A little bummed out today......
Just way too much on my mind today as I woke up....Kinda bummed me out but only slightly....
I only have 2 and 1/2 months here on my job...then it ends...HCA (They own the hospital I work at) has been slowly over the years consolidating certain functions...So far they have consolidated the business office (Patient billing in other words) purchasing....now they are consolidating Account Payable (where I am at) These departments now run out of Service Centers...Still owned by HCA of course...The problem is that where they are moving AP too...I do have the option of moving to the Service Center if I want...but it's just too far to drive...would take me over an hour to get there and to get back....2 hours a day on the road??? Also for the money it's not worth it to move and the area is not all that great...
SO...I have been scoping out other jobs at the hospital...I'd really like to stay here and not loose my benefits...I've been here 12 years...so I'd hate to loose all that time as well...Keep your fingers crossed that I find something here! They are paying us a pretty nice chunk of change when our jobs go away so that will definitly keep me afloat until I find something...I may just take 2 months off to just be a regular old housewife! I've been thinking about it! It would drive me crazy to take off more....I'm the type of person who needs to be working...I cannot stay home for long periods...but I do think I need a break! I shall miss everyone that I work with....They were a great bunch....We definitely had our ups and downs...especially between me and my boss!!!!
Then I am bummed about Patrick....He's been told (and this too may change-it has so many times already) that his unit will head to Iraq in September for 7 months...I am so hoping this changes for him and he stays...He is going to miss so many things with his new Daughter...He's won't be here for her first Christmas!!! (That really bums me out!) Her First steps...(I will be chasing her around the house armed with a camcorder!) Now don't get me wrong here guys....I am so very proud of him for being a Marine...but I gotta tell you that it is a hard life that our service men and women lead these days...Especially in Iraq....That scares the crap out of me...Now logic tells me that he works on C-130's (For those that don't know-they are the bug supply planes) and will pretty much be out of harms way but who can tell over there any more??? I am just venting I know....it's just been a really hectic past couple of days for me....I'll get over it.....I am looking forward to my Grandaughter's arrival! I think all we have to buy is a bassinett and we are all set...Manisa's closet is about to explode with all the stuff we have for her....
Ah well...I had better get going...Talk to you all later!
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Hi, Jude here, found you through Terri's blog..... C130's, those are the big Herc's, aren't they? (Hercules transport planes ~ I grew up in the Canadian Air Force) I sympathise with you, it would be so hard to watch loved ones have to go off to places like Iraq, no matter how proud of their profession we are. I wish you and your family peace!
Tig -- it sounds like life is hitting a bit hard right now. I suggest a long, hot bubble bath. Nothing like popping bubbles to make you feel better. :) Pretend each bubble is a trouble that you ridding yourself of ... works like magic.
Hey Jude! (Shit did it again! "Hey Jude dude") Yeah I think you are right...They are the big transport planes for just about anything...Your right...It really does suck but he and I both knew that this was a possiblity when he signed up....His unit has been set to go a few times before but it always gets changed...I hope that happens again!
Yeah Rhonda...I may just do that...It's just been one of those day where your mind starts to wander and not in a sunny place either...I think what's really got me going was over the weekend Manisa and I were talking about it...It just sorta hit me...all the things he was going to miss his baby doing while he's over there...If Manisa ends up living with me while he's over there..(That's the game plan at the moment) Manisa and I will be sending Patrick tons of Video/photo's of his daughter so hopefully that will help...
{{{HUG}}}
I know if he ends up having to go he's confident his wife and child will be in the best hands imaginable. That's bound to be a relief to him, Tig.
Hang in there--meanwhile, I'm going baby shopping. That grandbaby's gonna need a big wardrobe for all her video shoots! :D
Lisa
You know Tig, you should try and focus on the here and now. September is still months away and who knows?! Maybe things will change.
Keep positive thoughts. You and your family are in my prayers.
Take care.
****HUGS**** I know just how difficult it is having something like this hanging over your head. When my brother was in Afghanistan for 10 months, it was such a stressful time. But if Patrick is working on transport, he probably won't be in harms' way... maybe he'll be sent to Kuwait? The other half of my brothers' Army National Guard Unit just recently went to Kuwait for their deployment to repair the helicopters.
You'll be in my thoughts and prayers....please don't hesitate to contact me if you need anything. I've "Been there, done that", so I know exactly what you're feeling.
As for the job....it sure seems that alot of hospitals are consolidating to a "Service Center"-type atmosphere. And the patients aren't very happy with it. Kaiser went to that philosophy out here a few years ago, and it was a rough go for the patients for awhile. Keeping my fingers crossed that you find something close by!
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