Busy evening. I just barely did make it to work on time at 16:30... I'm usually a half-hour early, so they were a bit worried.
Stayed pretty busy for most of the night until about 22:00. I decided to leave about 22:55 when all hell broke loose... well, not really, but there was suddenly several patients that needed doing stat, so I stayed over another hour. I always appreciate it when the evening techs stay over when I'm busy, so I got to return the favor.
One thing that I noticed last Friday, my first day back... I was doing a cancer patient who was pretty much rotting away and who was also incontinent. I guess that I've been inured with all of these years to the smell, but this one really got to me. Just being away from it for two weeks... made me again question why I want to do this type of work.
I realize that it must be done... but dammit, I've had my turn!
The problem is, as always, that I love my work. I need to get over that, I guess.
And I have doubts that I ever will.
Anyway... it's cold outside. And with the cold comes furnaces that explode and people carelessly using other means of staying warm stupidly, like kerosene heaters in unvented places...
Now the bad, bad news... I haven't paid bills or done the checkbook since we've come back from vacation, and I need to do that now and quit just talking about it.
I work tonight from 16:00 until 23:00 again, then on Tuesday I go in at 19:00 and work a twelve, then my regular shift kicks in with four tens and three twelves. Then I'll take a coupla days off, then some more evenings. Not gonna get much rest or many chores done for the next coupla months, I don't think...