Kmart sucks...or at least Walmart does
Ok, so I have my furnace fixed....yay me! The stupid motor blew. Turns out that our warranty expired in October......of course. But after a very very very very cold 24 hours and a million phone calls, we found someone who could replace the motor, and only charge us for the "consultation" visit. Woo hoo:) I guess that -34 with the windchill may have helped us out ....sympathy weather you know. Oh man...what a time for your furnace to break......and your warranty expired one month ago....and it's freezing outside.....let me see what I can do.
On another note...with all this cold and snow, I figured it would be a good idea to buy some winter boots. I can't seem to find the ones I had last year (which also sucked, by the way), and though I have been wearing my mom's....they suck too. Your feet freeze when it's +2 outside. So anywho, I bit the bullet and took a drive. I needed some random toiletries from Walmart anyways, so I decided to try their shoe department to see what they had...........nothing. But that didn't matter to the rush of shoppers. People nowadays have no manners. It's terrible. Pushing and shoving, people were trying to pay for their hastily selected items by jumping into lines that didn't exist, yell at overexcited kids for talking about what Santa is bringing them for Christmas, trying to pay with personal cheques, and complain when hearing that Walmart doesn't accept cheques anymore. A senior citizen cut in front of me into the 15 items or less line...with her cart full of stuff....and preceded to tell a mother with a 4 year old (who had waaaay too much sugar) that because she was a senior, she should be allowed to pay for her cart first.
I almost decided to order all my Christmas presents online next year.....and give them out in July. It's not worth fighting with stupid people anymore.
But whatever. That's my rant on people who suck. After the fiasco at Walmart, I decided to try other places for shoes. Payless sucks. The Shoe Warehouse sucks. The Shoe Company sucks. Aldo outlet sucks. Mark's Work Warehouse sucks. I think I exhausted all my possibilities for the day. I also think that my opinion of said stores was influenced by the people who are shopping today. Cuz they suck. That is my cue to not spend money. It's a good thing I don't have to work until Thursday night....that gives me a few days to go shopping for winter boots again.
At least my house is warm.....
a little cold part deux
It's a good thing I got my back door replaced.
My furnace is now broken.
Stupid everything.
a little cold...
thanks to mother nature's big dump of snow the last few days, I have been forced to clean off 10 Rav 4s. I am currently wearing a wool skirt and knee high boots, however with the wind, my nether regions are frozen. Someone remind me that wind plus cold equals either nylons, pants or a combination of both.
scalpel......
I went to work today and found out I was on cesarean section duty. I said duty hahaha....
Anywho...so because it has been a couple of weeks since I started my OR training, I had the opportunity to scrub in today.
I was kinda scared, and pretty nervous. I was supposed to wait for my clinical educator to scrub in with me.......but the old educator happened to be working today, so I scrubbed in with her instead. I think I did alright...it wasn't as scary as I thought it would be, but it will definitely take me a little while to feel comfortable. It's anticipating what the doctor needs that takes practice. I know what the instruments are. I know pretty much when I will have to hand them off. I know what my role of scrub nurse is. I know how to set up my table.
I can't read minds however.....though it may seem like I can sometimes. The doctors were pretty good with me today...they knew I was a newbie. We have great team work, so communication between patient, nurse, and doctor isn't as terrible as some places I've been...
*cough* ALEX *cough*
Oops...was that my outside voice???? oh well.
Anywho, after cesarean section #6 (in 8 hours), I am exhausted. So now I must go sleep. Before I do.....happy American Thanksgiving:):):)
Firewall flamed
So I have found the only place at the dealership that allows more than the "approved" websites to come up without angry messages. So now that I have internet access... Yay!
I've been selling more cars. It makes me busy, and I get paid. I don't know if I'm complaining. I don't know if I'm happy either. I'm confused.
According to Cosmo, THE authority on all things, 22% of office romances lead to marriage. I'm batting 0 for 3 right now, and it looks as if number 4 is in the works. I basically went up to him and asked him, "So what's the deal with you, you want to date me or what?" That's it. no games. He wants to make sure that the thing with me and JC is over. I think it was over months ago, but what do I know, eh? The guy wants a relationship, just not with him... Issues I tells ya.
If I keep dating around the dealership, maybe once I'll get it right?
By the ways, if you refer anyone to me and they buy a car (new or used) you get $100 referral fee. Christmas money could be nice.
who am I? insert spiderman joke here
I finally have a new door.
It took a lot of effort and trips to Rona....and it is worth it. My door can actually close in the winter! And it makes my kitchen look a hundred times bigger! Mind you, there are no curtains yet, that will probably make a difference. But it's new :):)
It's not the most exciting news, but it has been a long time since we have had something new for our house. And the lock works too! So yeah and stuff. It has been one very very long week....despite the fact that I haven't been working as often. My new position starts tomorrow night, so we'll see how that goes. I went to a workshop yesterday for "professional development" (yay for counting this on my continuing competencies for my license!). It was a Colours workshop where you would answer a bunch of questions to determine which of the four "colours" your personality fits into. You'll never guess what colour I am...... BLUE hahahahahahaha never saw that one coming. Well, actually I'm blue-orange which basically means that my intuitive touchy-feely sensitive blue is influenced a lot by my spontaneous easy-going fun loving orange. There was a lot of pondering and soul searching done....as well as a lot of laughs, but here is an example of the types of questions I had to answer:http://www.truecolorscareer.com/quiz.aspIt doesn't give the whole picture of course. But it really helps to figure out how a team works together despite conflicting personalities. By the way, you may take the quiz and get gold (you like organization, structure, and responsibility) or green (you are logical, rational, innovative, and value intellect). You will have every colour within your personality to some degree. What's your inner colour???
Stupid
We were supposed to get our new patio door installed today. Remember my broken door? Rona was supposed to deliver our new door yesterday for installation today.
Rona is stupid.
Apparently their delivery guy "quit" and so everything is pushed back until Thursday. My mom had to schedule yesterday, today, and Thursday off from work in order to be here for the door. Now she is short three shifts...and that's a lot of money for my family. Rona said they would pay us $40 for compensation. The door cost us over $1000. And it was supposed to be here in August. You do the math.
Update: PRi is alive!
We interrupt you from your irregularly scheduled program to bring you this breaking news: PRi is alive! Reports have leaked the possibility of not alive but spokespersons of PRi have revealed that that indeed, PRi is alive. She has simply taken leave of social interactions of all kinds: work, due to a sprained knee and WCB, boyfriend, due to the fact that he was treating me like crap, blog, due to lazyness.
Now that I am back, I would like to share a photo with you.
Who am I kidding? I couldn't betray my husband... By the way, I want a divorce
Nobody appreciates them as much as you do, Fiz... I mean.... in your dreams! I mean, I want a divorce. I mean, Your Mom!
Anyways, I return you to your irregularly scheduled program
Time flies when you are indifferent
Lately I have decided I have the right to be lazy. Not forever, but at least for a couple of days. I have worked hard and I think I deserve it. I spent my weekend doing nothing but yelling at NHL referees, sleeping on my couch, trying to decide which of my books I will have to start reading again for nights (I'm back to the beginning of my list), and reading said book. Mind you, I have done some productive things as well......helping Devin with his English homework, helping PRi feel better, and study some more for my OR orientation.
Oh, and I have been trying to budget my money now that I have a job for six months. Kinda hard to budget when you only know you are working part time for a few months. Doesn't help when you need to plan something yearly. But whatever. I have decided that it just doesn't matter right now. Not that I am breaking my budget, but I don't have the energy to worry about things like that. Maybe later. Right now, I am happy to spend the morning in my pj's biding my time until I have to go to work. I am working evening shifts this week, and it feels strange.....I haven't worked an evening since..............?????
But whatever. I am enjoying the silence of my house....with occasional and random barking. No heart monitors, no blood pressure cuffs, no cautery sounds, no teaching, no phones ringing, no orders, and no babies. Don't get me wrong...I love babies crying while I'm at work. To hear them cry makes me happy as a nurse. I suppose it will be different whenever I have kids of my own. But I am not thinking about that today. Today is reserved for "what's for lunch" and letting Bear outside to pee.
So yeah and stuff. For being indifferent, I sure had a lot to say. Not too exciting, but I said it nonetheless. Oh well.
I wonder what's for lunch....
Yay me!
I got a job:):) Did I tell you I applied for eleventy billion positions at work?? I was encouraged to apply by my manager. Turns out I am the successful applicant for a temporary part-time position.....huzzah:)
I don't work Christmas (but that means working New Years....meh) and I don't have to worry about rescheduling shifts for Vegas.
I was also involved in an emergency c-section today....made me question everything I was ever taught in nursing. The OR is scary sometimes. I just hope that I will have time to unwind this weekend......I scrub in on Monday (scalpel please...) and I don't feel ready. I guess I won't until I just get my hands in there........
Not literally of course...
