12:01 p.m. - 2007-03-13
Hi ho, hi ho, it's home from work I go
This morning was weird.
My alarm went off and apparently I shut it off. So I woke up at 5:40 freaking out and running around to be to work by 6:00.
I clock in at 6:01 and head to my locker to stuff my purse in there and get on with my day. I opened up my locker and there was a gift bag in there. I wondered what the hell that was all about.
Attached to the bag was this note:
futurenurse (my real name),
What a very special nurse you will be when you get your degree. You have so much kindness and compassion in your body and you are in the perfect occupation. Best of everything to you and your daughter.
Room XXX
Her name
I opened it up and inside there was a beautiful hand carved cross made out of wood.
To say I was touched is an understatement. She didn't have to do that at all. And to be perfectly honest, I did not treat her any differently than I do other patients. It's just that she apparently appreciated it greatly. I like to think I am good at my job. I take on even the "difficult" patients and make them feel welcome and I talk and smile and am generally warm and compassionate to them. If every nurse and other support staff was like that, our world would be a better place.
That just proves to me that I am in the right profession.
So cut to when I'm done reading the note and am heading down to the Birthing Center to stock up the rooms and take care of everything.
After I'm finished with that I head to find out where I'll be working today. I sit down and the charge nurse and my boss are in there. The charge nurse says to me, "I don't know why they didn't call you this morning, but we don't need you." I laughed. Yeah, why did they not call me and tell me to stay home? Oh well. So she called the nursing supervisor and they didn't need me anywhere else either. So they kick me outta there and I clock out at 6:27 AM. Crazy huh?
I tried to call Jax but she didn't answer. So I'm like shit, I guess I'll walk. But I remembered I didn't bring my coat so I'd be walking in the cold. But it wasn't *that* cold. After calling her twice with no answer I called the kid. She didn't answer either so off I went walking. The kid called me back and I told her to wake up Jax and come get me. She did and the rest is history.
And I have a whole day to do nothing. Weird huh? I don't even have a test to study for. It's ridiculous man. And now I don't go back to work until Friday.
Yay!
Today is a big big day for us. Can't wait. And that's all I got for now. Have a beautiful day!!!!
