4 more weeks to go.......

 

This is a photo of the dental offices new building.  

I am working during their move.  I thought it would be "fun".  I haven't been this wrong in quite awhile.  

They were supposed to move at the end of October ~ then the end of November ~ (you guess it) then the end of December.  The dentists finally said enough and told the contractors they are moving in at the end of January.  I went over to the new office on Monday and was horrified.  They are still doing electrical work, plumbing, painting, installing doors...and probably other things I have forgotten.  As I looked around I thought that there is a snowballs chance in hell all this will be done in one week.  And we're supposed to see patients too.  Nope.  I can't see it.  I hope I am wrong, because both of the docs are super stressed out over all the setbacks.  I suggested to the OM that we cancel the hygiene appointments for Monday, but she said we can't because there's no where to put them.  Really?  That's your big worry?  Hmmmmmm

I am not stressed, but bored.  After packing stuff up (which took only about 5 hours) there's nothing much else to do.  The phone barely rings, but that is because the patients know we're moving.  The OM keeps trying to suggest we all come late and leave early. The only issue I have with that is I need to earn that $$ for my trip.  I do try to find ways to be productive though.   I am so ready to be retired again.  I never missed working.  I know there are those that really loved their jobs, and miss them.  Not me.  I feel I've earned the opportunity to do what I want with my time, and life is too short. 

I did get my new carry-on (which looked so incredibly small), and had a practice session on packing it.  Thankfully it went very well...hopefully I will be able to lift it into the overhead.  Right now it's 16 pounds, but I didn't put everything in.  Just wanted to see if I could fit my clothes and knickers in and have room for the other stuff.  

Tomorrow is the last day of work for the week.  I assume we are taking packed stuff over to the new office.  We also need to confirm the patients for Monday, as Friday is the day the computers and phones are to be moved over.  Fingers crossed.  

Love, 365

Happy Anniversary to us, and to Peg and Rick :-)

 

Our anniversary (the first one, lol) is Dec. 1.  We rarely remember it.  It occurred to me a week later, and Romeo didn't even recall when I mentioned it.  I've always regretted getting married in December!  The photo above is when we had our church wedding July 3rd, 2023.  We don't even have photos from our first wedding, which I also regret.  It's a really long and tedious story that I won't bore you with.

Although going back to work has been ok, I must say that it's depressing that all the little things that need to be corrected are still issues.  I don't know why our clinical staff forgets half the time to take x-rays if the patient needs major dental work ~ or how chart notes are sometimes missing ~ or items that weren't done are on the walkout line when we're finishing with the patient.  All these things bugged me before and sadly they still do.  Really, why should I care?  I'm only going to be there 7 more weeks.  But. It. Bugs.   

I can make it 7 more weeks.  

Really.

I do enjoy the payday though :-)

In the meantime, we're having another round of appliance problems.  Our microwave died so we had to get another one.  The one I had I really liked, but I went with a Japanese model that had better rankings, and was about $100+ less.  Romeo was whining that for the few days we didn't have one he couldn't heat up his coffee.  Awww, poor guy.  Sheesh.  

We have had our cell phones for 3 years, and they are still great phones.  The only issue was that the battery wouldn't last more than 4-5 hours, and considering I'm traveling this year, we decided we would replace the battery.  It's cost effective, especially when you consider what they cost new.  So, Romeo decides to take his to a cell phone repair shop, even though I told him the Apple Store will do it for the same cost.  That was a big mistake ~ they put an after-market battery in, which fried the circuits in his phone.  I did manage to reverse the charges through our bank after explaining the situation.  When I called the store and explained that Apple said the phone was toast and would not be worth repairing, the person I was talking to said "that's what they always say!"  It was kind of pathetic.  

While I was in the Apple store having my battery replaced, I bought him a new cell phone.  It has some great features, but the one I really liked was photo editing.  Super easy to use.  Look at the photo below, which was the original photo of the one at the top:

I plan to borrow his to edit my photos.  It's such an improvement!

Well, it's Sunday night and I have to get my shit together for work tomorrow!  Have a great week.

Love, 365