Eta: I'm adding a photo because I did my nails last night. Maybe I'm only "sorta good", but I feel amazing about it. This year, in addition to everything we're all experiencing with the pandemic, election, and social justice, I've had a lot of unrelated professional stress. So something like applying a smooth coat of lacquer and adding sparkle tips is the miniature victory that keeps me going.
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
It was a very rare day today. All 7 of my staff members were there today at 8:50 am ready to work. It's only because the one college student who usually comes at 3 pm has spring break so she could come at 9, but I'll take it. After months of COVID scares and quarantines and vacations and vacation quarantines and people moving and people quitting and @@@@@@ maternity leaves, it felt so nice to be properly staffed so I bought everyone lunch.
Thanks for the article, I needed to read that today.
As much as my job bores the crap out of me, I’m damn good at it. I’m the sweeper, who they call in to fix things. I agreed to take this assessment that someone else didn’t get to for pandemic reason. He has had it since October. In a week and a half, I’ve finished it. And that was while finishing some other clean up work.
At the start of COVID the outpatient group program where I work was converted to virtual with major changes and I was not needed and sent over to work in inpatient. I was not happy about this. After a year of inpatient coverage I finally got to come back to my program last week. It's still virtual, so very different than when i worked there pre-COVID, but it's nice to be back with my coworkers and doing the type of work I enjoy. And I've gotten some good feedback from patients.
Post by wanderlustmom on Mar 18, 2021 21:13:19 GMT -5
I was born pigeon toed and needed metal braces on my legs from 2-4. I had scoliosis in middle school and wore a back brace for two years. I was always picked last in gym because I'm so uncoordinated.
I never played sports competitively until the pandemic and I needed a sport to fill my time. I've been running since I had our kids but never had tons of success. I had loved tennis but hadn't played consistently or competitively. Started in August on doubles leagues and singles leagues and I'm actually winning. On a team with five lines, I'm playing the first line. I'm completely obsessed and playing at least a few times a week. We got beat so bad last week by two women in their 70s so tennis can really be a lifelong sport.
I have a strong personality, I am very vocal about standing up for what is right (especially at work), and I don't have a lot of close friends. I don't generally have a good opinion about myself or have much self-esteem.
But many times over the last few months of my clinical rotations patients have reached out to my preceptor or commented on the Press-Ganey surveys about how much they enjoyed working with me or being cared for by me.
I also got another Daisy award at work.
Congrats!! @@@ I put in my daughter’s nurse for a daisy award but don’t know much about it. What exactly happens? Would we ever know if our nurse was selected? She was instrumental while my daughter was hospitalized.
atarianna, thank you! It's an honor whenever it happens. I am not sure of the process anywhere other than my hospital but I think it's pretty similar most places. All nominations go to the Daisy committee and each month they read all the nominations and decide who will win the actual award (they choose more than one). Any nurse who receives a nomination is given a small pin and recognition. If you win the actual award you're given a different pin, a different recognition, cinnamon rolls, flowers, and a sculpture.
It can take a long time however. The first time I received one was in late fall for a patient I had cared for during early summer of that same year. You can check the Daisy website to see if her name is listed.
Know that even if she didn't win the whole thing, the nomination itself is such an honor.
Um.... low bar. I brushed my teeth before noon and was able to schedule my first COVID vaccine. I must qualify in the health system that I use the most because of my BMI?
I’ve got one! I have a bargaining until employee in a situation in which he had to find another position within a year or be terminated. Another position became available one month before his time was up (in August, so he otherwise would have be termed in September) but the company f’ed up and didn’t offer it to him. He filed a grievance, and it turns out the company didn’t fuck up - I discovered a flaw in our bargaining agreement that produced an irrational outcome. So to me this is easy peasy; we give the guy the job and fix the flaw. But the department that skipped him isn’t my client and they pushed back HARD. I pulled out all my negotiating tricks, including “off the record, what the fuck do you want in exchange?” and I got nothing! But they apparently had a change of heart, and Mr. Lucky Motherfucker starts his new position Monday. I’m told he about jumped through the phone in joy and gratitude 😁😎
I managed to write a new trilogy during the pandemic––okay, to be fair, I wrote 55,000 words in 2019, but the other 145,000 words were all from Nov 2020-Feb. 2021. I just saw the covers today and I'm IN LOVE. I didn't think I had any creativity in me when the lockdown started, but it was such an amazing outlet.
Also it's about 15th-century female assassins who poison abusive husbands lol.
Oh, and if you have any interest in a free copy of book one in exchange for a review, hit me up! I'm aiming for an April release.
I would love a copy. I'm a sucker for free and an even bigger one for books. (Just ask my husband, my library and especially my Friends of the (local) Library.) So a win-win.
smock, I'd love a copy in exchange for a review! I'd like to (officially) venture out into the book review arena (librarian here)--female assassins that poison their abusive husbands? YES PLEASE!
Post by georgeglass on Mar 19, 2021 5:52:09 GMT -5
I can't decide if this is good or a "be careful what you wish for" but I have been elected president of the board of a very large group and I'm a little bit freaking out. The advice I was given by a previous president whom I love was, "In the BIG meetings... you know how you're self-deprecating and funny? Don't do that."
I started riding lessons this week. I haven't ridden regularly in 30 years (not exaggerating, lol). I also only did Western rather than English, so I'm learning some new things. It feels good and weird and familiar all at the same time, lol. I might even work my way up to jumping.
We have a start date for getting a large portion of our house's interior painted. I am so, SO excited about this and I can't wait to see how much it changes our house. I ordered a ton of 12x12 sample stickers from Samplize and this weekend we're going to see if there's anything in the color plan that we want to tweak. I've wanted to do this since we moved in almost four years ago, so it is kind of huge that it is actually going to happen! I actually get to order some light fixtures instead of just saving them to "favorites" lists! Crazy.
Post by wanderingback on Mar 19, 2021 8:26:07 GMT -5
We have 2 locations where I provide care, 1 location is smaller...there's only 1 front desk purse, 1 nurse, 1 social worker and 1 medical assistant. I work there 1 day a week. The front desk person (she's been there for 30 years) says she always loves the day I'm there because she loves working with me and the patients are always so happy and say they really like me and only want to be scheduled with me. Most of the patients are Black and it's been great to get this feedback because I really do feel like I connect with them.
I’m finally in a job where I feel recognized and I’m advancing. There is a new position that was created with me in mind and I “interviewed” for it yesterday. It’s no longer front facing which makes me a little sad, but I think it would provide great experience and the rest of the team is amazing. I also interviewed candidates for a couple of open positions on my team. This is my first time going through the interview and hiring process and I’m so excited about the people I chose.
The new nonprofit I cofounded was invited to apply for our first grant! It’s not a ton of $, but it’s nice to know that the foundation is recognizing and interested in our work!
Hmmm, I just checked their web site and it says they're in Phase 1B.4 (lots of people, but definitely not all).
Click through. There’s an eligibility checklist and one option is just “16 years old +”. I have an appointment for Wednesday!
I tried that last night for a friend and it said I wasn't eligible. It sounds like they open and close it based on their stock of vaccines or something?
Click through. There’s an eligibility checklist and one option is just “16 years old +”. I have an appointment for Wednesday!
I tried that last night for a friend and it said I wasn't eligible. It sounds like they open and close it based on their stock of vaccines or something?
Possibly. I just tried to make one for DH and got an error message. Keep checking though, because I know about 6 people heading west for their shot. It’s like a mass clinic at 6 rivers stadium.
Post by picksthemusic on Mar 19, 2021 11:09:50 GMT -5
My cat likes to have solo snuggle time with me every morning. She waits for me to do my morning business then she hops up and I pick her up and then curls up and purrs and snuggles. It's the best part of my morning.
We have these around our area and I’m always struck by how pretty they are. It’s one of my first signs of spring when one flies over my house to get to the creek. That, and the yellow finches.
And I’m not a bird watcher
I saw the first one of the year land at the bank of our pond yesterday afternoon and I was so happy because.... SPRING!!!!
My daughter is pet sitting our neighbor's cats and chickens, but we also get to have one of her cats and her chihuahua stay with us, so I get to have cat snuggles again!