miss the craziness that I can leave after 12 hours

Vacations are great, they make you appreciate your job. At least you can leave the people that annoy you at the end of the shift. While on vacation you can't leave them at the state line rest area after 12 hours.

I find myself saying things like:
"Stop whining!!", while at work I would say "What can I get to make it better, how-a-bout some ativan, morphine, haldol, valium...".

"What do you mean you are hungry again, we just ate 45 minutes ago!" at work it would be "Your hungry how wonderful, what can I get for you, a sandwich, pudding, a salad, jello, can I increase your tube feeding rate for you?"

"No we are not there yet! We just left 20 minutes ago." I say to a patient, "You are getting better, I know it is hard to believe right now but the better you get the faster you get better."

Apparently I leave my patience with my patients.