I actually met with my preceptor today for rotation....an hour late! We were scheduled to meet at 11am, but she texted at 8 and said it would be 12:30pm...fine, whatever. 12:15 rolls around and she texts saying she will be 15-20 minutes late...so I wait to leave the house until 12:35 or so... get to school around 12:45 and wait until 1:33 when she walks in the door!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!
Oh, then she has to leave at 2:45 to go to a doctor's appointment....SERIOUSLY??? She's on time for that, but not for a meeting with students...how disrespectful can she be???
Grand total of hours on rotation so far... 2 (yeah that's TWO) in 2 weeks! AND she gave us the day off tomorrow - for a 4 day weekend...we've had a 2 week weekend! Agh! At least I won't have to get up and get ready for the text saying we aren't meeting tomorrow.
How rude!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Hyatt 1, weary travellers 0
Last weekend Chuck and I met up with Eric and Michelle in Dallas for a Rangers game. It was great to see them again!!! I can't believe it has been a year!
A few interesting things that happened:
1. Michelle and Eric had booked the Hyatt through Priceline, so I decided to give it a try and got the same hotel for the same price. Cool deal... or so we thought. Chuck and I got to the hotel around 4:30 or 4:45 and were told that since the hotel had been sold out the night before, the cleaning staff was not finished cleaning, so we were put on a waiting list...after we "checked in". We put Michelle and Eric on there also since they hadn't gotten to the hotel yet. Michelle and Eric arrived a few minutes later and "checked in" also. We decided to go ahead and go to the game, since it started at 6:10, trusting that our rooms would be ready by the time we got back.
2. After the game, we went to The Cheesecake Factory for dessert since we don't live in cities that have them. I highly recommend the Pineapple Upsidedown Cheesecake!! It's delicious! 2 pieces of pineapple upside down cake with pineapple cheesecake in between. Yum! My mouth is watering just thinking about it!
3. We got back to the hotel around 11:30 and the room I had reserved was ready so I got keys, but Michelle and Eric didn't. It turns out that the manager had bumped their registration off and sent them to a sister property, the Hilton, down the road. Naturally we were all upset about this, so we tried to figure out the logistics of this decision...getting nowhere with the staff...and of course, the manager who had overridden their reservation was at home asleep, or at least not answering her phone. So, long story short, they went to the Hilton, and were supposed to stay free since the hotel had overbooked and bumped them out. We still aren't sure how priceline is going to refund the money.
4. We got up the next morning and went to breakfast at Dennys...since these hotels charge $13 for breakfast! Then came back to the Hyatt to talk to a manager...finally got to talk to a manager, who was very apologetic about the whole thing and was willing to resolve the problem. And comped us both 2 free nights at any Hyatt in the country, after we signed up for the Hyatt Gold Passport...still not sure how to use it though! I tried to get in online today and it wouldn't let me...and Michelle and Eric are still dealing with odd charges to their credit cards from priceline and the Hilton...I hope this whole mess gets worked out.
5. I should also mention that Chuck saved the day by speaking up to all the rude people we dealt with throughout this affair...he's not afraid to tell them how it is, or how it should be.
And...on top of all this, the Rangers lost...to the Cubs...twice! Saturday and Sunday... very unfortunate.
But it was great to see Michelle and Eric and spend some time with them!!
A few interesting things that happened:
1. Michelle and Eric had booked the Hyatt through Priceline, so I decided to give it a try and got the same hotel for the same price. Cool deal... or so we thought. Chuck and I got to the hotel around 4:30 or 4:45 and were told that since the hotel had been sold out the night before, the cleaning staff was not finished cleaning, so we were put on a waiting list...after we "checked in". We put Michelle and Eric on there also since they hadn't gotten to the hotel yet. Michelle and Eric arrived a few minutes later and "checked in" also. We decided to go ahead and go to the game, since it started at 6:10, trusting that our rooms would be ready by the time we got back.
2. After the game, we went to The Cheesecake Factory for dessert since we don't live in cities that have them. I highly recommend the Pineapple Upsidedown Cheesecake!! It's delicious! 2 pieces of pineapple upside down cake with pineapple cheesecake in between. Yum! My mouth is watering just thinking about it!
3. We got back to the hotel around 11:30 and the room I had reserved was ready so I got keys, but Michelle and Eric didn't. It turns out that the manager had bumped their registration off and sent them to a sister property, the Hilton, down the road. Naturally we were all upset about this, so we tried to figure out the logistics of this decision...getting nowhere with the staff...and of course, the manager who had overridden their reservation was at home asleep, or at least not answering her phone. So, long story short, they went to the Hilton, and were supposed to stay free since the hotel had overbooked and bumped them out. We still aren't sure how priceline is going to refund the money.
4. We got up the next morning and went to breakfast at Dennys...since these hotels charge $13 for breakfast! Then came back to the Hyatt to talk to a manager...finally got to talk to a manager, who was very apologetic about the whole thing and was willing to resolve the problem. And comped us both 2 free nights at any Hyatt in the country, after we signed up for the Hyatt Gold Passport...still not sure how to use it though! I tried to get in online today and it wouldn't let me...and Michelle and Eric are still dealing with odd charges to their credit cards from priceline and the Hilton...I hope this whole mess gets worked out.
5. I should also mention that Chuck saved the day by speaking up to all the rude people we dealt with throughout this affair...he's not afraid to tell them how it is, or how it should be.
And...on top of all this, the Rangers lost...to the Cubs...twice! Saturday and Sunday... very unfortunate.
But it was great to see Michelle and Eric and spend some time with them!!
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Constant stimulation needed...
This week has been excruciatingly slow! My first P4 rotation started on Monday, and the professor was 10 minutes late to our meeting at 11 am! She then had to participate in a curricular summit for the next 2 days, so we did not meet Tuesday, were scheduled to meet Wednesday afternoon but she cancelled to take her daughter to the dentist. So today was the next scheduled meeting...cancelled again! All of these cancelled meetings did not happen until ~1 pm, so I had already showered and gotten ready...so I got "unready" and wore the same outfit the last 2 days....probably will tomorrow too...if she decides we are meeting.
Why does this bother me so much?? I should be loving all this time off...but am I...NO! I am getting worried that I need to be working on things and getting things done, when really, I haven't been assigned anything I haven't completed already. However, I keep torturing myself thinking there are more things I need to do...so I have been making drug charts to help me review. Ugh!
This needing to be working on something all of the time stems from being in pharmacy school...the past 3 years, and last year especially, I always had something looming over my head that needed to get done, and now that all of that is over...I don't know what to do with myself!
For the past 4 days I have been sitting in front of my computer working on as much as I can...and all I got from it is a sore butt... sooo I bought myself a new chair! :)
Isn't it pretty?? :) I need a new hobby!
Friday, May 14, 2010
Kindle v. Nook
I'm interested in the new eReaders...but I don't know which one to pick! Does anyone have any advice?? I've just started researching them, and a professor of mine absolutely LOVES her Kindle. I don't know anyone with a Nook.
Any advice??
Done Done Done!!!
P3 year is OFFICIALLY OVER!!! Last day of rotation was Wednesday, and we finished the Business plan for NCPA today and mailed it off!! $80 in printing, and $20 in shipping...but it is signed, sealed, and delivered to the post office...and will arrive in Alexandria VA on Monday!
Now it is time for a break! Until Monday at 11am - then P4 year starts! :)
Now it is time for a break! Until Monday at 11am - then P4 year starts! :)
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
T - 2 days!!
2 more days until I am a P4!!! That is so crazy to me...there have been some times over the past 3 years that I never thought I would get to this point! I am excited about not going to class and only having rotations. Although it is a little scary also, I am now expected to know everything that I have been taught over the past 3 years....hmm... :\.
Anyway, overall I'm excited! 3/4 of the way done!!! Yay!
In other news, I recently turned 25 and my dad called to wish me Happy Birthday (on my birthday...didn't wait until today) and asked how it felt to be 25...I said basically the same as 24...then he asked if I felt old...well I did tonight! I went to a friend's house to help her pull up the carpet in her living room, to expose the hardwood floor below. We spent 2 or 3 hours sitting on the hardwood scrubbing the floor and scraping paint splotches up, then went to dinner. I was standing up from dinner and thought my knees were going to explode! It hurt to straighten my legs!! Ugh! I was not expecting that...and I still have an hour and a half of yoga to do tonight!
So as I type this, I'm propped up on my bed with IcyHot on my knees! How sad!
Anyway, overall I'm excited! 3/4 of the way done!!! Yay!
In other news, I recently turned 25 and my dad called to wish me Happy Birthday (on my birthday...didn't wait until today) and asked how it felt to be 25...I said basically the same as 24...then he asked if I felt old...well I did tonight! I went to a friend's house to help her pull up the carpet in her living room, to expose the hardwood floor below. We spent 2 or 3 hours sitting on the hardwood scrubbing the floor and scraping paint splotches up, then went to dinner. I was standing up from dinner and thought my knees were going to explode! It hurt to straighten my legs!! Ugh! I was not expecting that...and I still have an hour and a half of yoga to do tonight!
So as I type this, I'm propped up on my bed with IcyHot on my knees! How sad!
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