It’s Not Just Another Day
It’s my day OFF!!
Finally! I can say stuff like that again!
In case you’ve missed all my increasingly depressing and dreary postings in the last few months, I have been on a full time job search for a job of any time. And all my hard work has finally paid off. I didn’t want to jinx anything by declaring myself employed until I actually signed papers and got a start date. That would be yesterday. First day, all official like. Signed, payrolled, name-tagged, uniformed, bio-scanned, physicaled, TB’d, and scheduled up. I have today off and then I work all weekend and next week and so on and so on for as long as they let me. I have a full time schedule with full time pay and benefits in a place I consider to be pretty awesome so far. Everything I wanted and a little bit more. I’m sorry, ahead of time, but if you ask where or any other details, I have to say that I can’t answer. It’s policy not to broadcast anything over the internet, and I wouldn’t do it anyway. But know that it’s great and I am happy! When I see you in person, I’ll gush and gush, as you know I can! For now let’s just say I have a job and I can start paying back the cost of my education and then some.
That picture above is the first specific nurse related newspaper/journal/magazine that I have received as a new RN. I was pretty excited to see my name on it and to be included in the nursing community. It’s the small things. And it’s perfect for today! I wish the weather was a bit better but as long as there’s no snow I am happy with it. And, in case you were wondering, my BP issue is still happening but the work doc cleared me, and gave me some tips to help me keep it down. Turns out, I may have been sabotaging myself with all the water I was trying to drink. I will be asking my doctor today about that in addition to the low sodium diet. It’s very confusing and there are no clear answers. It’s good because I will be even more compassionate now for my patients who take BP meds, or anything really, and I will try just a little bit harder to explain how they work so they never have to feel confused or frustrated like I do. And I received a lot of training for these medication things! Just goes to prove that you really do learn something new every day!
Alright, I need to go get some new shoes I can walk in, hit the doctor’s office and then head over to the school to see what place my daughter gets in the science fair this year. Last year was a first place so the bar is high! I have pics of the project and it’s safe to put up now that the competition is over. More later!
just shy of pretty 
Lorraine said,
February 2, 2012 at 2:54 pm
Congratulations! Now you should do a cartwheel in celebration!
masnstevy said,
February 2, 2012 at 10:57 pm
According to my doc I should be doing lots of cartwheels! Well, maybe not cartwheels…don’t want all that blood rushing to my head! I’ll do a slow and controlled happy dance/walk/jog! Thanks for the congrats!
Amanda a.k.a The Greatest Sister of All time! said,
February 2, 2012 at 5:44 pm
Yay!!! Congrats!! So, like are you working EVERY weekend???
masnstevy said,
February 2, 2012 at 11:01 pm
Hecks No! Every OTHER weekend. But I am working this one. How about that huh? No job and now full time starting yesterday. And here’s the schedule… you’re working this weekend! I’m fine with it, better to jump in with both feet then sit around thinking about what it will be like. No time! Just go! Thanks sissy. But I still want my hair done. I’m hoping to scan in the pic so you can judge the color and get the stuff and then we will plan a day. I’m only off Monday and then I work all next week. Weird right? Ok thanks for the congrats!! Talk later!