Friday, March 30, 2007
YAY!! I love Google!
Someone new found my blog last night googling Camp Hoover songs!
The scary part is, it sounds like it's possible we actually both went at the same time. How weird would it have been if we were even in the same unit?
During my tenure at Hoover I did time in Cedar Ridge, Birch Hollow, Maple Glen, Oak Knoll AND Middles.
I hope she comes back to visit here and we can figure out if it was the same era! I believe I still have my unit pictures up in my mom's attic. Maybe I'll ask my sis to hunt them down and scan them and email them to me. Then again, that could be scary!! I do have some of the snapshots I took here. If I get inspired maybe Ill scan some of those...
Anyway, for my fellow Camp Hoover alumna, these songs are dedicated to her...
Maple Glen
"We'll sing for you so you know who we are, UNIT MAPLE GLEN! The girls in this unit are better by far UNIT MAPLE GLEN! Our Goals are high our spirits are strong for Maple Glen we'll sing out long, we'll sing out loud, we'll sing out strong, VIVA LA MAPLE GLEN! We're great but no one knows it no one knows it so far, some day they'll realize how wonderful we are, they'll look at us and smile at us and then they'll shout HURRAY! We're great but no one knows it but they will some day! YAY MAPLE GLEN!"
Oak Knoll:
"Oak Knoll unit's number one, first in friendship, first in fun. Each morning at dawning we start a new day, together, forever, happiness is here to stay. And everyone knows we're the best, out to conquer all the rest. So give three cheers and sing out loud cuz Oak Knoll girls are mighty proud! HEY HEY HEY!"
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Fini!
Puzzle #2, The Others.... this was hell. But it's done, YAY ME!
Sunday, March 25, 2007
To sleep...perchance to dream...
So last night I was having a dream that didn't suck. Actually, it had potential to be fun. No, it wasn't that exciting, but I was at the Police concert. Except it hadn't started yet. I was in the lobby of the place. And getting ready to go in...
And then I woke up. Wide awake. For no reason. There was no noise, it wasn't morning, I didn't have to pee, I was just awake. It was almost like when you wake up out of a nightmare wide awake and can't fall back.
I was SO bummed! I really want to go to this concert, and since I have no tickets, and no job, this was the only way I could go! I was the HUGEST Police fan back in high school. The inside of my locker was adorned with pictures! And then they had to go and break up before I was allowed to go to concerts. And I REALLY wanted to see them last night in my dream. I can almost hear Sting saying "Stay out of your seats!" (ok, I could hear it if I wanted to since that's how he opens another live song I have)
But it wasn't to be. I could not fall back asleep for a while, and when I did, it was not that dream. Or if it was, I have no memory of it :(
Maybe tonight there will be an encore performance and I can actually make it? I'm off to bed now to find out, wish me luck!
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Bliss
That would be the emotion du jour.
We are outside on the porch with the most beautiful day after an amazing massage and a super yummy lunch. I ran my errands before coming home and forgot nothing. I also found a super cute pink tshirt with a claddagh on it for $3.50.
I finished the latest Shopaholic book (predictable, yet cute) and have a kitty sleeping next to me on the hammock.
I was looking at his face and realized that the best word to describe the look on his face was bliss.
And then I realized it pretty much also describes my mood.
It's nice for a change :)
Friday, March 23, 2007
Living a life of leisure...
...or wallowing in self pity. Not sure which, but I'm definitely doing one of those.
I alluded to some stuff going on that was preoccupying me, well it's come to fruition. I am now unemployed.
If you've followed along the whole time you know that I had been on light duty for over a year from an injury I sustained last February.
Work wasn't happy with me being light duty for so long. In my rational mind, I can understand this. Of course my emotions tell me that it's bullshit that they treated me like they did. Either way, the situation sucked.
And now we decided that I should take a severance package and resign. It sucks. Mostly. But then there is the perk that I don't have to go to that hostile atmosphere anymore, that's gotta be good for my mental health. Also, I now have the opportunity to actually rest and heal. Hopefully.
I have a bit of time before I have to worry about what to do next. Ok, that's not quite true, I'm already worried, but I'm ignoring it for now.
The last 2 weeks I have spent most of the time wallowing. I've gotten pretty good at it.
Week one my ass barely moved from in front of the TV in the living room. I played hours upon hours of online spades with my sister. (we rock, btw!)
Week two I moved my spare TV from my office into my bedroom. I have spent most of this week in my bed wallowing watching "primetime in the daytime" and playing sudoku for hours.
My cats are unbelievably happy with this turn of events.
I have started to refer to Ringo as my "fur tumor" because he has become like a growth protruding from me.
I confess that I am starting to get a wee bit antsy with the wallowing though. Not enough to actually do much more yet, but I think it's coming. Hell, I finally had it in me to update here. I am going to color my hair later because I am actually leaving the house tomorrow. I have a massage appointment I scheduled a few weeks ago when I was having a stiff neck. Since I go to the massage school I cant quite get appointments as quickly as I'd like, particularly when it's the middle of spring break, but I decided to take the first available even though it was so far off. Neck is no longer stiff, but I think I still deserve a little stress relief.
I did leave the house last weekend too. I didn't want to. I really didn't, but a sense of obligation forced me to. And I am surprised to admit that I am glad I did. I think I mentioned before that I'm on a board for a local sorority house, and we had interviews last weekend for a new house mom. I thought about just letting the rest of the board take care of it, but something made me still go. (I confess it's likely that it's my sense of curiosity and not wanting to be out of the loop more than obligation, but who knows?) Anyway, it was good that I went. Not just because there were really good brownies there either. I do think that I can get stuck in the wallowing/hermit thing and it was nice to share my stress with some friends who were pretty supportive. Ok, so only one of them has bothered to check in with me (Hi Sherry!) but she's the one I like the best anyway. I do think thought that if I called any of the others with a meltdown that they would listen, so Ill give them a little credit. And they did send me home with a bunch of the brownies, so that's good too.
Anyway, there's my pitiful update. And now I think I'm going to watch some more TV and play a few more games of Sudoku and wallow a bit. Ill try and be better about coming here though.
I hope all has been much better with everyone else out there.
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Are you memorable?
I apparently am not.
It amazes me how many people don't remember me.
Just this week 4 people who I have met many times before introduced themselves to me. I have worked at this hospital for almost 2 years and many many times we used the Radiology nurses to come down and start ports. This week I was up in Vascular/Interventional Radiology helping out, and one of them introduced herself to me. I dont know if it's because I wasnt where she had seen me before that it threw her off, but she wasnt where Id seen her and yet I knew her.
The one Tech in VIR who Ive met numerous times introduced himself too.
And one of the radiologists.
Ill cut the rad some slack because he doesnt do Nuclear, and Ive only met him when I was talking to our rad and he reading next to him.
But still. This happens to me often. People who Ive met have no clue who I am.
I wonder what makes me so forgettable, and if this is a good thing. I think it's not bad. At least Im not memorable for scary reasons. And Id like to think that if I was actually trying to make an impression I do.
The people who win on Survivor are often the ones who fly under the radar, so maybe I'd kick some butt on there too! Of course I wouldnt eat bugs or snouts and Id get voted off right after that challenge so maybe not...
Some people do remember me though, and those mean much more I think. Ive had patients who I see again who I honestly dont remember from before, but they are happy to see me. They tell me how good I was to them the last time, how safe I made them feel, or that they really felt like I cared about them. That's why I went into healthcare. For making a difference to people like that. Being sick or in the hospital is scary enough, and I think that we, in healthcare, lose touch with what it's like to be on the other side. It's work to us, we care, but not really. If someone has a bad result to their test, we feel for them at the time, but it doesnt affect our lives. If it's a normal result, that sticks with us even less, but those are the ones that often mean the most to the patient.
I do care, dont get me wrong. I think of some patients who I saw 3 years ago and wonder how they are doing. I cant remember their names though, they are "that woman with the kidney problem" or "that young mom with breast cancer", or "that woman with the disgusting feet". But I hope all of them are doing well. And I hope that if I see them again, that they would remember me as "that girl who treated me so well".
The others who dont remember me- well, I buy generic stff, I guess I can identify with it because clearly, Im pretty generic myself. And I'm ok with that.
Saturday, March 03, 2007
Firefox?
I just downloaded and am trying Firefox for the first time and I'm ever so confuzzled.
My blog looks SO MUCH different! I had issues with the font size randomly changing before, and I thought it was a blogger issue, but apparently it's an IE issue? So now it looks stupid in Firefox since I changed the fonts to look right in IE. I don't know what to do now! Which should I make it look normal in?
Also, it's squished into the middle in Firefox, and there is A L L T H I S S P A C E on either side, which seems stupid. Id like to have it stretched out, but I'm not savvy enough to do that.
I suppose I could go buy HTML for dummies or something like that...
I just don't know what to do about it looking so different in the two different browsers.
Anyone else out there have a clue or solution?
Thursday, March 01, 2007
I am a slacker
I know. Ive posted stuff in my mind, but then I just havent had the energy to come here and do it for real.
Im in a bit of a funk.
There's some stuff going on that I dont want to share with the interweb/blogosphere, and since that's what's been preoccupying my mind, it's kept me from having much else to say.
And I'm tired. Very very tired.
I know that goes with the funk. But it also goes with the not sleeping well because of the other stuff. And the fact that Lost is now on at 10pm. I complained but who knows if they'll listen. Ive joined the Touchstone Advisory Panel, and I put it on there, so maybe they actually will. But it's doubtful.
Anyway, you too should join, and while youre there, mention that Lost should be back on earlier so I can get a good night's sleep :)
Im dreading daylight savings, that messes with me bigtime. That week is also Narcolepsy Awareness week. Currently Isaiah Washington is the spokesperson, but I wonder if since his reputation isnt quite what it should be lately if they'll let him go. The website hasnt been updated in 2007 so I guess it's too soon to tell.
Ok Im going to hit post now because this is way disconnected not only because of how Im feeling, but also because Im at work and I keep getting interrupted. :)