work work work. I feel like that is all I ever do! Lately I've been annoyed, though. I always seem like I'm annoyed and it seems like I complain about my job way too much, but in reality, I love my job! It's just the people I work with sometimes.

I was on my unit on Tuesday, and it wasn't too bad, but we had some incontinent patients who were a "two person job." We'd clean them up and then they would be dirty again...so we'd clean them up again. I was in a room with an NA and the door was closed. This old, seasoned RN took the TIME to FIND ME, tell me "can you get a blood sugar on the two new patients that came in? oh, and weights and vitals." I told her it would be awhile and then said to me, "well, we need you over there, not over here - tell those other nurses to get off their asses instead of sitting at the nurses station." (my floor is a long hallway and when there are two of us we just split it in half). If it was so important, why don't you just do it yourself? You took the time to find me, so you obviously had enough time to get your own damn blood sugars. and weights. and vital signs. We aren't even supposed to get any of the admission stuff because it is an ADMISSION and that is the RN's responsibility, but they take advantage of us all of the time. Even if the RN is going into the room right away, they'll still delegate the vitals. It just makes me mad because it seems like getting vitals is so "taboo" for a lot of nurses.

This RN didn't do any of her admission paperwork. Nothing. This was at 6:40pm, so yes, close to shift change, but she had time. And those patients came while she was still on the clock, so they were her responsibility. The oncoming night shifters were pretty pissed off about that. I would have been, too.

Last night the tech who I have talked about in my previous posts came on at 11pm, right when I was leaving. She was being all snobby as usual. She was trying to get hired on my roommate's floor but the nurses have the final say because they conduct a staff interview. No one wants to hire her. In fact, they kept asking my roommate if I needed a job instead haha. I wish I could take them up on that offer.

Last night a family member told me "I would like to hold all breathing treatments for the rest of the night. I think his stomach is more of a priority than his breathing." Are you fucking kidding me? Thank goodness this didn't come from an RN/LPN/MD...I would be scared. I just went along with it, because I knew if I tried explaining she wouldn't listen to me.

Oh, and a call light kept going off in a room that was unoccupied. creepy...

Premier Jewelry shipment came in!

They finally came in! Now I'm regretting not ordering more stuff haha

Verona necklace. This is seriously a chameleon necklace - it looks good with EVERYTHING. that's why I wanted it. and I think it's cute!

Cairo watch

...and underneath. A majority of their watches are bangle watches like this one. I'm not much of a "watch" person but I just love the way it looks. It's like a pretty bangle bracelet and watch in one!

Main Event. Toggle closure, and there are two holes so you can adjust the size...which is great for someone like me with teeny tiny wrists. They also have a matching necklace but I didn't buy it.

♫ sway to the rhythm of love... ♫

My favorite song at the moment.

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

Charming Charlie!

I hung out with mama bear again today and we went to the Cheesecake Factory for lunch and then walked around Crocker Park. They had a new store next to Sephora called Charming Charlie. We decided to check it out.

I'm in love!

They sell accessories - LOTS of fashion jewelry, handbags, wallets, wristlets, shoes, scarves, coffee mugs, even clothing! Everything is also organized by color which I love. We seriously spent like two hours in that store, they had so much stuff! and everything was reasonably priced, too. I hauled three things from the store. I'm definitely going back to buy more stuff. If you have a Charming Charlie store in your area, definitely check it out!

I bought this wallet for $12! has tons of space for my cards and comes with a checkbook cover in the same pattern. *AND* it's in animal print, which I love!

This bracelet was $14. Dark gunmetal gray chain with light/dark purple and black beads and dark gunmetal gray leaves. Toggle clasp.

This bracelet was $12. Purple and pearls. Not the best picture in the world, sorry!

can you tell I love purple? :P

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. My hubby is still in Missouri. As much as I wanted to send that Chipotle burrito, I didn't, because I was afraid E wouldn't get it the very next day and it would be sitting at the APO or something. E lives in dormitory-type housing...a two-story building with long hallways and tons of rooms that kind of look like hotel rooms on the inside. They also have a maid service. Unless the box could fit in his tiny little mail box, he would have to go pick it up.

Since I can't spend Valentine's Day with E this year, I'm going out for a nice lunch at Luigi's with one of my nursing school buddies :)

traditions.

I love getting these red packets, even though Chinese Year Year was about a week ago. My grandma is the only one in my family who still gives them, but I guess it's still kind of cool to have that "tradition." We don't have very many traditions in my family. Red packets is one, as well as observing random Chinese customs and etiquette, such as never sticking your chopsticks straight up in a bowl of rice (E does this to me all of the time and while it doesn't offend me THAT much, I think of the others around me) and showing respect to those who have passed away by bowing at their site three times...and for the Polish side of my family, we always have the traditional Christmas Eve dinner complete with oplatek (Christmas wafers and honey, I love that stuff), mushroom/noodle soup (with these $80/lb mushrooms imported from Poland), fried cod, pickled herring (which I don't eat), three different kinds of pierogi (potato & cheese, saurkraut, and plum) and of course tons of dessert lol.

Do any of you have any family traditions?

This year is the year of the rabbit. I'm a rabbit, and I'm hoping good things will come this year (passing my NCLEX, having a successful formal wedding, getting an RN job, continuing to have a happy marriage...)

新年快樂

恭喜發財, 利是逗來!

(Happy New Year)

(Happiness & Prosperity, and more red packets, please! :D)

I saw this garter at David's Bridal today. All of the Army garters I have seen I haven't really liked but I like this one. Camo + black and the Army seal :)

I still need my "something blue" and I thought about either having another blue/white garter or even buying these calla lily earrings that have 18k white gold plated calla lilies, 12mm Swarovski crystal aquamarine flowers and cream pearls. I think they are very pretty :) Of course, I need to get over my fear of needles/pain and get my ears re-pierced :)

I also still need a "something borrowed."

my charm bracelet finally came!

(took it on my phone, but of course I couldn't figure out how to rotate the picture!)

I got it this morning and I absolutely love it! Of course if I could add more charms now I probably would because she is getting some new stuff. I suggested an Army branch insignia, but for now in this bracelet that star is representing it...and also MOS insignia. E is an MP (don't hate!) and she ordered some crossed pistols charms :) And in the future I would probably add a cadeusus because I think she is getting that one too - guess that means I'll have to order another one! ;) But regardless, I love this bracelet - especially the combat boot & flip flop :)

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So I won't get to spend valentine's day with my love this year, and it's not like we ever really did anything special except go out for dinner. I'm thinking about sending him something, though. I know he can pretty much get everything he needs on post (or off) except for one thing.

Chipotle.

I think there is a Chipotle in Springfield or somewhere in St. Louis, but according to my GPS I couldn't find one. And that's still like 2-2.5 hours away. Same with Qdoba. But E loves his Chipotle.

Sooooo I'm thinking, would it be possible to overnight ship a Chipotle burrito? I'd probably skip the sour cream and cheese, and maybe get the guacamole on the side. The guac is the best part! Since it's still cold there's less of a chance of the burrito spoiling if I ship it. I'm also wondering how much it will be. I'm so tempted to do it! It would really make him smile!

:)