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There probably isn't any point to my posting tonight ~ I have no real topic to discuss. I brought the foster kitten back to the shelter. It's always a little hard to say goodbye to them. He looked scared in that big stainless steel kennel ~ awaiting his neuter. He'll have a home by Saturday, I'm sure of it. Sterling Animal Shelter adopts out a phenomenal number of animals. I know people are reluctant to pay adoption fees in the $100+ range, but really ~ you are getting a deal. Even if you do find a free puppy / kitten, the cost of vetting that animal will be more than if you adopt an already "fixed" and vaccinated pet.

After returning "Sagamore" (or .. Old Saggy One Nut .. as he was so lovingly nicknamed, because the entire reason he needed a foster home was because he had one undescended testicle), Becky, Sarah and I (along with my sweet little Elijah) visited the Salvation Army Furniture Store .. Becky is searching for cheap furniture / accessories for the new house. She found a few items, but was too cheap to buy ~ so Sarah did. Becky made a weak protest and caved, It was hardly a convincing struggle.

Work was crazy. I feel like it was a really awful night and I was nowhere near the nurse I should have / could have been. It was just too busy. We came onto the shift with quite a few new admissions arriving ~ mine, in particular, arrived without any doctors orders or any other information .. just showed up in the room! Fortunately, they were all breathing at change of shift. That's the best I could do tonight. I feel terrible about it. The elderly man I took care of all of last week and the beginning of this week passed away yesterday morning. I arrived for my shift, hoping he would still be there .. his name wasn't on the board, so I checked the "book" .. sure enough .. 11:35 a.m. I wanted to be there and had hoped I would be his nurse when he died. It's hard to explain ~ especially to someone who doesn't get the whole dying thing. I don't mind it and I'd like to be there to make it comfortable and not scary to the family. I always feel like I get strange looks when I try to explain it ~ so usually I just avoid the topic alltogether.

Finally, at almost midnight, I spoke with Anthony. He needs to not be staying up so late though ~ I feel like it's my fault. He will be away for field training from Sun - Fri next week and I'm not sure what I'll do without talking to him for that long. It will definitely be a first that we have gone that long without speaking .. through e-mail or phone. 7 days until we fly to San Antonio to see him! :)