Well, in 12 hours I will be on my way to Ocala for a scrapbook weekend. It is a weekend of just using a time away from distractions to work on and complete your scrapbooks. Last year I completed 26 pages. I hope to complete a lot this year. This year will not be the same with Major Parker there. Patty Parker had her life cut short by complications from the flu. She was only in her mid forties. She will be greatly missed this year.
Well, it has been a few months since I last wrote. Things have been extremely busy. Christmas, vacation to Dad's in North Carolina, my shoulder, work & now a new weight loss program.
**** Christmas was nice. New years the same as always, spent alone with the puppies.
**** North Carolina trip. It was nice see my dad & all the family, but is was also upseting. My grandparents are being robbed by 2 of their own children. My uncle Edwin & his son are live with them rent free and not helping clean up. Their house was almost unlivable. Then my aunt Evelyn is pretty much living off grandma & grandpa's life savings. She does not have a job, will not get a job & is totally content on sitting her big butt on the couch allowing her butt just get bigger. And the worst is she is send her middle child Maria down her same path. Evelyn just like her brother does not help grandma & grandpa with household chores. My grandparents are not is good health to do it all for them. My grandmother spends her days still working 5-6 days a week at the library working & the rest of the time in bed because her legs bother her so much. I feel like calling the house dept to turn them in so they will get help. On top of that my stepmother is continually pressuring me for grandchildren. I am not ready for children because I have not found Mr. Right yet.
**** Work is the same old pain in the neck. Not enough people, too many things to do.
**** My shoulder. I am still having a lot of shoulder pain. Therapy was stopped because they only allow 10 sessions at a time. They tired a cortisone injection which sent me to the ER with chest pain for 4 days. Which is leading to me changing primary care physicians because she says it was a panic attack. She also said my last asthma attack was a panic attack.
**** New weight loss program. Well I started a program called Inches-a-Weigh on Febuary 14th and after completing 3 weeks I have lost of 4 pounds. I go on monday March 22nd to be weighed & measured. The ladies are nice, really supportive and we have fun. I will keep you posted on my progress.. 43.5 pounds to go... :-)
Cody & I.V. Grace are in obedience classes. Cody is doing great. I.V. Grace misses Cody too much & wants to come home to him. She is learning but still misses him.
The hole dug my management is getting deeper and deeper. They supervisors don't seem to realize that they are causing a lot of turmoil with the staff members. They are constantly pawning off stuff on others when it should be handled by them. If it is a lab error then the lab supervisor should handle it to the end. If there is an irate patient the office manager should handle it. She should not just disappear. The lab supervisor should run the lab manifests herself to sure there is not a problem, NOT dish it out to someone else then run out the door. If a member of management wants respect then they need to show respect to the employees. Do not treat them like 2 yr olds and expect them not to throw tempertantrumes. Show them what they are doing wrong before rubbing their nose in their mistake. Show & teach them don't humiliate them.
Well, tomorrow is Monday and I'm not looking forward to going in because work is getting stressful. Lay offs have started at work. They have layed of a Nurse and MA and they have eliminated a position and moved her into a MA position. Which is no the greatest because this means another person who has NO Medical background in the back. I can understand why they are getting rid of Connie. She was making way to many mistakes. She is a very hard worker but she does not learn from her mistakes. She wants to go to nursing school but I feel that she has too much of tunnel vision to make a productive nurse. She is probably end up as a nurse who will work in a nursing home. Com on the other hand, she is hard working. I think she fell victim because she has missed so many days because of her children. Cam has been walked all over by her dramatic girls. Cam needs to put her foot down and tell her 2 girls that are out of her house they need to start taking care of themselves. This jobs is getting worrisome. We have staff members who are working with patients who have no formal medical training, even first aid or CPR. It just amazes me that the office can get away with it. Our supervisor is a waste of a paycheck. You can never find her, she never handles problems, if you bring up any type of situations you will be ignored until she finds someone else to be made at, and never adresses problems that are serious. She has tunnel vision that is totally distorted. If only I could find a job that pays as much as I am making now I would leave. Come on Lotto...
Well, I have finnally posted the newest pictures of the kids. Cody is the little guys and I.V. Grace is my little girl with the black ear. We were totally suprised that they sat still through the whole picture taking process. I thought I would post them so the would could see how cute they are..
Well, I just completed a the Management Survey we were all asked to do. I had a lot on it. I have a feeling she will know who wrote it. All the topics are things that need to be addressed before the Big Guys come in and fine us. We will see what happens.
I now can not sleep. I have to get some sleep maybe this will help. I usually like the TV show ER but tonight It helped bring back memories. Bad memories. When I was in Junior High School I lost 2 great people who were going through a rough time in their lives. They both made decisions that had a permanent end. My stepbrother, Jeff. committed suicide due to depression and a break up with a girl. He had such a bright future and ended it in a moment of stupidity. Several months later I lost a classmate and friend, Ryan, to the same things but add family problems to the mixed. I am not sure if Jeff was dealing with family problem. We all fought. I did not see it as much when I was visiting but I know they had problems. Tonights episode of ER had a patient shot himself in the head. Jeff & Ryan both took their lives that way. It brought back all those memories. I remember sitting with Heidi in the hallway of the school and being told to leave. I remember watching it on the news. I remember mom telling me about Jeff and then telling me that carolyn could not handle it if I was at Jeff's funeral. Last year was the the first time I accually visited his grave site. It has been very hard to deal with his death without say good-ye when it happened. It has always been a painful place in my heart. Why did the show not edit the shot out.
Well the weekend is over. Back to work. Well dad called and Carolyn took a tumble while in San Fransico and broke her arm and injured her leg. Will she now defantly fits into our family. Now she will return from her trip to go to the doctor. Dad admitted that he has to have surgery sometime this week. I now know why I feel the way I do and why I am so accident prone.
Well, Mr. D is ticked off because I had an evening with another guy. Does this idiot not realize that he is married. I am not going to sit around hoping for him to leave his wife. I want happiness not heartbreak. I have had enough Heartbreak. This has caused him to be short with me. Oh well life is not always what you want. You chose her not me.. LIVE WITH IT BABY.
Well, it is Sunday. It is back to work tomorrow after a few days off per the doctor. I still do not feel 100%. Still have times when my asthma is up. I get hot flashes and cold spells. I figure it is just the medicine. We will see. Tomorrow is the last day of it and it will hopefully get better. I wish I had not missed that time because I really would like to go up and see my dad after Christmas.
Diet wise. I need to get cracked on this diet thing. I have 20 pounds to lose by Christmas and that is only 52 days away. I have lost 6 pounds so far. 3 pounds in 4 weeks and 3 pounds being sick. I probably put it all back on do to this wonderful medicine. You have to eat whenever you take it and it makes you hungry anyway. You feel like you need to eat everything in sight. I have been trying to do well but it is hard. I went to the store today and bought stuff to take to work to snack on instead of junk. Like applesauce and peaches for my desk. Hopefully this will help. Now I need to get rid of the cookie dough in the fridge because that is a weakness. I have to get this going, maybe then I will get guys interested in me. Dave said he is not looking for a "relationship" but as I know it is just not with me. Oh well, I will lose all this weight and show him.
Goal: start school in January.
Well, I must say I was very suprised that day showed up. And it was a very good evening.
I can not believe that tomorrow is my last day away from work. I does not seem like i have been able to rest the days I was suppose to be off. Oh Well. Time flies. Holloween sucked. We had a total of 7 trick-or-treaters. These old people spoil everything.
