Who'da thunk it...

I actually made a freakin' A in my stats course!!!! 'Nuf said :D

Long time no see....

Yeah...so you know what they say about the best intentions. My intention was to blog daily if at all possible. I think you've probably realized (if you're at all visiting this thing somewhat regularly) that I am definitely NOT blogging daily :)

So...what's new you say? Well, that dreaded Stats course is drawing to a close (thank goodness!) and my final exam is due on Monday. I'll be glad to be done with this math madness. There's a perfectly good reason why I could never be an engineer or scientist or anything that involved using complicated math on a daily basis. That's because my brain just doesn't process numbers. This is something I've come to realize in taking this course. I sucked at Stats in highschool and that is something that hasn't changed in 15 years!

Otherwise, work is going well. There are the usual ups and downs. I think I'll stay off this particular topic as it's a bit of a sore spot right now. Besides that life is good....I have my health, am gainfully employed, (mostly) enjoy my work, my husband is wonderful, the weather is beautiful and there's nothing that I could possibly complain about. Nope. Nothing at all :)

Life is (still) good.

Catching up...

Hi all! How's it going out there in the rest of the world? My little part of the world hasn't changed much :) Still working too much and not doing much recreationally. I think I need to fix that part.

Still working on getting through my stats course. Only a couple more weeks then I'll be done (hopefully with an A but we'll see how that goes!). Got signed up for a bunch of work-related courses so April and May has me working less but still doing lots of work-related stuff.

Bead-wise? That's virtually non-existent. I keep saying I'm going to get back to the torch and it turns out there's never enough time or I just don't have enough energy. Sad really. Some days I feel like I wouldn't even know how to light the torch I've been away so long!

Big plans for tomorrow. A group of people from work are all getting together for a fun lunch and I think it's going to be great. Imagine 20 crazy ER folks, mowing down on yummy Italian food - family style - and just shooting the sh*t. It's going to be great!

Best thing about tomorrow? I won't be at work (and I'm scheduled for a massage!)

Seeya :)

Straight talker....

Yeah...so I haven't had much to say lately...no...that's not entirely true. I always have something to say and many times it's probably not what you're going to want to hear. This is especially true for the ER patient who really doesn't need to be in the ER.

My problem, I've come to realize, is that I'm a straight talker. I don't mess around. Don't beat around the bush. I just tell it like it is. I have a sarcastic sense of humor that I've discovered doesn't go over really well in the ER.

For example. Dude walks into the ER and says he's been bitten by a snake. Don't know what he told the triage RN but from what I can gather apparently he's some big naturalist...knows all about snakes and whatnot....but can't tell me what kind of snake bit him. Spent 1/2 hour chasing said snake before he decided he was feeling woozy and should mosey over to the ER. I walk into the room expecting the worst, ready for some huge swollen, red, painful, necrotic something or other. Nope. Can't even see the freakin' puncture wounds. No swelling. No pain. No nothing.

Dude says..."so if it was a poisonous snake I should be feeling something already, right?" Here's where I got in trouble....(inject sarcastic wit). "Sir, I don't know much about snakes but I imagine that if it were a truly venomous snake you'd probably be dead by now".

Yeah....didn't go over too well. Apparently you should all pity me because I don't have any feeling left in me to offer some sympathy to my patients. Actually, I do. I offer sympathy to those who truly deserve it. Not someone who comes to the ER and makes a huge fuss, spends 1/2 hour on the public phone retelling the story (which, by the way, became one where the snake had fangs 1/2" long and caused him to gush blood all over!) to anyone who cares to pick up his call, who then REFUSES all treatment and signs himself out AMA.

Yes. You may call me jaded. For good reason you think? Just another day in the ER.

Quick catch up...

Well, if I'm not wrong it's been about a month since I last had anything to say. That's pretty sad I think. It's not that I don't have anything to say but just that once I get started it might not be so easy to stop me.

There's always the same-old, same-old going on at work. We're understaffed and seeing twice as many patients as the hospital has capacity for. It's been pretty crazy as of late - most days we're just holding people until they can get a bed and, of course, if they aren't leaving the ER we're not able to get new people in. You can bet your booty that our customer service scores are going to be in the dump this reporting period. Sigh.

With all of the time I'm spending at work I'm falling further and further behind on the creative stuff. The studio is 75% up and running. I can use it fully but it still needs the final finishing touches. My sincerest apologies to all of you who are waiting on goodies from me. I promise I haven't forgotten about you and that they will be coming.

Then there's the spectre of stats that constantly looms over me. The constant running to keep up with assignments and tests is wearing. Luckily I think we're about 1/2 way through. Just gotta stick it out another 2 months and then I'll be done. I can't wait for that day!

So, not much that's exciting from me. Just wanted to stop by to say "HI" and hope that you're all having more fun than I am (not that it would be all that difficult!!). Check back for more on my upcoming trip in September. I'm taking a month off and not even going to feel guilty about it. I'll try to share my planning and thoughts about the trip as much as I can :)

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Nothing much new...

Yeah....I'm up to my eyeballs in stats homework. Who knew that regression and correlation could be so mind numbing. Sigh. Only 3 more months of torture left.

The best thing to have happened in the last day or so is I finally went for a massage. A full 1 hour- pamper-myself-I never-want-to-leave-massage. I think I will most likely take them up on the monthly membership. Yeah....it may be impossible for me to make the most of a gym membership but who wouldn't want a massage membership????

The bead closet is up and running as barebones. The walls and floor are definitely not finished but at least I can work in there which is good because I'm seriously behind on some glass melting.

I would tell you about work but it's been a b*tchass couple of weeks so let's just not go there. Here's to you all enjoying your weekend! I know I'm going to celebrate these days off :)

Go Patriots Go!!!......or not...

Sigh. It would have been too good to be true if the Pats would have actually won tonight. Gotta hand it to the Giants though....they brought GAME!!

The team that showed up tonight deserved to win.

Now...on to Spygate.