Joys of Working in a Hospital Like Setting

Sigh... my second day off of work due to a virus that attacked my body Tuesday night. Over the past 15 days at work, our facility has been fighting off a virus that jumped aboard as fast as you can say it's name. We hit an Outbreak! Within it's first day arriving, 7 of our patients were hit. As of yesterday, the count was 69 patients, 30 staff... and me, one of them. Ouch. It didn't help that I was washing my hands constantly and if not washing with water and soap, using the waterless pumps. My hands were raw and sore, but now I'm stuck at home in isolation. At least Kona has been keeping me company. So far, I have made it from my bed, to the couch, to the bathroom and back into bed. Fun huh?
I'm feeling a little better today. I may be able to head back to work tomorrow, but we'll see how I feel later today.
Back to bed...

Is it Cold or is it COLD?!?

Man, it's freezing here, literally. It's so cold that Kona doesn't even want to go outside longer than needed. In other words, he does his business and he wants back in! That's nuts for our pup.
Well, with all this cold, I'm thankful that Wackie has taken my car in 2 weeks ago to get the car starter, and then today for winter tires. So far, I haven't been close to getting stuck. Knowing my Acky (Acura), it would of been slipping and sliding or getting stuck at every turn. So far, I'm a pretty happy camper.
Now if only I can get Wackie to turn up the bloody heat in the house!! Brrrrr...

Graduation

Just wanted to say Congratulations to Kona from graduating from Puppy Training.

Now onto Intermediate Training aka Grade 1!

Coming Home

Well, our 12 days are up and we are coming home.
It's been a lot of fun though. We ended up spending the full 5 days in NYC, checking all the sights and shows. We even waited in line to go into MOMA museum for free! Well worth it as Norm and I ended up making modern art our own fun. Pictures to come....
The best finds and such:
Kona's Superman costume
Shoes (total, we bought 7 pairs of shoes)
Clothes
Both Broadway shows
Target
USA Costco
Autumn that lasts...
Well, it appears we will be coming home to snow and coldness. Hopefully, it wouldn't be too bad. Let's just hope we both wake up on time for Monday's back to work schedule. Blah.
But, I'm looking forward to seeing Kona again. Surprisingly, I miss that sucker!
See you all at home.

New York Days 1-3

Okay after the weekend of get togethers with family we have not seen in ages, we got toNYC.

Just a brief account (and no pictures)

Day 1:
First drive to NYC from NJ (about an hour drive,depending on traffic) via the Holland Tunnel and trying to find parking. We finally found an all day parking for $32 in Chinatown. After some lunch we checked out the Brooklyn Bridge( and the surrounding buildings (quite impressive). Walked around and made our way to the WTC Ground Zero. We did not go to the Memorials at this time because we had dad with us and his mobility in a wheelchair was not the best. We had to push him around and lift him up and over curbs.

Took the Staten Island Ferry and observed the Statue of Liberty from afar and then immediately took it back to Manhattan. Went to Wall Street and saw the NYSE Building and one of Trumps buildings. Went to Chinatown and Little Italy and ate at La Mela.

Day 2:
Times SQuare: Went to Hard Rock Cafe for lunch and then went to TKTS and waited in line for some cheap tix. Waited for an hour before it opened and was able to get Hairspray tix for 1/2 price....location: Orchestra seats, back 9 rows in the centre!!! Not bad and a great show. Diana DeGarmo from American Idol was in it...pretty cool to see someone from TV in person.

Walked around and checked out Radio City Music Hall and NBC Studios (just the outside) and then to Rockefeller Centre. Saw St. Patrick Cathedral and checked out 5th Ave and some of the expensive stores. We went to Central Park (south) and just hung out there for a bit and took pix before heading for supper at Europa Cafe. Cool thing was that it was across the street from the Ed Sullivan Theatre Late Show with David Letterman. Went to Hersey store and bought some chocolate. We saw The Original Hersey Automatic Gravitational Chocolate Machine. Bunch of kids were trick or treating there and the staff said all we had to so was say the same and we would get some treats (costume or no costume)...so we ALL got free chocolate!!!! SWEET!!!! (hahaha...get it?!?)

Even though it was Halloween, we did not see a lot of people dressed up,just a few here and there. There was a Halloween parade in Greenwich Village but we were watching Hairspray at the time and could not get there.

Day 3:

Saw Madison Square Garden and went to The Empire State Building. Again we went to TKTS and waited another hour before getting 1/2 price tix to Beauty and the Beast: 10 rows back and to the right...still not bad. We were hoping for Lion King tix but no luck! The show featured Donny Osmond (as Gaston) and when it was over,we waited outside for him and got a few pic of him signing autographs. My sis tried to get his autograph but his security dude eventually scooted him away.
Other than that time was spent on 34 St, checking out the shops.