Work schmurk

I am officially a bus commuter. I love the idea but the reality of waiting and lots of stops is time consuming. My commute is only 8 miles one way but it takes 35-50 minutes and that doesn't include actually waiting for the bus and walking to the stops. Unfortunately, this is the only feasible option as it costs $12 a day to park in the garage!! I wish the city had a subway system to avoid the car traffic entirely. The upside is I get time to read and people watch!! I've met some interesting people and already have interesting stories. Such as yesterday in a meeting a man "coded", he is a nurse so was able to verbalize he was going into anaphylactic shock. Turns out he's ok, overreacted but sure made for an exciting meeting! The jury's still out on the job. My first day was not super productive in terms of showing me the ropes. I will say that I was led to believe I'd have some say in my schedule and immediately realize that I'm filling in full-time for someone going on maternity leave. Not a huge deal except that I was scheduled to work Thanksgiving and Christmas. Nice, huh? I said we might have an issue here. As an on-call dieitian (with no benefits) I had no intention of working those holidays when my family is in TX and NE!!!

House stuff has come to a complete stop now that I'm working. Which is not good as there is still a washer and dryer in our kitchen, the second bedroom still has some boxes, and stuff is not in its final place. We're still not sure what to do with the second bedroom. We need some sort of office space for the computer, files, books, etc. but want to have a bedroom for when people visit. Is anyone going to??? You might be thinking just combine the two but you have not seen how tiny it is! A wall bed would actually be really helpful, if I could talk Ryan into it. Good news, though: workers are currently installing our new furnace as I write. HEAT will be so nice!!! Temps in the 50s and rain has not made the house fun to come home to. The crew is currently pounding away in the basement and singing Beat It by Michael Jackson. It sounds like they are just under my feet. :-)