Hushpuppy

   I entitled this post hushpuppy because in my childhood, I was told that hushpuppies got their name when cooks would throw pieces of dough to the dogs to appease them for a while. Then they'd say "hush puppy!" I have no idea if that is true, but I know it's been a while since I have blogged, and I feel like motivation is a little harder for me to find, but I'm still posting and want you to keep reading, and I wonder how many times you can use a conjunction before an English teacher will attack you.

    In order to tell this story, I have to paint you a picture of my nurses' station. My unit is generally a circle with the station located in the middle. There are two entrances on either side. In the station, there are approximately 14 computer stations with people walking in and out. During a normal shift, there are approximately 7 nurses, 3 aides, a secretary, a case manager, a social worker, and whatever doctors or other random people who go in and out. It's a crowded place.

  Anyways...enough babbling. Here's the actual story. It was towards the end of the shift, and so most of the aides and nurses were in the station. A patient came to the station and asked for one of the aides. She was at the other side of the station. Somebody pointed to her, and tried to get her attention, but it was really loud. They asked him if they could help him with whatever he needed. He proceeded to tell her that he was on a "super secret special mission". Then he started marching through the nurses' station. Let me make something clear. Walking through the station is like walking behind a cash register at a store. It's not outright forbidden, but it's not something that you normally do. In addition, he was carrying a full urinal. Instead of stopping or engaging him, all of the nurses just kind of watched as he sauntered through and placed his very full urinal at the aide's desk. He then confidently made his way back with everyone trying to figure out what had just happened. It was so odd and so unexpected, that nobody had any sort of reaction time, so we just watched. Apparently he had been told that we needed a sample, and he was under the impression that it was urgent. I'm glad that he was able to complete his super secret special mission, but he also provided us with a good laugh.

That's all I got for now. I'll be back soon.Thanks for reading.
-C-