crap where patients are held due to mental meltdown.I love to be in critical care if..., basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-19420385026449779772006-12-12T05:05:00.000-08:002006-12-12T05:29:47.116-08:00New UCLA record!UCLA broke a new record. The largest computer breach of an American university. Just another proof of the incompetence in the public education system. The attack lasted a year before they detected and blocked it. A freaking year before it was detected? Somebody was snoozing, LOL.basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-55596898215519713732006-12-10T21:38:00.000-08:002006-12-10T22:42:32.233-08:00Christmas Party.The Casa Colina holiday party was a success. I attended my first Holiday party in 8 years. I had to buy a new jacket and tie at a local Nordstrom. It was a nice black jacket that looks like velvet from a distance but its a real fine corduroy. I went and checked if Macy's have the jacket on sale but the one they have is not as soft and supple as the Nordstrom's jacket. The price basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-68323612326231182402006-12-03T20:58:00.000-08:002006-12-03T21:12:21.327-08:00USC vs. Michigan in the Rose Bowl.It will be a classic PAC-10 vs BIG 10 championship. The game I wanted to see. Michigan is a powerhouse and they lost by a small margin against the No. 1 team in the nation. I think USC will prevail and destroy the Wolverines' jaws and paws.The USC freshman team will setup the 2007 season with a game at the Rose Bowl. Not too shabby. USC is still THE football basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-43662442435044046402006-12-02T23:57:00.000-08:002006-12-03T00:06:54.005-08:00My Montero Sport turned 9 years old.One of the best looking SUV back in 1998. My Montero Sport was born in Japan, Nov. 1997. It has 80,000+ miles. I drove it from NC to CA. It has been to Yellowstone and back with no major problem. Okay I baby my ride but it was one of the best purchases I've made since graduating from nursing school. Resale value was poor but I'm not selling it. I even boughtbasagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-89280763125200766622006-12-02T21:32:00.000-08:002006-12-02T21:38:53.803-08:00USC is going to the Rose Bowl.Personally I'd rather see them in the Rose Bowl than the National Championship. Ohio State will eat them alive. The score will be 65-3. UCLA played their hearts off and they deserve to win. It was the saddest USC game I've seen for a long time. The Trojans looks like limp condoms against a defense that looks like a damn metal chastity belt. LOL.This is a good loss basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-84055760769297842702006-11-28T21:40:00.000-08:002006-12-02T22:10:29.057-08:00Bay Area Thanksgiving.I was glad I made the drive to the Bay area for thanksgiving. I had such a great time that I will count this as one of the best of 2006. It was nice to see auntie slowly getting over uncle's death. The key word is slowly. She still sobs every morning calling his name. Grieving sometimes takes time specially when you miss the man you loved for 49 years. She prays her rosarybasagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1163988391761995222006-11-18T21:54:00.000-08:002006-11-19T18:08:38.210-08:00USC is going to the Rose Bowl. PAC-10 football champions for 5th straight year.It was a close game for 3 quarters against the California Golden Bears. Both teams defense were impressive. A low scoring game too. Fortunately for the Trojans, they were lucky enough to pull this one out. Gone were the days of Leinart and Reggie Bush. The long passes and fantastic completed catches were things of the basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1163985087301843372006-11-17T16:48:00.000-08:002006-11-19T17:54:47.076-08:00Changes suck but they're here to stay.A lot of changes at work. First two CNAs have left in the past 2 months. The one that I think should retire finally did. She is old and needs to hang the diaper for the younger blood. The other one thinks she is gods gift to nursing left for Montana. May she find warm welcome to the rednecks of that state, she's Mexican and can barely speak english. If you basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1163532435444186192006-11-14T10:55:00.000-08:002006-11-14T11:27:15.496-08:00Borat: Cultural...This movie is one of the funniest I've seen since Home Alone. It's R rated so leave the kids with the babysitter. Borat is a journalist from Kazakhstan, a former Soviet block nation. He and his manager went to the US to learn about American culture that will benefit his country.The movie had limited showing of 800 theaters and still made $23 million it's first week, beating top basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1163107258005568232006-11-09T13:17:00.000-08:002006-11-09T13:20:58.006-08:00Happy birthday Mom!It's my mother's birthday, she would have been 69 years old. I miss her dearly. God bless you ma. I love you.basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1163106789214366522006-11-09T12:50:00.000-08:002006-11-09T13:13:09.240-08:00A New Era in American Politics.Read the news and it says it all. The Democrats are in power and Rumsfeld is out. I'm sad that the governator is still in power but Angelides has the personality of a slug. I don't want him for governor but I voted for him.The Dems rule the House and the Senate and there is a new hope in the horizon. The Pres got the boot and hopefully it hurts, fucker! Up your basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1160792116030854092006-10-13T18:58:00.000-07:002006-10-13T21:54:44.453-07:00PC connector, digital slaves and pro-lens.Consumer digital SLR cameras have a few things lacking like a PC connector. Using a manual flash from the film era to a digital camera requires this little attachment. I have one but I happen to destroy it when the PC male cable end got stuck to the hotshoe adapter and I turned it to loosen it, like the way we do. Well it was so stuck that the port itselfbasagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1160282001191766012006-10-07T21:15:00.000-07:002006-10-11T13:03:26.390-07:00Football football footballIt's been a while since I watched 9 hours of college football. Today was a special day. The #2 Univ. of Auburn was defeated by an unranked team from Arkansas. Upset of the week. My team the #3 USC Trojans barely squeaked pass the (unranked) Washington Huskies at home. The are unbeaten and may go up the rankings now that Auburn is out of the picture. We have a few injuredbasagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1160192991240627022006-10-06T19:58:00.000-07:002006-10-06T20:51:52.693-07:00Random thoughts.I reconnected with my old physician. He is better than Kaiser's or others I've seen in the past as he spends time to teach and talk to me about my medical needs. He is a young Chinese doctor that is the thinking type. He actually sits in the exam room with his laptop and discusses my needs.He stated that he has a way of talking to patients that makes them uncomfortable. He is basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1160109837205264272006-10-05T21:14:00.000-07:002006-10-05T21:43:57.220-07:00Engineering dream.I once again have the feelings of wanting to be an engineer. There is a huge demand for civil engineers at CalTrans. Nursing seems to be just too hard and I'm getting restless. I found an engineering forum that talks about the profession. To my great surprise, there is a great consensus that engineering consists of performing non-engineering jobs. One petroleum engineer stated "basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1159813791453035292006-10-02T10:36:00.000-07:002006-10-02T11:30:11.413-07:00Weekends...are usually nice at Casa. Last weekend was an exception. We have a new bunch of patients who are new to rehab and still on the earlier stages of grieving. Anger and denial abound in the halls. Patients are riding the call light and I have a few on bowel program. The CNA was busy and I'm picking up the slack.Bowel program is initiated when the patient doesn't have a b.m. for 48 hours. basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1159810518134552092006-09-30T09:55:00.000-07:002006-10-02T10:35:18.403-07:00LA County Fair 2006Me and M went to the county fair. We hired a tricycle ride from the parking lot to the entrance. That was a cool way to start an evening at the fair. The entrance fee is a few bucks cheaper too.The last time I went to the fair was 3-4 years ago with my neice E and her parents. We had a great time. We stayed there the whole day! This time it will be shorter.We grabbed some BBQ basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1159425118068616762006-09-27T23:01:00.000-07:002006-09-27T23:34:10.143-07:00Got a guitar.I finally bought my guitar. After weeks of research and shopping, I found the best value and best sounding (according to guitar players ranking) guitar. It's a Seagull S6. Made in Canada.The guitar store is located on Citrus Ave in Covina, Ca. It's been there for years but for some weird reason I never knew it was there. It is just a block off the main strip. In the store, I basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1159059191201492442006-09-23T17:32:00.000-07:002006-09-23T17:53:11.940-07:00Lavatory upgrade.Since a new remodel is not in the budget this year, I opted for a lavatory upgrade instead. A non-working sink and faucet is a pain and the guests will not like it. Can't wash their hands in the toilet? No way.The following are pics of the old setup:The new setup: It took 3 trips to Lowe's and OSH Hardware. 7 hours of on and off work. About a few hundred dollars (including a new basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1159054899412765492006-09-23T15:58:00.000-07:002006-09-23T16:41:39.536-07:00Three days a week, 12 hour shifts.The good thing about 12 hour shifts is that I don't have to be at work 5 days a week. The new boss was doing rounds with the nurse educator and she's being oriented to the daily tools of the trade. I don't know how long she last did bedside nursing. She was case management manager before she took on the Chief Nurse Officer job. The former CNO was a critical care basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1158694021714454752006-09-19T11:47:00.000-07:002006-09-19T12:27:01.836-07:00Another one bites the dust.Chief Nursing Officers come and go and my boss is one of them. After two years, she's gone. I really don't know how nursing management work. I really don't give a hoot how they work. The sure thing is that the ones that treat the nurses well are the ones who get the boot.Nursing managers have to deal with doctors, nurses, families, and everybody else in between. basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1158691339261447492006-09-19T11:29:00.000-07:002006-09-19T11:43:55.316-07:00Gas saving gizmos.A few years back a company was marketing a piece of metal that causes a vortex to form within the intake manifold. This they say produces a better fuel/air mixture thus producing better gas mileage and more horse power. They showed test after test that showed marked improvements in both horse power and fuel efficiency.I was sceptical of the product. If they really work, the basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1157946706008809872006-09-10T20:46:00.000-07:002006-09-10T20:51:46.026-07:00KZLA 93.9 FM, Los Angeles' only country station is gone!I was driving to the mall and there was weird music coming out of my favorite 93.9FM. I searched and search for KZLA, wondering what happened to it. I was really surprised that it was gone from the surface of the earth.So, like any fan, I search the internet and found that last Thursday, the format was changed to Hip hop. Twenty years on basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1157926101267040722006-09-10T14:52:00.000-07:002006-09-10T15:16:50.716-07:00Sept 11 anniversary.It has been 5 years now since the Twin Towers went down in the hands of the MF arabs. There are a lot of documentaries about the Towers, NYFD Heroes and their families showing up on PBS and other cable and network channels. The good thing is that people has moved on and has made a lot of positive things despite such an evil event.While watching PBS, I saw a documentary about abasagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1157925161782503132006-09-06T21:04:00.000-07:002006-09-10T15:19:01.006-07:00Back to work.I don't have enough PTO (paid time off) to keep calling in sick so I went back to work even if I didn't feel 100%. My assignment was not too bad, just routine nursing care. I didn't have to deal with any brain injury patients. They can be challenging.I found out that the injuried former soldier has moved on to the TLC, transitional care unit. His wife was still in the anger stage of basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1157260090580098442006-09-02T21:17:00.000-07:002006-09-02T22:12:00.500-07:00Re-viewing some old DVD collections.It's been a rough few days for me as I've been down with some nasty coughing. It felt like bronchitis as my asthma was also exacerbated. When my insurance coverage kicked in yesterday I went ahead to use it to see a doctor in an urgent care center in Montclaire. I came in wheezing so it got me in earlier than the other people in the waiting room.A really nice basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1156791789491476932006-08-28T12:02:00.000-07:002006-08-28T12:16:27.116-07:00WORDS WOMEN USEFINE:this is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.FIVE MINUTES:If she is getting dressed, this is half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given 5 more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.NOTHING:This is the calm before the storm. This means "something," and you should be on your toes. basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1156788778127755432006-08-28T11:05:00.000-07:002006-08-28T11:12:58.156-07:00Another study...shows that marriage can decrease depression. Researchers theorized "that depressed people may have more to gain from the emotional support and close intimate ties that come with marriage." I need to look for the pet study.basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1156468093980722662006-08-24T17:59:00.000-07:002006-08-24T18:08:14.023-07:00DMV BluesWeird day today as nothing seem to work. Went to have the Benz smog checked and I was told I need to go to a test only station. They can't do it in a test and repair station. I was pissed as I was never asked to do this and I know two garage shops that are test and repair. Both declined my test and directed me to someone I do not know. I went to the suggested place and I have to pay $20 basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1156397368423469682006-08-23T21:48:00.000-07:002006-08-23T22:29:30.553-07:00Single issue.My marital status came up again at work. Wishful thinking coworkers said that it is not too late to get married. I insist that I'm thinking about retirement and not getting some kids to college. One insist that it is not too late and having kids are the best thing in life. I disagree. Kids are a handful to raise and can be a handful when they are adults.I'm sorry but I was never basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6257800.post-1156300282248718002006-08-22T19:10:00.000-07:002006-08-22T19:31:22.263-07:002 days post visit (by the nieces).It's been a couple of days since my sister and her kids left for a summer vacation. I miss them a lot. Their smiles and eagerness to be held and carried. They are trying to stand and walk and so far they are getting there as nature intends them to. I miss the dinners with their parents. I don't get much decent company during meals.The pool is clean and the kids basagulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00653289986197015853noreply@blogger.com