Hello friends! I hope that everyone has had a good week, because thankfully It is finally Friday! And not only that, it's my weekend off!! YAY!!!! Also, warning, this post contains rants.

I had a terrible week at work this past couple of weeks. I basically came back from my vacation to a cluster. First off, i got kind of sick, as in head-cold stuff, on my trip and that was kinda wearing me down. i couldn't breathe out my nose, and i had terrible pressure headaches by the end of my shifts. Then the weekend kinda went to crap. It was incredibly busy on Friday. I don't think I got to sit down and try to eat my lunch until 8:30 or so. (Given I normally like to eat my lunch or i guess you would consider it dinner, at 7:00. i really don't like to take early lunches because it makes the rest of the day drag.) But yes, not only was it busy, the patients were all multiple exam patients and half of them it seemed you couldn't do by yourself. And then came Saturday.....

You know when the news is broadcasting for the last day and a half that "A very terrible storm is coming, multiple tornados are possible, likely-hood of danger very high" people would have some common sense and stay home. But no! It seems everyone thought "Lets go to the ER for reasons that make no sense, or something that has been hurting me for a week!" how many patients did I do that were really emergency's up until tornado time? probably 3. and probably about 45 other people who really didn't need to be there. And then evening came...and with it sirens and overhead announcements. You know, I have never been working when a tornado warning has been issued for the city. I've worked before when it was issued for the county, but nothing has ever come as close as that tornado did to hitting the hospital. Now, you have to remember, I have lived through a tornado before. albeit i was young...probably...5 or 6 at the time, but these are things you don't forget. I don't want to go into too much detail, but i was scared. Like crying scared. When they said that tornado was on a direct course towards the hospital, i really didn't know what to do. I didn't feel safe where we were, and that was probably just a mental thing, but I didn't. I spent the whole time on the phone with my brother. He lives in the neighboring town or what you would call a suburb of my town only to the west, the storm was headed east. When i told him "I don't know what do." he goes "Just follow what your supervisor tells you to do." And when I respond "I am the supervisor right now" he goes "then you need to be strong and set the example for your coworkers. you can't be crying right now, you need to be strong". So i did..I calmed down and made sure everyone was prepared for what was coming....sure i was still scared....and tears where still in my eyes...but i did what needed to be done. I think the scariest part was when i couldn't hear the wind anymore.....if you live here you know....when everything goes quiet and still...that's a really bad sign. but thankfully the tornado turned and went on a different path and we were safe! Also, just some facts, the tornado apparently stayed on the ground for over 2 hours and was approx one mile wide.

Now, after the warnings had been lifted and the rescue efforts began, things became super busy! I stayed at the hospital until 1am to help. and when I came back on Sunday things weren't that much better. but that was to be expected, and i fell sorry for the people who have lost their homes and possessions! i did a family who lost their house and were trying to search through the debris and see what they could salvage and he fell on a loose piece of wood and broke his ankle. As if he didn't have enough to worry about!

And Monday was just a frustrating day because i come into work, and no one tells me that one room is down and another is being worked on, so i stamp all my films for this patient in a room, and go in to see the repair guy on a ladder. Anyways, to make a long story short, someone ran my films in the wrong reader, and i basically had to take over half my films over again because the computer/reader "Ate" them. I was soo frustrated! and the night only got worse.

but the past two days have been busy but not as bad, but I am still looking forward to my weekend and a break from it all. but yes, i guess the moral of the story is, it's okay to be scared! ^__^