Latitude & Attitude

Well, I have made it through another week of mining turds in the Popes rectum.  For those who don't know or understand that is my personal euphemism for where I collect my meager earnings.  We still have not been told anything of when to expect changes in the department or what those alleged changes will be.  Like my coworker, I am tired of living on a bubble.  The not being able to make any financial plans other than to not spend anything is nerve wracking.  Not that I need to spend any large sums of money.  It is just having your hands tied by someone who cares nothing about/for you.

I was told by another coworker that healthcare management students are now taught that employees are to be thought of as furniture.  How great is that?  Funny thing is, that is the general sense of how most of us at the "rectum" feel we are thought of.  Oh Well, we have a job!

Moving on, the itch to relocate is at an all time high right now.  With the loss of coworkers (both of us) we have been forced to take more hours of "on call" time.  That means fewer hours of uninterrupted sleep and still having to work our normal shift the following day.  Also, weekends which means you literally work two weeks before you get a weekend off. The life of a healthcare minion these days...

When we finally do leave (eject), it will be on our terms.  I used to think that our leaving would put the powers that be in a bind but now have changed that theory.  In order to be stressed, one has to care about something and those in power simply do not care about the skills and knowledge we possess.  It is all about the money, theirs to be specific.

We have made our plans for our vacation/business/property hunt trip and I can't wait.  The one problem I see is having to leave to come back.  It is very difficult to be in your personal paradise and know that it will have to end.  A line from a recent movie gives me a little inspiration when the doldrums hit.  The line is from "The Best Exotic Hotel Marigold", "in the end everything will be all right, and if it is not all right then it is not yet the end".

Anyway, I have a day of chores to finish and a rum & coke as a reward.  If you don't have the right attitude, its because you're not in the right latitude!