Sunday

I am so excited.   I have been looking into geneology.   I have info back to my  greatgrandparents and found someone looking intoThomas and Bridget too.    He is John and his grandfather and my grandfather were siblings.   I am really excited to get to meet a relative I didn't know I had.   I asked him if he had pictures, I hope he does.

Still out researching the German side.   I may have found a name of a sister of my grandfather.   The last name is so obscure and I know the first name (Minna) was one of  my great aunts.  It also has listed her father and their grandparents too.  This is exciting if it is verifiable.

Back to work tomorrow.  BahHumbug.  

 

Friday

"What we’re saying today is that you’re either part of the solution or you’re part of the problem."
Eldridge Cleaver

I say TGIF. Some weeks seem like they will never end.  And this was one of them.  Our boss now wants the day light people to be relieved at 2:30.    It is sort of like Communism, it sounds good in theory.......  There are never enough people to relieve and who is to relieve the 10 hour people at 4:30??   I won't hold my breath waiting for that one.   Good news though, I think we will once again have two daily 12 hour people. 

It is honesty a never ending saga.   The plot is the same and only the names change.

Wednesday

Somehow, I thought today was Tuesday.  Maybe it is because I am off.  Chuck had his colonoscopy.  He gave us glossies of the procedure.  Emily said she didn't want to see them, that some things should remain unseen.    I feel that way about anyone above 200 pounds.  

Work is getting worse.   What they need is two people on till 7 pm every day.   The calls are lasting till 11pm and beyond and then the idiots call to start ivs.  Glad I quit taking it.   Two other of the people are thinking about stopping taking call too.   It has become torture.   Psycologically I am ready for three days or two per week.

Wednesday

"The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts."
Edmund Burke

Wednesday

Why am I so aggravated by technology.   I tried to start this journal entry this morning and when I tried to use my Windows Media Player it would not let me play and be on line WTF......   So, windows, I downloaded  iTunes and put it as my preference and now everything is going fine.

Why, sometimes when I try to work on the computer, I hear it thinking.  I really mean that the processes are going but what is going on???????   I have yet to figure out this one.

Everything at work is the same.   Same Sh## but the names are different.   I can't wait to get out.  I have a one year commitment and then I can make my move.   Everything we were promised (even in writing) has or is going to be changed.   But were any of us surprised....Actually NO.  This hospital system never let anything like a SIGNED CONTRACT  of standing in the way of anything they want to eliminate.  

Now, we were all to get time and a half plus a premium pay.   BUT, it is only for over 40 hours.  SO,  if they do not feel the need to pay OT I do not feel the need to work OT.   I will finish what I am doing and then AMF..

Friday

"It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan."
Eleanor Roosevelt

This could be the mantra for the world.  There are many people who plan and scheme how to get out of work and do illegal deeds.   Just think if all that psychic energy could be used for something worthwhile.

Another week gone.   IF I have off I REALLY don't feel like going back.   I am looking forward to when my two year commitment is over and I am ready for less hours.  I hate everyone there and being there.  I am glad the weekend is here.  It is irksome when people who work in the corporate sector tell me how they have worked for 25 or 30 years and they are retired.   Nurses have a  historically low pension and we have the honor of supporting others with our taxes who get much more and paid health care.  I don't know how much longer the people in the private sector can continue to pay for those feeding off the public trough.

It is amazing that those in health care do not have access to heal insurance upon retirement.  

Tomorow I am going back to the library and my ancestor research.   Have found the Irish side in the 1870 and 1880 census.  Guess they came over during the potato famine.

Tuesday

I can finally go out again.   The rush and madness of the past six weeks are final over.   I hated going shopping because of the crowds and the push and shove.  Glad it is gone......    Why do the end of the holidays always feel like such a let down?   I try not to get excited but there is always a feeling of something lost.   Maybe it stems from the remembrance of childhood when every at that time of the year was magical...  Now we are in the real world.