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I am out of town with friends and hoping they don’t think it’s rude if I listen/watch on my phone. Go crew! 💛🖤

Today is my last day. We’ll see if I get through the day without crying. Our medical director said “after today, you’re dead to me” and then gave me an awkward hug and said he loved me. I will miss him a lot. 😭

Today was an emotional day. I worked my last shift with my fave coworker that I have worked with the entire 4 years and she told me that she is pregnant. I also spent about an hour with my fave patient who I worry about quite a lot and really don’t know if I’ll see them again. 🥹 2 shifts left…

Usually when we have that happen it’s because we have one provider that can put in the discharge order and they are hung up with another patient, in a meeting, or otherwise unreachable for a period of time. It’s maddening on the nursing side as well!

After a 3 day stay last week, dad is back at the hospital. I just love getting that call at midnight and sitting in a hospital at 2am. Really bad time for me to call off tomorrow, but I didn’t really see another option.

Noooooooo!

Ha I had a patient this week say they were going to this! I was like 🤔

My entire body hurts this week, especially my feet, hands and hips. It feels like inflammation. Rheum ruled out the usual stuff and this only happens to me occasionally. Other than Tylenol/NSAIDS, anyone have any suggestions?

That’s insane!

Oh that’s awesome! Congrats!! New gigs all around!

I don’t know what this means but it sounds good! Yay! 😃

I am taking a small pay cut when I transition to my new job and the way I feel about it is: it should be a much bigger pay cut than it is because I DEFINITELY do not get paid enough for the shit I deal with in my current gig. I will happily take a pay cut to not deal w/ this ridiculousness anymore.

Oh no!

Oh poor mochi 🙁

Nooooo 😭

Very good advice to find after a day of doomscrolling

I have a lot of fun stuff coming up in Feb/March plus new job starting in 2 weeks. I am grateful for some good things to look forward to given how terrible everything is.

A week ago I was stressing about having to make the decision about whether or not I wanted to leave my current job. Now that I’ve accepted the new job, I can’t wait to get the hell out of there. Nine days left!

This morning The Cure was playing in my doctor’s office, and now Pink Floyd followed by Whitney Houston. What in the gen x fever dream. This is “oldies” now right????

Our garage does not have a door from the inside of the house so we keep the opener in a little tray on a buffet in the living room. I just had to move it to a drawer because the kitten figured out how to push the button and kept opening the garage door. 😆

- patients that are largely stable and improving
- time to develop rapport with patients and families
- no Vocera calls constantly interrupting my work

🤗🤗🤗

- no more having to request PTO months in advance!
- no daily management presence (just me, another nurse and 3 psych providers)
- no more restraining kids
- no more worry about getting seriously injured at work.
- regular lunch breaks
- no more managing muliple crises at a time!

So I’m transitioning from a pediatric psych ED to an outpatient psych clinic just down the hall. Things I’m excited about:
- I can wear my nose hoop again!
- I will have a cubicle in a quiet/dimly lit office to use when I am not with patients.
- No more working holidays!

Thank you!! I’m excited and a little sad. I will miss this place but it’s literally down the hall.

I got the job! 🥳 no more working holidays, no more patients trying to beat me up, no more 💩 ! Yay!

Gah! Fingers crossed for you!!

Norovirus is rampant. I’d bet on that, and prepare to be next. 😩

Me: dude, how is your room this dirty?

Him: I really don’t know, mama.

Me: well how about you turn over a new leaf and stop being a dirty birdie and start being…

Him: a cleanie weenie!

Me: yes, please be a cleanie weenie.

🤣

Kiddo (18) wanted a new desk which he deserves since his current one was free and kinda janky when we got it like 8 years ago and he asks for nothing. So we went to ikea and got him a desk and a new rug and the project has snowballed and I am 🫠but it’s all worth the (rare!) quality time with him. 🥰

I still remember how it sounded and how it felt to drive it!