I Wonder...

I have been working a lot these past few weeks, or at least it seems that way, and I have been having some thoughts about what has been going on at work, and just in general.

I wonder...

Why it is that the weird patients are the ones who hit on the nurses...the patients who are married and priests or who are married priests.

Why it is that patients think that nurses "owe" them and that it is okay to them like garbage.

Why I tend to hurt myself at work. I hurt myself doing stupid stuff like getting my hand stuck between the door and the wall. Both were always there, but I manage to make an incident out it.

Why do I get stuck in the driveway a lot. I got stuck again today. Jazz doesn't like the snow and cold as much as I don't.

Why do I get stuck in the driveway when I don't have to work, but can get out just fine when I have to work and leave at 6 a.m.

Why do people think that you can turn around in a driveway (or the yard, rather) where it hasn't been plowed and the rest clearly has. Needless to say, the garbage man got stuck in my flower garden.

Why the dogs can sleep all day and night and I have trouble just sleeping six hours straight.

and lastly...I wonder why I don't live someplace warmer. :)

I donated my hair

Yeah for haircuts. My long hair was starting to get really annoying, but considering the weather, I was a little reluctant to cut it. Well, I finally did it today and there is another 12 inches on the way to Locks of Love. I have donated 24 inches so far and I just love doing it because when my hair is short, I want it long and when it is long, I want it short. I guess I'm never happy. The stylist was saying that usually people freak out when they cut that much off. I told her it's just hair, it will grow back. Here is a picture of the hair I donated and my new cropped hairdo:

Crazy, crazy week...

So, I have been working a lot lately. Linda (one of my preceptors) told me yesterday that whenever she works with me, it is crazy. Hehe, I told her that last week that it is crazy everytime I work. We didn't get to leave at 7:30 last night, we had to stay until 8:30 to help the next shift. Not fun, after working 12 hours, you want to leave.

Other than that, it has been dang cold here. This was the temp when I got in the car at 9:45 this morning:

That is cold. It was -11 this morning before I got up. (After getting home at 9:30 last night, I slept in a little.) The cold doesn't do good for my "achy breakies" as I call them. I had some serious pain this week, and luckily, it happened when I didn't have to work because otherwise, I don't know how I would make it through 12 hours of work.

I also was attacked by my cat this week. He is our "scared cat" who is afraid of everything. Well, the dog was barking at nothing and scared the cat who tried to springboard off my face and cut my lip. (Which is a feat since he only has back claws.) I thought I was going to have to go and get stitches because it would not stop bleeding. Luckily though, it stopped and I didn't have to get stitched. Crazy animals anyway.

Our kitchen water froze one day. Then the next day, mom was cooking dinner and needed to add more water to the pan and shattered the pyrex dish in the oven from the cold cold water. It was in pieces and our dinner was ruined. I just said, "I cannot wait for spring."

I have to work the weekend, which I really don't like, but what can you do? This will be the third weekend that I haven't been to church because of work and being ill. On February 2nd, I start on the night shift. 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. Hopefully, it will be better for me with my wacky sleep schedule.

On a lighter note, we're supposed to get 30 degree weather this week. Hurray!! That is almost above freezing. Who ever thought that I would be happy about 30 degrees. At least there is less of a chance that I will get stuck in the driveway.

Yep, that is my car stuck in some serious snow, and yes, I take pictures of everything. :) Photography is one of my favorite hobbies.

I hope that everyone stays safe and warm!!

Yeah for Friday!!!

This will be the first weekend that I have to work. The last few days that I have worked, it has been crazy insane. I explicitly remember asking my preceptor when the craziness will end. I will be on days until the end of the month and then I will be orienting on nights. I will be glad to go to nights because getting up at 5 a.m. has been a little hard on me.

It has been cold here...dang cold...and I am not liking it. I wish that it would just stay warm. Is that too much to ask? Or have a short winter. Not four to five months. I know that I should just move, but I would rather mother nature change than do that. :)

Other than that, I recently re-joined the gym now that I am working. It feels good to go and exercise. It's kinda funny because I've seen this paramedic there every time that I went and he is so nice. He always waves to me because we got to know each other during my stints in ER. I always wonder if he remembers that I backed into his new truck when I had my driving permit. Knocked the front bumper clean off. I never want to bring that up though because he is so nice.

Something happened to the layout on my blog, so I had to spend the day fixing it. Ugh. It is frustrating when things disappear!!

Anyway, I have to work 48 hours in the next 5 days, so I should get some rest.