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December 14, 2016

I don’t talk much about work on the blog because, well, mixing personal and business isn’t something I usually do.

But sometimes, it’s nice just to kind of spout a little.

Now, don’t get me wrong I like my job. I like that it keeps me busy. But wow … this time of year!

Working in two school districts provides a challenge enough in regard to scheduling and trying to get to things. But when December comes around, it can be hard. You shift a schedule to do one thing, move other things around, and then end up missing something anyway.

It’s part of the job, I imagine.

I have a list I’ve been working on … and hoping to finish before the holiday break. Despite being a 12-month employee, I’ve decided to take the week between Christmas and New Year’s off to have a nice little break. Before then … so much to do.

So much.

I put a dent into things today and felt pretty happy about it. Then a few more things arrived. And all I could think was … really? Will it stop?

Probably not.

In the end, when I finish everything up and have things scheduled for break and things continue to keep pushing out, it will be a nice thing.

Until then… pardon me if I pull a little hair out here and there.

Most of these things are quite fun, which is nice. It allows me capture a lot of moments that aren’t otherwise seen.

I also seem to sleep better at night, which is good.

So here’s to the weather not playing anymore havoc so I can continue to get everything done and finished before the break starts … and then I can take a deep breath.

How about you? Is this time of year crazy and hectic as well?

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Filed Under: My world Tagged With: busy, busy at work, crazy, holidays, job, life, work

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How does this happen with no repercussions?

August 15, 2016

There are some crazy things that happen in this world, that’s for sure.

Try this one on for size — if you haven’t heard about it already.

This lady had a four-month old child who was in the hospital. She was admitted into NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The mother, after a long day of treatment, went to take a nap with her daughter in the hospital room — with the child in a crib and the mother in a bed beside.

An hour, the mother wakes up and her daughter is missing. Not only was the child gone, but so was the diaper bag and the IV pole. The crib, too!

Obviously, the mother panicked.

She went looking for help and found her daughter — in another room. Surrounding this lady (who had the baby in her arms) were some laughing nurses.

Can anybody say abduction?

Apparently, though, not so much. As far as I’ve read, there are no charges. The hospital said the nurses were fine (really?) and the person who took the baby thinks she was in her right to do so.

Let me repeat that.

A lady who didn’t know the mother of the child, went into the room while the mom was sleeping, took the baby (apparently with the OK of the staff) into her room and thinks it was OK.

These tidbits come from this report:

  • Jonesboro police said they’ve concluded their investigation and do not expect to file charges.
  • NEA Baptist’s CEO Brad Parsons said no one will be reprimanded because he believes the staff handled the situation appropriately.

What?

How is that even possible?

Let’s remember, too, that the woman was a patient, not a nurse. So she, too, was sick. What if she had infected the child? What if something happened in that regard?

How are these nurses who seemingly allowed this to happen not on the unemployment line?

I am not one of those people who talk about suing and all that, but if the hospital is backing this and OK with the nurses, and the cops can’t seem to see that this is … something, then I’d be getting a lawyer and seeing what I could do.

You can see the full story from the mother in this Facebook post.

This whole situation really blows my mind that it happened, let alone the hospital not doing anything about it. What say all of you?

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Filed Under: My world Tagged With: crazy, hospital, interesting, taking a baby, what the hell, wtf

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Beating the heat with a little kick of adrenaline

September 9, 2013

And out they go!

The heat really seems to be able to make people do crazy stuff.

During a week in July, we had a pretty good heat wave in the Northeast. Though I’m sure it went longer than a week, there was one particular day it really stood out to me.

Two of us were doing a full day of geocaching as we did a bunch in New York, crossed into Vermont and then into Massachusetts, where were heading for a mega (more than 500 people) event. We knew it was hot because we were crossing certain caches off our list for the day — ones where we’d need to hike a bit.

How hot was it, you may ask?

This is one way to beat the heat!

It was to the point where when you were out of the car for a few minutes, you started sweating. We left the vehicle running at cache stops because we wanted to get back into an ice box.

A side thing, too — ever notice in the middle of a hot summer, we want to be cold? Yet, in a cold winter, we’re looking for heat. Go figure.

Anyway, I digress.

We arrived at one covered bridge, where a geocache was hidden. With a parking area close, the car was once again left on. A few minutes later, another car showed up. Two kids — probably in their late teens — showed up. They parked and walked past me and headed to the bridge. I didn’t think anything of it.

Until I heard a splash. And then another.

What the hell?

I started peeking around, got into the bridge and looked out the windows and, sure enough, those kids had gone jumping. Turns out they climbed out one of the windows. From there, they either jumped straight down or climbed on the little roof over the window and jumped from there.

There didn’t seem to be any scouting, either. You know, to see how deep things were etc. I’m sure this isn’t the first time they did it, but still … it had been awful hot. What if some of the depth had gone away?

We watched one more time and started talking to them some. It seems they enjoyed the adrenaline of it all (though one seemed a little more risk-taking than the other) and liked jumping in the water from higher heights. I took some photos and a couple of videos. They even humored me by switching sides, as the light was better.

Of course they did some recon on that one and checked the depth before jumping. Check out some video footage (sorry that there’s some shake in he footage):

These guys were daredevils. I’ve never been much of a person who is willing to do crazy things like that. I know there are adrenaline junkies out there, but it still amazes me when I see these things.

This wasn’t the only place we saw this. Over the course of the day, we visited eight covered bridges. I’d say we saw jumpers and no fewer than three of those bridges. One of them, people were climbing out the window and going to the roof of the bridge and then jumping down below.

Nuts!

Maybe I’m missing something in life not taking some risks like this. I imagine it’s quite exhilarating when you splash down on something like this. Or when bungee jumping or something along those lines.

The craziest thing I’ve done is para-sailing, which took some prodding for me to do. But I felt secure and it turned out to be quite a fun experience.

So, for those reading today — tell me, would you go bridge jumping? Or have you done things like this? And what’s the craziest thing you’ve done? I’m interested to see what others say.

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Filed Under: Covered Bridges, My world Tagged With: adrenaline, bridge, bridge jumping, covered bridge, covered bridge jumping, crazy, jumping from a bridge, swimming, water

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