Just like Mardi Gras

My coworkers all insisted on dressing up for Mardi Gras today. They brought in beads and hats and masks, unfortunately they brought them for me as well. I felt like an idiot dressed in that silly garb. Had I been in New Orleans, or even anywhere in Lousiana it would have been ok I guess. But in Omaha, NE? It just felt stupid, looked stupid and was hot and uncomfortable. To top it off, they wanted to record the event by taking pictures. There we all stood with our colorful hats, masks and beads, smiling like idiots while the poor elderly residents looked absolutely frightened.

I have been to Mardi Gras, it does not resemble the nursing home where I work, except for...people are drunk and high at Mardi Gras; ok we have plenty of people on drugs at the nursing home. In New Orleans people pee openly in the streets and alleys; at the nursing home they pee anywhere they want. In New Orleans for Mardi Gras people yell and cackle; ok same at the nursing home. In New Orleans women display their bodies for beads; at the nursing home they do it for nothing.

I should have had a better attitude about wearing the garb...it was just like Mardi Gras!