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It's Wednesday and now the week should slow down and stop being so damn busy. I'd appreciate that.
I spent a good bit of Tuesday trying to reschedule people, because things were amess. I did not fistfight my coworker though, which was an accomplishment. We've got a lot of patients on the STAT list who need longer MRIs. Like complete spines or specialized views of extremities. So when I saw an opening for the next day for two hours, I grabbed it. As I was grabbing, a patient call dropped, and I just put a generic "Hold for add on" and my initials. I was finishing up with the patient, and Josh started calling with updates on Bethesda's STAT policy, so I took that. It was maybe 5 minutes for the pt call and 13 min for the meeting. I came back and this chick had scheduled two appts in my hold, then removed the hold so that it looked like there never had been one. The first appt, she had nominal permission from one of the other III's. But there was a lovely hour held in the morning that she could have used. I don't think the other III looked at the schedule, or she would have had her schedule then, and not in my 2 hour 3T spot. I was so pissed. My grand 2 hour appt shrunk to a useless hour in the span of 15 minutes. And the second patient she slipped in there was not a STAT at all. I was so pissed, but I only bitched about it to A.
After that, I tried to get some slots, but no one wanted to pick up their phone, so it was a futile attempt.
I do hope that I can get this one patient this morning to maybe help out another patient, even I can't clear a big spot.
I spent a fair amount of time on the phone with Oncology, trying to help them with our patients. There's one scheduler who is a total bitch to most of the team, tries to bully them into making spaces for our patients. She's fine with me, so I called her back only to find out that because she didn't schedule with the coworker and then see what we could do, information got lost, and so the spot I had wasn't good for the pt, due to metal in her body. Oh well, I added that info to her STAT request and I'll see what I can do. I did let her know that it's better to schedule to avoid stuff like that, so hopefully, she'll listen. She likes me, since I'm the one who calls with appointments.
After work, we watched another episode of the Amazing Digital Circus, which was fun. I wasn't sure after watching the first episode, but it turns out that I really enjoy it. The 2,3 & 4th episodes have a lot more emotional resonance, and they're a lot of fun. Jess has struck again on their string of getting me into new things! They weren't sure I'd like it, but they tried and I appreciate that. If you decide to try it, at least give it two or three episodes to see if you like it.
Then it was off to get my hair cut. It's nice and buzed on the sides, with only a little bit of gray hair. Then, the top it a bit longer, giving me that good Pete Wentz haircut from 2005. I like it. My hairdresser is possibly moving to the Netherlands in the future, which would make me happy for them, as they are trans, but also sad for me. I did set Jess up an appt on Tuesday to get their hair cut pre cruise.
Today should be must less annoying, though. I'm going to go in, hopefully shift a few patients, and have a nice relaxing day. I may re-dye my hair, with Jess' help after work. I'm only going to color the top part with the longer hair. I like my sides and back being gray, with the shock of purple at the top. Then I shall cook dinner. (the lobster from the Farmer's Market, and some perogies.) We got little dishes with three compartments for fondue and hot pot, and I'll use those to put a little bit of butter, a little bit of sour cream and then some sauerkraut for the peroigies. It's kind of a "Whatever is in the fridge" type of meal, but I'm sure it'll be delicious. I'm looking forward to the fresh caught lobster tail. It looks lovely. Plus it's an easy meal.
My knee (the good one) is acting up. Two days ago the other was giving me some mild discomfort, but the right one must have decided that the left wasn't giving me enough pain, because whew. It's really sore, and it took an extra relaxing peppermint to get it to chill out enough to sleep. It was not great. Today It's still sore. I did do the intelligent thing and get myself a cane for vacation, just in case I need it, which I might. Especially walking long distances.
I've got four packages coming today. One is a set of doggie stairs to make it easier for Yoda to get on our bed, and the others are things that we needed for the trip. I checked my bag with what I packed so far, and I'm at 34lbs. I've only need to pack a few more things, so I will probably make weight on the flight two, but once I start getting stuff in port, no guarantee I won't have overweight luggage on the way back, or need to get another suitcase to spread it between. We shall see how it goes. I'll definitely have room in this suitcase. It's not even 2/3 full, probably just over half. I got some more leggings in, so I'll be finishing packing those. I had already packed the fleece leggings, but I did not have enough to pack the short sleeve. Of course those are supposed to come in on Friday, so I might wait to pack until then. After that, I'll be packed for the vacation, just 22 days early.
I bought a couple of more tickets yesterday, including the Vancouver Tower, which is Vancouver's answer to the Space Needle. And I got the hop on hop off trolley tickets, so we're good on those. I think I'm going to get the BIL a ticket to see the Seattle Mariner's play on the 16th when we get off the boat. We should be getting into Seattle around 1pm, so he'd have plenty of time to make a 4pm game, and it was something he mentioned wanting to do. Ticketmaster is down at the moment, so I'll see when it comes back up.
We're at T-minus 22 days til we get up at an ungodly hour for our flight. At least on the way back our flight's at 10, so we can sleep slightly longer. I'm going to be a total border collie about things. I did book dinner for the BIL and Sister for the night we're going for Korean BBQ and seeing Mortal Kombat, so they're sorted. They're going to Joe Fortes Seafood and Chop House which will hopefully life up to the reputation. I think I've mentioned before that the BIL can be a pain when it relates to food, as he's very much a meat and potatoes kind of guy. Once we get on the ship, it'll be fine. They have steak pretty much every night, so he'll be happy. Plus there's the buffet that has plenty of American staples.
I personally am going to be trying new things, and stretching my palate. The nice thing about the dining room is that you can order more than one dish. So I can order two appetizers if they both appeal, or two dinners. Or two desserts. It's not like I'd do it every night, but it's nice to know that if I can't choose, there's options.
We have two nights that we'll be eating in speciality restaurants. One is the Pinnacle Grill, which is their steakhouse. The whole family will be eating there. Then, there's a pop up night where the Asian restaurant turns into Morimoto at Sea, which we'll be going to while the BIL goes to the casino.
In port, I'm looking forward to having fish and chips made with freshly caught halibut. Possibly some King Crab legs. We'll see on that one, since there's a little food truck enclave near that location, and I love me some food trucks.
We'll have plenty of time to get something in Juneau and Skagway, but I'm not sure we'll be up to eating anything after the crab feast in Ketchikan.
I really can't wait to get this moving.
First, in three days, we have the Lost Boys musical, which should be super fun. We've got a car picking us up at 9:30am, then we'll head up to Philadelphia to pick up our friend. Then onto NYC, and the play. Then dinner at Langans for dinner, then home with a brief stop in Philly to drop off our friend. We'll probably get home around 10, but since the dog is going to be at the kennel, we won't have to come sneaking in. We'll pick him up on Sunday morning and see how he made out on his two nights. Then, he goes back on April 27th to stay til May 2nd. He'll have the weekend at home, and then on 5/6, he'll be going back for an 12 night stay. Here's hoping it all goes well. I do need to go out and get some cash for tip for our driver.
Okay, time for me to hop off and do some studying. Everyone have a stellar Wednesday!
I spent a good bit of Tuesday trying to reschedule people, because things were amess. I did not fistfight my coworker though, which was an accomplishment. We've got a lot of patients on the STAT list who need longer MRIs. Like complete spines or specialized views of extremities. So when I saw an opening for the next day for two hours, I grabbed it. As I was grabbing, a patient call dropped, and I just put a generic "Hold for add on" and my initials. I was finishing up with the patient, and Josh started calling with updates on Bethesda's STAT policy, so I took that. It was maybe 5 minutes for the pt call and 13 min for the meeting. I came back and this chick had scheduled two appts in my hold, then removed the hold so that it looked like there never had been one. The first appt, she had nominal permission from one of the other III's. But there was a lovely hour held in the morning that she could have used. I don't think the other III looked at the schedule, or she would have had her schedule then, and not in my 2 hour 3T spot. I was so pissed. My grand 2 hour appt shrunk to a useless hour in the span of 15 minutes. And the second patient she slipped in there was not a STAT at all. I was so pissed, but I only bitched about it to A.
After that, I tried to get some slots, but no one wanted to pick up their phone, so it was a futile attempt.
I do hope that I can get this one patient this morning to maybe help out another patient, even I can't clear a big spot.
I spent a fair amount of time on the phone with Oncology, trying to help them with our patients. There's one scheduler who is a total bitch to most of the team, tries to bully them into making spaces for our patients. She's fine with me, so I called her back only to find out that because she didn't schedule with the coworker and then see what we could do, information got lost, and so the spot I had wasn't good for the pt, due to metal in her body. Oh well, I added that info to her STAT request and I'll see what I can do. I did let her know that it's better to schedule to avoid stuff like that, so hopefully, she'll listen. She likes me, since I'm the one who calls with appointments.
After work, we watched another episode of the Amazing Digital Circus, which was fun. I wasn't sure after watching the first episode, but it turns out that I really enjoy it. The 2,3 & 4th episodes have a lot more emotional resonance, and they're a lot of fun. Jess has struck again on their string of getting me into new things! They weren't sure I'd like it, but they tried and I appreciate that. If you decide to try it, at least give it two or three episodes to see if you like it.
Then it was off to get my hair cut. It's nice and buzed on the sides, with only a little bit of gray hair. Then, the top it a bit longer, giving me that good Pete Wentz haircut from 2005. I like it. My hairdresser is possibly moving to the Netherlands in the future, which would make me happy for them, as they are trans, but also sad for me. I did set Jess up an appt on Tuesday to get their hair cut pre cruise.
Today should be must less annoying, though. I'm going to go in, hopefully shift a few patients, and have a nice relaxing day. I may re-dye my hair, with Jess' help after work. I'm only going to color the top part with the longer hair. I like my sides and back being gray, with the shock of purple at the top. Then I shall cook dinner. (the lobster from the Farmer's Market, and some perogies.) We got little dishes with three compartments for fondue and hot pot, and I'll use those to put a little bit of butter, a little bit of sour cream and then some sauerkraut for the peroigies. It's kind of a "Whatever is in the fridge" type of meal, but I'm sure it'll be delicious. I'm looking forward to the fresh caught lobster tail. It looks lovely. Plus it's an easy meal.
My knee (the good one) is acting up. Two days ago the other was giving me some mild discomfort, but the right one must have decided that the left wasn't giving me enough pain, because whew. It's really sore, and it took an extra relaxing peppermint to get it to chill out enough to sleep. It was not great. Today It's still sore. I did do the intelligent thing and get myself a cane for vacation, just in case I need it, which I might. Especially walking long distances.
I've got four packages coming today. One is a set of doggie stairs to make it easier for Yoda to get on our bed, and the others are things that we needed for the trip. I checked my bag with what I packed so far, and I'm at 34lbs. I've only need to pack a few more things, so I will probably make weight on the flight two, but once I start getting stuff in port, no guarantee I won't have overweight luggage on the way back, or need to get another suitcase to spread it between. We shall see how it goes. I'll definitely have room in this suitcase. It's not even 2/3 full, probably just over half. I got some more leggings in, so I'll be finishing packing those. I had already packed the fleece leggings, but I did not have enough to pack the short sleeve. Of course those are supposed to come in on Friday, so I might wait to pack until then. After that, I'll be packed for the vacation, just 22 days early.
I bought a couple of more tickets yesterday, including the Vancouver Tower, which is Vancouver's answer to the Space Needle. And I got the hop on hop off trolley tickets, so we're good on those. I think I'm going to get the BIL a ticket to see the Seattle Mariner's play on the 16th when we get off the boat. We should be getting into Seattle around 1pm, so he'd have plenty of time to make a 4pm game, and it was something he mentioned wanting to do. Ticketmaster is down at the moment, so I'll see when it comes back up.
We're at T-minus 22 days til we get up at an ungodly hour for our flight. At least on the way back our flight's at 10, so we can sleep slightly longer. I'm going to be a total border collie about things. I did book dinner for the BIL and Sister for the night we're going for Korean BBQ and seeing Mortal Kombat, so they're sorted. They're going to Joe Fortes Seafood and Chop House which will hopefully life up to the reputation. I think I've mentioned before that the BIL can be a pain when it relates to food, as he's very much a meat and potatoes kind of guy. Once we get on the ship, it'll be fine. They have steak pretty much every night, so he'll be happy. Plus there's the buffet that has plenty of American staples.
I personally am going to be trying new things, and stretching my palate. The nice thing about the dining room is that you can order more than one dish. So I can order two appetizers if they both appeal, or two dinners. Or two desserts. It's not like I'd do it every night, but it's nice to know that if I can't choose, there's options.
We have two nights that we'll be eating in speciality restaurants. One is the Pinnacle Grill, which is their steakhouse. The whole family will be eating there. Then, there's a pop up night where the Asian restaurant turns into Morimoto at Sea, which we'll be going to while the BIL goes to the casino.
In port, I'm looking forward to having fish and chips made with freshly caught halibut. Possibly some King Crab legs. We'll see on that one, since there's a little food truck enclave near that location, and I love me some food trucks.
We'll have plenty of time to get something in Juneau and Skagway, but I'm not sure we'll be up to eating anything after the crab feast in Ketchikan.
I really can't wait to get this moving.
First, in three days, we have the Lost Boys musical, which should be super fun. We've got a car picking us up at 9:30am, then we'll head up to Philadelphia to pick up our friend. Then onto NYC, and the play. Then dinner at Langans for dinner, then home with a brief stop in Philly to drop off our friend. We'll probably get home around 10, but since the dog is going to be at the kennel, we won't have to come sneaking in. We'll pick him up on Sunday morning and see how he made out on his two nights. Then, he goes back on April 27th to stay til May 2nd. He'll have the weekend at home, and then on 5/6, he'll be going back for an 12 night stay. Here's hoping it all goes well. I do need to go out and get some cash for tip for our driver.
Okay, time for me to hop off and do some studying. Everyone have a stellar Wednesday!
