I've got 10 days under my belt at the new clinic and alls I can say is that it's been pretty interesting...and exhausting. I finished my 10th day of work out of 11 days, and tomorrow will make it 11 out of 12 days. All of those days have involved a lunch break of an average of 30 minutes. Yesterday I worked from 8-4 straight, then took a 15 minute "snack-break" and stayed until 6:45. Twas a long day.
Oh, and the brand new $50,000 X-ray system...it's broken. The manufacturer is going to send us a brand new piece of equipment. Apparently when they told me to "crack open up the bottom of the machine, look for a coaxial cable that might be loose, and take a pair of needle-nosed pliers and crimp the wire" didn't exactly cut it. I'm not kidding. They had me "work" on this $50,000 piece of machinery. I didn't exactly feel very good about doing that.
On a brighter note, our surgical "laser*" is working well. Yesterday we had a vet come in to show us how to use the sucker. I did a dog neuter, a dog spay, a cat declaw, and a cat neuter with the new "laser." It works pretty dang well, if I do say so my dang-self. Methinks that I'm gonna like it a lot. And I only shot myself once. Yep, I nailed my finger with the "laser." Let me just say this: "It hurts." It doesn't feel so good when you do it. I accidentally tapped the foot pedal that turns on the "laser" and gave myself quite a shock. At least the "laser" is broken in now.
I finally got some prices entered into the computer system today. It's about time. We've had a lot of people calling and asking us about how much our costs are. Hurray for me.
It's also just now dawning on me that I'm gonna be the cat to run this new clinic. Here's the breakdown of my work week. I will work Mon-Wed. and Thurs.-Sat. My boss is gonna work Monday, and Thurs.-Friday. So, for those of you keeping score at home, that leaves me working at the clinic by myself 3/6 days a week. And my boss will only be working there 3 days a week. So I'm gonna be running this ...by myself. Wow.
On a different note, I'm by myself this weekend. Annie is in Austin this weekend for Mother's Day. What's a brotha to do? I guess it's lots of strippers and tequilla shots for me! Whoo-Hoo!**
I'm gonna pass out now. I've got another sweet Saturday of work ahead of me. Jealous?
Keep on keepin' on.
* Imagine Dr. Evil doing his air quotes when you say "laser". It makes it a lot more fun.
* Just kidding Annie. No strippers will be at your house this weekend. Or tequilla shots for that matter.
No comments:
Post a Comment