physical, lets get physical

I started my day by covering my tattoos as best as I could manage.  Not always easy when its 100 degrees out.  

Made it to my paperwork meeting for the new job.  I actually had everything filled out and in order so the lady behind the desk was quite pleased, which in turn pleased me.  She took my picture twice, and was kind enough to gently tell me I was grimacing in the first...I could have told her that...I apparently grimace in all my pictures.  The second was proved to be a bit better.  Paperwork was signed, copied, and given back.  

"you have 15 minutes to get to your next appointment...the physical and drug test"

great.

There used to be a  day when I would worry about it, but now my biggest worry is not being able to pee or better yet, knocking the pee over when I set it on the ground.

The medical assistant was speed and friendly.

"wash your hands, go in the bathroom, pee in cup...DONT FLUSH"

grabbed my cup as I was doing the peepee dance...

"what are you doing?"

I'm dancing to Prince, what do you think I'm doing?  I gotta PEE...

he laughed,"Girl, You are pretty funny for a nurse."

what's that supposed to mean?

I did my magic in the bathroom, emerged smiling and handed him the cup..." don't spill it, that's all I got, because I missed the cup for the first 7 seconds"

He did the drug dip....

3 minutes later...

"you passed"

I jumped up and down and clapped my hands together like a three year old

Woopee!!!!!

stopped abruptly and said , of course I did, what do you think I am, a druggie?

He looked at me, "most nurses around here aren't very friendly let alone funny....I only have met about 3 in the entire time I've been here....I sure hope you make it over there."

Yikes

for the next 2 nights I've had the dreams where my teeth are falling out of my head and I can't find my classroom with the occasional flash of having to pee in front of a crowd.

I feel lost and scared.  I usually enter this kind of change with odd curiosity...lately I can barely function.

It will be fine.  

it's a new job,

not the end of a lifetime

It's a beginning

right?

organizing the vacation pix

You have to take care of the pictures from vacation quickly, otherwise they just sit there.

I need a better way to do it

Right now it is from camera to iphoto then to flikr then to Picnik then back to flikr

See what I mean? 

what do you guys use for editing? 

I am so lazy

But...

I did find this little gem from the last day of vacation

on the Pier on Okaloosa Island

7/10/11

home sweet home

we are home...
the big dog hates us and won't go upstairs
the grass looks like a monsoon hit.
the ceiling is leaking.

its so nice to be home

Don't put the ...

Pop on there.... I said, don't put the pop on there!... Dagnabit... I saaaaaid don't put the pop on there....
You put the pop on it.
( guy turns around and looks at me...)
That's what we here in the South call ' flat bread'... You've had yerself some flat bread before huh?
All I could do is laugh.
Yup I've had me some flat bread before.
Only a couple more days of vacay.

Xo

Vacation hate

My kids hate each other
It's so depressing
Just so that you don't assume that I'm actually enjoying myself on vacation
I'd thought I would let you know how much they hate each other
It has been non stop bickering. Today I left to the grocery for 18 minutes to pick up tampons and I came home to a 7 year old gloating on the couch, 14 year old crying on the porch and dad fuming , locked in the bedroom! Geez. I was gone 18 minutes
One kid got bit, one yelled at and the adult packing to leave

Can't say I blame him. It's nothing like being with kids that can't entertain them selves or be friendly. It's plain ol awful.
I decided to tell them they need to figure out the next 7 days quick or I swear I'm taking my bottle of cheap wine, my box of tampons, and I'm leaving . I'm now hiding on the porch with said items and my knitting... Waiting for results.