YAAAWWWWWNNNNNN

[MissHoneychurch]

[NMMNG]

1. Uh oh, are you falling asleep on us?

:boring:

[MissHoneychurch]

2. Wish I could

but I am at work, so falling asleep isn't the best of ideas

[NMMNG]

4. No, the administration usually frowns upon that for some reason

Darn slave drivers. :rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

6. i don't understand it either

we even have a quiet room here somewhere. Why would you have a quiet room with a bed in it if it isn't for sleeping???

[NMMNG]

11. Yeah, my jobs have beds too

But for some reason they only want the clients to sleep in them. :shrug:

[MissHoneychurch]

14. darn

what a temptation. Beds and not able to sleep in them ....

[NMMNG]

17. Well, really only the weekday job has empty beds

The weekend job doesn't, although it has comfy couches that would serve just as well. However I wouldn't put the clients in danger by sleeping when I'm supposed to be watching out for their welfare. In the past a staff did that and someone died as a result.

[MissHoneychurch]

18. no, noz a good idea

what is your job, if I may ask? Healthcare?

[NMMNG]

24. One is working with adults who have mental illnesses

This is the easier of the two jobs where the clients are fairly capable but still require some supervision. I have 17 clients in 5 houses under my care. I do rounds four times a night, enforce agency policies and rules, deal with any emergencies and attend to any needs they may have.

The other is working with adults who have developmental disabilities. The particular ones I work with are profoundly disabled and need significant care and attention. I have to check them every half-hour during sleep hours, change adult diapers, and attend to any other needs that arise as well, plus do the morning care.

[MissHoneychurch]

27. that

sounds like and interesting but stressful job.

:hug:

[NMMNG]

28. They are

They can involve verbal and physical abuse from the clients, but fortunately I've had tons of training (plus my college education) so I'm well prepared to deal with that. There are plenty of rewards as well, mainly the intrinsic reward of knowing I'm helping the clients lead better lives.

What's most stressful is the crappy pay--having such responsibility and getting little more than one would for stacking toilet paper at Wal-Mart. It's dehumanizing, really. I didn't go into this field to make money, but I would like to make a living wage.

[MissHoneychurch]

29. I know what you mean

it is such an important job (like being a nurse in an senior home) but the pay is so crappy, no one wants to do it. And I know it is hard work, physically and mental

[NMMNG]

30. Another problem with the low pay

Is that we end up getting a lot of sub-par staff. Sometimes there are staff who come because they are truly dedicated and interested in helping the clients, but much of the time they are just people looking to make money the easiest way they can. They come in, do as little as they can and often leave as much work as they can for the other staff. They end up making things that much harder for everyone else, and can be a danger to the clients on top of it all. However, it's not like great people are going to swarm in with the pay they offer (and the state keeps cutting the budgets every chance they get).

[MissHoneychurch]

31. Here in Germany

we pay nursing care insurance. It is taken off our paycheck. Still, when we are old, we have to pay a bunch of money to get into a nursing home and the nurses get a lousy pay. Now, where is all that money????

[NMMNG]

32. Probably the same place our Social Security money is

But then again, you don't have a Chimp blowing it on an immoral war so I could be wrong....

[Robeson]

3. Are we boring you that much?......

...we're trying, we're really trying....

[MissHoneychurch]

5. what?

you are trying to bore me????

[Robeson]

9. NO!! We're trying to keep you entertained....

...:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

15. phew

for a second I thought you wanna bore me outta DU :D

btw, I started reading the book by Stoltzfus

[Robeson]

21. Cool. Let me know what you think. If you have any thoughts on it...

...while reading, let me know....:thumbsup:

[MissHoneychurch]

23. right now

I have a tough time switching between reading the text and reading the notes .... kinda interrupts the reading flow. But the notes are interesting as well .... :shrug:

[Robeson]

26. I know what you mean. In the long run, though, you'll be happy because...

...you'll have a more in depth understanding of the text.

[Heidi]

7. !

Hello, darlin'! :pals:

[Robeson]

10. Hey Ms. Heidi! Hope everything is going well.....

...especially with that Wesley guy you're with....;-)

[Heidi]

12. Oh, well, you'll appreciate this, Robeson.

Last night when I was going upstairs to read, I started to give Call Me Wesley a little kiss, and he says, "You don't hate me because I'm so popular on DU now that I have 600 posts, do you?" :spray: :rofl: He attributes his ever-growing "popularity" to his username. :eyes:

(The "I'm more popular than you" thing is an inside joke with us, since we're both vehemently anti-cliqueish, anti-bandwagon, anti-popularity. :thumbsup: )

[Robeson]

19. Heidi....

...love the the statement in the end you had in brackets. I'd say if he gets to heavy handed, you could choke him with those core "beliefs"....Just sayin'. But you didn't hear it from me....;-)

[MissHoneychurch]

13. Hello Heidi

:pals:

just sipping on my hot tea, that ougtha wake me up :D

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. This oughta wake ya up

Might not want to look at it at work, though. :evilgrin:

http://www.divine-interventions.com/index2.php

[MissHoneychurch]

16. then I better wait till I am home

in ... like ..... 5-6 hours :D

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. Or somebody could look at it for ya

Then say stuff like "Oh, my!" and "Oooooh!" and :blush: and :evilgrin: and :bounce:.

Just for a warm-up, y'know?

[texanwitch]

22. They look painfull to me. Funny but painfull.

[MissHoneychurch]

25. thank you

ya know, I already can't wait for the weekend to start, now you made it even worse ...


.... that reminds me, some years ago I had a screen that turned red when I was typing something :blush: