As I’m flying down 696 yesterday morning on my way to work my daughter calls me. She says “I lost your address again, can you give it to me.” Being the wonderful mother that I am and knowing my children, I immediately ask “Why?”

She says “Well, the Army recruiter needs it.” She didn’t appreciate my yelling “WHY?” back at her. She’s heard that tone before and I’m sure would of loved to end the conversation right at that point. She hems and haws a bit then rapidly starts talking without breathing “Well Jess (my 17 year old) wants to go in the Army for 2 years before he goes to college and then they will pay for it and they are going to give him a bunch of money and you won’t have to worry about it, besides they are testing him today and he goes for his physical next week and I tried to talk him out of this but you know how he is and he’s not listening to me. So the Army guy wants your address because I told him it would be better that way rather than to call you.” I hear her taking a deep breath.Well fuck. I’m speechless.Then she goes on to say “Well the Army guy keeps telling him about all this money and stuff they are going to give him.”At this point all I can say is “Yeah, sunscreen and a used gun.” Then I’m on a roll..”What the fuck is he thinking? Tell him that guy is nothing more than a used car salesman and the Army is not going to give him shit for Christs sake!”So anyway, I quit taking it out on my daughter and told her I’d call him when I cooled down…well that hasn’t happened yet. At this rate Christmas could come and go.I have no clue at this point what to say to this kid. He has a 4.0 GPA and more (I thought) intelligence than anyone in our family has ever had.I remember the Army recruiter that was dancing with my daughter when she was in high school and all the bogus shit they were laying on her. I’m sure it’s illegal to bitchslap an Army recruiter….but still. Anyway…my daughter does know me, it wouldn’t be wise for him to call me.

Damn busy day…I need a vacation. I hate going back to work after 4 days off. I had people waiting at the front door for me this morning. Ugh.One good thing I went out for lunch today…something I rarely ever do. Went to a steak house on 16 mile called Ruth Kris Steakhouse…and had the best damn steak I’ve had since coming to Michigan. I have the other half for supper tonight. Yeah.I have to be at work at 4am in the morning, we are switching to a different pharmacy effective midnight tonight. Sounds like a small thing but it’s not.Also, I had some Demerol come up missing a couple of weeks ago, during the great Black Out to be exact…the first I’ve had to deal with this in Michigan. So I want to be there when the meds start changing hands, medcarts etc. It took me hours to deal with the missing Demerol with all the interviews and statements I had to do. I’ll be watching damn close in the morning and checking the counts twice.I had a new nurse in the building, key word is had. I do believe it was her..but I can’t prove it. When I told her the police would be contacting her…she got real nervous. The next day she popped into work just to ask me how the investigation was going. Now that is beyond weird. Anyway that was the last time I’ve seen her…she didn’t show up again. Actually I never notified the police…but the DEA was notified. I have yet to hear from them. Works for me.