so i had a good nite at work tonite......when i came in, the residents were havin a party for mardi gras. what a hoot! they all had masks on and were eating snacks and staring off into space. they looked only mildly amused, cept for one lady.....she was up dancin around, clappin her hands and tryin oh so desperately to get the others to join in the "fun". i had to smile. they all had strings of beads on too! i asked a couple of the gentlemen how they got their beads and to no surprise they told me they had to flash their chests. hahaha then they proceeded to tell me that i could get some beads too if i would flash my bra....RIIIIIIIIIIGHT! hahaha the rest of the nite was easy until i was called a lovely array of things by a resident when i was repositioning them in bed! i had no idea, until i started doin this kind of work, that the elderly have a colorful vocabulary. "dirty bitch" "tramp" "J/C" "G/D it" "fuck u" "bitch" etc. u get the point. i have a lil bf at work, even he got nasty with me then turned around and asked me if i had a phone #! hahaha by this time my ego had taken a beating, but soon all was redeemed :) i took care of "D" tonite (shes always askin me if im takin care of her when im there). tonite was a shower nite for her and so i asked her when we would b havin our "date", now i wasnt late but she had been up and down the hallway a couple of times askin the nurse----"wheres that cute lil girl? shes so cute, isnt she, dont u think?" course my nurse let me know what was said..........awwww, compliments r sooooo nice. then my beaten ego was inflated and i smiled. the ppl i worked with tonite were cool too ;) im still glad that i have tomorrow off though................................................................