Yeah, I know I said I'd get better at this and well…I probably will at some point…. before I am 90. Ha! I've been at the new job for about three weeks or so now and I love it. The patient population is exactly what I was looking for…..lots of cardiac and a touch of everything else. From what I am seeing with my old classmates…I am most definitely one of the lucky ones. Jobs scarce right now. Anyway, the unit keeps me on my toes and really thinking which I love. The staff is pretty good too. A couple nurses with attitudes but all in all really super nice people….a few of them even come looking for me when new things happen so I can watch/help/do. J
My hours have been a little crazy. I'm supposedly 40% on the unit but working 40+ hours a week. The $$$ will be nice, especially since my loans will be coming due pretty quick here. But I miss the kids, and I feel a little out of the loop here and there. Don't get me wrong my parents have been a godsend when it comes to taking care of the boy child. I know he is in good and capable hands….that will keep him on his schedule and make sure he gets his meds/treatments. It's really the only reason I have been able to focus on the new job so easily I'm sure. It's just that I have been taking care of the kiddo for so long it's been really hard to let go. His father was/is always a disappointment in that area even while we were married but more so now…not watching for bleeds, not giving his medications at the scheduled times, not willing to deal with the injections…and then the "pre-diabetes" came up and changes made to his diet that his father just wasn't willing to be consistent on. Sometimes that makes me thankful he moved away and I don't have to worry about it so much anymore….although it's still sad for the kiddo.
But my parents….they are a different story. They understand what even minor changes to his schedule or diet can/will do to him….not just medically but the adjustment to transitioning too. I thank God for knowing just what he was doing by giving me such a supportive family. J And the kid is just absolutely thriving!!! Honestly!!! He watches that schedule and knows who is going to take care of him before school each day and just seems to have settled into it like it's nothing major. I never would have been able to make this leap without them….especially after my ex bailed on the kids. I think some of this success is just because he really needs to have some kind of guy connection on a consistent basis…and now he has that with my dad. I couldn't ask for a better role model for him either!!
I'm still not 100% sure this day/night rotation is going to work for me though. I'm already exhausted working days and my body is just adjusting to the early mornings….I'm not sure what it'll do when I switch over to night hours in December. If you are reading this, I suggest you buy stock in RedBull. Pretty sure their sales will be soaring at the end of the year ha ha! Thank goodness for the college daughter too. She has been a big help but man do I need to get her a car in a BAADDD way. Hmmmm….maybe I am looking at that wrong…..maybe I need to get ME a new car. That sounds so much better.
(Man- I just re-read this and my family sounds so WONDERFUL!!! Doesn't it??)
Welp- I better get a few things done and call it a night.
Live~Laugh~Love Ya'll!!
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