The beautiful spring weather continued and as there was gymnastic on the activity program and I wasn't interested, I quickly went shopping and only returned for coffee.
The next day, I took advantage of the beautiful weather and wanted to try walking around the entire park, as I was feeling well. I was quite proud of myself, I didn't manage the whole park, but I did manage a little more than half of it. If only I could continue like this ! At 5 pm, I went to my room and watched a little TV.
After the news, I lay down in bed and read some of my old blog posts on my tablet. Sometimes I really laughed, and suddenly I remembered things I had long forgotten.
I had just turned off the light when I became uneasy and thought I heard something unusual. I took out my earplugs and turned the light on. In the middle of the room stood a wild-looking skeleton with hair standing up, in her nightgown. Naturally, I was startled! Then I asked her what she wanted , but she could barely speak. She must have been a mentally disabled woman who had run away from somewhere.
Finally, I pushed her out of my room, into the elevator, and pressed the O button, where the two night shift male nurses were sitting. Normally, I would have taken her down, but I was still weak from my zona and also angry that I had been disturbed while trying to fall asleep, as I have difficulty doing so.
The next day, I heard that the woman was new and that she would have been better placed on the 4th floor, which is closed. She had tried to open several doors, and had caused some trouble with the scared residents. Since then I haven't seen her anymore, probably she is now staying in the closed section.
On Wednesday, we had a meeting with the female manager and her assistant. Since only a few people dared to speak up about what is needed to be changed, they had chosen me to speak for everyone. I noticed that the manager always dodged the question and never gave a clear answer, but I kept pushing anyway. Finally, she gave an answer that was neither yes nor no. After a few days or weeks, what I had complained about was finally done. Also, I always take pictures to show her, and she always says "later," but I never give up and keep showing her the pictures. Despite the fact that I am a nagger for her, she appreciates and we understand each other very well. She is not stupid, she tries to win time for asking her superiors if they wood agree or not. I do that to !
After they left, suddenly many people started complaining about everything that was not for them personally, and I asked them why they hadn't said anything. They were acting like they were in primary school ! Despite that, we had a good laugh.
To end the week one of the three girl trainees, made a game with us concerning LOVE ! She gave us little pieces of paper where a sentence was written and we had to find a word concerning Love which fitted in the sentence. That was real fun. The best as usual was old André with his 96 years ! Real cute. Then we made fun of some ladies in their 80 who are still very active and try to find a man, but they are quite aggressive, they hug and kiss the men, and the poor guy doesn't know what to do. Good old André found a woman in his bed and was outraged. He told me he had been faithful to his wife for 70 years and now he found such an old woman in his bed. Poor André is in a wheelchair because he's so fat his legs can't carry him anymore. I nearly died laughing.
I have to investigate some more "Love" stories !
I'm glad the weather was spring-like and you were able to walk outside for a good bit. I don't know why people like to complain rather than speaking up to the ones who can do anything about their complaints. How scary to find a strange person in your room at night--or in one's bed!
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