Looking for a place to land

It's Thursday, which means that it's my 2 year work anniversary with Hopkins! It doesn't feel like that long, but then I look back and see what has happened in the last two years and wow, it's been a packed couple of years.

I started in 2024, when Dad was still alive. I worked for the first 7 months while cringing every time I heard him yell "I gotta pee!" and hoped it didn't come down the line. It didn't thankfully. Then there was the month of Dad being sick and dying. Then, after two quiet months, we moved to the apartment at the beginning of 2024. After that, Jess' dad died, Jess got top surgery. It was pretty busy. Today, I hit two years at the start of a busy year. The only thing I really dislike is the time off structure. I hate having my sick and my PTO in the same bank. It stresses me out. I do miss the 5 weeks of vacation that IKEA offered. It was much easier to plan vacations. But aside from that, not a damn thing that I miss.

Patients can be tough some times. You don't have any appt soon, and it is their health. And sometimes they're upset, but they don't come in with the level of entitlement of an IKEA customer. I have never been called a "fucking bitch," which as I said last night, was basically any day ending in Y at IKEA.

So yeah, a good, albeit stressful, two years.

Today, I have my mid-year review, which will be thrilling. It'll be fine, but I still dislike it. It's always so boring. They can normally dig out one or two actionable things, but that's about it.

Depending on how the day goes, I may try cooking dinner--nothing fancy, just put something in a pan and bake it level of cooking. We have a very pretty rack of baby back ribs, so I might try them. Or, there's chcken. We'll see.

Tomorrow, I have work, and then we have our holiday party. I think I'm going to wear the black and gold dress for it. If I wear it with fun tights and cute shoes it should be fine for an evening out.


Then Saturday, we shall have game, and that will be fun. Then, the dreaded introduction of Yoda to the Pet Sitter. I am manifesting that it's going to go well. If I'm nervous holding the leash, he will be too, so I'm going to go in as calm as humanly possible. We're also going to give him some anti-anxiety meds. And maybe some for me.

Sunday, we have a mid-day game, and that'll be fun. It's my Strixhaven game, as DMed by poisontaster

I wasn't sure how I'd like a college based TTRPG, seeing as my schooling was shitty and tumultuous, but it's been fun. I like my character, Bryony, a little goth bard who can use her blood to fuel her spells thanks to her absent mother's magical lineage. Her father is a little embarrassed by her magical abilities, but has used them to his benefit while trying to mold her into the perfect political prop of a daughter. Now she's at school, with her father's PA trying to helicopter parent her, and she's just found this tribe of weirdos to hang out with, and done crime (sneaking out after curfew) with them. She's got a job, and an equally goth girlfriend and is having the time of her life.

The weekend is full, but it's of fun things, which makes it good. At some point, early on Saturday, I do need to go get my car emission testing done, since that's due on the 25th. Maybe I'll stop at the Waffle House and bring home breakfast for everyone. We'll see how awake I am.

I was thinking of showering today, but I may wait til tomorrow when I'm going out. That sounds like a good plan. Okay, time to go forth and get myself together for work. Everyone have a wonderful Thursday!