Thursday

"If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience!"
George Bernard Shaw

And that's the truth.  Had a real exciting day at the dentist.   I hate having any thing done to my mouth.   I guess this is from a childhood trauma.   My parents never took us to the dentist and I had lost a few molars before I was twenty.

The one time I had an abcessed tooth and they took me to see Dr Vogt/  What a jerk, I didn't like his from the time I met him.   He gave me a numbing shot and proceded to pull the tooth.   WELL, THE LOCAL DIDN'T WORK....   I screamed and he slapped me on the face.   I told my parents but they didn't believe me.   I have hated the dentist ever since........Every time since then my visits have been good and painless, but I still cringe at that thought.   But even with that experience I didn't become a mass murderer and go around killing dentists..

 

Tuesday

"Never Explain - your Friends do not need it and your Enemies will not believe you anyway."
Elbert Hubbard

Sounds like a good philosophy to me.   Was on call last night, after I said I would do no more.   I didn't do anything.   Had a hard time falling asleep and woke up with every sound.   This was just an isolated call, if they were all like that I would sign up again, but I know that is just a fantasy.  And as with fantasys, the are always better than reality.

Dtr. is set to go at Penn State ( branch campus 15 minutes from home)  She said she will transfer to Pitt (or Penn State)  She will take as many as she can at the branch campus.  If she goes to main campus., maybe she could be a RA and get room and board/   I will just take one semester at a time........

 

Sunday

Found out from my friend that to teach in HS you need a BS, plus here in PA you need a teaching certificate.  That means you need education courses.   To teach at a community college you need a MS and to teach at a University you need a PhD.  That is a lot of work.    But a person will till be the same age 10 years from now if you don't go back to school...

I can hear the thumder.   Last night while I was dozing off I thought I heard the weather man say that the week after Labor Day the highs for a few days were to be in the high 60's.   Maybe that was a dream.......

Back to work tomorrow.   I have a call day this week.   Then off till Tuesday after Labor Day.     Have a lot of plans for Weds but I know I gave that call the kiss of death because I made plans the next day.  Why did I do that????

The dtr and I are going to the movies today.   "Little Miss Sunshine"  will critique it later.....

 

Friday

Figure this,  three weeks ago she get commision and a pay raise.  (She works in a independant jewelry store)  Wednesday she get called to come in to work an hour early and the boss tells her they don't think jewelry sales is for her.  She is not "personable" with the customers.  WTF is going on.   They will "reevaluate" in one month ??????  We went out to eat last evening and she is still dumbfounded, and I am as well..   Something is going on that either of us are not aware.  

This just doesn't make sense to me or my husband.  I don't think it makes sense to anyone else either.    She had been planning to go back to school in January, and now she has upped it to September.   Went to talk to Penn State and is looking for a math/physics degree.    Since she is 24 the parents income will not be counted and hopefully she can get assistance.   The Univ of Pittsburgh told her there were a lot of grants and moneys available for women in science.   I think she is looking toward teaching.   There are always jobs in those two areas.  I think she would like to work at a college level.....

The campus is 15 minutes from our house.  And she talked to the counselor there.  She will also look into work study.   She still has her job at the Johnstown Symphony.

DOES THIS MAKE SENSE AT ALL???????

Tuesday

Off today, and boy do I love that.    Daughters car was in for repair and had to take her to work.   She is now interested in Engineering.   No money to be made in Music.   At least with one degree in place hopefully the second will be easier.  Also hopefully, they will give her somemoney based on her income since she is now an adult.  Probably too good to be true and I am wishfully thinking.

She is interested in  Engineering.  She certainly has the brains for it.  Told her to make apts with Penn State and Pitt.   Our suggestions usually fall on deaf ears.   Husband is putting a super-charger on his car.     WOW  We will see how this goes.  

Sunday

Up early.   Was on call yesterday and not one call in.   Last week the second call person was in for 10 hours.   That is working way too long for a "emergency" only day.   One of the MD idiots took 11 hours to do four cases, all of which were non emergency.  He like the surg tech and I was thinking he was trying to decided how to score with the tech.   She was part time and didn't plan to be working 12 hours days on the weekend.   SHE RESIGNED the next day.   She is working at another hospital and said she didn't need the money to work that hard.    Another tech resigned also, she is going to Nursing School and the new place will give her 3/12's with no call.   So we are short of help.  And busy as can be.

Everyone asks what the problem and when they find out nothing is done.  I guess they are in the mind set of that we are a bunch of malcontents and that our problems are trivial.  Well. don't ask if you don't plan to do something about it.   We need help not lip service...............

Wednesday

It is so nice to have off.   When my daughter was little she said she wanted to be like her granparents who didn't do anything but spend money.   That is my goal too.   I think she also thought you also just went to the ATM and got money out.   Soemtimes I think she still feels that way.............

She got a raise and commission.    She doesn't know what she wants to do with her life.   She needs a reality check.   That mind set is for when you are 17 - 19.  But for someone who will be 25 next year she should know by now.....  It drives me NUTZ.

Monday

Back from Cleveland.   That meeting was good but three days tooooooo looooong..  The worst thing is that I had a hotel 6 blocks from the convention center and walked twice a day, and now my left heel hurts.   I had to make an appointment to get it shot.   Bummer.   Exercise is not all what it is cracked up to be.

Off tommorow and who knows what I will do..

 

Friday

Well, I am off and running for today.   Going to Cleveland for the National Nurse Anesthetist  Meeting.   It is usually in some hot place, but then again, it is hot every where in the summer.   My hotel is 6 blocks from the convention center.   Cleveland is flat and it should be an easy walk.  That reminds me I need to take the inhaler. 

Chuck gave Emily the email stating that she was soon to get her degree.  She looked at first dumfounded.   She didn't know that he had called the school.   To have 131 credits and only 124 were required for graduation was crazy.   The Dean said she would accept 2 of those credits as an elective to fill her requirement.   I am really glad there is a reasonable person in this world.  We will be going out to dinner to celebrate.   She already got her gift two years ago.....

Thursday

The eagle  has landed...........Diploma is on the way......Hallelujah...hallelujah.

Thursday

I am not sleeping well at all.   I don't know if it is the heat or my mental state.  Which is stressed.  Actaully we are all stressed here.  This crap with getting the diploma has us all on edge.    It is like "Groundhog Day" where things keep repeating over and over again.  The daughter has signed up for a Intro to Philosophy class,  She needed one on a Tuesday night.  

Baack to the heat.  I has discovered that the temperature that I like best for sleeping is about 65 degrees.   It is no way near that this summer.   Just one more month and the averages will drop.    

Today is the day to get things ready for my trip to Cleveland.   Will pack tonight and see what else I have to do.  I am going to squeeze a manicure in there too.