I Have A Bad Memory

I can't find my watch ANYWHERE. And, I don't know the last time I wore it. =( I don't wear it to work, because I don't want to get food on it/get it wet. I don't wear it to the hospital because I don't want BODILY fluids on it. I wear it to school sometimes...but I don't ever take it OFF. I thought it might be at S's, since I've gone over there to swim...but she can't find it. I've looked in my car, in both bathrooms, in the bedrooms, the kitchen ... my purses, my bags, in my shoes.

I put up a REWARD sign at school ... I just hope I find it. You peeps that see me on a regular basis, do YOU remember seeing it not on my wrist?

=(

Fire Burning on the Dance Floor

No matter WHAT happens in nursing-school-land over the next few days ... I am having a girl-only dance party next week.

With a special kick-ass dance to this song.

Keep your fingers crossed for me!!!
-D

Quick Spazz Attack

This week is promising to be absolutely horrific - so I'll take JUST a sec to spell out the awfulness:

Monday - class, patient info at hospital, patient paperwork, do notecards on Fluid and Electrolytes
Tuesday - clinical all day, practice health assessment, review all skills learned during the semester, study all notecards
Wednesday - Skills validation on ALL skills learned this semester, study notecards, do review questions for test
Thursday - TEST FIVE, get details on final
Friday - begin weekend-long study session for final, work (HOPEFULLY NOT...I'm trying to get this covered...)
Saturday & Sunday - Study!!!!
Monday - FINAL

Sigh. Say a little prayer for me!!! Love you all...

Working Girl

I realize that I work in the service industry, and we are there to serve people - no matter if they are rude, cheap or unappreciative they may be. However, sometimes it's VERY difficult to be nice to your next table when the last one has SCREWED you on the tip. Sigh.

Example: Last night my first table tipped me 15%, then the second table tipped 10%. Next, a nice family of four was sat in my section. Two women got the special, the father had fried shrimp and the overweight son had a blue cheese burger and creamed spinach...and then proceeded to put the creamed spinach on the burger, along with the mayo and mustard he had wanted. (This post is NOT about the gross eating quirks that some people display, but I could write an entire BOOK about that...) They seemed ... grumpy. They just weren't animated at all. And that is fine. What is NOT fine is the fact that they paid with a $100-dollar bill (asked for change since the bill was only $67), and the proceeded to leave me $3 in cash on the table.

THREE DOLLARS. That is less than a 5% tip!!!

I'm not going to get into the politics of race at restaurants. It's nasty and mean and horrible. I'm just going to say that everyone should at LEAST tip 15%. Servers make VERY little money per hour, and tips are our livelihood. I actually don't make enough of a paycheck to have FEDERAL TAXES taken out. Literally I'll get an $8 check for two weeks worth of work - the taxes and medicare and social security are too high to have any money left over.

So please, tip your server.