set fire to the rain

My first post-apocalyptic blog post.

I mean....

My first post after I started my new job :)

I am working in the pre-op area of an outpatient surgery center.  It is so fun!  I basically prep patients for surgeries.  For example, I help get them properly dressed, start IVs, have consents signed, give kids "Goofy Juice" a. k. a. Versed (a magical drug!), run labs, and whatever else needs to be done for their specific surgery.  At some point I will learn recovery room, but for now, I am doing pre-op.

My before and after pictures:

I am missing my friends at my old job quite a bit.  I have thought about asking to be a volunteer nurse on the floor to help with admits and discharges.

I am loving having a Monday through Friday job.  I think working every day and having a consistent schedule makes the week go by faster, and I don't feel as tired!  Even though I arrive at work at 0530 now :)

This afternoon has been pretty lazy.  Just watching Abigail be lazy and listening to Corey's dub-step radio station on Spotify while he works.

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"until you kissed my lips and you saved me"

I will always love you

Lots I could write today.

I finished my job at the hospital.  I start at the surgery clinic tomorrow!  I am getting nervous.

It was weird to read a status with the floor census.  I had a panic moment at first, like worrying/hoping I would be put on stand by.  Half a second later, I realized:  wait, I don't work there anymore.  Phew.

I had a good, unemployed weekend. :)  Nick and Nichole came to Fayetteville yesterday.  We went to dinner and Dickson with several college friends.  It was a great group to go out with (minus Corey not being there :(((( ) and we had a lot of fun!  It was good to catch up.  It's interesting to catch up on people I used to be friends with.  People that, turns out, only were "friends" with me because they had to see me every day.  People who slandered mine and Corey's names as soon as we were not regularly present to defend ourselves.  I'm glad I ended up with the friends I have.  They are amazing.  :))  Denny's afterward was absolutely classic.  See the video below for part of the fun.

For the "The Lord of the Rings" nerds out there, see this:

Ha.  Yeah.  So that was the funniest thing ever.

I am way bored today.  Way.  Bored.

I'll try to update some more tomorrow after work.  At my new job.  :)

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"bittersweet memories, that is all I'm taking with me"

up in flames

4 shifts.

4 shifts left on the medical surgical floor.

4 shifts left on the medical surgical floor, and then I change my "About me" and employer and all that business.

Monday after next, I start a brand new job at a new place.  It's closer to home.  It's clinic hours.  It's surgery.  I'm excited. :)

I will miss the people I work with very dearly.  They are my friends, work family, and a good support system.  I am hoping to find the same kind of people at my new job.  I will not miss the cranky old people and their crazy families who think our hospital is the Marriott hotel and the nurses and aides are waitresses and housekeepers and their family member is the only person we're assigned to care for that day.  I'm tired of being given retarded tasks to make our cares look good on paper, but tanks our actual bedside care if we do all of it.  Sorry, but I'm going to take care of my patient before I chart IVPB stop times (when it's documented how long the med runs) and I'm not staying 2 extra hours after my shift is over.  It's not the 1800s and I have a life to get home to after work.  Sorry.  Nursing Executive Who Sits Behind A Desk All Day can kiss my rear end until she does our job for a week with all the BS she thinks we should be doing and then harp on patient satisfaction.  Those people don't give a crap about patient satisfaction or safety.  It's all about the dollar signs.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Whatever.

Outpatient surgery is my new gig.  And I am SUPER PUMPED about it.

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In other news, I went to the eye doctor today.  I hadn't been in a couple years, and needed to get a check up anyway.  I also wanted to use my vision benefits from my current job before I lose it.  I used my flex spending card while I still have it, too.  Found out my eyes are healthy, and my glasses prescription hasn't changed much at all in the past 2 years!  I was excited to hear it, because my prescription had changed a lot between the previous 2 appointments while I was in college.  I got some new glasses, just to get them since I had it covered by insurance.  I got some cute Vera Bradley frames.  During the exam, they dilated my pupils, so driving home was interesting.  My next vision goal is to get prescription sunglasses.  Hopefully those can be covered under insurance with my new job :)  That would be pretty awesome.


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"so it's over, this time I know it's gone"