furniture

Well, since I got some money from sallie mae, I was able to go out and continue to furnish my home. Next up is a bed for the guest room. Still waiting on the repair guy who is supposed to come check out the furniture that was messed up from the move. I decided to just buy the desk I wanted since I'm tired of waiting (it's been a week). Hopefully they'll come by this week and decide that my futon can't be fixed and give me the $250 so I can get the new one. As soon as I get a large vehicle (carly may be able to help) I can pick up the bookshelf from home depot and the tv from costco. I'm tired of putting together furniture but I want it all done before I start on the 1st. I hate all the clutter.

Yesterday was fun. We had a get together at Oaks Park so staff of the clinics and residency could meet us newbies. Then we rode the rides. Okay, so I went down the super slide and rode the spider ride once and was done but there really wasn't anything else I was willing to ride. They had a version of the viking ship ride that also spun around while up in the air and well, there's no way I'm ever stepping foot on that ride. The spider ride was bad enough. I had to ride it with my eyes closed otherwise it would have freaked me out too much. Every time I opened my eyes, Julius had his camera aimed at me. Great.

Today went by quickly and tomorrow we're taking grampa to a birthday party for a friend from the old neighborhood. I hope we don't have to stay too long. There's still stuff to get done.

Guest Book

Hey! Sign my guestbook! Time for work.

I passed!

I passed my ACLS training today. It was a bit overwhelming but once we did pretend codes over and over and over again, it became manageable...so now if I encounter unstable tachycardia I'm set...otherwise, take your attempt to die elsewhere.

I'm still waiting to find out if I passed the clinical skills exam. It's not even posted as reported at the nbme site and I can't take step 3 until I pass that test. I'm not sure if I can register for step 3 without it either.

Time to go online shopping at compusa to see what my gift card will buy. Maybe they have tv's and then it will be the delivery man's job to get my tv up the stairs. The thought of carrying that thing up the stairs is scary. Mom and I can lift it together but going upstairs is a whole other issue.

I guess I'll get ready to hang out with Carrie. I haven't seen her since we graduated from U of O 5 years ago.

ACLS

Well, today is ACLS and I sure hope that they teach us all those things in the book that I read last night since I forgot all those algorithms in my sleep. I also got my refund check from the loan company so that will help. And I'm still waiting for the moving company to send someone out to check out the damages. They called and said a local repair company is supposed to take a look but that person has yet to contact me. I sure hope that they deem my futon and desk irreparable so I can get new ones. Well, time to eat breakfast then head off to training...again.

BBB complaint

So a few months back, I took in my old ipod and got a new iphoto ipod because the battery life on the old one sucked and some songs would occasionally be messed up. Well, the management there, when I bought the plan, misinformed me and did not give me a copy of the plan agreement and so I was met with the unfortunate case of paying $200 instead of only $100 to do the upgrade (had to pay the difference for the better model). So in a fit of rage, I did the passive aggressive move of filing a complaint at the BBB website. I had done this with Dell in the past and the problem was resolved before the BBB contacted them so that resulted in nothing. I had pretty much forgotten about the compusa complaint in the midst of all the chaos of graduation and moving but today I got a gift card for $100 from compusa since there was a "misunderstanding." Basically, i was still wrong and they were right but I'm getting rewarded for filing a complaint. I would have preferred a credit to my charge card but beggars can't be choosers. I really didn't expect anything to come out of it. I never do but in a twisted sort of way, it makes me feel better after a perceived wrong against me.

In other news, I got a copy of my business card for residency. It says my name and title on it. It's awesome. Time to eat then read up for a fun filled day of ACLS tomorrow. At least I get to have fun tomorrow night with Carrie and Erin... I think. Carrie is supposed to call me about the details and whether or not we're still going out.

first day over

Well, today was fun because I got to meet my fellow interns and boring because I had to sit through all these presentations. However, the very first presentation was about preparing for retirement. And we get paid for orientation too! Not that it matters since it's a set amount I get paid for the year and once I realized that, it wasn't so exciting.

I also was able to just take the one broken piece of my dresser back to get a replacement so tonight after dinner I'm building a dresser. Speaking of dinner, it's time to eat!

Today is the day!

Well, true to form, my body decided not to let me sleep until the alarm was supposed to go off and woke me up at 4 am and then at 5 am and by 5:30, I felt ridiculous just lying there in bed so I got up. I just ate breakfast (eggs with turkey and cheese mixed in) and my tummy is still growling. I think I expanded my tummy with all the food my mom has been cooking these past few days. I hope I don't start passing out today during orientation...eh I've already been hired, I guess I can pass out occasionally. Then tonight I have to figure out how to retrieve a message on my dvr unit. Oh and then I'm going to try to convince the people at fred meyer to let me bring in my receipt, just the barcode from the dresser box and the defective piece to exchange for the good piece from a box at the store instead of lugging the whole thing down. I mean, really, I understand they need a box to send back to the distributer but can't they send back the box already at the store with the piece I bring back? It's a box isn't it?!? I really hate having my clothing in piles in my bedroom.

Maybe I better take a zone bar with me today and some fruit leather.

Yippee!

I have cable and high speed internet!!! Yippeee! And for some reason, one of my emails with the orientation schedule was lost. I think I have to be there by 8 am tomorrow...

I'm pretty much moved in. I still have to get my new tv and exchange my broken dresser for a new one. Oh and then there's the claims process for the broken furniture...hmmm. I guess there's still lots to do!