I am clueless when people talk to me about Depression. In my life every word is a song, every step is a dance, every moment is living joy and every obstacle is a challenge to overcome. All part of a beautiful life. Simply spoken the moral is don't fall in Depression but conquer it by changing what you can and accepting what you cannot . Have a good Friday. SUKU

 Good morning Suku!  What lovely and encourarging words to start the day.

Good morning Suku and Barb..

Suku.. you are fortunate that you had never gone through depression. I wish I could say the same, but I try to keep my head up and let my personality shine through.

well my friends, I am at work tonight.. dont ask me how, but I am. I thought I was going to see Mo around, but I guess he is off tonight.

Today is Friday and I am supposed to be off work this evening, but I will be working, thanks to a coworker that let me cover her shift so I could make up some hours. I thought it was really nice of her letting me do that.

I am slowly processing the picts, its time consuming though cause each pict I have to chage the size and resolution for the internet, hopefully I will finish soon so you all can see them.

 Good morning Mari!  You are such a trooper.  You have to be a really srong person to work through bad migranes and resp problems.  I do hope you are better soon, my friend.  Will look forward to seeing your pics as soon as they are available.

Hope you are busy enough for the night to pass quickly!

Good morning Suku, Barb and Mari!  Suku, you are very fortunate to never have had a chemical imbalance. That causes depression in even the most optimistic people. Without the imbalance, you are free to choose how to look at things. Good for you for choosing well!  Many people choose to complain about every little thing (I'm sure you've read some of their reviews). Your great attitude will probably prevent you from ever being depressed, clinically or otherwise.

Thanks Barb! I had learned to be very responsible and the fact that we are only 4 people in the deepnight shift and two of us are sick, it puts a lot of stress to the other two, so I try my best to always be on time and come to work. You have no idea how guilty Ive felt this past few days that I have not been able to work, but I also need to realize that I have to be responsible and not spread whatever I have to others. Migraines, I had learned to live with them (let me not mention them too much, since I have not have them in a while) knock on wood.

I feel better.. my head is still spinning and still I walk holding myself to the walls or rails, cause my balance is way off.. last nite I had fever but low degree.. not 102 like the past nights. Also I am spacing out my asthma treatments, to every 6 hrs instead of every 3 hrs. So slowly but surely I am getting better. one more night of work and then I can rest all saturday til sunday night that I will return to work.

Another thing that had motivated me is the fact that if I dont work, I dont get paid, so I needed a speedy recovery, now I need to figure out how I will fix my budget. :)

 Good morning Cindy!  How was the birthday celebratiom?

Good morning Cindy.. how are you today?

marilole:

Thanks Barb! I had learned to be very responsible and the fact that we are only 4 people in the deepnight shift and two of us are sick, it puts a lot of stress to the other two, so I try my best to always be on time and come to work. You have no idea how guilty Ive felt this past few days that I have not been able to work, but I also need to realize that I have to be responsible and not spread whatever I have to others. Migraines, I had learned to live with them (let me not mention them too much, since I have not have them in a while) knock on wood.

I feel better.. my head is still spinning and still I walk holding myself to the walls or rails, cause my balance is way off.. last nite I had fever but low degree.. not 102 like the past nights. Also I am spacing out my asthma treatments, to every 6 hrs instead of every 3 hrs. So slowly but surely I am getting better. one more night of work and then I can rest all saturday til sunday night that I will return to work.

Another thing that had motivated me is the fact that if I dont work, I dont get paid, so I needed a speedy recovery, now I need to figure out how I will fix my budget. :)

I do understand the stress of being sick and  short staffing.  If you don't feel well the responsible thing is to stay home.  If you know the shift is short handed you feel guilty for staying home.  In addition to not wanting to spread illness to my coworkers, I don't want to put my patients at risk.  I do have sick time, but it is limited.

 Barb, it was nice and quiet.  Just the birthday boy, me and his Dad.  And the latest Nerf gun and "ATM" Savings Bank, complete with a little card you slide and the ATM tells you how much money you've saved. And homemade chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.  Thanks for asking!  Sunday I'm making another cake for the kid party. Six of his closest friends from school are coming. I'm sure it will be nice but definitely not quiet!

Good morning, Barb, Suku, Mari, Cindy.....I see the Ladies are up early this morning....how is everyone doing?

Mari, I am fine this Friday morning, just a little tired.  I keep waking up at 3 a.m. I don't normally get up until 5 a.m.

I am so glad you're finally getting better. I can relate to the guilt.  In May I took a week off and felt guilty when I got back. The payroll was done wrong and I had to make adjustments in 6 people's paychecks the following week, which totally messed up my job costing.

And when I'm sick, the guilt is worse, even though I have no control over that!

 Good morning Steve! I'm doing well thanks, just awake very early these last couple of mornings.  How about yourself?

 Good morning, Steve. Happy Friday! 

CindyS:

 Barb, it was nice and quiet.  Just the birthday boy, me and his Dad.  And the latest Nerf gun and "ATM" Savings Bank, complete with a little card you slide and the ATM tells you how much money you've saved. And homemade chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.  Thanks for asking!  Sunday I'm making another cake for the kid party. Six of his closest friends from school are coming. I'm sure it will be nice but definitely not quiet!

Yum, chocolate cake!  We tend to discuss food frequently on this site.  Glad ds birthday was nice and I'm sure he will have fun with his friends on Sunday.  save some cake for us!