The surreal thing about working in critical care is that you are involved in people’s worst moments. After those moments, you just need to carry on with your day. It adds up over time. Good resilience skills help but some days are harder than others.

It’s been a day. Called in at 12:30 am, at work all night and all day. Desperately trying to stay up for 4 more min. I’m getting too old for this.

Just read a post by the Tea Party that Sass Jordan passed away. Canadian icon. RIP

Our ERs are full and wait times are long, even rurally right now. With the measles outbreak earlier this year and its immune compromised effects, I feel a bad viral season approaching. This isn’t good. Please get your seasonal flu, covid, and any other vaccines you’re due for. Thanks!

Appointment with plastic surgery on Monday because the fracture is in the joint. Yay

Went for a run today with my dogs this eve and now I’m in ER with a broken finger. Got caught in the one dog’s harness while we were harassed by an off leash dog. My girl twists, finger goes snap. 70lbs of snaky dog do that. My girls were leashed. If your dog has no recall, then keep it on leash.

Great, it looks like pertussis is around again. Whoop, whoop! If only there was something that could prevent it that is safe, easily available, and free. SMH

This 5lb ball of hate is almost 17 years old. I dare not move. #catsofbluesky

This Craig approves.

fesshole 🧻@fesshole.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I regularly meet with Americans at work. Every time they say my name I point out that the i in Craig is not silent. If my name was Crag then I'd spell it that way. Then I get them to say my name three times, properly. I am fixing America one small issue at a time.

New airplane. Let’s try this again.

Air travel sucks.

Getting on a new plane in 45min. Fingers crossed.

So the issue cannot be resolved and we will be deplaning shortly. Hopefully onto another one. My luck says no to that. There must be snakes on this plane. Ugh

The toddlers are all very restless right now and there’s a lot of them on this flight. 2.5 hrs of going nowhere. They’re just the first to crack. Pretty sure someone is going to release the Karen soon.

Spoke too soon. We were about to take off and when we went over a bump on the way to the runway. The intercom stopped working after the bump Back to the gate. Again. Very unhappy WestJet passengers right now

After 1.5 hrs it looks like we’re finally taking off. Yay

Plane is fixed! Yay! We need more fuel now because we idled too long. Boo!

Thank goodness for emergency pop tarts. Eating them and preventing starvation on the tarmac is being proactive.

Great. Now we’re back at the gate. Toddler in front says “something is wrong with this plane”. The kid ain’t lying.

On our plane sitting in the tarmac for 20 min waiting to go back to Wpg from Halifax. Flight here was delayed 1.5 hrs to switch planes. Now an intercom or something isn’t working. Toddler in the seat in front of me and behind me. Neither of them are happy right now. I dont have good plane luck.

We are on Cape Breton Island and had supper at the Coastal restaurant in Ingonish Beach. This is The Big Lebowski. 12 oz beef patty stuffed with mushrooms and cheese, slathered in Ringer sauce. Paired with a giant 20oz IPA and this boy is done for the evening.

I am not going back to work for 3 weeks and my phone is set to do not disturb. After working 19hrs straight until I left work yesterday, it may take all 3 weeks to feel normal again. Our healthcare system is not healthy.

Cleaning out my miscellaneous drawer and found this gem. #tragicallyhip

In Claresholm AB for a gravel road bicycle race tomorrow. Just had the biggest cinnamon bun I’ve ever seen. Yes, that is an ice cream scoop of cream cheese frosting on the top of it. #carbloading

I’m a habs fan. Been one since 1986. Ignoring that, will anyone watch a hurricanes-Vegas final?

Here’s how my last day went. Didn’t see my own bed for 31 hrs and spent 24 of those hrs at work or travelling back and forth. Got into bed finally at 1:30 pm today, woke up at 4, feeling like how Keith Richards looks, caught the replays of F1, and now trying to get motivated to do housework. Ugh

It’s May 19th. Having to wear my cold weather gear for my bike ride to work this morning is BS.

Parallel to healthcare. New staff get incentives and cash for recruitment. Long serving employees get donuts from time to time for retention. Maybe pizza once in awhile.

Some old guy named Jeff@jfrv.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Internet provider charges $90/month, but new customers can get internet for $40/month for 5 years. If existing customers are willing to sit "on hold" for 45 minutes to talk to someone, the company offers to lower your bill to $60/month. Seems to me that existing customers should get the best price.

This would be what I would call peak potato. Taking up 8 parking spots at Costco in headingly right now.

A new pipeline announcement. No real quality investment in renewable, low emission energy. More drought, fires, and wild winds are just gonna keep happening more frequently I guess.

Helen Lovejoy: Won't Somebody Please Think Of The Children

Alt: Helen Lovejoy: Won't Somebody Please Think Of The Children

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