What in it for me, I don't work for free. You want help then you know the fee.
It's Friday the 13th! Since I don't have any Jason memorabilia, I will wear my Freddy Krueger underwear. (I got these on clearance at Torrid, and damned if they're not the best underwear I've ever had. In honor of Friday the 13th, I will repost the picture of Jess and me with Jason and Freddy, even though I look like the biggest dork.
Yesterday was a mostly quiet day. I did a lot of work on the cardiacs, and managed to get a few more filled. Of course, then I ran into a problem. In April, the Columbia failed to block out it's Cardiac MRI appts. So, of course, people have been scheduling there. And they're scheduling diagnoses that Columbia is simply not ready to handle. They've been doing this for three weeks at this point. Right now, we're spoon feeding them the easy cases. Even by April, I think we're going to be taking it easy on them. So when I saw "pericardial effusion" on the schedule, I mentioned it to the bosses, after first verifying that this was an error. Apparently, the system is supposed to block certain diagnosis codes from scheduling there, but it's just not. As it is, I'm figuring that there's about 10 people to move.
I obsessively checked my application, but it's still in "Your resume is being reviewed," so who knows how long that'll take.
After work, I had a massive headache. I forgot if I took meds, though I suspect that I hadn't. But to be safe, I didn't take anything more until 7pm. So, we had Thai food for dinner, because I wasn't cooking.
Then, my sister done pissed me off. She got home late, and was telling us about her day. We listened and made sympathetic noises, asked questions. Then she said "how was your day?" So I started telling her about my afternoon, with the mis-scheduled cardiacs. And as I'm talking, within like two sentences, she starts looking at her phone. And it's obvious she's not listening to a damn thing I say. I expect that when I finish, she'll look at me and say "huh?" But then I take a breath, faltering a bit at the lack of feedback, and she jumps into the silence going "Awwwww, there's a post from..." I saw red. She was listening for my voice to stop so she could continue to be a narcissist, and take over the conversation. I was only about 2/3 through the story.
With the headache, I knew if I said something, it would be over dramatic and I would probably cry. I tend to cry when I'm that angry. So I went to bed. And I bitched about it to![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
poisontaster and nilchance for a while. And I settled down a bit.
I'm still angry today and am debating saying something. She doesn't necessarily have the best response to boundaries or criticism, so I may not. She picked up my mother's "Well, I guess I'm a horrible person," response, which serves to recenter it on her.
We'll see. I may not because I don't know if the further frustration is worth it.
On the plus side, I got a new cancer patient in for her tests within 4 days, including an MRI in the Bethesda office, which is nothing short of a miracle. It's the best feeling, working on the STAT list, and being able to call patients who are scheduled way out, and give them appointments super quickly because you saw a slot open and grabbed it for them.
It made up for a lot.
I'm just going to focus on Friday and dealing with what is still not my circus (yet), but I know the monkeys. And it's getting closer to being my circus, since I'm about to be promoted to ringmaster.
I hope that happens soon. I'm ready to get started. I work tomorrow, and then I have a game if I can get my shit together to set up a room. It's just Monster of the Week, so that's an easy one. I need to read through my possible modules, as I don't have the brain cells to make up a mystery.
Or alternately, I could rerun one of the old ones that I did that only had a few players. It'll go differently than the first time, of course. I could change up some things. Too Many Draculas was super fun, so that's possible. It wouldn't matter if the same people signed up, because ever time is a new game. I may do that, since it was a good module, and I do have a ton of goth disasters.
I'm also debating on going to dinner tonight. They keep changing the forecast for Sunday between snow and rain, and that's a little concerning. I don't mind driving in rain, but I'd prefer not to drive in snow. On the other hand, I don't really love driving in the dark either, so we'll see.
Jess wants Italian food, so we'll probably go to Rosario's Italian Kitchen. They have the best food, and a wide varitey of it. It came down to that, tapas or French. I don't really care which I have, so Rosario's is good. I know I'll enjoy it, though I'll need to see what I want.
Okay, I shall now be a grown up and make the MotW room, and get myself in gear. Everyone have an outstanding Friday!
Yesterday was a mostly quiet day. I did a lot of work on the cardiacs, and managed to get a few more filled. Of course, then I ran into a problem. In April, the Columbia failed to block out it's Cardiac MRI appts. So, of course, people have been scheduling there. And they're scheduling diagnoses that Columbia is simply not ready to handle. They've been doing this for three weeks at this point. Right now, we're spoon feeding them the easy cases. Even by April, I think we're going to be taking it easy on them. So when I saw "pericardial effusion" on the schedule, I mentioned it to the bosses, after first verifying that this was an error. Apparently, the system is supposed to block certain diagnosis codes from scheduling there, but it's just not. As it is, I'm figuring that there's about 10 people to move.
I obsessively checked my application, but it's still in "Your resume is being reviewed," so who knows how long that'll take.
After work, I had a massive headache. I forgot if I took meds, though I suspect that I hadn't. But to be safe, I didn't take anything more until 7pm. So, we had Thai food for dinner, because I wasn't cooking.
Then, my sister done pissed me off. She got home late, and was telling us about her day. We listened and made sympathetic noises, asked questions. Then she said "how was your day?" So I started telling her about my afternoon, with the mis-scheduled cardiacs. And as I'm talking, within like two sentences, she starts looking at her phone. And it's obvious she's not listening to a damn thing I say. I expect that when I finish, she'll look at me and say "huh?" But then I take a breath, faltering a bit at the lack of feedback, and she jumps into the silence going "Awwwww, there's a post from..." I saw red. She was listening for my voice to stop so she could continue to be a narcissist, and take over the conversation. I was only about 2/3 through the story.
With the headache, I knew if I said something, it would be over dramatic and I would probably cry. I tend to cry when I'm that angry. So I went to bed. And I bitched about it to
poisontaster and nilchance for a while. And I settled down a bit.I'm still angry today and am debating saying something. She doesn't necessarily have the best response to boundaries or criticism, so I may not. She picked up my mother's "Well, I guess I'm a horrible person," response, which serves to recenter it on her.
We'll see. I may not because I don't know if the further frustration is worth it.
On the plus side, I got a new cancer patient in for her tests within 4 days, including an MRI in the Bethesda office, which is nothing short of a miracle. It's the best feeling, working on the STAT list, and being able to call patients who are scheduled way out, and give them appointments super quickly because you saw a slot open and grabbed it for them.
It made up for a lot.
I'm just going to focus on Friday and dealing with what is still not my circus (yet), but I know the monkeys. And it's getting closer to being my circus, since I'm about to be promoted to ringmaster.
I hope that happens soon. I'm ready to get started. I work tomorrow, and then I have a game if I can get my shit together to set up a room. It's just Monster of the Week, so that's an easy one. I need to read through my possible modules, as I don't have the brain cells to make up a mystery.
Or alternately, I could rerun one of the old ones that I did that only had a few players. It'll go differently than the first time, of course. I could change up some things. Too Many Draculas was super fun, so that's possible. It wouldn't matter if the same people signed up, because ever time is a new game. I may do that, since it was a good module, and I do have a ton of goth disasters.
I'm also debating on going to dinner tonight. They keep changing the forecast for Sunday between snow and rain, and that's a little concerning. I don't mind driving in rain, but I'd prefer not to drive in snow. On the other hand, I don't really love driving in the dark either, so we'll see.
Jess wants Italian food, so we'll probably go to Rosario's Italian Kitchen. They have the best food, and a wide varitey of it. It came down to that, tapas or French. I don't really care which I have, so Rosario's is good. I know I'll enjoy it, though I'll need to see what I want.
Okay, I shall now be a grown up and make the MotW room, and get myself in gear. Everyone have an outstanding Friday!