Wednesday

If we don't expect, we have all things."
Buddha

This computer is slow and I don't know why.  I ran the spyware program and it still seems to stall.  I guess I will run the Norton after this.

Tomorrow I leave to visit my oldest friend (in time know, not age)  The drive is all highway and should be good.  I just worry about all the wackos on the highway.    Where I will stay on the way down is a quaint little town and there are lots of antique shops to peruse.  

Work is uneventful and I like it that way.   I had my last call (hopefully) and got awakened at 2 and then could not fall back asleep.  I hate being awakened for things that other people could solve or refuse to handle.  That is a big reason why I decided I didn't want to do it any longer.   I also want to sleep in my own bed.  I guess there could be a time where I would be requested to do some.

Have a lot to do this morning but it is early and not a whole lot of places are open.

 

Friday

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often."
Sir Winston Churchill

I guess all of us are seeking Nirvana.  I seek Nirvana at work all day long.   I have off a week in May and have been trying to plan a beach vacation.   Nothing is free and I couldn't imagine what was the problem.   THE PROBLEM WAS ME.   That week is the lead up to the Memorial Day weekeend and everyone has their three day weekend planned.  

Back to the drawing board on that one.    I wanted it to be quiet and now I will have major traffic troubles.  Still am looking at housing for that.    My ideal place would be with a balcony that overlooks the ocean, two bedrooms and cable TV and high speed internet.   I don't think that is too much to want.   WIFI would be ideal.  Have to keep looking.

 

 

Tuesday

Another day gone by, and not much done.   I was on call last evening.   I have one more to do next Monday.   The reason call is so stressful for me is the crap that they call you for that aren't anesthesia related.   Like the IVs.   They are a pain in my existence.   After spending 12 or so hours I really do not feel like going and playing IV nurse.   The problem is that they won't hire someone to do that when the can call me (or my associates).   This is the main reason that I do not want to do call anymore.  My call was uneventful and got to sleep all night.

Planning a vacation.  Emily has to decide whether to go or stay.  She wants to go and stay with me when I go to Cleveland in August.   I am going to the National Convention and she would like to go and visit her chums which whom she graduated.    The hotel would be my treat.   So she would like to go to the beach too, she has to decide which one she wants to do more.

I am researching the avaliability of condos at the NC shore in May, which seems to be plentyful.   I will find one with 2 bedrooms in case she decided to come.   Sometimes a person just needs to get away.   I want ocean front so we can sit and watch the ocean.   Hopefully there won't be any hurricaines.   It is usually too cold of water temperature.

Next week I am going to TN to visit my good friend.  We have know each other for thirty years.  Can you believe that???    That is a long time.   I am looking forward to going.  Especially since it isn't spring break and he husband is going to be working and so is mine.  

 

Sunday

It is quite relaxing to sit and read the Sunday paper and drink copious cups of tea.   The sun is shining and the birds are singing their little vocal cords off.       BUT, the forecast for Tuesday is snow.  I like snow till Christmas and then that is enough of it.   I want the days to be warm and be able to open the windows for an airing of the house.     Maybe next week.

To be back at work is still good.  It is because we have a lot of help.  I don't know what will happen when they leave.   Being employed by the hospital practice plan is better, in a way.    They know how many people they need and are (or should be ) more concerned that we can't get thing done.  It really all remains to be seen. 

Planning my trip to OH for the Nation Nurse Anesthetist Meeting.  The hotel prices seemed to high.   Going to go to one of those websites that can get you prices for less and check it out.

Pizza party with the  sibs this afternoon.........

Thursday

"The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the
religion of solitude."
Aldous Huxley

Thursday and tonight is Trivia.   Emily loves to go to play Trivia.  She also loves the jewelry store job.   She just can't buy all the stuff she wants like she did at StVincents.  Tomorrow is the last of the work week.  I feel quite relaxed knowing I am not taking weekend calls.  I also want to sleep in my own bed.

They put new carpet in the call room and got a new bed.  I asked for a computer outlet but that hasn't happened.    Two cars were stolen in the parking lot.   Somehow the person who did this took the keys from a doctors lab coat and a nurses purse.   How did they know what keys belonged to whom????   Sounds like some kind of inside job to me.    The moral of the story is to put your stuff in your lockers.  All the or supervisor said that someone went thru the OR lockers and stuff was thrown from the lockers that didn't have a lock on them.  Now, they had to have the combination to get into the suite.  Good news is that they have an idea of who it was from the surveillance tape.  That just goes to show you.  Rumor has it one of the former MDA's took a barcolounger out of the mds call room.  Don't know if that is true or not.

I am going to visit my friend in TN at the end of the month.   We always have a good time.  She made sure it wasn't UT spring break or would follow us around.  LOL LOL.   I think my daughter was sad I was going.  Jealous I guess.

 

Monday

"There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Saturday

My mood is upbeat today.   My biggest worry is whether I can clean out the interior of the car before the rain starts.   I check the weather map and it is raining in Columbus OH.    When I get done here I will hurry down and do it.  I got the car washed yesterday and it looks great with all that grime gone.

Emily is playing in two concerts today.   First will be with the youth symphony of Johnstown, she and her stand partner will be ringers.   She will get paid for that as well as the real Symphony  Her and her stand partners are the youngest in the professional symphony and can pass for rookies.  She would play for free actually.   Some of the musicians look to be in their 70's.

Work was uneventful and reduced stress this week.  I asked some of the OR staff if it has been like this or was it just this week.   They told me it has been like this since the begining of Feb.    So far no one has gone out of their way to make anyone look stupid.   This is a refreshing change.  The new billing company has signs posted on how to improve your recovers of fees.  Ones that you are entitled to.   They said all in all that our compliance is very high.   The new thing is when we are done we are to put the bills in each MDs mail box and then they in turn review it and if any thing is not in compliance they will give it back to the CRNA for their correction.   One I had not signed and then I was able to take care of it the same day and it was a lot easier because you had all the copies at your disposal.  Also the patient is still in the hospital.

Chuck says the new parking charge is going to finance the aneshesia department.   He may be right, we calculated it and they should get about a half million per year.  This was from minimal calculations.

Some of the people coming back this week and next.   One of the doctors told me I was the queen and they all follwed me back to the hospital.  That made me laugh.  I like the 35 hour week and when we get up to par I won't be taking call.   This was one of my stressors at that job.   I heard that the chief was going to talk to the DON and request that they not call us after 9pm with the IVs, my opinion is out on that one for now.  We dont have second call during the week, just weekend call at this time.

Off to vacuum the car.

 

Wednesday

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience - well, that comes from poor judgment."
A.A. Milne

Third day back at work and no one has p*ssed me off yet.   It is a short time though.   Almost two pages of cases.   The place is going like gangbusters.  Tomorrow is light though.   I think I can tolerate no call for the rest of my working career.   Working till 4 isn't bad either.   It is just a little longer and you go before the 10 hour people.   And won't get stuck like you will at 5 sometimes.

Another coworker came back today and another is starting next week.  We have a lot of guys in the department.   One is young and gung ho to make money.   Let him have the call.   I want to sleep in my own bed, or some bed at a resort.   With the raise my husband figured that I would make the same with less hours.   I have been there and done that and want to take it easy for the next few years.

I feel that I have made the right decision.   I wouldn't want to come back and take call but the no call is good for me at this time.  I think I have two calls this month and hope to have none in April.

BAck to work.

Well, today was my first day back at my own place of employment.  It was uneventful.  Got a lot of hugs and glad you are backs.   They have hired 13 or 14 people.  Have about 4 slots to fill.   This is more than we had before. 

I have two calls to do and I hope that they are the last.   The calls wouldn't be so bad except for the IVs and changing the pump setting for the stupid RNs in L & D.   The refuse to do it, althought the nurses in the rest of the hospital do the changing.     They need a younger department head that will take them into the next century and out of the past one.

The bonus will be cut in half as of March 15 and then end by the end of the month.   I heard that our former chief is interviewing at St Clair for a chief position there.    I really like her I hope it goes well for her.    It was also said that they will NEVER  hire any of the old docs, it is too late, but they will hire the old Anesthetists.   I feel old and over the hill myself.   I want to stop call and sleep in my own bed.   

The big difference is the feeling to rush and push and shove to get things done is gone.    I will wait for  the rest of the week to see if that remains so.....

 

 

Thursday

I got a new cell phone.  While perusing the features I came upon a chapter on safety.    Do not put battery in your mouth.   Do not paint your cell phone.  Do not made a "to do" list while driving your car.   All This leads me to believe that some has done these thing or else the warnings wouldn't be there.

My daughter told me the best one she saw was a sign in a state park (Where??) Do not masturbate or perform bestiality on the animals.  Don't you just wonder..........WTF what were they thinking !!!!!!!!!!!