Mmm...Girl You Look Gooder

Saturday night my friends and I went to Highway 51 club. We had a good time. Emmy and I sang 'Total Eclipse of the Heart', 'Shadows of the Night', and 'Manic Monday'. Out at 51 the nastiest guys hit on us. Apparently they don't realize that my friends and I are way out of their league. We like our men to have all of their teeth. My friend Shawna brought her sister-in-law, who is gorgeous. And the men were all over her. This one cowboy would not leave her alone. We kept trying to save her from him, but he was relentless. He just didn't get the hint. But he was stupid enough to buy us all several drinks. He was nice and all but he was such a red neck. At the end of the night he was begging her to go home with him but she refused. So we jetted while the cowboy was in the bathroom. This one guy who's name I cannot remember kept trying to hit on me right in front of my husband. 1st of all...why are you hitting on the fat girl? 2ndly why would you hit on me in front of my husband? and 3rdly what on earth would make you think I would even be interested?

Bobbi's Mom seemed to have a good time and managed to get wasted. She was so drunk. I am pretty sure she got sick but I didn't stick around long enough after the bar closed to see if she did or not. She couldn't stand on her own and kept falling down and Dolan had to basically carry her everywhere. But she had a good time and that's all that matters.

Move Bitch

Friday Joy and I did our Christmas shopping. We pulled an all nighter so we could be awake and in line at WalMart at 3:45 am. About 2 or so Joy and I drove around to see if the lines were already out of control. At WalMart hardly anyone was there, but at Best Buy it was a mad house. There were people in tents and the line went all the way around the building. They even had port-a-potties set up and Back Yard Burgers had a little cart set up and selling burgers to everyone. It was crazy. So needless to say, I did not go to Best Buy at all!

Joy and I were in and out of WalMart in 12 mins. I am very proud of us. Then we headed over to Target and waited in line for ever in the freezing cold. At WalMart they let you wait inside of the store but not at Target. We got in and out of Target in 20 mins. We then headed to Gordman's and were in there about 30 mins and then we went to Toys R us and were in there for a hour I think. So we got all our Christmas shopping done by 8:00 and I only spent $189. So I got everyone Christmas for under $200. I am impressed! It was fun fighting the crowds. I will be doing it again next year.

Turkey Must Bring Out The Idiots

So here I am working in the ER on Thanksgiving. So far I have had nothing but idiots. My first patient thought she might have an ear infection and apparently it can't wait till Monday or till tomorrow to go to an after hours clinic. I have also had a kid who had poison ivy a little baby who has a rash, a girl who got punched in the face by ex-husband and he might have broken her nose, two people who think their appendix ruptured. I think they just ate too much and that's why their belly hurts yo. The only legitimate patient we have had today is a guy who has cancer and now has blood clots all up and down his leg and it was swelling.

My favorite so far is this lady who brought her daughter in for an ear ache and the first words out of her mouth were "Do you guys take Medicaid?" Which is the free insurance that people with low income qualify for and my tax dollars pay for. Your child is sick..how is that your first question?

YAY! Family Time.

So on Thursday I get to spend quality time with the family...yay. We are having Thanksgiving dinner at noon, because I have to come work in the ER at 2:30-11pm. I hate that shift,but I had my choice between Thanksgiving or Christmas and I chose Thanksgiving. Ever since I had gastric bypass surgery I could care less about eating so I won't get to pig out like I did last year, and that makes me sad. :-(

I hope the ER is entertaining on T-Day. I have heard people do stupid stuff on holidays, so it's usually pretty entertaining. I am praying for something good. I love it when the "crazies" come in. They are so damn entertaining. Like on Saturday we had some lady come in by ambulance and she was all pilled out and when I tried to get her name and ssn, and stuff she elbowed me in the nose. So I dug my elbow into her sternum and told her she needed to calm down and answer my questions. She was entertaining. She kept telling me how her "old man" had pissed her off so she went after him with a knife and that's when he assaulted her. LMAO. It was great! All I can say is she needs to lay off the xanex milkshakes.

Today I Need To Vent.

We are very short handed at my work and because of that we are having to work weekends. At first our supervisors told us we could not have over time, so if we worked a weekend we had to be off one day during the week. I thought that sucked! I mean why am I giving up my weekends when I am not even getting over time? That is not fair at all. I don't blame my work though cuz that way save cash not having to pay us over time,but it still pisses me off. And since we are now getting a day off during the week that means that I am not getting all of my surgeries done,which causes my boss to yell at me. It's so frustrating. They have us keep track of every second of our day like we are in kindergarten. We have these "productivity sheets" that we have to fill out. It says what time we started the account and what time we finished the account. The bosses feel like we should be able to do 25+ surgeries in one business day. The most I have ever gotten done in one day was 19. They expect a lot of us. And I am not even getting to do my job most of the time because they pull us to go out on the front line to register patients. I am usually on the front line about 2 hours a day. I don't mind helping out on the front line,but I don't like the bosses questioning me later as to why all my work is getting done. How am I suppose to get three people's jobs done every day?

The Weekend Run Down

This weekend basically sucked. Friday I had to work a 15 hour shift because they fired one of the ER girls. So I worked from 8:30 am-11:00 pm. It sucked. We were busy of course because it's Friday night and apparently everyone gets sick on Friday's. The highlight of my night was my Mom,brother, brother's girlfriend, and nephew came up to see me for a bit. My cousin Brian was in town so they came to see me. I looked like hell and my Mom made me take pictures with my cousing Bri. That is evil,but it was still a nice break from work. I also got to see Joy's new car. It's really nice. It's an '06 Honda Civic or something like that, it looks cool though.

Saturday, Mike and I met my brother and his son at Krispy Kreme and had doughnuts. I had one and that was plenty for me. I was stuffed and belly hurt, but oh well. My nephew ate 4! I was surprised he could eat that many. Then Mike and I headed to my Mom's and hung out there so that Cox could come out and fix my Mom's internet and phone but they never showed. So I ended up watching Christmas movies with my nephew. It was fun though. I don't get to spend that much time with Rayus anymore. Around 4 or so my Mom and I went and bought my formal for the Christmas party at my work. It's a chocolaty brown with copper flecks in it. I can't really explain it, but I promise it's pretty. Saturday night Mike and I went to my brother's for Michele's going away party and stayed and hour and then headed to 51 to meet up with Bobbi,Roland,Anthony,Emmy,Sarah,Joe and Bobbi's Mom and Dolan. Emmy's husband Jamie came later. It was fun. I got drunk and sang karaokee and made an ass of myself. I am pretty damn good at that. lol

Sunday I slept in and then headed to work. I did get off in time to watch 'Grey's anatomy'. I love that show. I cry almost every week but I love it.

Attention Whore

Hi, I am Pokey and I am an attention whore. I love attention. I can't help it. I am not one of those crazy bitches who will do anything for attention though, that's not my style. I just like being the center of attention. I have noticed that I don't like to hang around people who don't give me attention. Like I have a group of friends that I met through work and I am never the center of attention with them, therefore, I don't really like hanging out with them. Odd, don't you think? Perhaps I need to see a psychiatrist. I am a little worried about myself. Okay not really.