September 9, 2013
Hello everyone,
Where is everyone. I just logged myself back on and lost a few completely. I miss Briman, I hope nothing happened to him. Its my fault for not being on here since November.
School: This has gotten me extremely busy. Enough to neglect just about everything in my life except for my love life. I managed to plow through all of my general election classes: Intro to film (C), American history (B-), Ethics in moral reasoning (B+), Ethics in social responsibility (A), Basic Algebra (C), and Intermediate Algebra (B-). The last class I just took was Legal and Aspects of Health Information Management (A). Now I am at my 1st Information Technology class until 9/26. I am excited to be doing my core subjects. I will let you know how I do (if anyone bothers to read them and comment).
Love life: The last time I wrote was about meeting Bruce. Well...we are still together. It will be 1 year on October 6. Things are going good. He is extremely attentitve and wants to be with me. The bad part is that he is terrible with money and hardly ever has money to do things on the weekends. I hope things improve. Its becoming kinda concerning and something to really think about.
Health: I been still pretty stable. I occasionally have back pains and know when to stop and take a break. I started to have heavy periods lately and that is whats concerning me more than my kidneys. After almost a year of not having one, I started up something horrible. I buy the big pack of always and usually go through 75% of the pack. So frustrating. Bruce is getting worried about me and wants me to call my gyn. I'll see if I get it again this month. I got my period 2 x last month. Lets see if it happens again.
Work: Remember at my last journal that I was having trouble with my transcription skills. Well, its become a discipline issue and had to sign a last chance agreement. I didn't make it so I am on borrowed time. They said that I could bid on another position within the system so my year 1/2 time has been saved. Jean also mentioned that the letters to the pediatricians are not up to par either. Its often hard to read the hospital doctors writing. I have been taking initiative by asking questions about certain words and what they mean. Dr Riley actually complained about it to Jean and took offense to it. You should see his handwriting, something awful. Anyways, my relationship with the other girls in my office room is sort of ok. We had a strained relationship for a few months. Its getting a little better. They complained about what I wore, how I did things in the office, thought I wasn't acting professional in the office. I mind my ps and qs lately so they have nothing to show for. They are moving my desk down the hall to my own office. Unfortunately, its far away from the unit. Thats ok, its only a matter of time that I get something else. I did have a few interviews at a homecare agency as an intake specialist and patient scheduler. I haven't heard anything in about a week and a half. Hopefully they will call me and tell me...either way.
I haven't been to the gym since december. I wish I had the money to continue with the personal trainer but at 120 a month,thats a little steep. I started the 30 day challenge of squats and planks. Today was my 1st day, I will let you know where I am and how I feel. So far, its ok. I had to do 50 squats today, which left me winded. I did 3 sets of 20 second planks. My weight has creeped up and my fitness level has taken a nose dive. I only went rollerblading once this summer. Ive been a slug of a college student writing a paper a week.
I picked up a 2nd job as a home health aide. I started only working on the weekends. Had some great people. The first lady I saw had bipolar and one day she snapped (its because I reminded her of one of her daughters). Got off that case. The next lady was a lady who lived about 5 min away. Another weekend case. She wound up losing so much weight that she was sent to a nursing home. Now I have another case, she lives with her daughter and son in law she seems nice but doesn't talk at all. Happy to see me when I come to her. Shes got 2 pug dogs...Im in my glory. I work on tue/thur evening for this lady who had a stroke but broke her arm a month ago. Her family is extremely involved and always over when Im there. shes a nice lady. I have a private pay patient named marion who is my neighbor across the street wifes mother. Shes pretty good and has alzheimers. Everything is locked up pretty tight. Its nice to get a few bucks cash during the week ($40). Im working tue/wed/thur 5-9, sat 11-4pm. I have a case on sunday but it hasn't exactly started yet. Its a family issue they tell me.
Well, thats it...its been quite awhile. Hopefully you will see it. Tell me how you have been doing, what you've been doing. I have to catch up with people.
Where is everyone. I just logged myself back on and lost a few completely. I miss Briman, I hope nothing happened to him. Its my fault for not being on here since November.
School: This has gotten me extremely busy. Enough to neglect just about everything in my life except for my love life. I managed to plow through all of my general election classes: Intro to film (C), American history (B-), Ethics in moral reasoning (B+), Ethics in social responsibility (A), Basic Algebra (C), and Intermediate Algebra (B-). The last class I just took was Legal and Aspects of Health Information Management (A). Now I am at my 1st Information Technology class until 9/26. I am excited to be doing my core subjects. I will let you know how I do (if anyone bothers to read them and comment).
Love life: The last time I wrote was about meeting Bruce. Well...we are still together. It will be 1 year on October 6. Things are going good. He is extremely attentitve and wants to be with me. The bad part is that he is terrible with money and hardly ever has money to do things on the weekends. I hope things improve. Its becoming kinda concerning and something to really think about.
Health: I been still pretty stable. I occasionally have back pains and know when to stop and take a break. I started to have heavy periods lately and that is whats concerning me more than my kidneys. After almost a year of not having one, I started up something horrible. I buy the big pack of always and usually go through 75% of the pack. So frustrating. Bruce is getting worried about me and wants me to call my gyn. I'll see if I get it again this month. I got my period 2 x last month. Lets see if it happens again.
Work: Remember at my last journal that I was having trouble with my transcription skills. Well, its become a discipline issue and had to sign a last chance agreement. I didn't make it so I am on borrowed time. They said that I could bid on another position within the system so my year 1/2 time has been saved. Jean also mentioned that the letters to the pediatricians are not up to par either. Its often hard to read the hospital doctors writing. I have been taking initiative by asking questions about certain words and what they mean. Dr Riley actually complained about it to Jean and took offense to it. You should see his handwriting, something awful. Anyways, my relationship with the other girls in my office room is sort of ok. We had a strained relationship for a few months. Its getting a little better. They complained about what I wore, how I did things in the office, thought I wasn't acting professional in the office. I mind my ps and qs lately so they have nothing to show for. They are moving my desk down the hall to my own office. Unfortunately, its far away from the unit. Thats ok, its only a matter of time that I get something else. I did have a few interviews at a homecare agency as an intake specialist and patient scheduler. I haven't heard anything in about a week and a half. Hopefully they will call me and tell me...either way.
I haven't been to the gym since december. I wish I had the money to continue with the personal trainer but at 120 a month,thats a little steep. I started the 30 day challenge of squats and planks. Today was my 1st day, I will let you know where I am and how I feel. So far, its ok. I had to do 50 squats today, which left me winded. I did 3 sets of 20 second planks. My weight has creeped up and my fitness level has taken a nose dive. I only went rollerblading once this summer. Ive been a slug of a college student writing a paper a week.
I picked up a 2nd job as a home health aide. I started only working on the weekends. Had some great people. The first lady I saw had bipolar and one day she snapped (its because I reminded her of one of her daughters). Got off that case. The next lady was a lady who lived about 5 min away. Another weekend case. She wound up losing so much weight that she was sent to a nursing home. Now I have another case, she lives with her daughter and son in law she seems nice but doesn't talk at all. Happy to see me when I come to her. Shes got 2 pug dogs...Im in my glory. I work on tue/thur evening for this lady who had a stroke but broke her arm a month ago. Her family is extremely involved and always over when Im there. shes a nice lady. I have a private pay patient named marion who is my neighbor across the street wifes mother. Shes pretty good and has alzheimers. Everything is locked up pretty tight. Its nice to get a few bucks cash during the week ($40). Im working tue/wed/thur 5-9, sat 11-4pm. I have a case on sunday but it hasn't exactly started yet. Its a family issue they tell me.
Well, thats it...its been quite awhile. Hopefully you will see it. Tell me how you have been doing, what you've been doing. I have to catch up with people.
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