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beansideIt's Wednesday! We're halfway there!
For no apparent reasoning, I woke up at 3:30 am and did not get back to sleep. My body, it is a wonderland. I'm currently drinking my coffee and trying to wake the rest of the way up. It's a challenge.
Yesterday was a pretty good day! I spent my morning taking calls and checking my email to see if my offer letter had arrived, but they seemed determined to make me wait. But finally at about 1:30pm, it landed in my inbox.
It's not as big of a raise as I was hoping, but it's not horrible. It's going to take me up to $30.15/hr or just over $62k a year. I immediately signed the offer letter, and so I will be staying right where I'm at, just with a new title and possibly tax bracket. I'm glad that I get to stay with Radiology. Learning new things might have been fun, but I like working from home. I may have to go in occasionally when we have new hires to greet them and get them their equipment and stuff, but that'll be once every few months.
I asked J for some specifics, but in all honesty, it sounds like it's still being defined. It'll be what I do now for the Cardiac slots, though that may morph from something reactive to something proactive. We have a queue for Cardiac orders, but right now, it's massively overgrown and unusable. There's talk of getting it cleaned up, so that I can work off that. Then, I'll be filling STAT spots, and when needed, I'll be backing up the other two leads answering questions and possibly taking escalation calls if needed. It sounds like it'll be interesting at the very least, and a chance for me to help shape what the job shall be.
It'll start on 3/22, so not very long to wait!
Not long after, my sister sent me her resume to proofread. Y'all, it was not good. It had a ton of unnecessary information, it was formatted like hell, and the statements were basically run on sentences starting with "I". It pained me. After work, I sat down and recreated it, using the appropriate buzzwords, and found an appealing template to stuff it all into. I'm not quite happy with it, but it's already worlds better than what it was, and it looks professional.
After that, we had celebratory Chinese food from NiHao. They have some of the best food in Baltimore. I always overbuy and have delicious leftovers for the next day or two. Standouts this week were the Peking duck eggrolls, the shrimp dumplings, and as always the scallion and egg fried rice. I also had the Mongolian beef, which was excellent, and regular fried pork dumplings (also very good.) Jess loves their Szechuan sweet chili popcorn chicken, and I will agree, it's very tasty. It has me looking forward to Chinatown in San Francisco next year.
After dinner, we took the dog out. The weather has been gorgeous the last two days. Unfortunately for Yoda, they're calling for storms today, so he'll be hiding under my desk while I work.
Oh, one exciting thing I forgot. I had to use a bit of vacation last week to take Yoda to the vet and to go to my interview, and when my manager was doing time cards, she sent me a message asking if I wanted her to use my OT instead of my PTO to pay my hours. So, I still have PTO left and I should be able to put in for another day off towards Alaska this week, and then next pay, I can do my other day. Then the vacation will be fully covered. I'd like to put in for the Monday after we get back, but if it fills before I can do so, I can just call out that day.
I'm debating on celebrating the promotion by getting myself a new phone. Mine is fine, though the battery runs down fairly quickly, but I'd like a better camera for Alaska. We had gotten a big camera for the trip, but I don't think I can fit it in the carryon luggage, unless I get an actual carryon suitcase and take my backpack as my personal item. Then again, that would be hella cheaper.
I will think on it.
Today, we shall have same old, same old. I've got some lovely steaks and some delicious smoked Hawaiian salt with a touch of chili, so I believe I'm going to put them together and make something tasty for dinner tonight. We also have potatoes, so it's going to be a good steakhouse dinner. Steak and loaded baked potatoes. I'm looking forward to it.
The BIL was over last night, so I gave him one of the steaks as well as some of the salt to try. The steaks came in packs of two, and they were enormous so we definitely didn't need the fourth. I tend to do that a lot. His mother is very picky about what she'll let him buy, so we're his hook up for non-chicken meat. When we have the crab feast, he gets the leftovers, and when I buy ribs, I'll buy him a rack. I remember too well what it was like to take care of Dad, and he's got that with his mother, though at the moment, she's still pretty mobile. So, we all try to do nice things for him to make it more bearable. His sisters help, but they don't live there, so most of it falls on him. I'm honestly shocked that they were able to work it so he could go to Alaska.
I'm watching our stuff on Alaska Air to see when we'll be able to order our in flight meals. From what I gather, it's usually around two weeks, but I keep checking back.
We're getting so close! I'm going to go into my emails and send confirmations to the limo services and verify that everything is good, just to be safe. Everything else, I think is good.
I'm really debating on the final night seafood boil. I've seen a lot of opinions on reddit and facebook of people saying it's not worth the cost. I'll bring it up next time BIL is over. Since we have the big Dungeness crab feast the day before, it may seem anticlimactic to get a half a snow crab leg and some shrimp and fish in a little pot. I don't know, I'll see what they think.
When we were visiting with my friend from 911, I was talking about the cruise, and it kind of hit me how wild this experience is going to be as far as our accommodations. I've mentioned that we have the Pinnacle Suite, which is their version of an owners suite. It's basically a little floating condo. But the perks were the selling point. Because we're considered VIP, we'll have an escort onto the boat, and then they'll take us to meet our concierge. They take your picture for biometric purposes, but ours will also be sent to the crew, along with our names, so that they can greet us by name. That's just fucking wild. Like we're some kind of rock star.
When the new job starts, I think I'm going to go in and change my deposits, and add more money to the one account that I use for the trip. It won't add up before Alaska, but it'll damn sure be good for Hawaii.
Okay, time for me to hop off and grab a nice shower, and be ready for the day. Everyone have a wonderful Wednesday!
For no apparent reasoning, I woke up at 3:30 am and did not get back to sleep. My body, it is a wonderland. I'm currently drinking my coffee and trying to wake the rest of the way up. It's a challenge.
Yesterday was a pretty good day! I spent my morning taking calls and checking my email to see if my offer letter had arrived, but they seemed determined to make me wait. But finally at about 1:30pm, it landed in my inbox.
It's not as big of a raise as I was hoping, but it's not horrible. It's going to take me up to $30.15/hr or just over $62k a year. I immediately signed the offer letter, and so I will be staying right where I'm at, just with a new title and possibly tax bracket. I'm glad that I get to stay with Radiology. Learning new things might have been fun, but I like working from home. I may have to go in occasionally when we have new hires to greet them and get them their equipment and stuff, but that'll be once every few months.
I asked J for some specifics, but in all honesty, it sounds like it's still being defined. It'll be what I do now for the Cardiac slots, though that may morph from something reactive to something proactive. We have a queue for Cardiac orders, but right now, it's massively overgrown and unusable. There's talk of getting it cleaned up, so that I can work off that. Then, I'll be filling STAT spots, and when needed, I'll be backing up the other two leads answering questions and possibly taking escalation calls if needed. It sounds like it'll be interesting at the very least, and a chance for me to help shape what the job shall be.
It'll start on 3/22, so not very long to wait!
Not long after, my sister sent me her resume to proofread. Y'all, it was not good. It had a ton of unnecessary information, it was formatted like hell, and the statements were basically run on sentences starting with "I". It pained me. After work, I sat down and recreated it, using the appropriate buzzwords, and found an appealing template to stuff it all into. I'm not quite happy with it, but it's already worlds better than what it was, and it looks professional.
After that, we had celebratory Chinese food from NiHao. They have some of the best food in Baltimore. I always overbuy and have delicious leftovers for the next day or two. Standouts this week were the Peking duck eggrolls, the shrimp dumplings, and as always the scallion and egg fried rice. I also had the Mongolian beef, which was excellent, and regular fried pork dumplings (also very good.) Jess loves their Szechuan sweet chili popcorn chicken, and I will agree, it's very tasty. It has me looking forward to Chinatown in San Francisco next year.
After dinner, we took the dog out. The weather has been gorgeous the last two days. Unfortunately for Yoda, they're calling for storms today, so he'll be hiding under my desk while I work.
Oh, one exciting thing I forgot. I had to use a bit of vacation last week to take Yoda to the vet and to go to my interview, and when my manager was doing time cards, she sent me a message asking if I wanted her to use my OT instead of my PTO to pay my hours. So, I still have PTO left and I should be able to put in for another day off towards Alaska this week, and then next pay, I can do my other day. Then the vacation will be fully covered. I'd like to put in for the Monday after we get back, but if it fills before I can do so, I can just call out that day.
I'm debating on celebrating the promotion by getting myself a new phone. Mine is fine, though the battery runs down fairly quickly, but I'd like a better camera for Alaska. We had gotten a big camera for the trip, but I don't think I can fit it in the carryon luggage, unless I get an actual carryon suitcase and take my backpack as my personal item. Then again, that would be hella cheaper.
I will think on it.
Today, we shall have same old, same old. I've got some lovely steaks and some delicious smoked Hawaiian salt with a touch of chili, so I believe I'm going to put them together and make something tasty for dinner tonight. We also have potatoes, so it's going to be a good steakhouse dinner. Steak and loaded baked potatoes. I'm looking forward to it.
The BIL was over last night, so I gave him one of the steaks as well as some of the salt to try. The steaks came in packs of two, and they were enormous so we definitely didn't need the fourth. I tend to do that a lot. His mother is very picky about what she'll let him buy, so we're his hook up for non-chicken meat. When we have the crab feast, he gets the leftovers, and when I buy ribs, I'll buy him a rack. I remember too well what it was like to take care of Dad, and he's got that with his mother, though at the moment, she's still pretty mobile. So, we all try to do nice things for him to make it more bearable. His sisters help, but they don't live there, so most of it falls on him. I'm honestly shocked that they were able to work it so he could go to Alaska.
I'm watching our stuff on Alaska Air to see when we'll be able to order our in flight meals. From what I gather, it's usually around two weeks, but I keep checking back.
We're getting so close! I'm going to go into my emails and send confirmations to the limo services and verify that everything is good, just to be safe. Everything else, I think is good.
I'm really debating on the final night seafood boil. I've seen a lot of opinions on reddit and facebook of people saying it's not worth the cost. I'll bring it up next time BIL is over. Since we have the big Dungeness crab feast the day before, it may seem anticlimactic to get a half a snow crab leg and some shrimp and fish in a little pot. I don't know, I'll see what they think.
When we were visiting with my friend from 911, I was talking about the cruise, and it kind of hit me how wild this experience is going to be as far as our accommodations. I've mentioned that we have the Pinnacle Suite, which is their version of an owners suite. It's basically a little floating condo. But the perks were the selling point. Because we're considered VIP, we'll have an escort onto the boat, and then they'll take us to meet our concierge. They take your picture for biometric purposes, but ours will also be sent to the crew, along with our names, so that they can greet us by name. That's just fucking wild. Like we're some kind of rock star.
When the new job starts, I think I'm going to go in and change my deposits, and add more money to the one account that I use for the trip. It won't add up before Alaska, but it'll damn sure be good for Hawaii.
Okay, time for me to hop off and grab a nice shower, and be ready for the day. Everyone have a wonderful Wednesday!
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Date: 2026-03-11 01:27 pm (UTC)