DIS/DISUnplugged/Dreams December Event Info – DISapalooza (continued)

[AnneR]

Checking in again. We're up to over 6" in the last 24 hours and it's supposed to pour all night. Glad that I live on higher ground.

I usually have a very slow, easy going life. I listen to podcasts and Disney music; play with the dogs; bake; take care of every detail at home; and do quite a bit with church stuff. Well it seems that since Tuesday, it's all hit at once. Ack! I don't remember how to do it all. I used to work full-time for eons and now that I'm working 32 hours, I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut off. I'm barely on here or Passporter or FB. October was a busy month to begin with. Just let me say Ack! one more time. I know everyone deals with this all the time. I just forgot how.

I'll be back in a bit. Need to get the coffee ready for tomorrow, make lunches for tomorrow, start a load of laundry, and I'm sure something else.

Lorie

Hope the rains stops soon!

Remember, we really can't do it all, we jus do our best.

My tool is lists and notes. My kids think I am over organized with my lists and such but it is what keeps me sane.

 

[kathrna]

Checking in again. We're up to over 6" in the last 24 hours and it's supposed to pour all night. Glad that I live on higher ground.

I usually have a very slow, easy going life. I listen to podcasts and Disney music; play with the dogs; bake; take care of every detail at home; and do quite a bit with church stuff. Well it seems that since Tuesday, it's all hit at once. Ack! I don't remember how to do it all. I used to work full-time for eons and now that I'm working 32 hours, I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut off. I'm barely on here or Passporter or FB. October was a busy month to begin with. Just let me say Ack! one more time. I know everyone deals with this all the time. I just forgot how.

I'll be back in a bit. Need to get the coffee ready for tomorrow, make lunches for tomorrow, start a load of laundry, and I'm sure something else.

Lorie I'm sure you are doing a great job! The key is to try to stay organized before you ever leave the house.
I would be the same way if I went back to work. Going from a bit of a leisurely pace to one where people want you somewhere at a certain time is difficult. I'm sure you are handling it all w/flying colors.

 

[kathrna]

Scott, how did you day go with having to talk to your employee who needed to step it up a notch?

 

[katscradle]

Darn! I keep missing my milestones! I went over 500!!

Congrats on your 500th post!

 

[sshaw10060]

Scott, how did you day go with having to talk to your employee who needed to step it up a notch?

Well, I have one fewer intern. She basically said she didn't think she could make the changes and step up to the plate in the way we needed. After a few minutes of awkward silence I said that if she couldn't make those changes there wasn't a place for her in our hospital. She said she understood and the Friday would be her last day.

It really is sad. She is a smart girl, but wasn't able to make the transition from student to independent decision maker. Now everyone else gets to work a little harder to cover her shifts until July.

 

[kathrna]

That's a long time to pick up the slack.
I know it must of been difficult to have that talk. Probably harder than it was to hear.

 

[katscradle]

That's a long time to pick up the slack.
I know it must of been difficult to have that talk. Probably harder than it was to hear.

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[AnneR]

Well, I have one fewer intern. She basically said she didn't think she could make the changes and step up to the plate in the way we needed. After a few minutes of awkward silence I said that if she couldn't make those changes there wasn't a place for her in our hospital. She said she understood and the Friday would be her last day.

It really is sad. She is a smart girl, but wasn't able to make the transition from student to independent decision maker. Now everyone else gets to work a little harder to cover her shifts until July.

This is sad Scott. Over the years, we have worked with many OT students doing a 12 week placement with us. They need to be willing to get in there take initiative and GO. Every once in while we would get a student who just could not work in our setting. They did better in other environments.

 

[mainegal]

Up here there is no set age.
it has to do with your eye pressure test.
The cost does not compare with the freedom and the chance to just enjoy life. However I wore contacts and eyeglasses.
I figured it was cost me about $600. per year for everything.
The procedure cost me $2400.
So that six years to get your return back.

Thanks for the great answer!

 

[sshaw10060]

That's a long time to pick up the slack.
I know it must of been difficult to have that talk. Probably harder than it was to hear.

Luckily the slack gets spread between our 20 or so residents and interns, so it is only a few extra shifts each. After doing this job for 7 or 8 years I find myself more and more willing to have these conversations since if I ignore the situation I am not doing anyone a favor.

 

[katscradle]

Thanks for the great answer!

Thanks!
Yeah but my math was wrong.
It was not 6 years, but 4 years to get the money back.

 

[mainegal]

I think I'd go for cosmetic surgery first before lasik.

Long ago, when it was still fashionable and okay to wear fur coats, my mother said she would want a face lift over an expensive fur coat.

She ended up getting an prescribed eye lift for her droopy eyelids and cataract surgery that eliminated eyeglasses. Unfortunately, she only lived less than a year after she got her "new eyes". My mother's friends all look so different to me without their eyeglasses after their cataract surgery!

 

[mainegal]

That's next. Have to wait a couple years because of the lifting restrictions. But a Mommy Makeover is in my future.

What the heck is a Mommy Makeover?!

 

[kathrna]

Long ago, when it was still fashionable and okay to wear fur coats, my mother said she would want a face lift over an expensive fur coat.

She ended up getting an prescribed eye lift for her droopy eyelids and cataract surgery that eliminated eyeglasses. Unfortunately, she only lived less than a year after she got her "new eyes". My mother's friends all look so different to me without their eyeglasses after their cataract surgery!

I'm sorry about your mom, Lyn. I know that she was very dear to you. I bet she thought she was the "cat's meow" with her new look. Which is good for the soul.

 

[katscradle]

Long ago, when it was still fashionable and okay to wear fur coats, my mother said she would want a face lift over an expensive fur coat.

She ended up getting an prescribed eye lift for her droopy eyelids and cataract surgery that eliminated eyeglasses. Unfortunately, she only lived less than a year after she got her "new eyes". My mother's friends all look so different to me without their eyeglasses after their cataract surgery!

Sorry to hear about your mom.
I look at lasic as a little bit cosmetic, and I think your mother had the right idea.

 

[mainegal]

Well, I have one fewer intern. She basically said she didn't think she could make the changes and step up to the plate in the way we needed. After a few minutes of awkward silence I said that if she couldn't make those changes there wasn't a place for her in our hospital. She said she understood and the Friday would be her last day.

It really is sad. She is a smart girl, but wasn't able to make the transition from student to independent decision maker. Now everyone else gets to work a little harder to cover her shifts until July.

Not an easy conversation. I think you put it very well.

Too bad that others have to pick up the slack.

 

[katscradle]

What the heck is a Mommy Makeover?!

I can't say it as this is a family board..

 

[kathrna]

What the heck is a Mommy Makeover?!

After you're done have kids, you go in for some work. Usually a breast lift/enhancement and tummy tuck and perhaps a little bit of liposuction.
I had a neighbor in Florida do it all at once. It was disasterous. The recovery time for just one of those surgeries is brutal, but to try to recover from all three at once. She was a mess! From her experience, I would never have it done.

 

[tlcoke]

Hi Everyone!!
I am officially on Vacation Now.

 

[AnneR]

Hi Everyone!!
I am officially on Vacation Now.

Hooray