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| Exhausted from driving | | OMG this job is really killing me! The four hour drive is more than I can bear I drove home this evening in a daze I know if I was to work 2morrow I wouldnt be able to drive myself in. 4 more weeks I keep telling myself 4 more weeks it seems like a lifetime. I am now working in the dialysis unit training and it is ok, the dialysis techs are brilliant and so much fun. There is an anal retentive Educator who is trying to comprehend how I feel but chocolate fire guard comes to mind. One of the other educators has offered me his couch to try and ease the burden of the drive so everybody is helpful and considerate. I may take him up on his offer but I will see after the weekend. I am not so fond of my trainer she is nice but nervous about letting me do anything! On my checklist of competances she checked needs assistance with some stuff which almost made me choke with laughter I have been a nurse forever and she cant check me off on handwashing technique!!!! oh yes and introducting myself to the pts!!!!!
We found out this evening the bank has misplaced some money we transfered!! then asked us to send the money again whilst they investigated it! Call me stupid they mislay it and we have to pay it again-doesnt make sense to me | | Called off | | I could not face the drive to Cleveland today it is so awful and horrible and always done in the dark. Yesterday 2 cars nearly crashed in front of me and sent me into a blind fit. I sat in the classroom bored out of my mind listening to customer service care, same old same old. Then the tedious long journey home, by the time I got home I was in such a miserable depressed mood. Last night abby was restless and came to sleep with us and after her tossing and turning all night it was more than I could take to go into work so I just phoned off, no reason given. My co-workers have already started on the floor last week and all they do is tell me how horrible, rude and nasty the mentors/assessors are. Everyone of them has cried at the end of each day, so my motivation is nil. Tomorrow is my first day on the floor with my trainer and I have already been told she is always 'angry' so I am so not looking forward to being treated badly as that is my expectation. I told the class educators that if I am treated badly on the floor I will walk out, go to the corporate head office and tell them what I think.
So watch this space | | Licence | | So after waiting weeks and weeks my temp Ohio licence finally arrived I was so pleased but with it brought a cockiness which meant If I so desired I no longer had to work for the company who shipped me in and told me umpteen fibs and fabrications. So you can only imagine my shock when a travel company phoned me to ask if I would take a travel assignment in a near by town-and I replied no I am sorry I have some loyalty to the company who has paid me an RN's wage and has kept me in school to ensure I do get paid whilst waiting for my Ohio licence by endorsement.  I can hear myself refusing and wondering what on earth LOL
Unfortunatly I do have this strong streak of right and wrong which sometimes I wish I didnt have because I am sure over the years I would have fared much better. I am enjoying my new work colleguees and have settled into life at college I passed 2 tests this week and have the 3rd on monday. I start on the floor with pts on wednesday but continue to go into class 2 days a week for a few more weeks. I have discovered Audio books and am enjoying the drive listening to books so the 2 hours goes quickly and makes me forget how tedious the drive is into Cleveland.
I am sure when I get up this week at 3 am to get to work I will be rapidly changing my mind and phoning that travel company back LOL | | New Life | | I cannot believe it has ben over a month since I have written in my diary, life has been so busy that I really havent had the time to do anything at all except go to my new job. I have to do eight weeks of travelling it is 100 miles round trip into the east of Cleveland and it takes me up to 2 hours to get to work and 2 hours to get home-such deep joy. I travel 5 days a week. I have met some great co-workers who are training with me, we are all stressed together so that is good.
Up til now the weather has been cold almost frosty on occassions but we are enjoying it although I am sure it will soon be horrendous and we will be freezing to death. It has been great being part of a large family my dd is so happy I know it was the right move no matter what the cold cold weather brings. School here in the country quickly picked up on her learning problems and are already working with us to ensure we bring her up to requirements.
The dogs love the open air of the country and run for miles. The cats are happy just running up and down the stairs to the basement-they had never seen stairs before. Neither had the dogs so it was funny to watch them trying to master them. It took Heidi the little dog longer because it must have seemed like mount Everest to her.
My dh still doesnt have a job which stresses us both because we are v short of cash now and I havent been paid for 5 weeks. He has had an email from a company interested in him so we are hopeful. His big long term plan is to do our citizenship next year and he will apply to be a Sherriff. He is enjoying life he spends time with my cousins husband and has even been golfing.
The new company I work for has a strange system of points. You start off with 45 in a bank then you either lose them or can gain a couple for different things-you lose points for nearly everything-
No Badge -2
late -1
early going home -1
sickness -5 for the first day and them -3 afterwards each day u r off
call off on a sat or day b4 holiday - 10 points!
If you use up your points you are terminated
It makes me a little stressed as I am paranoid about being late | | Moving To Ohio | | I am very excited I am moving to Ohio on Saturday morning to live near my family and for a new Job. I have already recieved the relocation money and we are ready to go. We have rented a house in the middle of nowhere, which has 3 acres of land and is 1000 yards from the nearest neighbors. It is what I have always dreamed off but never thought I would do. I am fully prepared for frost bite of my fingers and toes. I am fully aware it rains more than the sun shines, I am fully aware that the fall is one of the most beautiful seasons of the year and I will be moving during the begining of fall so get to experience it. I am sure driving in the snow, rain, ice will be nerve wracking but for me driving down the I-17 has been one of the worst experiences of my life day in and day out for 4 years.I have felt trapped and I am welcoming the freedom, I lost me sense of adventure for a while but it is back and I am excited.
I will desperatly miss my friends especially the ones I call my family. I know they will miss me too, but unfortunatly I have ants in my pants and cannot sit or rest in one place too long-and lucky for me and my life I have the perfect partner and soul mate who loves to pick up and move too. I dont know where life will take us and I can never say never all I know is I cannot change who I am and have never been able to do that. 2 years and 9 months working in one hospital has been a major achievement for me-almost a record LOL.
My mother will be smiling in her grave now, she knew me so well and my unpredictability, my adventure of life and my determination. I never say never and I never regret what I have done only what I didnt get to do.
My friends I know you'll be reading this, but one thing you love about me is all I describe above and I know it will be sad but I am 100% committed to our friendship and the continuation of it across the miles. | | Deep thoughts | | I have been working the last four days and I am knackered now LOL. I really enjoyed my time at work and met some lovely pts and great relatives, I was doing end of life care on one of my pts and it was very pleasant as the pt was so comfortable and the family were very very appreciative. The pt didnt die on my shift and I am hoping the end will be very peaceful for her and her family. The pain in my calves when I came home was so bad I really didnt think I was ever going to get rid of it, when it comes it is indescribable and so bad it makes me want to cry. This morning I have an ache but the shooting pain has subsided, it is kinda hovering in the back ground LOL I think if I had gone to work today I really would have not been able to walk on it without limping.
My old house is having the new potential owners move in tomorrow, they are renting it until the short sale goes through. The money will be kept in trust and returned to the bank on closing if it happens. The court date is 19th November so we need to close before then. I am doubtful it will go through as the banks around here are quite happy for properties to go into foreclosure as they get more money this way when a bidding war happens.
My credit is worthless so it makes no difference to me either way.
I have a lot on my mind at the moment regarding jobs etc. I love working the pool and if I decide to take a contracted job I will return to pool nursing as soon as I can. I am considering several job opportunties which will make some changes to our life, not an easy decision as it will affect relationships and lives, but if we have true friendships then it shouldnt matter where we are in the world. | | Busy Weekend | | Oh what bliss working the pool because they may cancel me when they chose I can also cancel them when I chose, and I chose today to take off and be with my dh. We wont do much we are conserving money but we are happy just plodding along together. DD has gone to school so we have until 3pm to chill and not listen to'
'can I have', "Daddy, Mummy I am hungry and thirsty and on and on. Yesterday we spend a nice afternoon with our friends so that was an enjoyable time.
In the morning we went to church and I took my little t cup yorkie hidden in my handbag/purse-needless to say it was a huge mistake as she wriggled and wriggled for the whole hour, and I was fidgiting and fitgiting whilst I tried to keep her hidden, the rest of the congregation must have thought I had ants in my pants LOL. .So I wont be repeating that ever again.  | | Dog P | | My dh kindly offered to look after his friend's dog whilst he went away on vacation. I was not well pleased but we have done it b4 for a friend of mine. What I didn't know was that this mutt, hasnt been neutered! So within seconds of entering my house he p'd 3 times up my furniture on the way to the back yard. So out he went and out he stayed until it became too hot. He must have p'd 100 times in the back yard, he never stopped going from statue to plant pots to walls and back again, he had a particular fondness for the BBQ!!!So when we brought him in Dh carried to a crate and in it he stayed until he cried to come out for the bathroom.
Lunchtime today we went over to the old house which is in the process of short sale. We took our dogs, towels and water and we played in the pool for 2 hours. We have three dogs a big English Springer, a fat beagle and a 4lb yorkie. The middle dog hates water so wasnt too impressed with being put in the pool she went and hid for most of the time. The springer loved the step part of the pool and played around there and finally the yorkie well she just dived in, and dived in, and dived in she couldnt get enough of the pool she really enjoyed it. I was surprised the first time she came flying into the pool I couldnt stop laughing.
We are off soon to take the four dogs for a walk-they will sleep well tonight. Dh, DD and I are practicing our power walk and it is an excellent work out for us and the dogs. I am sure our lodger will make himself known by all the dogs in the neighbourhood he will p up every bush he walks past so it may be a long walk. | | Recovered | | So I went back to work on saturday and had a really lovely day at work I was working at my new favorite floor the PCCU so it was easier than being on one of the other floors which have no space, not enough computers, no chairs and no adequate place to comfortably supervise your own patients. The PCCU in our hospital is about 3 yrs old so is very large and outside every two rooms is a desk, a telephone and computer. It is a 30 bedded unit so that means there are 15 desks which offer this luxury for the nursing staff. There are many more computers at spread around the floor for different members of the MDT. So as a nurse it is great to have access to so much. I can sit out side my pts room and chart which means I am in close range should they need me, I have no interuption, nobody moves my stuff, and the luxury of having my own phone means I can do a lot of my paging and phonecalls without anybody using the phone.
Yesterday I returned to the same floor and had the same pts back again plus one new one. All were critical and one did crash having to be rushed to cath lab for emergency proceedure and needs open heart today. THis pt had a negative stress test yesterday but she presented with all the symptoms of somebody with heart disease. Normally she would have been dc'd straight after the neg stress test but after speaking with the cardioligist and expressing my concerns which he took seriously he decided to cath the pt the following day. Whislt we were waiting the following day for her to go for her proceedure she collapsed and went immediatly to cath where it was discovered multi vessel disease, placed on a balloon pump, sent to the ICU and for Open heart this morning.
God know what would have happened if she had gone home I doubt she would have made it. | | Upset | | I am so upset these past couple of days I have been unable to work as I have some sort of flu and we cannot afford me to be off work. I am so weak I can hardly stand up. Yesterday I slept all day and all night, this morning I got up to go to work and found myself almost collapsing to the ground.
My dh has taken a couple of days off work to look after our daughter as when you feel like this it is impossible to look after yourself let alone children. We have no food in as we had no money recently to buy any so he will go shopping today as we got paid and go and fill our bare cupboards.
Our cat the one with the broken jaw is recovering well, she is now eating now and appears to be 'better'.
My dd goes back to school on monday which is later this year, she is sooooooooooooooo ready to return to school I just hope nobody else catches what I have.
On the positive side I have put a couple of applications in for some jobs around here and have an interview on monday, to be truthful I enjoy the pool so if I dont get anything then I am happy staying on the pool. |
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