Great flood

Why does he look like that you ask. Well the truth is I think he just didn't know I was going to take his picture right then. But I like to think its because he is in dismay over our bathroom being flooded.
This...problem happened the same night as the luau. I had just gotten back and another group of people from our section had gone when it happened. One of the patients, who happened to be Iraqi, came out of the bathroom in somewhat of a tizzy, but I couldn't find out why because he didn't speak english. So I went in there and water was shooting out of the back part of the toilet. Maybe shooting isn't the right word, maybe gushing is better. Anyway, I don't know anything about toilets or their repair, so I went up to the desk and got this fellow in the picture to come and fix it for me. He turned off the water and the water stopped gushing/shooting out from behind the toilet. Of course at that time we were faced with a new and interesting problem. The clean up.

You may notice that in this picture the floor looks shiny. Let me let you in on a little secret we don't wax, that is water. The whole bathroom was flooded before he was able to stop the water.

This is the mop bucket when we started. You may notice the floor doesn't look flooded I took this picture before we went in the bathroom.



This is the mop bucket when we were finished.

Sky watch friday

Well this week, for my Sky Watch picture, I have a picture of the night sky its very nice. The sliver of moon means that we have started Ramadan, which is a Middle Eastern holiday. Hope you enjoy.

Hula

Well in our company we have a very good recreation person. She spends a lot of time organizing things that are fun, and getting us lots of food that we wouldn't normally get and so on. Well the most recent event that we had was a luau. I went for a little while, but I didn't have my camera with me. So when we were all back we got some pictures in our luau wear.

I never do get a very good picture of this lady, but she is one of the night RN's. She is a very nice lady with a wonderful sense of humor.

Here is Kim again, she really went all out.

And lastly this is a picture of another one of the night nurses who is a hoot, and Micheal. This is our night NCO, the man who leads us, and he is wearing a skirt!

Football season

All of my friends and family know that I am not a huge football fan. And by "huge football fan" I mean that just about the only time I will watch football is when I'm actually at a game. And when I am at that game I will route for the appropriate team. That team being the county high school team, college football team, where I live or that state. You tell me that football is playing on tv and I can't even force a pretend excitement. Around here for one reaason or another there is a lot of excitement about football. The other day one of my roomates, with the assistance of some of the other day staff, put up a football corner in the back part of our ward.

What you can't see in this picture is the tv off to the right, and rocking chair. This is going to encourage a patient/nurse/medic togetherness on our ward I am sure. Also this may help to bridge the small gap between the different armed forces. A problem that may not have occured to some of my companions, is that sometimes, concerning football, there is a rivalry that can get kind of dirty. We will see what really happens in the coming months that are referred to as football season.

A weight test

So at the same time as the wig pictures, we decided to test out a theory had by one of our nurses. This is him.

The theory was that if someone got in the pushup position on a scale with their hands on the scale.

Checked the weight, and then got on the scale in the push up position with their feet on the scale.

That it would equal their total weight.

Well this is what we do with our breaks at work, can you believe it? The weight test was only off by about 10 pounds. I actually credit the "wig" with the data anomaly.

Sunday again

Well this week I was reading through my Bible and this passage just jumped out to me, it seems like that has been happening a lot lately.

2 Corinthians 2:12-13

12 We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. 13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.

I got to speak to a friend some more about the faith the other night, and we had a few disagreements as will happen. I just wanted to share with you one passage and thank the Lord for the clarity that only He can bring. I hope all of you have a lovely day.

Is that a wig?

One of our friends came over from ICU, Intensive Care Unit, the other night. I saw her and I decided we needed to get some pictures of that. You see her here with Kim, her name is Melissa. This hair piece made quite a stir.

Then Kim had to try it on.

Then I had to try it on.

So that was part of our evening I will share the rest later. :)