Half-way point!

My work week is already half over, yeah!!! That's the great thing about 10 hour days, only 4 a week!! Monday went by really fast, I was busy doing my monthly unit inspections. Each tech is responsible for certain nursing areas of the hospital. Mine are OB and the Cath Lab. We have to physically check each med for out dates. Having these areas means I have 4 Pyxis machines to check. The Pyxis is an automated dispensing unit for the meds. A day of checking out dates slams me. I usually end up with a monster headache, probably because I should get my eyes checked. Along with the Pyxis we have to check the crash carts and floor stock. It's a bitch, that's why I try to get mine done early in the month and have it over with. I was really proud of myself to get all my area's done on the 2nd. Today was much better, I had a little more downtime. Tomorrow I will be the IV tech, which means making all the IV's plus mixing chemo. I always say, this is my day to play with needles. Hey, it could be worse, I could still be working at Wal-Mart. But I will give credit where it's due--if I hadn't worked at Wal-Mart Pharmacy then I wouldn't have had the experience to get the great job that I have now. So kudos to Wal-Mart for the training. LOL

The highlight of today had to be the little visitor I had at work. Chely and Patrick stopped by to drop off a movie they had borrowed (one of the "pirated" ones, so it needed to go to the next person on the list). Patrick is just so sweet--he didn't want to leave his Nana and gave me lots of hugs. Leave it to one of my grandkids to make my day!!