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A Brief Word from Barts
Sep. 25th, 2002 12:30 pmYeah, well, I've been busy.
The new hospital's pretty cool, though the guy I work for is seriously old school. He won't make his own tea, he won't dial his own phone, and he won't accept the fact that I've only been here two full days (three at five this afternoon) and don't know everything yet.
Right now I'm just trying to get the place working the way I need it to in between finding notes that have been AWOL since the dawn of time, figuring out who everyone is, trying to pin down the doctor so we can go over his diary (seriously overfilled with vagueries so I never know where he is), leaving messages that never get acknowledged and, occasionally, doing what I do best, which is type.
On the other hand, at least it leaves me too busy to think all that much. Then again, it also leaves me so exhausted at the end of the day that all I can think to do with myself is collapse on the nearest soft surface and sleep until I have to get out of bed again. But hey, at least this is the ultimate cure for insomnia.
I'm sure the whole emotional crap will catch up with me this weekend, particularly since I had to skip therapy because losing a day in the first week of this job would be more suicidal than any of the things I did with pills in 2001. But for the time being, I'm content to just cheerfully bitch about the computer (a Mac, which isn't so bad except for the mouse, which I hate), the phones, the filing system, my boss and the fact that I haven't had time or inclination to grocery shop. Hmm. Maybe over the weekend I'll do something really bright like do the online grocery thing.
I miss everybody. I know I've been AWOL for awhile now, but that doesn't mean I'm not still thinking of people. I hope Ryu's doing okay (but then, I know he's not). I really hope Neko's doing okay, but her last livejournal seems to belie that. Wakaranai's currently en route to Pennsylvania, where hopefully he'll be able to get some gainful employment and a place of his own (he seems to be planning on it, but I had to shatter his illusions on the phone last night -- does anyone seriously expect to be able to afford a three-bedroom apartment on a counter-jockey's salary?). I don't know how Nakanaide and Jou-chan and the others are doing, but I'm probably going to be online in a chatting capacity on Sunday so perhaps I can find out then. Hopefully they'll be around.
Debating getting back in touch with Ryu in that time, but I'm too tired and busy to think about that now. I'm going to finish my lunch break by finishing this morning's coffee (black, three sugars, now cold as Antarctica) and get back to trying to revamp the notes booking system so that it's not plagued by people who've got things really, really confused.
I'm surviving! I'm having a life! I'm professionally active! And ... I'm as lonely as fuck, but too busy to care.
Thessaly
The new hospital's pretty cool, though the guy I work for is seriously old school. He won't make his own tea, he won't dial his own phone, and he won't accept the fact that I've only been here two full days (three at five this afternoon) and don't know everything yet.
Right now I'm just trying to get the place working the way I need it to in between finding notes that have been AWOL since the dawn of time, figuring out who everyone is, trying to pin down the doctor so we can go over his diary (seriously overfilled with vagueries so I never know where he is), leaving messages that never get acknowledged and, occasionally, doing what I do best, which is type.
On the other hand, at least it leaves me too busy to think all that much. Then again, it also leaves me so exhausted at the end of the day that all I can think to do with myself is collapse on the nearest soft surface and sleep until I have to get out of bed again. But hey, at least this is the ultimate cure for insomnia.
I'm sure the whole emotional crap will catch up with me this weekend, particularly since I had to skip therapy because losing a day in the first week of this job would be more suicidal than any of the things I did with pills in 2001. But for the time being, I'm content to just cheerfully bitch about the computer (a Mac, which isn't so bad except for the mouse, which I hate), the phones, the filing system, my boss and the fact that I haven't had time or inclination to grocery shop. Hmm. Maybe over the weekend I'll do something really bright like do the online grocery thing.
I miss everybody. I know I've been AWOL for awhile now, but that doesn't mean I'm not still thinking of people. I hope Ryu's doing okay (but then, I know he's not). I really hope Neko's doing okay, but her last livejournal seems to belie that. Wakaranai's currently en route to Pennsylvania, where hopefully he'll be able to get some gainful employment and a place of his own (he seems to be planning on it, but I had to shatter his illusions on the phone last night -- does anyone seriously expect to be able to afford a three-bedroom apartment on a counter-jockey's salary?). I don't know how Nakanaide and Jou-chan and the others are doing, but I'm probably going to be online in a chatting capacity on Sunday so perhaps I can find out then. Hopefully they'll be around.
Debating getting back in touch with Ryu in that time, but I'm too tired and busy to think about that now. I'm going to finish my lunch break by finishing this morning's coffee (black, three sugars, now cold as Antarctica) and get back to trying to revamp the notes booking system so that it's not plagued by people who've got things really, really confused.
I'm surviving! I'm having a life! I'm professionally active! And ... I'm as lonely as fuck, but too busy to care.
Thessaly