Saturday, July 26, 2003

:::ahem::: 'scuse me, I'd like to make an announcement please. First of all, this is daughter dearest (Kitty), and I just want to let ya'll know that mizMinimouse is now the proud owner of her own domain. yay!

Please change your bookmarks to "Me and the Cat."

thank you. thank you very much.
posted by Lorraine 10:24 PM 
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Friday, July 25, 2003

And so, another weekend commences.~~~Wheeee. Y'all have a good weekend and have fun. And if anyone plans on going to see "Seabiscuit" I sure wish they'd tell me what they thought of it. I would really like to see it, entertainment gossip has it up for Best Movie of the Year in the next Oscar competition. Whatever.

Stay safe and, I have just been informed, we are at an elevated alert -- orange, I think. Or is it mauve? No, I'm sure I heard chartreuse. Whatever it is, keep your eyes peeled for suspicious looking terrorist types.

Of course most people sneaking around the aisles of any supermarket with cell phones pasted to their faces, and a UZI in their cart are definitely dangerous. And if one of them is carrying an UZI and has a small child running amok, run like hell. Don't say I didn't warn you.
posted by Lorraine 7:57 PM 
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Tuesday, July 22, 2003

Thanks, Google~~~well, at least I should thank the person who typed in the words that resurrected a blog I thought was lost forever from my archives. Ain't technology grand? Now that I know I can find lost stuff like that, I may just use Google myself next time a blog archive disappears into the black hole of cyberspace. Cool.

You know, I used to schlepp around three floors of patient units at "my" hospital, harassing and threatening them with a leather whip so they'd tell me what they thought about their care while they were in one of our ICUs. I'd ask questions and record their answers. In between I'd schmooze a little (well, at least with the patients who were conscious or not on a respirator) and in general, just enjoyed myself. It was a very satisfying job.

Well anyway, I can't do the ICU interviews anymore 'cause it's too much walking. But I am overjoyed with a new job, where I can still schmooze with patients (and their families).......I can sit on my butt.......and I get to play with them on a computer!! Ain't that somethin' ? A former patient came up with this idea. There are patients who have long, extended stays in our hospital, and this man said they needed "something to do" to relieve the boredom of their hospital stay. Kevin, the man, *drum roll* is a cancer survival, so he knows of what he speaks when it comes to long days in a hospital.

He managed to browbeat talk hospital administration into donating old PCs, then he started to teach patients how to get on the Internet, browsing and visiting sites, etc., etc. So I told Volunteer Office secretary --- This is just about perfect for me, sign me up.

So that's what I am going to do. I need an orientation from Kevin, then it's playtime. Yay!!
posted by Lorraine 6:20 PM 
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