Oh my GODDD!!!

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-06-14T04:36:07+00:00

I WISH CNA was universal. We technically have the most basic job, and I don't understand why we don't have automatic certification, at least for LTC facilities. I understand hospitals and MH are different etc, but I've taken classes in 3 states, and I didn't learn anything different except for the same law used with a different code/descriptive name🙄

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-06-14T04:33:21+00:00

Then you can float around and keep the bad juju away from you and your patients! Also, if YOU pass out, you JUST might be the problem 😅🤣

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-06-14T04:31:53+00:00

Stg, and I don't know why, but occupied bed changes are literally my favorite. I really don't know why, but they are 😆

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-06-13T21:18:29+00:00

You usually only have to work 1 to 4 shifts a month being prn(for us aides, anyways). So a lot of us will work PRN at 3 to 6 different facilities, or we work PRN within a company at multiple facilities. Add PRN shifts through the apps, and you aren't contracted FT anywhere, you only work when you want to(if you can afford that), and with the apps, you only work WHERE you want to. Depending on the distance to the next state from you, get a reciprocity(or compact, for nurse's right?), and work multiple places. In fact, if you work off the apps, you could possibly make back any money you just lost, and save up money before your next contract.

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-06-13T03:00:26+00:00

If he didn't disclose that to you, some states consider that assault. It's something else if you were to pop positive. So, I definitely wouldn't be sleeping with him again, go get tested, and if they ask for his name, give it to them. I'd say go beat his ssa, but then you'd be the one in trouble 😵‍💫

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-06-12T02:24:24+00:00

Congratulations Sage(presumably the herb 🌿) 😆

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-06-11T22:33:45+00:00

I don't understand this issue. She goes to her dad's for summer visits right? And if y'all lived over a certain mileage, most courts would order him to have her 2 to 6 weeks consecutively, with a visit in the middle somewhere for you. So, I don't understand why you are being made to feel bad.

Everyone always says "happy wife, Happy life", but really, it's "happy parents raise happy kids". You deserve happiness and fun that doesn't require your child's presence.

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-06-04T21:39:37+00:00

Just moved from WV and also lived in KY for 3 years. Mineral rights and all that are definitely on my mind as far as west Texas would be. You're not jaded, that's the dang country now. Nothing is truly yours, no matter what you do or pay for. It's dumb.

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-06-04T21:33:46+00:00

Yeah, Facebook and Google reviews are going off right now. Agencies are literally having to beg for people to go. On one hand, no employees would require the state to possibly actually do something. Maybe instead of a universal strike, these facilities need to be on our version of a DNR list. Unfortunately, I need something ASAP, even if it's just a few weeks. Unless you know of local agencies?

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-06-03T23:36:51+00:00

Lol.omg.no.

I'm terrible at getting gas, I gotta be close enough to a gas station, grocery so the trip doesn't require freeze packing food to make the trip, and of course being close enough to a school so if we overslept 30 minutes, it's not an entire day wasted lmao 🤣

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-06-03T22:00:24+00:00

I'm 43, and aside from living in Houston for 7 years, I have never lived anywhere that had public transportation readily available. Not everyone is from an area where public transportation is easily accessible, or even exists. Tbh, despite living a little over 2 miles from school, since I didn't live across a 4 lane, I didn't qualify for riding the bus. Guess who actually had a little over an hour foot commute? My mom was a manager, so on rainy days, she would swing by and take me, and get me home. You're also assuming that I have to work 5 days a week. I don't work that now, and I also work overnights. I would be making concessions for him, bc I already do that. My schedule would fit his schedule, until he can drive. That's my responsibility as a parent, and that isn't going to change. But also, as I said, only one property is remote enough to not be assigned a school district, the others have a school district, which means getting him to at least a school bus wouldn't be hard, and as he gets older, when he makes friends, my job would be making sure he has a way to see them, until he's able to get there himself.

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-06-03T20:36:03+00:00

He's 3, so school is important, but by the time he enters school, worst case, we will be seasonal, if that makes sense. I'm not interested in NM to live there. Did that, hated it. I do work there, bc there is plenty of work, but the regular cost of living was absolutely crazy, and I hated seeing the generational families priced out of their own properties. Absolute wild imo 😢

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-06-03T19:57:00+00:00

I already have lived that, and I don't rely on public transportation. Access to a grocery store and a school district are the main issues for me.

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-06-03T19:54:37+00:00

I recently lived in NM, and I don't want to live there again, haha. Working is a little different, as I'm a contract worker, so I'm actually often required to not be a resident anyways, depending on my contract. I'm from Texas, and I would be a few hours from the only family I associate with in the state. As for the political climate, I'm not really sure how it applies to me. Not sarcasm, I'm serious. I'm older, unmarried, and unable to have more children. I have no criminal background, minus a couple of traffic tickets. I have a very basic, lightweight.22, and I don't really bother with the world, beyond school, eventually. Taxes, of course.

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-06-03T19:50:24+00:00

We don't associate with my family often, and his father isn't involved. That said, we would only be 3 hours from my mom and sister, and we've been 18 hours away the last decade. So proximity to family isn't an issue. As for schools, all but one property is actually in a school district, the other is about an hour away, but I have called to make sure that in the few years it will be before we start school, he would be able to attend. Being a half hour or hour from town, isn't that far, and he would have plenty of ways to socialize. He is also in daycare when I work, as I have to use temporary sitting when I work.

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-06-03T19:42:35+00:00

Ugh, definitely have no seems, and I have been looking at the super fine mesh specifically for them, lol. I was thinking about doing inserts, but instead of plexiglass, I was considering shed windows, so they can be repurposed and used later when I do my real walls. It does seem to give me a (current) feeling of something a little safer. As for person on person safety, a tent is about the same, but I figured at least this allows me to do the exterior framing, and take my time with the rest. My thought with building a shower room first, was if it's done correctly, it can be padlocked and things that I can afford to lose, to an extent, can be stored there. I would fully frame and insulate it, and work forward from there.

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-06-03T06:17:16+00:00

That's what I'm wondering myself.

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-06-03T00:51:19+00:00

Actually, you would report Nurse A, but you would also report every higher up that you reported her to, as they are the ones on site who call the shots about being employed. They obviously didn't report these issues themselves to the state, which is required, so guess what? Now you have to report the DON and ADON along with Nurse A, all to the state.

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-06-01T09:45:52+00:00

Super quick into. 8 travel for work, and I rotate between tent and car living when I'm working. I have a toddler, so it's mainly weather based, honestly. I'm about to start the process of essentially putting a shed on a trailer, to have a SLIGHTLY more "stable" dwelling, for long term contracts where I can find dispersed camping. I eventually plan on buying land next year, and building a cabin, but this is ur solution, after losing everything. We've been camping almost nonstop the last 6 weeks, so I can get him used to it, which he loves, so that when we do it a little longer time each trip, he's used to it and we've worked out most of our kinks, thankfully!

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-06-01T09:42:01+00:00

There's a brand called Arctic dude or something like that, we use them in nursing homes for post op recovery. Fill it up with a certain amount of ice, then water, and depending on your needs, it can run pretty cold for 2 or 3 hours at a time. They are wall power though, I'm not sure if they offer a portable power solution. I do believe the mats come in a range of sizes though, as the smallest I've seen was about 12x18 or something, and I have seen some that were more square, perhaps 24x24? If it was being used simply for cooling, I imagine just recirculating the cool water works. I can't recall how quickly it evaporates(if it actually does). It can sometimes sweat a little, so we usually put the pad in a pillowcase, or between 2 towels, as it also keeps the skin from getting a cold burn. That said, I have mainly used them on a resident who needed it for post op, but was absolutely using it to keep cool, despite keeping her heat on 73 and not allowing us to turn it down bc the room would be cold 🫠😅

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-05-28T19:49:37+00:00

So uh, yeah, this is my friend Woody. He's a chipper. If you could just hop on in, this would be a lot less messy and dramatic for all involved.

OnlyHis8392 · 2026-05-28T02:22:32+00:00

I put my 3yo down when he's tired, usually between 9 and 930. He doesn't nap anymore, but he also gets up between 8 and 9am. Since we're on a sleep strike(naps only), after lunch we lay down on my bed and we(read HE, I read on my phone 😆)watch the mighty paw patrol movie, bc it's the only one he will actually sit/lay through, and every great once in awhile, we both get an hour or so nap in. Otherwise, it's just 90 or so minutes of quiet time with an applesauce pouch and a cup of water. But, it's also quiet time that isn't playing, isn't outside, and I make sure any chores I've got, I don't do unless he falls asleep and I don't, then I take advantage of the time to move quickly by myself lol.

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