New Digs

...that day shift sucks? The last time I worked days was December 1996, and it was more 8-4/9-5 ish..........I missed the joint though, and the people. I love geriatric nursing.

Originally when I went in to talk to the director of nursing I said that in a perfect world, she would have some sort of 4 hour (maybe treatment nurse) shift for me, that way I wouldn't need any daycare. She mulled that over, and a few days later talked to me about working from 7-10 am to help with the morning med pass. Whoo Hoo! I have 2 of my six days of orientation in now. After those 6 days are up, I pull a trial run of the 7-10 am deal. It's on the "QT" right now, so that nobody gets their panties in a twist because I walked in a snagged a cake mini shift. After the two weeks are up, they will decide if they want to keep it going or not. So all I have to do now is make it work for me. Even if they decide to ditch the idea, working a few days here and there of the full 8 hours won't be so bad. Things have improved since I last worked there. Four am comes way too early though.

I have tomorrow off, and I am taking Trent to the dentist for full x-rays. Last time he was in, they did partial x-rays are were disturbed by what they saw. His adult molars are coming in so crooked (and early at that...), that they are pushing out the baby teeth and absorbing the roots of them, or something along those lines. Oy! After we are done there we need to go get some tomato cages or big ass stakes. The garden is kicking tail! The peas are all over the place, the tomatoes are getting red, hot peppers are spring up and the zucchini's are getting ready to explode. I cut the rhubarb stalks down the other day, they were taller than me! God love the cow shit compost.

Dave had a busy day today, I am so proud of him. ;) He managed to call and make an appointment for Maiya, take all three of them to the Dr.'s this morning, get them fed breakfast and lunch, get them all in the car to come to my work to get his ID badge out of the truck, and get them all to daycare on time. He rocks.....who knew? Not me. I've made him so dependent by being a control freak for so long. His free ride is over I say.

I'm glad he was able to get Maiya in today, she has an ear infection. Poor baby. She's had one dose of antibiotic so far and I think she is feeling better already. At least she is acting like she does. The biggies had such nice manners all afternoon and evening too. What an awesome day to come home to. Dave said he had to hammer down hard on Trent this morning, so that may have something to do with it. Trent is probably still in shock since Daddy is hardly ever the "hammer parent" as we call it around here...

Well, I made it until 11:30 pm last night in the tent before I "took one for the team." Maiya was still up and trouncing all over Devin's hair, waking her up and making her cry. We were all smushed into the two man tent......two grown ups, three kids, a queen size air mattress and a little TV to watch Ice Age on. No place for a claustrophobic I tell ya! I was glad to go. ;)

Today I managed to do my nails, get the laundry caught up, have the weekly argument with Dave, then we all went to play putt-putt. For dinner we packed up the picnic basket with chicken & dumplings, PB & J's, fruit and veggies and dip and headed to the school. We ate, played, then went for ice cream.

I need to go pack a lunch for work tomorrow, another 6-2:30 day. Last Friday at work was good, it felt good to be back actually. Except they neglected to tell me they didn't expect me in until 8 am. That would have been really handy to know since I woke up at 5:18 am (CRAP!!!) that morning, thinking I had to be there by 6 am. I made it by 6 by the way.....do not ask me how many laws I broke to pull it off though, since it is a 24 minute drive to get there. More on the work deal later.....

Kid updates: Trent can't decide if he wants to be a whiney butt, or a smartass anymore. Devin is Hollywood bound......called herself "Ma-Devin" the other day. She also told me today when Trent left the room "Now you can have a piece of quiet..." Ha! Maiya has a sinus infection I think, Dave will have to call and get her an appointment tomorrow. She is looking taller all of the sudden, not quite so bow-legged. She can 'run' now, and looks hilarious when she does. She will 18 months old tomorrow. Yikes!

...tonight, and the campfire is roaring right now. Off to toast marshmallows in the backyard. I shall blog tomorrow, seeing as I kicked ass today and got my work done. Yay for getting to goof off tomorrow! :)

I am working tomorrow. Real, punch the clock working....should be easy compared to around here! ;) Except for the being there at. 6. am. part.

I damn sure meant to blog before now.......lots to catch up on. This weekend.

Have a good Friday all! :)

...just too many SAHP lurkers for my taste right now. The blog is going more personal for awhile. Originally it was supposed to be an online, gentler version of my written journal. So far, I haven't gotten back to the actual journal. Since I'm keeping the blog pretty up to date, might as well 'let it all hang out' so to speak. :)