Awkward:
- Turning down a hallway the same time someone else turns down the same hallway so you end up walking side by side... even though you don't know each other. Hmmm... what's that super interesting display on the wall?
- Being unable to understand what your waiter is saying to you (and asking "what? several times) and having to have your husband translate and answer for you (at a sushi place).
- Let's be honest, back sweat. it's gross. today after i dried my hair I had to wipe off before i could put my clothes on.
- Having the target lady apparently think i look like a shoplifter. Yes... I really am only taking four items into the dressing room, no need to take them from me and count. And it's target. The combined value of said items is probably $17.
- Overhearing a conversation in the target fitting room between friends? sisters? about sweating a lot. One girl said, "I wish I could just hold it all in me but then I would probably burst like a fire hydrant." Lovely.
- Trying to use your kroger card at albertsons and the checker trying to polite explain to you that you couldn't use it. me: "why not?" checker: "because this is albertsons ma'am." me: "oh."
- My bangs. On the days I don't have to see anyone or do anything they look awesome and fall perfectly. on days i need them to cooperate they decide to mutiny.
Awesome:
- Finally seeing the fruits of the construction labor that has been going on for the past several years. I made it through an exit without having to stop today and it was pretty awesome.
- My citizens of humanity jeans. i bought them at plato's closet and they are just fantastic. i used to think it was stupid to spend so much money on jeans but i'm probably going to become a jean snob now because i cannot imagine putting another pair of pants on my body.
- Its way to hot for white chicken chili but i found a recipe for white chicken enchiladas that has pretty much the same ingredients. score!
- Seeing a man with a prosthetic leg running today. hello inspiration.
- Listening to music while i ran after several weeks of not listening to music. it goes by so much faster.
- Substitute teaching. The best parts of teaching without any of the preparation.
Showing posts with label awkward and awesome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label awkward and awesome. Show all posts
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Awkward and Awesome Thursday.
AWKWARD.
{To set the scene: me, my nurse, another nurse and a nurse preceptor all leaning over a baby's crib in the NICU. My nurse is pregnant. The other nurse is not.}
Nurse practitioner: "So... do you know what you're having yet?"
Five second eye conversation between my nurse and me as we glanced at each other before looking up.
Me: Oh crap. please tell me she's talking to you, please tell me she's talking to you.
My nurse: Oh crap. please tell me she's talking to me, please tell me she's talking to me.
We both look up to see the nurse practitioner looking over at the other nurse. Who is most definitely not pregnant. Who cannot have any more babies. Who is very, very sensitive about this topic.
Other nurse (tears already welling up in eyes): "I'm not pregnant." (pause). "Actually I can't have any more babies." Heads for the bathroom.
Nurse practitioner (eyes super wide): "I am so sorry." Starts apologizing profusely, following after the other nurse.
Me and my other nurse (still having silent eye conversations): Oh dear Lord. That was awkward.
AWESOME.
I can't really get into the details of this story, but let's just say there has been a very frustrating, demanding family in the NICU and that the physicians and the nurses are pretty much at their whits end with these people. So the dad wanted to do something he wasn't allowed to do. He called the front desk and was told no, I'm sorry, you can't do that right now. The secretary told the whole unit that he had called and we all knew what he wanted. So then, not five minutes later he called back up to the front desk to ask to speak with his baby's nurse. He asked the nurse if he could do the same thing he had already called to ask if he could do.
Pause to note that this nurse has had a really, really rough day and this family is leaving the NICU the next day.
Dad: "Can I do this thing that I've already been told I can't do."
Nurse: {Pauses, pinches bridge of nose}: "You're going to do whatever you want to do."
Dad: "Excuse me?"
Nurse: "You're going to do whatever you want to do." Hangs up. Inwardly, we all cheer.
Let's just say our patient satisfaction level didn't go up that day, but it was still awesome.
{To set the scene: me, my nurse, another nurse and a nurse preceptor all leaning over a baby's crib in the NICU. My nurse is pregnant. The other nurse is not.}
Nurse practitioner: "So... do you know what you're having yet?"
Five second eye conversation between my nurse and me as we glanced at each other before looking up.
Me: Oh crap. please tell me she's talking to you, please tell me she's talking to you.
My nurse: Oh crap. please tell me she's talking to me, please tell me she's talking to me.
We both look up to see the nurse practitioner looking over at the other nurse. Who is most definitely not pregnant. Who cannot have any more babies. Who is very, very sensitive about this topic.
Other nurse (tears already welling up in eyes): "I'm not pregnant." (pause). "Actually I can't have any more babies." Heads for the bathroom.
Nurse practitioner (eyes super wide): "I am so sorry." Starts apologizing profusely, following after the other nurse.
Me and my other nurse (still having silent eye conversations): Oh dear Lord. That was awkward.
AWESOME.
I can't really get into the details of this story, but let's just say there has been a very frustrating, demanding family in the NICU and that the physicians and the nurses are pretty much at their whits end with these people. So the dad wanted to do something he wasn't allowed to do. He called the front desk and was told no, I'm sorry, you can't do that right now. The secretary told the whole unit that he had called and we all knew what he wanted. So then, not five minutes later he called back up to the front desk to ask to speak with his baby's nurse. He asked the nurse if he could do the same thing he had already called to ask if he could do.
Pause to note that this nurse has had a really, really rough day and this family is leaving the NICU the next day.
Dad: "Can I do this thing that I've already been told I can't do."
Nurse: {Pauses, pinches bridge of nose}: "You're going to do whatever you want to do."
Dad: "Excuse me?"
Nurse: "You're going to do whatever you want to do." Hangs up. Inwardly, we all cheer.
Let's just say our patient satisfaction level didn't go up that day, but it was still awesome.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Awkward and Awesome Thursday
AWKWARD.
- So there was a baby in the NICU who was born earlier this week but wasn't named until today. When the mother was telling us the name over the phone, the nurse had to ask her to spell it because, well, let's just say the name was interesting (see this video for an example, or just to laugh) and had lots of apostrophes. Someone else in our little pod heard the name and then looked over at the only person that was the same race as the baby and says, "Why do your people always have to do that? Why can't you just name your kids normal names?" EEEKKKK. The person she said this too was someone that came in the NICU ever so often to do screenings on the babies, so it wasn't like a joke between friends. My eyes got really big and I had to turn away because I just couldn't handle the awkwardness.
AWESOME.
- This actually happened yesterday but its still awesome. Brandon made dinner from beginning to end and the only help I provided him was directions over the phone. It involved using the stove AND the oven, so he gets points for complication! I am so proud of him and I think he is secretly very proud of himself also. He may not be so proud of himself when he realizes that this means I KNOW he KNOWS how to cook. Awesome!
- So there was a baby in the NICU who was born earlier this week but wasn't named until today. When the mother was telling us the name over the phone, the nurse had to ask her to spell it because, well, let's just say the name was interesting (see this video for an example, or just to laugh) and had lots of apostrophes. Someone else in our little pod heard the name and then looked over at the only person that was the same race as the baby and says, "Why do your people always have to do that? Why can't you just name your kids normal names?" EEEKKKK. The person she said this too was someone that came in the NICU ever so often to do screenings on the babies, so it wasn't like a joke between friends. My eyes got really big and I had to turn away because I just couldn't handle the awkwardness.
AWESOME.
- This actually happened yesterday but its still awesome. Brandon made dinner from beginning to end and the only help I provided him was directions over the phone. It involved using the stove AND the oven, so he gets points for complication! I am so proud of him and I think he is secretly very proud of himself also. He may not be so proud of himself when he realizes that this means I KNOW he KNOWS how to cook. Awesome!
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