Its A Pirate's Life For Me: Day 11: Weak Tea

     Today I was allowed to do even more things on my own at work. Where I still catch myself forgetting little things like adding the patient's weight to the growth chart (we write the weight in 5 different spots, I KID you not. Sometimes its hard to remember what I've marked and what I haven't)! How did you like that pun? Clever? Or too transparent? Other times I'll forget to write the room number up at the top of the chart. Yeah, STUPID LITTLE MISTAKES! An insecurity of mine is that other people will think that I am unintelligent. Well, if I keep making such air-heady mistakes they just might! Maybe I need to dye my hair back to brown or red or anything but this blonde! It really does not suit me. I made a couple return calls to patient families, I even called in an Rx or two. All of this office work is a completely new ball game for me, in the ER I was spoiled. I had the wonder Aimee or Denise to do all of that dirty work for me! I should probably send them a belated thank you box of chocolates....
     The first half of lunch I spent eating and studying immunization forms and the second half I spent relaxing on the couch reading GoT book 2. I really need to finish that book, I've been "reading" it since September. I brought home my awesome drug rep swag today. I got a nifty tussinex clock and a baller FocalinXR stapler/tape dispenser duo! I also got a few free ice packs for my freezer!
     I skipped the gym today because I wanted to get some chores completed. I told myself I'd paint a bit more tonight but so far I haven't gotten to it. I'm willing to gesture that I will not get to it tonight. I put away the clean dishes, finished folding my laundry, and most importantly I attempted to enroll in Tricare. Who knew this would be such a lengthy endeavor?! Oh wait, its something Army. Duh, everyone knows it takes forever. Everyone but me. I just spent an hour mucking about on various webpages that promise to assist you in enrolling ONLINE! Yeah no, they don't. I finally broke down and called the 1-800 help line at 1915. Call center closed at 1900, fuck you, call back tomorrow. ARRRRRRGH!
     For dinner I had a delightful tuna tettrizini, honey bran bread and a few pieces of dark chocolate. I also added my milk, flour and sugar to the friendship bread! A few more days and I'll get to bake up a storm! I'm tempted to make this deployment-friendly cake recipe I discovered. I figured I should practice now so I can tweak the recipe if needed before he actually deploys.
    My granny was moved out of the ICU and onto the medical floor this afternoon! I got to speak to her a little bit last night which meant the world to me, but made me cry like a baby. She told me what she thought had happened, all about her nurses, and of course how they won't let her eat and have her tea. I said she has to get better and be nice to the nurses since I'm not there to make sure she behaves, she replied that I can always fly up for the funeral. I cracked. Not only did I sob uncontrollably, but I also managed to lecture my granny. Literally a good 10 minute lecture on how she is not allowed to say things like that, and that she needs to survive and keeps a good positive spirit blah blah. My closing argument as to why she a)couldn't say things like that and b)couldn't die yet, I wouldn't allow her to was 1) she had not met Mitchell and 2) she hasn't seen my adorable babies yet. Like a trooper, my granny conceded and promised that she would not give up or let go until she saw and held one of my little babies. Now I'm convinced this will keep her around for awhile because she is very motivated to kidnap my offspring. She actually said she wanted to kidnap my offspring for awhile, maybe a few years, then send them back when they hit the tantrum phase. I've always been convinced that my granny will outlive us all, she is seriously a strong, fiesty, British woman. Let us hope my conviction is correct. Today she is much better, she is already complaining about how the food is bland, she needs salt, and how her tea is weak, can she have a few more bags. This is all apart of her normal hospital cycle, she calls it the game she plays. She even asked my aunt to bring her glasses, no not those glasses, the other glasses that I NEVER USE. Bring those. I'm optimistic that she will be back home by the end of this week! I'm very grateful for my aunty for driving down to take care of granny in my place, and I'm very thankful for the wonderful staff at Benefis. They always treat my granny well and have gone out of their way to keep me updated on her status.