Light Thoughts

I re-read my last post and.... boy, that might have been the nadir.  The low point.  The end of the line.  While it didn't exactly get better starting two months ago, we did start to hire nurses right around then.  And that little glimmer of hope was enough to see, both in my own actions and in the eyes of the nurses I supervise.  To date, we have two RNs and one LPN out of orientation with three more RNs in orientation.  That's enough to cut down the overtime by about half.   

There might be light at the end of this tunnel yet.  

Dark Thoughts

I'm feeling low.  Very low.  I knew that work was going to catch up as there's just no way to keep a smile on your face with everything exploding around you.  One step forward and two steps back?  Yeah.  For two years.  We're more than 'a few steps back' now.  I can't imagine seeing 'even' now, let alone see it on the horizon.  This is going to be life for the foreseeable future.... and dear Goddess, I don't know if I can take it. 

Update February 13, 2022

A good friend reached out on Discord to say hey and see how I was doing.   She mentioned reading my 'Work and Nursing' post and that inspired me to go back and read it as that must have been months ago.  Nope.  7 weeks.  Work had come to dominate my life.  My daily and weekly routines are so far off that I sometimes don't know what day it is until I look at a calendar.  You'll probably see that as a pattern in this update.  

2021 wasn't any better

I guess 2021 was better than 2020, but we're not talking about major differences here.  2021 sucked.  2020 just sucked a little more.  

Work and Nursing

This isn't going to be easy to write.  When I generally go down a path like this, looking at options of how the near future of my life will go, I tend to make a change.  And I'm not sure I want to make a change.  

Update December 25, 2021

It's been awhile for an update.  While that would normally mean a longer post, I think this will be short and just hit the updates.  If I want to write more, I can always add it in a later post.  Here we go!  

By the way, before I get this started,  I actually wrote the above words on November 28th, 2021.  I only got a couple paragraphs in so the post can still move forward (it's jus an update and now I need to update an extra month worth), but I still find it frightening just how busy I've become.  

Vacation Adventure

I don't normally want to make a full post of vacations unless something special happens.  Vacations are time to relax and forget the world.  That's what I expected on this one, but three big things are worth noting.  1) Tiffany is a fine fine ride!  2) Being stuck on the side of the road for 20 hours sucks SO bad.  3) I told my friends about my queerness.  Let's get into it.  

Drug Costs

 I got this random email the other day from my pharmacy.  I use a mail pharmacy so that I don't actually have to go and get my drugs from a physical location each month.  It helps that they deliver meds in 3 month supplies.  Anyway, I got an email from them that directed me to look at my claim details.  I've always been a little curious as to what things 'cost' medically.  OH MY FUCKING GOD!!!!

Tiffany - Reviewed

 I've been holding off on giving a review of Tiffany, and this past week I think I figured out why.  A Nautilus can't hold a candle to a Mustang.  

Update September 12, 2021

I expect there will be less posting overall.  Lemme explain why.