Critter patrol

I found some unwelcome peanuts in an unusual spot in an overhead cabinet in my office. Now I know why that mouse was climbing over my desk? To get to the Shangri-La of peanuts which was right behind all of my nursing books.

Curses! Did a lot of that (to myself) and got the Saniwipes out again to purge my desk of mouse droppings.

The construction outside continues and so does the cold.

It's making for some very interesting sights at the Hotel.

Santa, please make sure we don't end up on the news. And please, keep your reindeer outside on the roof. The regular deer might pay attention.

Stay tuned...

TGIF (aka counting the days)

This has been a busy, crazy post-holiday week. I'm so happy it's over. I'm adjusting to my new home at work by floating. I have equipment that allows me to work all over the Hotel, so I'm taking advantage of it.

The volunteers are nice, but the real dust-stirrers this week are the construction guys, but thankfully, the dust is contained. They are drilling stuff in our building (which is also being repaired for settling). If you didn't have a headache when you got to work, you might have one when you leave.

Bubba decided to give me a headache. He got in trouble. I got a call from the principal and now he'll be on in-school suspension for two days. He opens his mouth and inserts foot a lot. He is very filterless sometimes, and the think it-close the mouth-let it go mode doesn't always work with him. He is also not yet the master of the double entendre. I am baffled why my child has to be punny at school when the education system has zero tolerance for anything.

It's not as easy as when I was a kid. If you said the wrong thing, the nun (or other teacher) gave you the dope slap.

You never did it again.

So happy it's the weekend! Hope you enjoy wherever you may be!

One minute slow...

Another one fast. My days are numbered in my current lair. The construction guys are coming to tear up my part of the SU.

I'll be a refugee for the next month, roaming around to see patients at bedside.

Which is not always a bad thing...stay tuned.

Only in my dreams

Only in my dreams could we get a Hotel Rehab as "smart" and "accessible" as this new one going up in Nebraska.

I'm kind of worried about those gestures turning on and off appliances, lights, etc.

What do I do with the guy who has spasms whenever we turn him (or whenever he tilts just right in his wheelchair)?

It could get REALLY interesting.

Just sayin'...stay tuned. (I'd love to be there when it opens!)

TGMG (Thank goodness Monday's nearly Gone)

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.~  Mason Cooley

Yes, it was courageous in RehabLand today because it's cold again. I am happy it was not as cold as Sunday, or that my sister-in-law's holiday wish (snow) did not come true. Bubba needs to go to school as long as possible.

I worked on a lot of weird stuff because I may be relocating soon due to construction. Our business manager returned from medical leave recently, so I'm hoping the construction manager will give her information on when that might take place.

I just love being in limbo.

Stay tuned...

 

What awaits...

I keep telling myself that when all this construction is over at the Hotel, things will get better.

Well, the construction (and power outages) still keeps messing up my rooms and the devices we use every day.

How many more days are left? I keep counting...

I'm just wondering...

If the big boss is getting nervous about a project I have to do with him in three weeks. He/she acts as if I should take a different flight.

Hello, this is not the Royal Family. The world will go on if something happens to either one of us. The Hotel, despite all its construction, reconstruction and clogged toilets will go on.

My departing direct manager has two weeks before he/she leaves for the assigned new position. Will he/she get me the award I've been waiting for since last year for my special project when others on that team have already gotten theirs? I don't know, but I know one thing...he/she may get a rude awakening in the new job, if I don't get the time and consideration before he/she leaves.

Just sayin'...

Another day...

More construction work on tap at the Hotel. More issues found in my trainer's office.

Guess we might end up with a whole lot of people in the emptied out Detox unit really, really soon at the  rate we are going.

Or as Jess, our therapist mentioned, "Just put up a trailer outside."

Just in time for winter...right!

One week down

Yes, it's terribly different in the clinic I'm in. With all the construction and learning new stuff, I am thoroughly discombobulated. I'm not horribly exhausted, but my days literally fly by as I work on e-mails and documents I have to attend to on a regular basis.

I still traverse through the Hotel, but lately, with all the construction, there's not much people stuff going on. No patients congregating in the hallways between therapies, not too many outside, since the weather's getting weird again, and not too much activity.

Overall, though, I'm pleased with the change. I like doing this work in the clinic because it is challenging. I am forced to grow, and to make contact with lots of people from lots of places every day.

Despite the fact that some of the work reminds me of being in sales again (the making the numbers part), I feel like I can make a difference: for those patients, as well as for my coworkers and the staff at our sister hospitals, too.

I may be a newbie, but I'm ready to go. I'll keep at it until we get everything done...and right!

Stay tuned...it's a thrill a minute here!

Still alive...

And kicking, but busier than I ever thought. Training for a new gig at the Hotel is interesting, especially with construction going on. One day, I'll get a space that's mine for a while.

Whatcha gonna do...I'm just gonna stay, alive and kicking. More to come, so enjoy!

An interesting equation

Full house + scheduled maintenance to rooms = pandemonium.

Why? Just when you thought a couple of people would go home, so you could use their rooms as the first place to start, they stay.

Ah, the joys of springtime construction abound at the Hotel. Before you know it, we'll be getting hard hats issued.

Stay tuned.