Anyway, I spent over 50 hours at the hospital in four days. The first two went okay, but come Sunday I was just irritated. Every. Single. Thing. Bothered me. I actually reached the point of wishing my ears didn't work for a couple of hours so I didn't have to hear anything for a while. That is not a very good thing to wish for, I know, but my ears are extra sensitive and the constant alarms and other nonsense was driving me insane. We had a set of parents who probably could not have passed a parent test if there was one who annoyed the living daylights out of me. Another set of parents was sick, so I saw them for less than 15 minutes in the 50 plus hours I cared for their child (who, of course cried for extended periods of time since he was a bored baby who didn't feel well). And yet, the mom called Sunday night and tried picking a fight with me. Apparently, I was supposed to call THEM and keep them updated on how their child was doing. Seriously people. Somehow, I managed to keep my cool and NOT say what I really thought (hello, if you wanted updates on your baby you should call ME!)
Yesterday wasn't QUITE as bad as Sunday, just busy. Attitude definitely makes a difference, as does the people you are working with. Of course, knowing it was my LAST day of work for a couple days probably helped too! Too bad I was so "done" with being at the hospital that I couldn't bring myself to go there for a memorial service today for a child who passed away on Saturday. Usually I am the one the chaplain counts on to be there, but I just couldn't do it today.
After a crazy four days (Friday, I ran my car into my retaining wall, Saturday I heard some sad news, and after Sunday and Monday I am happy to still have all my hair), I decided that today would be a "do nothing day". So, I rolled out of bed just before 11:00. I stayed in my pajamas until I finally showered around 2:00. I did this and that, but nothing TOO productive. I did get a fun warning from facebook telling me that I could be "engaging in behavior that may be considered annoying or abusive by other users". They let me know that I could potentially be permanently blocked from facebook if I did not stop this behavior. It made me laugh, but I actually think I would be pretty upset if I lost my facebook privileges (especially since I "scored" a free gallon of milk because one of my facebook friends offered it up on her "status"!)
I talked to quite a few friends today, which made it a good day :o) I also made plans to get together with a couple of them.
Well, I started this post at 10:22 (my "favorite time"!) and now it is 12:23 because I was "facebook chatting" rather than "blog posting".
So much for an exciting post...I had planned on making it a good one since I took two nights off, but this is all I got. I started getting "Quote of the Day" emails in addition to the ones on my blog. I signed up for them a long time ago and then requested they stop. All of a sudden they started coming...today's was pretty good and, if it wasn't so late, it probably would be nice to reflect on its meaning! "God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. He must accept it. The only choice is how." ~Henry Ward Beecher, 1813-1887
Good night!
Ok, so now it is nearly 2:00 in the morning and I haven't even gotten back into my pajamas (I guess I needed to stay in "real clothes" for 12 hours!) So, what are the chances I am actually going to get up to go work out and still make it to lunch at 11:30?! Hmm...maybe sleeping in until 11:00 wasn't such a great idea for the "big picture" but it sure was nice for the day! And, that title would have made much more sense if I had written more about the crazy people I had to deal with during those four work days! Oh well. Good night again!
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