Ethan’s Journey

 The sun was out today!!!!!! Yay!!!! Sunshine is good for the soul. My stomach has been in knots about this new part time gig I am starting. I have never worked in emergency medicine. Today I did a fasting to reset my gut. My gut gets cranky when I am anxious. I wonder where Avery gets her ball of nerves? My shift is 6 pm to 6 am. I am a morning person, so this could get interesting at about 8 pm….when I normally skip happily off to bed. I have a plan for a sleeping schedule. My worry is mostly that I won’t know the drug calculations, I don’t know how to do certain things…but mostly that I just don’t know. I like to know. I like to master things. I won’t know things and I don’t like that.  I chose to do this for a couple reasons. One is to learn. This is a growth project I have chosen. This is a networking project. This is pushing me outside of my comfort zone. This is to entertain my brain and sharpen my skill set which is rusty, since I have been out of clinic for a year and a half.

 I had a few meetings then popped over to the emergency clinic to help with inventory. I met a couple new coworkers. I am hoping I would have several people more experienced than me on a shift so that I can observe for a bit before jumping in. I know for sure one girl does not have any emergency experience either and we will be working together. Well….it will be an experience, that’s for sure. I had a few more meetings and now I am scrambling to set things up with my new territory. I am wondering if this will be a temporary or permanent solution. I went to dinner with a friend. We chatted for a few hours.I had a delicious margarita! It was pretty too! Avery set up an appointment for herself because she feels like her anxiety is not controlled. I will do my best to help Avery get what she needs.

 It’s funny how when you get used to a routine with the pharmacy how you just rely on that. When the person you ALWAYS talk to doesn’t answer the phone, it gets messy.  I got a different lady on the phone today and requested a refill on all of Ethan’s eligible medications. Some are a 30 day supply, some 60, some 90. My request was simple. “I need to get refills for the medications that are eligible for refill.” She said “you can’t just make that blanket statement.” She was a bit pissy when she said it. The funny thing is, my regular lady is very helpful and goes through each one with me. This lady wanted me to list each one. Fine!  So I started rattling off the different medications. We can play that game and go one by one. I have them memorized. She was asking me what the generic names were for the drugs….and I knew them. I was irritated, but remained kind. I imagine they have all sorts of types of people calling the pharmacy. By the end of the phone call she was much friendlier. Whil

 Our basement had a little bit of a flood the other day with all the rain we had. Luckily it only involved a small portion and soaked a few area rugs. The biggest rug was a 5 foot by 7 footer. We basically use it as a barrier for the floor so it isn’t so cold. Paul scooped up 2 of the 3 foot by 5 foot rugs and wadded them up in a pile.  Today was the first day there was a smell of mold.  The smaller rugs went right in the washer. The bigger rug I spread out and then ran the carpet shampooed over it. I used the antibacterial soap and shampooed the hell out of it and sucked up all the water out of it. It smells much better down there. Nothing else was disturbed. We had to move a few plastic laundry baskets but nothing else had any damage to it. Just a small little bump in the road. I think we handled it well. I did some work today while I watched tv as I prepared for the upcoming week. I really like the flexibility I have. It will make room in my schedule to help out this week at the par

My orientation went well today. It might be a bit messy as this emergency service opens up, but it will be cool to work with an entire new team. I am excited because I am entering uncharted territory for myself. I will really learn some new things. After I got home, I deep cleaned our den area. This is our main entrance in the house. I have 8 paws that traps in wet and mudd. The rabbit scatters his hay around and makes a mess. I steam cleaned everything and am so glad we have tile. We picked Avery up at her dorm. We then went to dinner at the in-laws to celebrate birthdays. We had a nice time chatting and food was delicious as always. We dropped Avery off at her dorm. We didn’t want her driving all that way by herself in the foggy weather. Plus she would have to do a 10-15 minute walk from the parking lot in the dark, at night, by herself. Nope! Not safe. Although she does have her pepper spray. We brought Jiminy with us tonight. Ethan loves him so much. I am so happy to see Ethan dote

Today was hectic and full of appointments, phone calls and video meetings. I told Avery to be ready by 12:45 so we could leave.  We had to stop at the lab first and YAY!!!!! They were open. Got my blood drawn and the results all came back normal! Woo hoo! This means we will stick to the plan of colonoscopy in March.  Lucky me! We then headed to Avery’s dorm. Moving her back involved an extensive closet of clothes, blankets, shoes and of course all of her plants. She had a whole laundry basket full of her plants. She has named them all and they have her perceived personalities. She is so cute. I made her leave the room so I could hide multiple little cards around her room. Each little card has either a joke, a piece of advice or something funny written on it like “Ethan farted on this card” so that she feels like a piece of home is with her. Later we went to dinner with friends and had a good time laughing and chatting the night away. I have to wake up early tomorrow as I am doing my 3

 I was feeling kinda of blah this morning. I was annoyed by things that I probably shouldn’t have been annoyed by. It was one of those mornings that I wanted to be left alone so I wouldn’t hurt anyone’s feelings by being a jerk. But I just wanted to be a jerk. I wanted to have my pissy thoughts and wallow in them. I was thinking about my Dad who passed away on this day in 1995. I always wondered how he would have bonded with the kids, what he would look like now? I do think he keeps an eye on us and does what he can to keep us safe. He has his work cut out for him with Ethan.  I had a check up for my diverticulitis with my doctor. I planned it so I would have plenty of time to arrive and get to my appointment. I even stopped at the bank first. Wow! I was really checking things off my list. When I looked at where the appointment was, I read the address wrong and ended up at the wrong location. They told me I was at the wrong location at check in. Horrified, I called the office and let t