27 Mar 2009
by Lauriein Me, me, me
I’ve been off work sick the past two days. My sinuses are killing me, as is my throat, and I’ve been just flat-out exhausted. I slept until 11:00 yesterday and 12:00 today; and I’m still not much closer to feeling human.
I’m hoping that this bug (plus some fibromyalgia pain for good measure; god I love being me sometimes) is what has been contributing to my general malaise and lack of motivation, but I’m starting to suspect that it’s also depression rearing its ugly head again.
I’ve been debating back and forth in my head about going back on antidepressants…last time I re-started them my doctor told me he thought I’d always need to be on them because I’m such a candidate for recurring depression and the evidence that they help fibromyalgia symptoms. I feel silly for taking myself off of them; but in my defense I did do it the right way, i.e. not cold turkey. But it’s the way I roll: if I feel good, I stop taking the drugs. Which inevitably leads to not feeling good again somewhere down the road.
Although when it comes to myself I think that if I feel “Gee,I should be taking antidepressants,” then I probably should be.
18 Mar 2009
by Lauriein Work
My boss bought me a copy of Blackwell’s Five Minute Veterinary Practice Management Consult. Now I can solve any problem ranging from client relationship management to financial management, all in five minutes!
All joking aside, the Five Minute Consult series is a very good one. The small animal one is constantly being used by the veterinarians.
Why can’t there be a Five Minute Minute Consult For Life?
17 Mar 2009
by Lauriein Me, me, me, Work
Looking back at my employment history, I skip from job to job every 3-5 years. Sometimes it makes me feel foolish, like I’m never going to build up any seniority anywhere (like that matters anymore – unless you’re in a union).
Dale told me about a theory that it takes 10,000 hours (3 years) to become an expert at something. There are two thoughts about this. Some people feel that after three years, and employee is “not fresh” anymore – no new ideas or innovations. Some people feel that they are the best employees because they are masters at what they do.
Personally, I think it depends on the type of job. I don’t think I’m the be-all, end-all of veterinary practice managers, but sometimes I definitely have that “less than fresh” feeling here. I do get re-energized after attending continuing education. I look forward to learning even more as I build up CE credits and business management courses to become a Certified Veterinary Practice Manager.
Then there are days like today, where we’re short staffed, and the clinic network is down (and is still not quite working properly despite working on it for nearly 45 minutes). I have the same old problems and issues on my plate.
I need something new! I need excitement! I need to find a way to live in Hawaii! Or a winning lottery ticket.
I want to live in interesting times but not the type of “interesting times” that a fortune cookie curses you with.
15 Mar 2009
by Lauriein Work
There is something you can say to me or any one of my co-workers that will almost instantly write you off as a reasonable human being. Any variation of:
“I thought you did this because you love animals.”
“You people are all about money, not helping animals.”
“I guess you just want him to die.”
“If you really loved animals you’d work for free.”
Let’s think about that for a moment, shall we? Work for free. How many people are willing or able to do this? Every one of our staff members has pursued education to work with animals. Most of us have (or had) student loans at one point. I know that all (but two) of us have rent or mortgage payments. Also, the grocery store usually wants money in exchange for their products.
You just don’t go to a grocery store and try to leave without paying for a jug of milk by saying “well, I have no money, and my kids are hungry. So if you don’t let me have this they’re going to starve and it will be your fault. Besides, don’t you work here because you like people?”
I’m sure you can all see how absurd this sounds. Who likes people?
09 Mar 2009
by Lauriein Cow & Toaster
On a brighter note, today marks 50 days until our trip to Maui. Take that, snow!
09 Mar 2009
by Lauriein Me, me, me
You know, I’m not even going to dignify snow in March with a comment. Okay, maybe just one: what the hell?
Stack the stupid daylight savings time change, bad weather, and a Monday together and you have the makings of a truly craptastic day. There were two accidents on the way into work this morning and an overturned semi trailer on the way home, stretching our drive into an hour and a half each way.
And to top it off, I came across this article by way of Kimli and it looks like I’m doomed to an early death.
Crap.
07 Mar 2009
by Lauriein Life, Me, me, me
Sometimes it strikes me at the oddest moments: I’m a grownup. An adult.
It’s weird.
Sometimes when I’m working I feel like I’m almost watching myself from the inside, and I think to myself “is that me? I talk like that? I can do that? Why am I saying that?” I’ll be walking up the stairs at home and it will strike me: “I own this house!” I wake up in the morning and think: “I’m married!”
Sometimes the fact that I can eat when and what I want wallops me; usually in the grocery store.
I don’t know why at 30 years old I still feel like an impostor in the Land of Adulthood. I wonder if I always will. The things that put my age into perspective isn’t the number; it’s how the things around me are changing. My little brother is turning 28. The music I grew up listening to is relegated to “the nineties at noon”. Teenagers seem more insufferable with each passing day. Hotshot NHL players seem a lot younger than they used to.
On the other hand, I still squee with delight at cutesy video games. I’ve recently started collecting Tokidoki Moofia blind boxes.
But even as the evidence mounts that I’m no longer a Spring chicken, I don’t find myself having a lot in common with adults. Maybe that’s what being in your late twenties until (I’m guessing) your mid-to-late forties feels like.
Maybe it’s a peek at denial’s facade crashing down when I suddenly remember I belong to the group that worries about maximizing their RRSP contributions rather than scraping enough money together for car insurance or tuition.
I’m not whining about getting old, I swear.
07 Mar 2009
by Lauriein Housekeeping
And so begins a new chapter in the annals of a cute toaster: my very own website. Thanks to Dale for recommending Bluefur.
I’m still tweaking things here and there with the template, pages, and other stuff. I’m also trying to decide what (if anything) I’m going to import over from my old blogging site(s).
Please let me know if you come across anything broken.
06 Mar 2009
by Lauriein Housekeeping
A cute toaster is currently undergoing renovations to serve you better.
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