Happy Mardi Gras, now I have to decide soon if I'll give up anything this year...

So I am finally getting back into the swing of things with work and having days off to do nothing again.  I amazed at how little I do on my days off.  Well I know the day has just began but I don't forsee a lot going on today.  I was going to go to the gym but I woke up in the middle of the night with back pains and it didn't get any better by the time I finally got up.  I think I am going to try to do some stretches in a bit and see what that does but I don't have really high hopes.  It is starting to feel better so no need to feel sorry for me but not good enough to go continue on my running schedule which is annoying because I just got back into running!  I swear I can never get past week one or two of my training.

Work is going fine but I forgot how tiring 12 hour shifts were.  Part way through the day I start getting tired and wish I only had 8 hour days like many other people.  But then again I am glad that I don't work 5 days a week.  So it is a compromise I am willing to make.  I think I was also ready for the weekend to be over because I just had a lot of patient families this weekend that were a little different.  For many reasons but it is not really nice to judge people but hey it is a blog so I am going to judge away.  I had a family where the mom doesn't work but she couldn't be bothered to even come visit her 5 month old baby in the two days I worked, a "child" who is 14 and her mom still talks to her like a baby so that is how she talks to people as well which really come on of course you'd rather be in a hospital than teased at school, a mom who was fake and nice to my face and complained about me to our charge nurse later in the day (I was told about it but told not to worry about it and kill her with kindness because that mom is a bitch and there was nothing I could do about the situation and I did what I was suppose to), and I also had a very neurotic mom that freaked out every time she had to leave, we always told her the same thing but she would do the same thing every time and I had her for the past 4 days I worked.  Really lady, it is the same thing every time, if you leave we'll check on your kid no big deal.  We appreciate that you are here and tell us when you leave but we aren't heartless we wont make children suffer.  So this may make you guys worry about bringing your children to Children's Mercy but honestly we all love kids or we would work somewhere else and get paid more but I really wish people would calm down, be nice, and realize sometimes when doctors give you a diagnosis to either accept it or leave and get a second opinion elsewhere, you aren't helping anyone by being rude and making us not like giving you, which sometimes means you don't get the best care we can give.  Venting done.

So I realize I don't do a good job at posting in this as it has almost been a month since I have written. In my defense this time I was out of the country and my internet time had to be used wisely as I was paying for it by the hour.

Nevertheless I am home now and I guess I should try to keep more updated but I don't find that I have many funny experience to share with others seeing as while my life is full I don't seem to run it that many things that feel necessary to share. Anyway, last night I spent a night in with the girls and we watched House Bunny. While this movie is by no means a good movie with great acting, we laughed quite a bit, maybe it was the margaritas, maybe it was the 3 hours of sleep I had and was awake for 20 but I think it is worth it if you want to watch a stupid funny movie. Our favorite character was the girl who was a little manish, if you ever watch you'll know who I mean.

As most of you know my trip was great, I got to see my parents and just hang out this time. No pressure to go so many places this time and just spent some quality time. We still did a lot of walking and I guess that is just to be expected in a pedestrian city. I just wish that I could get on regular sleep cycles a little more easily when I take these kind of trips. It takes me so long to get adjusted but as far as today goes I am doing pretty well, I slept from 1230 last night until about 8 this morning so yea! I probably should have tried to sleep a little longer since my body needs a little catch up after the 8 hours it got in 3 days but oh well.

I think today will be a little catching up with my brother and cleaning the apartment a little so it feels like I am back at home. Once I can settle in a little then I can start planning my next trip :) I don't know where it is going to be yet but I did tell my friend I would go to Texas for his birthday. It is not looking good as it is my weekend to work at the hospital and I am at that point that I have been taking off so much for both jobs that I feel like anymore time off anywhere is going to be greatly frowned upon and for some reason I hate asking for time off because I feel like I am gone all the time anyway. So just a little dilemma.

I guess I should get back to what I was doing, which is reading the Twilight series. Because after I am done with this book I am going to start moving towards things I have to do and I am hoping to get stuff done before I leave the apartment today. I have a feeling that I might lean towards lazy and catch up a little more on my shows but I am going to try to resist the temptation.