Last day of work...

ok well its not my last day of work but my partn er in crime, Angela put her two weeks in and her last day was wednesday. I am back at work until 6am and am all alone. It was fun the past year and a half of working the crazy 12 hour shifts on saturday and sunday with her, we have made many little memories, (std system is down, burnt popcorn code 1!) I wish her the best of luck at ETMC and maybe someday soon I can switch out of this department too!

By the way she had surgery days before this pick on her gums so thats why she can't smile very big here. Get Well Soon!

mmm mmmm chocolate!

As my mom and I get done with lunch and a movie, I try to relax before I go in for work my 12 hour shift (really 13 with the time change). I am flipping through the channels and run upon the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders show on CMT. After watching a episode of that while im eating my HUGE symphony chocolate bar I decide I better get up and go get my but in shape. I just ran 2 days ago so I am still kinda sore from that, but I got up anyways and went running. On the show they have the Power Squad where they do 2 minutes of situps, 2 minutes of pushups and a 2 mile run. (my new goal) so I decided I would try to time myself and see how far off I am. I have asthema and it was not a very pretty site. I ran the 2 miles in 18 minutes and couldn't even get through 15 pushups! I've got alot of work to do! I know I am skinny but I am just trying to get toned and in shape. By the time I got done running I was so out of breath that I just fell down and this was what I saw...

Just one single cloud in the sky. I listen to christian music while I run; its inspiring to me, and the sky was so clear I wanted to stay lying on the ground for a while, it was so peaceful! Hopefully in 2 more days I can run again and in a month i'll get my time down.

Dinner

mom, dad, and papa jim came back today and I got a quick picture with papa jim before we left.

Happy Halloween!

Will let everyone in the restaurant dress up for halloween. He was the "punisher" and I had a baseball jersey on, just something small to dress up as. Not sure whats in store for tonight but more pics to come!

Yay! I got my camera!

So I got my camera charger in yesterday and I cant be more excited. Will not so much.... My camera has a bright red light then about 6 flashes, so I blind everyone with it.

Will and I hanging out last night.

The fire dept finally called me today and the shirts were in!!! After selling out 3 times in a week, I finally got my tshirt to help fight breast cancer! Here are a few pics.

The front...

The back of the T-shirt.

Ace of tests!

So I went in this morning to take another clericle test for a job on 4 Dawson in the hospital and as she was explaining it to me I realized I had already taken this test! I told her and she found it in her archives and I had Aced it! She printed off the scores and gave them to the recruiter, and all I have to do now is wait for a call.
I went to the fire department this morning and they still haven't gotten any more shirts in, they told me to try back this after noon or tomorrow. I am working this afternoon so I am hoping they will still have a small shirt tomorrow morning. =) I had another talk with my boss and she said she will try to get me off on thanksgiving, so thats exciting! I have found my classes to register for on monday, but i'm hoping that I figure out what job I'll have by then so I dont sign up for morning classes and end up getting hired for a morning job then have to try to switch my schedule around. Mom and dad made it through the night at the haunted hotel, that Uncle Kevin and Tyler set up! Suprisingly mom slept through the whole night and dad didn't sleep well at all.

Job Update, Happy 28th Anniversary Mom and Dad!

I never recieved a call for the SICU or Labor and Delivary job, but I did hear from Macy's. They offered me a position, but weren't willing to pay what I stated in the begining so I respectfully declined the offer. I got another call from the HR department at the hospital to take some more tests for a Clerical position on 4 Dawson (Medical), it is tomorrow at 11 a.m. My friend Angela that works with me on the weekend night shift got another job over at East Texas Medical Center as a PCA (Patient Care Associate). She wants me to apply over there as a PCA (I am certified as a CNA Certified Nurses Aid, which is the same as PCA) but I just am not sure yet. With her leaving, it leaves me to work alone, until a new hire gets trained. Which Angela has talked to HR and we are not supposed to work a 12 hour shift working 2 jobs (transportation dispatch and PBX) by ourselves. We answer phones to the main hospital, type in doctor consults, dispatch for transportation, page Dr.'s, page on-call employees, and Call codes which is our main priority over everything else. So we don't get lunches at all or breaks when we work by ourselves, so if we have to go to the bathroom and a code goes off, we get in trouble. My boss said she'd come in to help out on saturdays until 2 a.m. (which I work until 6pm to 6am) so that would leave me alone from 2 until 6. I let my boss know that saundays are twice as busy as saturdays and that if it was possible I could handle saturdays but would appreciate it if she came in on sundays instead. (oh by the way we do have on-call people for this department but Marianne who works the morning shift on the weekends her visa to work in the U.S. expired so the oncall person will be working that shift). My boss pretty much said that she will only be coming in on saturdays. Me and Angela have been having a lot of problems with my boss and have been talking to her supervisor since April about things going on in the department, nothing has changed and the past 3 months we have been looking for jobs like crazy. She finally found one, and I am still searching. So please wish me luck.

I have done well in school so far! I have another test this week but it shouldn't be too bad. Yesterday I finished disecting my pig. I think I got the runt of the pack. Registration starts next monday which I am very excited about! I still haven't recieved my camera charger from Uncle Pat. I am thinking I might have to buy a new one :/

My Parents are celebrating their 28th Anniversary! They are in Arkansas and are staying at a haunted house tonight! lol, they say that people who take pictures shows ghosts in the background. Yikes! I have been trying to get a Tshirt to help support breast cancer from the Fire Department, but they are sold out! I went last week, and they were sold out and told me to try back today so I went before work and all they had left were XL. So I am going to try back tomorrow. I am glad they are selling!
Not much else is going on so, just pray for me tomorrow about that job and Have a good rest of the week!

Update, Things are looking a little brighter!

Will gets back tonight! And I get off work in 3 hours! I have been helping Brandon with his college stuff, trying to get everything together (kind of like a presentation!) to help encourage him to start some classes in the spring. I am trying to get all of the information and will try to see if he will give me a little money out of each paycheck to put back for his school. I am hoping mom will be nice and bring me dinner at work tonight from chilies (since I got her lunch)! I am craving (a kids meal) a grilled cheese, corn on the cobb, and kids chocolate shake with extra sprinkles! YUM! Speaking of cravings, we just found out that my good friend Ryan and Lauren (who had there baby Hadley a few weeks ago) will soon have a nephew or neice. Amy (Ryan's sister) is pregnant and due in June! So Debbie (Ryan and Amy's mom) get there 2nd grandbaby in a year! Congrats Amys! (Sorry if I confused anyone)

I went and had to reapply today to UTT because I havent been there in a year. I went to kilgpre in the spring and am taking a class at TJC this fall. So I reapplied having to pay another 25 dollars. But now that that is done, class registration start Nov. 3 and I cant wait to get registered. Kind of makes me look foward to getting one step closer to graduating! WOOO WHOO! I cant wait.

I had a Meeting today with my boss at the hospital and it seemed to go well. She agreed with everything I said. Hopfully work gets better! Work.... well I got a call back yesterday from Macy's. I went into another interview today and it looks good! they are just checking to make sure they won't come into a conflict that I need sundays off. If all goes well he will call me tomorrow and let me know if I got it. Its just a second job. (which is nothing new to me, I like having something to occupy my time and nothing wrong with making a little extra money!) Oh and I found out today that at the hospital you can become a sitter, at which all you do is get paid time and a half to sit in patients room to make sure they dont pull IV's out (mostly suicidal patients or something where they cant have phones in there rooms) and if anything happens, you just have to get the nurse! and you pick your own hours! so I may pick up some of those shifts, time and a half sounds pretty good! We also got a letter in our box at work today stating that we get time and a half for working thanksgiving and christmas! =) not to bad I guess, even though im off on christmas. So everything seems like it is falling into place (well somewhat)

I just have to finish studying for my test that I have to take by Saturday, and do 5 discussion reply's that are very time consuming. Then study for a lab quiz, and study for the next test that is due by next Saturday, along with another discussion post, 5 more replys, and 2 quizes! Then I can rest for a week or 2! Can't wait.