Well, at least I got a good night's sleep last night. Got up on time and made it to work on time, too.

Another very busy day at work again. I was the runner today, but I didn't get a chance to insert many IVs, it seems that many of the out-patients got non-contrast exams. It's kinda disappointing for me when I get very little patient contact, even when it's just putting in IVs. I get a chance to talk to my patients while I'm sticking them, and of course I also get their vitals at the same time... so it's a challenge and it's fun. What else could you ask for in a job, heh?

Most of the rest of the runner's job isn't so fun for me, anyway. Answering the phone, scanning stuff into the patient database in the PACS, checking, checking, checking every damned thing.

And today we had the first meeting of our Kindness Connects team that I talked about a coupla weeks ago. I'm even more enthusiastic now than I was then, and I think that this is gonna be a great thing for our department and for our hospital. The meeting lasted for 90 minutes, though, and when I got back there was a backlog of patients, it had gotten really busy and one of the other techs was on the Z doing a procedure, so that just left two people doing the work. And that's not nearly enough, of course, three is minimal.

When things had died down, right before it was time for me to leave, I decided that I should clear up a problem that I had been having with a coworker, but I'd been afraid to mention it 'cause I just didn't know how to approach him. So I decided to be honest about it and tell him how I felt, and I thought that he and I came to an understanding with nobody's feelings getting hurt. That's what I hope, anyway. I'll know for sure when he comes in tomorrow.

When I got home, the house was full of kids. Well, not really, they didn't get there for five or ten minutes, I did get to spend some time alone with Karen....

To bring you up to date on Brian: He's now officially living with his dad, Matt, and he'll be enrolling in school tomorrow. I hope that all goes well. Matt is going to have to step up to the plate, and I think that he'll do that.

And I successfully got the floor drain working in the basement after three days of thinking about it. I sucked up all of the water with the shop-vac and then I thought, Hmmm? Wonder if I just stuck the vacuum into the hole, it would clear it out? Sho' 'nuff, it did!

Shortly after Kim got off work she and Lacee came over, and we went out to the Olive Garden for her birthday dinner, and it was very nice. Lacee didn't make a scene, anyway, like the last several times that I've been there with her.

Kim and Karen and Lacee are going to KC on their annual trip this weekend, so I'm gonna be batchin' it yet again.