Welcome Back?

Well so its been a long hiatus from posting -- now that I have finished (sorta) school -- round 2 and starting a Masters level program, I figured I would have a little more time to post  so we shall see what happens with this idea.  Since I'm still in school the posting will probably be quite sporadic but perhaps we'll attempt to start with daily arsenal?  But we shall see.  

Hm mm

It comes to my attention that we are in the middle of November and my last post was at the end of October.  Crap!  where has the month gone?  It seems like it was just yesterday when i was getting ready to go on a cruise and now its been 2 weeks.  Though it has been a hectic time -- got back on my cruise and immediately packed a bag to travel for work for the weekend.  And then i got back and had training... so in reality i've not had a weekend free for a while?  unless you count the cruise.  I've just got to get back in the habit of checking out friends posts and writing  -- maybe this will get better as the end of the year approaches?

The tardy post...

So sorry.. these last few months/weeks have been crazy.  As some of you know I recently moved to a new division within the hospital giant that i work.  Same job title, but different department (so i use to work in peds allergy and now I'm in neurobiology/psychology).   The transition has been a bear -- lots of new things that i've never done before (cognitive testing, anyone?), new protocols to follow -- I use to have 1-2 protocols that i was in charge of.. now i have 13.  Yep its been a crazy few weeks.  In addition, classes also started and since I'm trying to finish up and get decent GPAs to apply to a nursing program classes took precedent over blogging.  While dragon boat was still in the picture it was also sucking out copious amounts of time -- Monday, Wednesdays, Saturday practices.  Classes being Tues until 10pm and Thurs until 7:30ish.  So, having such a full schedule sorta knocked down the free time i've had -- while its tamed down some on the dragon boat side, work has actually taken a lot of my time -- learning new things and all.  Plus the computer i have at work is a bear, by that I mean its a dinosaur bear.  Its an old dell dimension, one that I may have used 5 years ago in my previous department -- i often have to reboot the computer multiple times in a day and walk away in frustration.. and that my friends makes me not want to get onto extraneous sites, like facebook, trolling everyone elses' blogs.   And when i get home, its time for HW and cooking dinner and so on, makes it hard for me to keep in touch with you all.  I strive to be better in the upcoming weeks --- hopefully checking in every so often with some sort of random post.. I swear!

Flu shot?

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"Mandatory flu shot check! #flushot"

Thanks Hopkins.. love the fact that we have mandatory flu shots for everyone that has patient interaction.  It would have been nice to know that I could have gotten the mist as well but I was just told to go stand in line and the lady would give me a form.  Last time I asked you guys told me I had to do an occupational health appointment for the mist -- loved to see that I was misinformed.  Not to worry, I dont mind the flu shot, however, I do mind the fact that my arm is sore for a day afterwards.  

Not your fault, I know, its just the vaccine's fault.. I hate you flu vaccine. Though I do love the fact that after i get you, if i get sick (oh and I typically do), the colds do last a lot shorter. So is it worth it, ya.. i guess.  Did i need to spend 30 mins in lines to get it, probably not but oh wells, the price to pay when you get the entire hospital being mandated to get one.

Anyway, the mandate is nice because it means:

•  less time needed for sick leaves in case you do get sick
• less chances that a patient will get me sick (this is what i love the most)
• less chances that a coworker will get me sick
• I get a nifty new badge tag in this year's color -- bright orange that I am able to lose and need to call occ health for the proof (this one is totally in jest)

Packages? Yep!

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"It was a good package weekend... While I was gone "

Life, in general

As I have eluded to life, has been crazy this past week.  If you follow me on twitter, facebook, etc.  You will know that I became an Aunt on Feb 1st.  Yay!  However, the baby had a congenital heart issue and was brought to Hopkins to get surgery done (not so yay).  While the baby was in the PICU recovering from surgery I got a phone call from a cousin -- the cousin who is currently residing in Massachusetts.  He had called to let me know that he had heard from my uncle, his father, and that my grandmom was not doing so well -- she had started to refuse food.

That set off a litany of phone calls with the family, texts, facebook messages, etc.  Not all of my father's side is in the states, so there is a lot of coordinating that was going on and since everyone was on facebook it was one of the easiest ways for my cousin to get everyone.  

In addition, the spring semester has started and work and school makes my life crazy.  So with the additional 2 things (grandmom not doing well and the baby in the PICU) there has been almost no time to do anything other than sleep and read for class.  In addition, every Feb we have a huge allergy & immunology conference, this year it's being held in San Antonio.  I've got a oral abstract accepted (yay!) but it means lots of extra work -- time that I dont have sadly -- I'm so woefully behind on every aspect of my life right now.. 

I wanted to participate in writing month, but other than getting Aziziah's letter (which I have yet to open, btw) i've not done anything.. except impulsively shop for a pen ... haha!  

a pen addict always, right?

The Hillbilly wedding day :)

So one of my friends is getting married today... she basically gave us a hanky with the location.  She said it was in the middle of no where in West VA.. yay :P

Random updates

The season has started in earnest.. I've currently been at the dock 3 out of the 3 days we've had this week. 
Today is my only day off from paddling/coaching and that is only because i decided i was getting my hair hacked off.  I swear I'm going to be posting more reviews soon.. its just that once i get home from work and paddling its close to 9pm and I still have to get dinner and sleep..

Daily Arsenal 07.06.2012

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Le Sigh!  This is what i got into work seeing today.   Seems I will be spending an hour reading about shipping hazards and regulated materials.. maybe i will get to use a pen today?  maybe?

Should I have a cookie?

This picture is SO me!  using my logic, even.  One of my friends had this on facebook, here's the link to purchase this if you want one.

Daily Post -- Missing Daily Arsenal today

Sorry no daily arsenal today.  Took the day off work.. no real pens needed today.  Knitting a bit... cleaning the house.   Its T-2... so mani and pedi's today... hanging out with people tomorrow... not many things going on..

Hunger Games

So we're going to watch the Hunger games today with a bunch of dragon boat friends.. hope it follows the book else I'm going to be very disappointed. 

oops.. failure at work

#fail

saw this bin at work.. total fail.. because what does the sign say?  and what is in there? yep.  boxes and i assume trash.

hmmmm..

Should i start back up? its been 2 years since my last post. Some things have changed, others have stayed the same.

hola again!

I guess its been a while since i've last posted... a couple of years to be exact.. why cant i keep this rant/babble going? just too little time i guess to devote 5-20 mins writing and composing news/notes regarding my life. Maybe I will start up again, perhaps not.. who knows.....

oopsies..

What a hassle -- discovered that my driver's license had mysteriously disappeared in the past 2 days and since I am driving down to the eastern shore this weekend it was imperative that i find it.. or get a new one. Instead of looking for it i decided it was way easier to just aquire a new one. Had to dig out my passport and some other forms of ID so that I could go to the MVA (which is open at 830.. dohs and closes at 4:30.) what is up with that? I mean people with jobs cant do those hours.. and its not just 1 MVA its like all mva's are open at those hours.. BLAH! anyway, my picture is really bad but hey i can drive and thats all i care about right?

Volleyball yesterday.. hmm that was an experience in itself.. we lost 2 games in a matter of hmm 15 mins.. yes i have no clue.. obviously we lost the match.. well i guess thats what we get when we have a 1 armed player (one of the players broke his left wrist..?)

hmmm.

So i still dont have a work computer, good thing we have a laptop that I am using. Well out of the 3 people that were scheduled today, guess how many showed? Thats right, none! None of them really had the courtesy to call and cancel, but instead just did not show up. The 11am subject asked if she could bring her 3 children.. hmm right we dont have that much room in the clinic areas.. Turns out we couldnt. And rescheduling her was just not feasable, all the times that we thought were good she could not make. (oh well) The afternoon subject was a child, too bad that one did not show up at all, nor did she call to cancel, instead when we called, her daughter kept stating that they were coming and mom was asleep. So 2pm rolls around and no child, no cab, we called the cab and they sent a second cab out because apparently the first cab did not pick up. Well, when we finally got ahold of someone, they stated that they were not coming [big suprise, right?], and that the child was scared of needles [understandable, but still why wait till 2pm, when your appointment is 2:45 to let us know?] Then we called cab to cancel, and the dispatch was like ya we know, thats why the first cabbie was canceled.. (ummm so if they knew why did they not tell us when we asked for a second cab?) duhs!

Its been so hot and humid outside lately! 90's everyday and on top of that totally humid, its been forcasting rain for the past 3 days and no rain, thus the humidity is what 80% or so? ick.. with the humidity, the heat forcast for baltimore today was in the 100's... so nasty out. Even I would not go outside to get food for lunch, ate cafeteria food (the only thing safe is the pizza, hah!)

Happy Monday?

So its Monday morning.. and even better 7:30am, and where am i, you ask? I am at work, and have been since 7ish. The day got off to a great start, with me feeling cranky because my wisdom tooth is coming in, and now my gums are sore, and I'm not sure if i need to get the gums lanced again because i'm developing an infection, or of it is just sore because my wisdom tooth is coming in. Then, spilling water (at least it was not the coffee i was making, right?) all over myself. After that, not being able to find office keys so i can unlock all the appropriate doors (this is about 5 different doors..) Well, we'll see how the rest of my day turns out.

How is the job seeking you ask? well, I dont quite know. Still interviewing at places, got formal rejection from the lady I met with on Wednesday on friday.. *sighs* I've so many decisions to do, firstly, am i really looking for a job that I like now? or is it something just to take me away from here, and that is why I am considering it? I mean, its come to the point where I dont even want to come to work at all, and when i do, i'm not entirely focused on work. Don't get me wrong, with patients i still go for the full 100% if not 110%, but the paperwork crap that i've been working with? I think i'm slowly losing interest in it all (a sign that I truely need a change of scenery). I still love working with the patients, however, I think that the amount of work that I get piled on my load gets larger as the days go by. In addition, we let go one of our temps, (for personal and professional reasons) and thus I have to work on that position's work as well as what i would normally have on my load. We also got another temp to replace a second temp that left, and in theory I am suppose to be training her, but she's a know it all... so when i taught her stuff, she stated she knew it all, so my training lasted 5 mins. (we'll see what happens when she has to work with our patients...)

I was also suppose to be subbing My Lucky Stars, i got 15 mins in, but so much dialogue, I ended up having to pause after each person spoke to finish writing what needed to be written down and translated, so the first 15 mins took about an hour. So, that stopped at 10 last night, and i watched the rest of episode 1 and started watching ep 2. I had thought originally i would have ep 1 and 2 done by this weekend, obviously that did not work out.. oopsies.!

Happy Easter!

Well, its the day before Easter, so to all those of you that read this (all two of you), that celebrate Easter, happy easter.

So, what did i do today? I went to the retirement home and "rehearsed" with the "choir" we're putting together a spring festival show, too bad its in 2 weeks, and we're still arranging the music. Boy do i have to practice, especially since we're having me play violin, and well um ya. I also have to get get cracking on subbing this drama that i was suppose to have done, just no time! ahh! Well i am going to work on it tonight and tomorrow, and hopefully eps 1-3 will be done? we'll see.. i tend to get fustrated easily though.

ho hum!

So my ipod died last week (was it last week, or 2 weeks ago..i forget!) but basically HD failure = need for new mp3 player.. *sighs* so after much consideration a new ipod was purchased via Apple. Well, a week later (almost) but no ipod, and the tracking kept saying the billing info was sent to UPS.. *shrug* i finally called them and apple did not know what happened to the ipod, so quick work was made and a new replacement was sent out. I had asked for it to be engraved, but when the ipod got to me on Wed (they shipped it next day, because i was suppose to have gotten it by the 26th), no engraving.. oh well, who cares, i just had my name engraved, so its ok.. i wont lose the $400 brick that i carry.. i use it way too much, as a secondary HD, and also to carry music. So now I am painstakingly adding music, since half the music that i have to load on my ipod is chinese, i have to find cd track lists and copy and paste them in one by one --the unicode doesnt transfer for some fun reason.

So much fun right?