What a day!

I do enjoy my job. I get a lot of satisfaction from helping my patients and talking with their families. But days like today really drain me and I just don't have much left. Today was my first day with difficult patients-called docs and put in all kinds of orders. I gave plasma today...it's hard to talk about everything without violating HIPAA so I'll leave it at that. I had one patient with BP issues and another with respiratory issues. It was a crazy day.

I didn't eat breakfast, then no lunch til 1430 and tried to squeeze a very quick dinner in around 2000. I'm so glad tomorrow is my day off. I did call and schedule a dr appt for myself though because this cold is lingering around and my ears were so plugged up today that it was really hard to get a manual BP. Of course, two hours later my ears popped and no problem. If I wake up in the morning and my ears are ok, I might skip the appt. I should probably send Eric instead and see if he really does have pneumonia. LOL!

The snow has been ridiculous around here! I'm glad I don't live on the East Coast...but almost 2 feet of snow is more than enough to justify complaining. I guess we have more coming but I've heard conflicting reports on the amount. My days off have been ruined by snow days for the last week and I really need to get caught up on sleep and housework in a big way. Since the roads are clear, those kids are going to school! I wanted to sleep in until 10 but my appt is scheduled at 1010 in Kettering so I better be up before that I guess.

Eric's dad was supposed to head home from Florida today and be home on Sunday but Eric thought we should be nice and watch the dogs for another week so Papa could stay and avoid the snow. I'm so ready for these dogs to go home; it's been a month now and it's just too much. I can't believe how much two little dogs can upset the normalcy of our house. But our house is small and we're still getting used to Hank and getting Hank used to going us and getting house broken. We've gone through three big bags of dog food in the last month and tons of dog treats. I've lost pictures, a little stool that Eric got me in Texas, socks, shoes, carpet, blinds and a few of the kids' toys since the dogs have been here. So over it! Oh...my in-laws are buying a winter home in Florida, which means that if we want to we can vacation there in the summer. That might make up for this mess! hahaha!

Well, at 0130 I think I better get myself to bed. Just had to get some of this out so I could sleep. That's the worst part of working til 2330, no one to talk to on the way home or when I get home. I love the shift otherwise...especially the 10% shift diff from 1500-end of shift. I work this wknd so that's a 15% shift diff and I really like that. :o)