Mission Impossible

First off, the MOST important tool for a nurse to have is not tape, scissors, or even a great pair of hemostats, no matter what you may have heard! Without question it is... (drum roll, please)... a large quantity of GREAT pens! This is why I have a favorite and happen to be very protective of them. I am serious when I say that people will literally steal your pens on purpose.

These little gems just happen to be my very favorite!

Now... In my hospital each floor stocks it's employees with pens. My unit gets stuck with these crappy things:

As you can see.. these are not the click top kind, making it easy to poke and write on yourself as you are trying to put them in your pocket!

There are certain floors however that supply their employees with the pens that I can only drool over. I had a supply of these tallying approximately 3! Yes, 3 whole pens! Eventually my stash dwindled down to 1...

Then I had a thought. I knew of 2 floors that stocked said pens. So I sent my friend Ryan/Will (whichever your prefer) a text. The text said (with a picture included):

"Your mission if you choose to accept: locate and acquire 3-4 of these pens." I went on to tip him off as to which floors happend to have these pens in stock.

Fast forward to the next night on my way into work.....

My mother calls me as I am getting into my car. My great grandfather has had a heart attack and I need to come home. I go into work and discuss this with the people that I need to, am waiting to get the answer if I can leave or if I have to stay (yes in my occupation they can pretty much make you stay) when I open my locker...

I have 3 pens (the good ones) taped together with a note attached:

"Enjoy, this wasn't easy. This message will self destruct in 5 seconds."

Ok... sad face is on before I open my locker, and yes I am sad.. but I also can't have a glimpse of any other emotion if I have any hope of taking off. Open my locker and all traces of sad face are gone replaced by happy/laughing face. I physically could not stop laughing.

Let it be said that NONE of my other friends would have understood when I said "your mission if you choose to accept " let alone actually play along with it ("...this message will self destruct...")!

But... the moral of the story is that only some of the greatest friends can make you laugh at inappropriate times and make you feel better even without trying or knowing what is going on! So find some great ones and surround yourself in that type of person!

So... Ryan thank you for being a great friend, and I am waiting on my payment for watching kitty! haha... j/k!

Also... the best part of this story is hearing him recap how these pens came into his possession. I am going to give you the link to his blog and I am giving him exactly 1 week to blog his account or I will be forced to do it for him, and it just isn't nearly as funny coming from me!

http://takemyadvice-ryan.blogspot.com/