Yessie's Sweet Goodbye

You’re leaving soon,

And you know we’ll all be missing you,

We won’t have you as a teacher any longer,

But we know you’ll have other kids that will love you to death,

they will never love you as much as us,

You have taught us so much,

And for that we will be forever greatful,

You’re an angel,

And were so lucky to have you,

Not only as a teacher,

But as our friend,

We will never forget you,

I hope you never forget us,

And if we happen to slip your mind,

Turn on the copacabana,

And you’ll remember us,

And how much fun we had with you,

Nobody can measure up to you,

I hope you have fun,All the rest of your life,

You will always have a place in our heart
By; Yesenia Medina a.k.a SweetYessie**
& classmates

*we will always have you in our hearts
We love you Ms. Accomando

Drunk Driving Accident

One time, my girlfriend and I went clubbing to a very popular club called Vincent’s. We walked out of there TRASHED! I was so messed up, I had no idea were my car was. After finding it, for one second only, I thought maybe I shouldn’t be driving, but of course another part of me thought, sure, I’m fine! And so we headed on home, shoes thrown to the back seat, and off we went. Now, if you ask me how my driving was or how I got us home that morning, I still have no clue whatsoever. Guys, I couldn’t remember what route, or how the hell we got home.

The one thing I know is that we got home safe. Now a day I call this type of behavior, SELFISH and just plain STUPID!!

January 18, 2002 was an evening like any other. It was about seven, I was just relaxing after a long days work. That night, I received the most FRIGHTENING of calls, My sister yelling and screaming against my ear. My nerves just didnt know how to function or react. After some screams back & forth, I found out my parents were in a MAJOR CAR ACCIDENT. FIREMEN had been struggling to get my dad who was caved in the car out. The FIREMEN feared the worse, since my dads’ car had been smoking.

Getting to the scene of the accident must have been no more than 10 minutes. Unfortunately, those were the longest 10 minutes of my life. Fearing the worse is what one does in this case. When we got to the scene of the accident, I had to argue back & forth with the cops. I wanted to go see my parents and aide to their needs. I wasn’t allowed to go see my parents; this made it incredibly difficult for myself, as well as my children.

Later that night, we got to the hospital were both my parents were taken to. I was able to see my mom and assist her as much as possible. Course, I couldn’t help her much in her 3 FRACTURED RIBS, CUTS, BLEEDING & MAJOR BRUISINGS. I feared the worse for my dad. I was told he was in worse shape than my mom. Fortunately, after learning my dad had 4 BROKEN RIBS, LEFT BROKEN CLAVICLE BONE (shoulder), BROKEN RIGHT LEG, SHATTERED RIGHT HEEL IN 5 PLACES, AND SOME MAJOR BRUISING & needed a 4 hour surgery, I was happy & Thankful because God allowed them to live through it. God gave us the strength & faith to guide each other through it all.

This was the act of a DRUNK DRIVER. A person who knew what they were doing, aware of it, allowed himself in front of a wheel and endangered 2 human beings, who because of his negligent act, caused them so much damage. My parents will always suffer pain because of this irresponsible person. Not only are they suffering internal & external pain, but emotional as well. My moms fear of driving a car or just panicking every time some one cuts us off in traffic is permanent and unfortunately inevitable. The loss of both their jobs, and the state denying them for help has been very difficult. The fact that my dad had to learn how to walk like an infant & hasn’t walked or felt the same ever since has been hard on all of us. Even though the hardship, I am still so very thankful to God for allowing them to LIVE & be the PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, UNCLE & AUNT, BROTHER & SISTER, & FRIENDS they are today.My friends, after going through all this and still having difficulties on this road of recovery, I beg you, DO NOT DRINK & DRIVE.

As you can see, it not only places your life at risk, but the lives of others. A Father, a Mother, a Baby, Young Children, Young adults, Elderly, your Best Friend, Your Mother, Your Father, your Husband, Your Wife or your own Son or Daughter, could end up CRITICAL or unfortunately DEAD. Is it worth it?

I’m grateful that this person didnt take my parents lives, even though he was so close to it. Next time you’re out clubbing, having the greatest time of your life, keep it that way. Take a cab or call a friend. Do anything other than placing yourself in front of that wheel. The money you spend on a CAB can be the BEST expenditure of that night. See, my girlfriend and I were lucky that one time. Did I have an Angel looking out for us? Ill never know. I am Thankful for getting us home safe. I am also thankful for the different mentality I now have. I will never take a wheel under the influence again. I will never ever risk my life or the lives of others.

The following are real pictures of my parents’ vehicle after the crash. I still get stomach ache & nerves when I see them: If by this hour of typing and putting this little section together helps save one life, I feel most rewarded.

I was so dehydrated I got ADMITTED....

I was at the emergency room yesterday due to dehydration. They poked me all over my arms and couldn’t find my veins. I usually have bad veins, but this time around due to my dehydrated state it turned out to be worse. My veins really disappeared and the poking became unbearable even though I had to deal with it. The third nurse was able to find a good vein and Bingo!! I was able to start my re-hydration. I can’t believe how awful I felt from lack of oxygen and fluids in my body.

Can you believe sometimes you get symptoms that really aren’t similar to those of dehydration? Yep, I felt neck stiffness, dizziness and headache. Seriously I thought I should’ve felt thirsty and somewhat lightheaded, but what really surprised me was the “sunken eyes”. Sunken eyes are one of the symptoms of dehydration. The neck stiffness was due to my head ache. I immediately felt better as soon as the IV released through my veins, it was amazing.

I spent about a day and some hours, and then I was released. I feel as though I should walk around with a jug of pedialyte or some propel all the time since I have this issue allot. I don’t think I’m alone in this since a few folks were there for the same issues, but whether the reasons were the same, that I really can‘t say.

I do wonder if my dieting has anything to do with this, but I think I lost about 50 lbs just on body liquids. I really wouldn't like to loose weight like that, it's was really scary.

No Idea

I do have to say, I love my job. I get appreciated on a daily basis, and seriously it really does make a diffrence. It's a great feeling and it actually makes it more pleasing to get ready in the mornings and go to work.

A couple of days ago; a patient comes in 20 minutes late, I explained she was 20 minutes late and that our policy is-20 minutes late, you reschedule the patient. I told her I would ask the doctor if she'd be able to fit her in.

The doctor was nice enought to squeeze her into the busy afternoon. I was pleased to inform the patient that she would be seen, but that it would definitely be a wait since the doctor was in with the next patient. Interestingly, the patient had a fit! She snaps at me asking me "how much of a wait are we talking about?" I answered as polite as I could; "Ma'am, the doctor is nice enough to fit you in, but of course she's seeing the next patient, I'm really not sure and I can't guess how long you would have to wait". She seemed upset, but really there was not much I could say to her, I was actually upset she was having trouble accepting the wait, when she was 20 minutes late!! I mean, it was not our fault she missed her appointment time. Anyways, I told her to have a seat in the waiting room and that she would be called.

Later on that afternoon, this same patient walks into my office and interrupts my speaking to one of my co-workers. This kind of irritated me, since it's the same lady that was giving me grief earlier, but I was patient enough and listened to what she had to say. I was pretty surprised when she started apologizing to me. She was explaining how it was not nice of her to take all her frustations out on me. She also explained, I'm not there to take disrespect from patients and proceeded to apologize a few more times. I was very pleased at the fact that she was nice enough to accept her mistake.

This was really pleasing to me. I felt valued and respected at this point. I then knew I wasn't being mean or non-understanding at all. The patient was just frustrated and let her anger take over.

The rest of the day was a breeze. That little moment of value and appreciation was nice. It made me understand that I was right at not getting more upset at the patient for lashing out on me because eventually she was able to admit to her mistake.

Sometimes you just have to keep your cool. In the end it works out-of course sometimes it doesn't. That moment though will stay with me for a few months I guess. It will allow me to be a better person at understanding.

Where's the Respect

Today I finally notice that people have no respect for each other anymore. I been battling for nearly a month now with the next door fellas because they keep blocking my f'ing driveway. Seriously, when you live in the CITY you need to have RESPECT!

I mean, people SLASH TIRES, BREAK WINDOWS, basically they just don't care to VANDALIZE you car in an INSTANT for complaining. It's why I been more than tolerable these days. Trying not to cause myself a heart ATTACK, but people just push you too far sometimes to the point where you just say F* IT! You take charge of the situations and START YELLING AND KICKING EVERYTHING infront of you.

So.... I been telling these young'ns to lay off the driveway back and forth-yadda yadda and for the love of GOD they just don't get the HINT!

CLEARLY today I think I made my frustrations CLEAR---I HOPE... I nearly kicked their damn SPRAY PAINT CANS to the side. How dare you paint your DAMN CAR in front of other people's DRIVE WAY??? WTF is wrong with people these days? Didn't parent's teach this folks MANNERS?? RESPECT?? anyways, the hell with this---I'm taking a shower aside of all this NONSENSE---It's like 95 degrees outside and HUMID!!! GROSS...

Weight SUCKS!

The kids want summer to get here so quick, but I’m really not sure if I’m ready. I need to loose about 30 lbs and I can’t think of being in a bathing suit without loosing those pesky pounds. Is that not insane or what? I mean wanting to slow the season because of your weight! Yeah, I know I’m a bit silly about this, but I truly can’t see it being summer yet.

So this is what I’m doing to fix the problem in question. I bought this water bubbler to keep at my desk. This unique little bubbler holds exactly 8 cups of water. Cool huh? I’m starting to walk more than usual and try to increase my exercising to more than just walking. I used to jog and now I feel as though I lost my motivation. I will motivate myself in hopes of reaching my goal before those nice 90 degree days get here!!!
Wish me luck…

Not all jobs are for everyone

My sister works with special needs children , teens and adults. I give her allot of props because she does have it difficult at times. First of all she works everyday of the week and she’s on call on weekends if she happens to have the weekend off.

Meanwhile yesterday she came home and her whole face was scratched and bruised from one outraged teen’s outburst. I was beside myself when I saw her face. It just seemed like she was in a fight at some bar and not at her place of employment. She has such a great heart and I was so upset that she had to go through this, but then it dawned on me that she wasn’t upset. She was understanding about it and wasn’t even upset at all. When I asked her why she wasn’t the least bit upset, she answered; “they just don’t know any better”. I then realized that it’s true and that’s why all of them are in the institution.

The institution my sister works for needs more understanding employees like my sister. That even though the toughest of experiences, they will understand and be there for them without getting angry or taking it out on them in some form or way.

I don’t think I would’ve gone back to work if I was employed there. I just can’t see myself having to restrain someone because they are uncontrollably lashing out. I’ve worked in the healthcare department for 12 years, but I’ve never had to restrain a patient. I do feel as though people like my sister should be appreciated more often for their dedication and understanding with whom they deal with on a daily basis. They should also be compensated in better ways than just salaries.