Merry Christmas!
Hope everyone has had a warm and safe Christmas so far. Ours has been incredibly lazy and that seems so odd to me. After moving to California my family traditions were disrupted and I no longer had to travel to and from church, to grandma's, and to my parents' on Christmas Eve then endure Christmas Day with the rest of the family. In California my friends and I made our own traditions. Christmas Eve we went to Will and Carrie's and Christmas Day we'd go to Bryan and Sarah's or my place. Both events will filled with food, staying up late, getting up early, cooking, drinking, family and friends. This year since Bryan and Sarah moved to Chicago and Will and Carrie are in Florida visiting their families, I have no tradition this year. Last night I tagged along for the Santa run with the White Family, Alan, and John. Today Alan and I are just lazying around until we go to Alan's mom's for lunch/dinner. It's an odd feeling. Tonight we're hoping to gather some friends to see Sweeney Todd. It's a Christmas I'm not accustomed to. I feel like I should be stressed out or cooking or at least have drink in my hand. It's kind of nice.
It's a small world
On Monday I found out that one of my patients is from West Toledo. When she found out I was from Oak Harbor, she asked me if I shopped at Bassett's and we talked about the Bassett family a bit. Yesterday I evaluated a new patient. The patient's daughter asked me if I was from Michigan (from my 'accent'). I told her I went to school in Michigan, but was from Ohio. She told me she as her mother had family in Ann Arbor. I told her I went to a school called Eastern Michigan. She said her sister went to Eastern, and we chatted about EMU and Ann Arbor. Even more weird is that these 2 patients are roommates. It's like I walked into the Twilight Zone when I go in the room.
Congrats to Alan!
He got a audition with the Second City Touring Company in January. He'll be flying to Chicago for the audition. He planned on going in January or February anyway, but now he has a even better reason to go. Here's to wishing him some luck!
Working 9 to 5
Today was my first day of my new work assignment. It was nice to be an OT and do something comfortable and familiar rather than student teach and be followed around by 1-2 people. The facility is nice. It's in Santa Monica off of Santa Monica Blvd so it's easy to get to. I like the therapists. They appear to have a personality and are friendly. The facility is small so I wasn't exhausted when I was done. Only 59 beds! They appear to do a lot of rehab for a SNF because they have a therapy staff of 7 or 8 people. PG had more than three times the beds and less than 3 times the staff. It's pretty laid back to. 85% productivity is expected not 90+. 85% is a piece of cake.
Random thoughts
1. The best part about being done with exams is good food and drink with friends on a Thursday night.
2. The second best part about being done with exams is that it is 3:40 PM and I'm still in my PJ's.
3. If your name rhymes with Laci do not marry a guy with the last name Petersen. As a matter of fact, if you name is Macy, Tracy, etc and a guy introduces himself as a Mr. Petersen, run like hell.
4. USPS sucks again.
5. People in LA can't drive in the rain.
6. I'm done with school for almost a month!!!
It's finally happened!
I'M ALL DONE!!! Exams done! Papers done! Portfolio turned in! Resource Kit done! Aaah now I can breathe and sleep.
Warning...May be too much info for some people!
So recently I've had this debacle with the nurse practitioner at my school's health center about my birth control. In lieu of everything, she convinced me to switch to the
Nuva Ring. I got 3 samples before getting a prescription. Yesterday I filled my prescription, and leafing through the warning information I found this statement: "This product may be harmful if swallowed. If...swallowing is suspected, remove the ring if possible and contact your local poison control center or emergency room." WHAT?
