On a posting binge...

Seeing how it's August and my blogging has been significantly down, I thought I'd ramble some more.

Nothing new and exciting ever happens. Just the usual craziness.

Although, my work week was intense. Tuesday was ok, until I got one patient that backed everything up. I didn't make it out of there until 5 and we had dinner reservations for 5:30. It was horrible.

Wednesday by far was the worst day. From the moment I arrived I was bombarded with patients. My only santuary was the thought that at 11 o'clock I would have help from my receptionist. So you know of course at 10:15 or so, Alf phones asking if it's ok for her to come in for one o'clock. SUUUUUrrrrreeee, why not, I only have 10 people waiting, suuuuurrrrreeeee. She sounded like crap so I said "fine." So she finally arrives at 12:45, and I'm still working. Did I mention lunch is at 12:30? Yes so I finally go to heat up my lunch. AT 12:50, I had no receptionist. Get this her boyfriend's mother was rushed to the hosptial so she has to go. First of all she only works 3½ hours a day and she could have been updated on his mother's condition, but no she had to go. Here's the funny part, she was in such a rush to leave she left my files in disarray, but didn't forget her chips and pop, nor did she fail to leave out the part about having massive diarrhea, which she practially screamed out (and people were in the waiting room). Even better is she returned to work at a little after 3. If she's just come to work on time, she could have have more time to take care of his mother. Then promises she'll make up the time tomorrow. I was horribly swamped that day. I did 30 patients that day, had no lunch and had to do all of her work. What do I get out of it? Nothing. But being walked all over. I could understand if it was her mom, but this is her boyfriend's mom. Nevermind, if I say more I'll come off callus and stuff. It's not like he's an only child, he was siblings and everything. But whatever..

Thursday rolls around and wouldn't you know it. She CAN'T stay to make up the time. She has to take her boyfriend to his mother's specialist's appointment. I swear this boyfriend is 12 or something. He's just as messed up as her. He's almost 40, still lives at home, doesn't spend any money, doesn't have a car and just uses her. But does she care no? She dumped him after a few weeks of being engaged, then got back with him. I haven't quite figured out who is the bigger idiot. So fine, as she's leaving (and she left early btw) she says she'll be in for 9am for friday and stay all day because she feels "bad" about leaving me so much this week.

Today, guess what time she came in? After 11. UGH!!!! Then at 2 o'clock I hear her boyfriend arrive. Of course I know this means she's not staying until the end of the day, like she's supposed to. Of course she gives the normal "well if you really want me to stay, I can." Such attitude. So I asked her when she will make up the time, she says monday. I'll see it when it happens. But she said she couldn't today because of her boyfriend's mother. She didn't even have anything serious. She upset her bowels from going on a no carb diet. That's about it. It's not like she had a heart attack ot anything. Whatever.

I am still afraid to tell her stuff. She's so unstable, it's hard to say if she'd just turn around and punch me one day. I am dead serious when I say this. Just last week, I made mention to her that she shouldn't eat at the front desk. It's really unprofessional and when I told my manager, he freaked out. Just to clarify it's not like she eating small things, no. She's slamming a mcdonalds breakfast down her throat in front of patients. Remember that some of these patients have come in fasting for their blood tests. They don't want to watch someone gorging on McDonalds. Any ways, I mention this to her and later on in the day I find her bawling her eyes out over this. I wasn't even rude about it. I just mentioned it nicely and everything. She just takes everything so personally. If I want to put my films through the developer on my own, she thinks I'm mad at her and don't like the way she does it. If I get someone's file while she's busy, I'm taking over. I can't win with her. She's really there to take some of the burden off of me, not add a zillon other problems. Yikes!!!

But seriously, I'm wondering about this job. If it's summer now and I'm averaging almost 30 people a day (I get at least 20 a day), and this is with doctor's on holidays, I'm scared for the fall and winter. Plus the doctor's office upstairs from me added a new doctor so more people :( I'm going to be very exhausted this winter, unless some fantastic new job opened up. Mind you if they just hired Barb and fired Alf. I'd be on cloud nine! Will never happen because my managment is a bunch of retards. But winter and fall are a lot busier than the summer (or at least, all the staff says this and even they are remarking about how busy this summer has been). I'm scared. I'm not looking forward to almost 40 patients a day. Put it this way. A good weekend day at the hospital is 50 patients. They have 4 techs working to cover that. There is only one me and I have to do any where from half of that or whatever. Am i just stupid....maybe.

Oh and apparently I'm not going to be home alone on Monday. Apparently Ozzfest was cancelled, so Trevor is coming home early. My parents are still going away (hey it's only been almost 4 years since they last went away). Mind you Trevor coming home that day makes no difference. He's never home anyway. Still. Everyone is going to the States but me :( First Carla, then my parent and then Trevor and do you think any one asks me to go. No. Orginially my mom told me to book off next thursday and friday to go down to the states, but my stupid father informed her a few days ago he booked them a room in Grand Forks. So once again I was ripped off. I'm very much pissed about this. I'm just never going to get a vacation, period.

Well I think I'm going to collapse again. I'm just extremely tired tonight. I already slept for a while tonight (and I NEVER do that). Soooo tired.


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{..::current..mood::..} exhausted. I need a vaction.

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