New Job, Thanksgiving, shopping

I recently started a new job in the  ICU/Med/Surg department in a rural hospital.  When I first started there, I just wanted to pick up a few hours here and there, but due to being called off all the time at my other job, I decided to take a full time position there.  While orienting, I remembered how much I liked working in the ICU.  This new position has a set schedule, which will give me better control of my life and also allows me to attend church regularly.  I like all the people that I've worked with so far.  It was a difficult decision, but one that I am glad that I made.  I will technically be off orientation in the beginning of December.  I know I'm doing okay, it's just some of the ICU stuff that I will need help with when it comes up.  It has been five years since I have done ICU and I've forgotten a lot.

Thanksgiving went well.  My sister, Jamie and her children came over for dinner.  Our family met later at my grandparents for pie.  That is our usual get together.  It was nice seeing everyone and planning for our Christmas party.  (That always happens at Thanksgiving because we get together as a family on few occasions.)

My mom wanted to go to Black Friday sales at Wal*Mart on Thanksgiving night.  It was my mom, me, Jamie and her daughter Ilana.  It was Ilana's first time going shopping in that madness.  It was crazy!  Ilana and I never found what we were looking for.  I think my mom got everything she went for though.  Then, mom wanted to go to Menards on Friday morning.  Getting up at 4 a.m. for ANYTHING is difficult for me because I am used to being awake at night and don't have "normal" bedtimes.  Every year, I say I'm not going to do that again and every year, I do. 

Ilana waiting at Menards at 5 a.m.

Stupid phones

I got the new iPhone 4S awhile ago.  Having had an iPhone for two years, I didn't find the new one that exciting.  Don't get me wrong, I loved the iPhone.  I loved Siri.  It just wasn't enough to keep me interested. 

When I was shopping for new phones, I said that if HTC had a good phone with a front facing camera, I would get that one.  When we went to the AT&T store, the only one they had was the HTC Status.  I didn't want that phone.  It reminded me too much of a blackberry and having a phone with the focus on facebook seemed a little ridiculous to me.

So, I got another iPhone and wouldn't you know it, two weeks after I get it, HTC comes out with the Vivid.  I returned my iPhone (it hadn't been 30 days) and they tell me (after the fact) that I have to wait 72 hours before I can get a new phone.  My sister Jamie let me use her old iPhone 3G, but it was hard going back to that after having the 4S.  Needless to say, I learned a lesson and my survey comments earned me a call from the regional manager of AT&T.  I was impressed with that.

I like my Vivid and am learning new things about it everyday.  I was a little concerned about switching from iPhone to Android, but it is going well.