The past week was so very tiring! We had Monday off and pretty much spent the day at the beach with some friends. I was proud that I didn't get burnt. I put lotion on frequently. Jimmy did get burnt though. He seems to think he only needs lotion on his upper body... so he burnt his legs and feet pretty good. We had a lot of fun, though. In the evening we had my parents, sister and Derek over for dinner. We made bar-b-q cheeseburgers, had Publix potato salad and my mom made coleslaw. Then we watched Batman Begins but I fell asleep and ended up moving to our bedroom. The beach always takes a lot out of me.
There is drama going on in Jacksonville right now with budget cuts for our police department. The budget committee is trying to implement a 3% cut across the board and it will cause 94 community service officers to lose their jobs (including our good friend Tommy whose wife, if you remember, is expecting their second child in January! They just found out they are having a boy this week but find it hard to be excited when they are about to have no source of income). As you can guess, this will also affect the hiring of any additional police officers... therefor all this trouble Jimmy has been through to get into the police academy might have been for nothing. But I am not going to stress about it... things always seem to work out.
So, my new job... is amazing! I love it. I had orientation on Tuesday which was just the main orientation for the hospital to go over policies and procedures, parking, security, etc. etc. (it lasted from 8:00 to 4:00! Yikes! At least they provided lunch and we get paid 8 hours) and then scheduled to work Wednesday 11:30-5:00, Thursday 8:30-5:00 and Friday 8:30-5:00. So on Wednesday I reported to my unit... I was very pleased to discover that they decided to put me in the brand new renovated Breast Health Center on the first floor. It is sooo beautiful there, and it's all women. They basically only do mammograms, breast ultrasounds and bone density testing. I work at the front desk checking patients in and then I call them back, provide them gowns and then explain to have gown open in front and put their belongings in the lockers provided and take the key. It's a really fun job and I love the patient interaction. I also love the people I work with. They are all sooo nice! I pretty much trained for one day and they were so surprised with how fast I caught on with their programs and paperwork that I was on my own, at my own check-in station, the rest of the week!
School is going well. We start clinical this coming Thursday. Should be interesting. I hope I get to see a birth, but at the same time I hope I don't pass out or become so horrified that I decide I don't want to have a baby, lol.
Until next time...
