My Christmas... Making the best from the worst!!!
Now don't get me wrong... my Christmas has been great! But it started out a little rocky and I'll tell you why...
Christmas day is not as special as Christmas Eve or Boxing day... We do all of our gatherings on those days and leave Christmas day as a relaxing day! It makes the other two days far more enjoyable! So I decided that I would love nothing more than to work Christmas for many reasons other than extra money. I love my residents and living with them 40 hours a week makes me want to celebrate Christmas with them... they are my family! Some even have no family so I am what they have! I bought Christmas scrubs and a Santa Claus hat. The Nurse, Health Care Aids, and I all planned to work Christmas together because we like each other alot and have a solid, bullet proof routine that is amazing! So be honest everything about today was going to be great!
Until...
I got a phone call last night at 11:30 telling me they needed me to work in the Laundry room... now let me expalin this room! It's a small room at the back of the building where the only company I have is with my radio and a whole bunch of soiled articles of clothing. Any other day I don't mind becasue it's nice to work alone... but not on Christmas... not on the day that I want to spend with my residents! So I told the head Nurse NO! I won't do it... not on Christmas... I only have a few shifts left and I want to be with the residents... so he said ok!
This morning I get to work... make my coffee... start saying goodmorning to all my resdients and another girl walks in... they called her in to work for me without my permission and dropped me to the laundry room. I was so mad. Not because I necessarily had to go do laundry becasue it's an easy job but because I was HAD... I was HAD by the managment... they lied to me...
But I cooled off after 30 minutes, cranked the tunes and danced the rest of the day away. I was also finished early so I watched some figure skating with a lady I had to remind ever 3 minutes that it was Christmas! I love her!
Christmas means alot to me this year! I know I wont be around for the next couple of Christmas's because of my postings! It makes me a little emotional... but not overly! I'm excited to start training! I'm just not excited about the poor shape I've been keeping myself in the last week... OVER EATING and not RUNNING!!! I'll pay when I get to DEPOT!!
Now don't get me wrong... my Christmas has been great! But it started out a little rocky and I'll tell you why...
Christmas day is not as special as Christmas Eve or Boxing day... We do all of our gatherings on those days and leave Christmas day as a relaxing day! It makes the other two days far more enjoyable! So I decided that I would love nothing more than to work Christmas for many reasons other than extra money. I love my residents and living with them 40 hours a week makes me want to celebrate Christmas with them... they are my family! Some even have no family so I am what they have! I bought Christmas scrubs and a Santa Claus hat. The Nurse, Health Care Aids, and I all planned to work Christmas together because we like each other alot and have a solid, bullet proof routine that is amazing! So be honest everything about today was going to be great!
Until...
I got a phone call last night at 11:30 telling me they needed me to work in the Laundry room... now let me expalin this room! It's a small room at the back of the building where the only company I have is with my radio and a whole bunch of soiled articles of clothing. Any other day I don't mind becasue it's nice to work alone... but not on Christmas... not on the day that I want to spend with my residents! So I told the head Nurse NO! I won't do it... not on Christmas... I only have a few shifts left and I want to be with the residents... so he said ok!
This morning I get to work... make my coffee... start saying goodmorning to all my resdients and another girl walks in... they called her in to work for me without my permission and dropped me to the laundry room. I was so mad. Not because I necessarily had to go do laundry becasue it's an easy job but because I was HAD... I was HAD by the managment... they lied to me...
But I cooled off after 30 minutes, cranked the tunes and danced the rest of the day away. I was also finished early so I watched some figure skating with a lady I had to remind ever 3 minutes that it was Christmas! I love her!
Christmas means alot to me this year! I know I wont be around for the next couple of Christmas's because of my postings! It makes me a little emotional... but not overly! I'm excited to start training! I'm just not excited about the poor shape I've been keeping myself in the last week... OVER EATING and not RUNNING!!! I'll pay when I get to DEPOT!!
posted by Wendy @ 1:34 PM
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