It's Monday again. *cries* I'd like another day to actually get some shit done. Yesterday, it was like my ass was welded to the couch cushions. I did nothing. Barely bothered to put on pants to walk Yoda.

The extent of what I did was order and put away groceries, and put the tree skirt and some enormous ornaments on the tree. Still not sure I like the ornaments, but it just looked so bare, and I didn't realize how big they were when I bought them.



And of course, I walked Yoda twice. Don't let the sad face fool you.



But other than that, I sat on the sofa and surfed the net. Watched some videos on youtube about our cruise ship as well as our next few vacations. (We've figured out what we want to do for the next three years at this point.) Next year is of course, Alaska. Then Iceland to Amsterdam cruise. Then we shall do a Rhine river cruise to a bunch of Christmas Markets in Germany and France. We may go early for that one so I can see Neuschwanstein castle, as I'd really like to see it. Or stay later, if we choose a southbound cruise. We'll see.

Today is bound to be bonkers, so I am girding my loins and drinking my coffee. Actually, I expect it to be pretty shitty for the next 6 weeks at work, as everyone who has yearly scans is going to be trying to get them in before the end of the year. And they're going to wait til the last minute to schedule. It happens every year.

Tomorrow, we shall have our paystubs, which is exciting for me. I think on Thursday I'm going to run up to Sam's Club after work and spend some of my OT and bonus on a fancy dinner which we shall have on Friday or Saturday. Sam's has these enormous lobster tails, like fist sized. They're expensive as fuck, but I think we can splurge.

I'll also be sending the coworker who got me the bonus by getting a job and putting me for the referral half of it, since it's because of her I got it. She stayed the 6 months, and I appreciate that extra $500 for Christmas presents. I've gotten my sister a few things already, and I'm going to get Jess something, since there's only three of us. Previously, we got for my sister and dad, and she got for Jess and I, but that seems unfair. Jess can get for me as well, if they so desire, of course. We're all hard to get for, so it should be fun.

I got my sister a pair of nice slippers, and I'll get her some gloves and stuff for the cruise. I need to think about some small things, because we're doing stockings. Maybe some puzzle books, and the gloves can go in there and I have no idea what else. I guess we'll see!

Okay, time to go take a nice shower. I definitely need one. Everyone have the best Monday that you can Monday!

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It's Friday! Whoohoo! I'm still working tomorrow morning, but that's okay.

Yesterday was busy at work. I had multiple projects, and accomplished all of them. In the process, I may have gotten one of my coworkers in trouble, but she fucked up, so I don't feel bad about that.

When we get patients with STAT orders, and we don't have anything soon--like a cardiac MRI say, we send an email to management, letting them know, and they go on a giant spreadsheet. (Ususally, they'll also forward the email to me, since I'm Queen of the Cardiac appointments) I was looking to fill in an open cardiac MRI, so I was trawling through appts in January (Yes, that's when we're scheduling). I opened a chart for a patient and found a STAT order. The patient had some pretty serious comorbid health issues. I was worried that I had missed something, so I sent a message to the assistant manager asking if the patient was on their radar. He came back and said no email had been sent. So basically, my coworker put a patient who could basically drop dead at any moment in January and didn't even put them on the wait list, much less notify anyone. I have a feeling that that is going to be a coaching at the very least. Fortunately, I have an appointment for Tuesday, so I'm going to track them down and see if they'll take that.

Then, it was off to get my roots touched up at Madison Reed, because I looked like a fucking skunk, and we have brunch on Sunday and I'd like to look at least not bad. That took a little while, and then I headed back home to walk the dog and have a bit of dinner.

Tonight, we have game, so that should be fun. I need to do a bit of prep, which I will take care of after I finish typing this. Tomorrow, work, then game. Sunday, Brunch at Ammoora.

I also need to go pick up a couple of prescriptions, so the timeline might be tight tonight. We'll see.

The tree topper came yesterday,a nd I got it set up. It's a really pretty star of Bethlehem shaped golden cage topper with lights in it.

Our little tree.

Ornaments and a tree skirt are still en route, but once we have them, we'll get it decorated and it won't look so sparse.

And on that note, I'm going to go grab a shower and then do some prep work for game. Everyone have an excellent Friday!