Obviously haven't blogged in a while. I took a basically boss-mandated week off (I never take time off) and didn't do squat. It was wonderful and somewhat awful at the same time. I loved having the days to myself and such but awful in that I now know the joy of not working. My "preview of retirement" has made me long for less work. Good to know it's only 30 years off.
Also, going on vacation means you have to go back to work and you've now been out of the loop for a full week. I have a pretty stellar memory so this just throws me off. I pretty much know what's on my shelf, what we've faxed on, what we're waiting for PAs on, what we have on special order, etc. They also added a new section of compression stockings so I had to look at that to add to the index. :) The other part of the fall-out is getting back to the whole people thing....the "I need it and I need it now" mentality that is so pervasive in our culture has to be one of the most draining things in the universe. We had a gentleman call TODAY at probably around 9 or 10 AM for a silly PPI that his Rx had expired, we notified him we would fax the dr but they were pretty busy being that it's Monday....but oh no, this gentleman thought that it would be slow at the dr's office today so we should get that new Rx right away! I think he called back 4 or 5 times before we actually filled the rx (at about 2:30 PM...a VERY respectable turn-around time). I also had the joy of a patient who basically didn't have a clue about his discharge after open heart surgery. He also doesn't have insurance...so his Aggrenox Rx was insane. I also got to pick out Depends for a lady over the phone. One of my favorite things to do (almost as much fun as compression stockings over the phone)...although my technician got the wonder of looking for sandwich bags for another customer (whom I love....she's one of my favorites...but sandwich bags??? Seriously??? I think it's just because we deliver for free to her) I also got the sheer awfulness of a lunch rush and a brainless coworker who drives me nuts. Yay for first days back!!!!
DH and I have completely opposite schedules this week. Basically, I'm days, he's nights. :( Oh well...both of us have been exceedingly crabby lately...which I think fuels one another. Went fishing this weekend a couple times. Didn't have much luck but I got a LOT of sun. :) May go again on Thursday. DH is golfing at the CC Thursday AM but we don't have anything else going on. Still need to catch my first fish. :)