Magical Times

I just finished my first week of orientation actually in the emergency department at my small community hospital. :( It has not been as magical as I had hoped. If fact I am unhappy there.

However I thought I would share a few of my favorite stories about the hospital. The lack of magic I feel toward the job has not detracted from the magical things that have happened while I have been working. :)

The H-MRE

 So when you think of MRE, you probably think of something similar to this... 

One of the ER Doctors enlightened me on his H-MRE. Hippie meals ready-to-eat. :) First off he is trying to eat better and loose weight. He weighs in every two weeks and if he has not lost his weekly goal weight, $10 automatically transfers from his account to a political party that he wildly opposes. Any guessess... Mitt Romneys presidential campaign fund. :) Any way, so he has started bringing H-MRE for breakfast. It is a little brown envelope of plain oatmeal inside a ziplock baggie that has fresh nuts and craisins. The ready-to-eat part comes when he pours his hot morning coffee into the bag and mixes it all up! And walla! Coffee flavored oatmeal. :)

Roachy Roach

I experience firsts every day living in North Carolina. Today I went from being a girl who had never seen a real cockroach to killing two!

This photo was taken just outside my hospital's cafeteria. I was sitting with some fellow employees waiting for the cafeteria doors to open. A man looked down at my feet and said "nabit, there at it again". I looked down and saw a HUGE cockroach. He looks small here because he is smashed. I proceded to run and he chaced after me! I never knew they were so fast. I frantically ran in between the cafe tables in horror! Right then the cafeteria doors opened and I continued my Olympic run right through the doors. Then that very nice man squished it on its hot pursuit of me into the cafe. It is absolutely no wonder I make so many new friends here. 

Then tonight as I was going to turn my bathroom sink on I saw his little brother crawling up the sides of the white porcelain. He met the same fate, squished beneath the weight of my hairspray bottle and my vengeance.

Diversity Training

 Other highlights include my diversity training day! Well, it is a required training for all employees annually. We spent the first hour getting to know each other and the subsequent three hours debating:

 politics

 gay/lesbian rights

chick-fil-a

black discrimination still present in the south

the confederate flag

and

why I am a Mormon. 

Good times!

Love y'all and pray you are doing well! :)