LIVEALITTLE

I finally made use of the tax file number I got from the Aussie government and got me a job... two jobs actually (both casual). One as a hospital Assistant-in-Nursing job; the other an events staff job at a casual agency. I got assigned to babysit an 80 year old super duper nice lady overnight (12 hours) on Saturday and Sunday to assist her on wee trips. (Would that be grannysit instead?) Well, she woke up every 2 hours for the dunny. Surprisingly, I wasn't zonked at uni on Monday after rushing to catch the shuttle bus from the hospital in the morning. Her situation made me re-contemplate the direction I wanted to take my nursing work. As of Monday afternoon, I was going to minor in geriatrics. Why not? We're all going to eventually get old anyway!
Tuesday, I was assigned to work in the surgical ward and grannysat an elderly man for one hour only. He was just out of surgery and totally delirious. He didn't know his name, could not remember after 5 minutes he had a catheter and kept trying to get off his seat to head to the ATM. It was the most agonizing 1 hour of my life. He was constantly distracted by the tubes around him and insisted to play with them. I was concerned he would start swinging his fists if I continued to deny him rights!
It's made me rethink my two-day-old geriatrics decision...
At least I'm working now and won't have to resort to the duct tape wallet next time it is stolen:
http://www.3m.com/intl/CA/english/centres/home_leisure/duct_tape/dt_wallet.html