So apparently my enthusiastic promise to myself to blog at least a few times a week didn't go very well....so umm yeah. Time to play catch up!
After a poor showing on my first Adult 2 test (68!!) I rallied and made an 80 on the second test. Yay! I'm much more optimistic. I just need to keep it up, study well for the HESI..because the HESI can replace my lowest test grade if I make above a 900 so that'll definitely help me out.
Nursing Research is well....nursing research. But I'll just be happy to get out of the class haha.
So on the work front..things are little shaky there. I'll try to 'splain the best I can. When I was first hired I thought I could work M-F. Easy peasy. Well a few months later I found out I couldn't because of school. I went to my manager and told him what happened. He assured me it could be worked out..so I started working Tu and Thurs. Granted 8 hours a week, when you're driving about 40 miles round trip for work is pretty pointless. So much so I was about to resign..except the manager at the Emergency Room offered to let me pick up extra hours there. So yay! That went on for a few months and then we find out that the first manager who agreed to the schedule change in the first place announced he was leaving. So that put me in a weird position.
Why? Because That left no one to cover for me while I was not there for 3 days a week, So manager that was leaving and HIS manager (ultimately my supervisor) called me into his office and she stated that she was going to have to replace me and she'd see if I could go to the ER permanently. Ok...so that I understand. She needs someone who can work 5 days a week. BUT...she basically accused me of lying about my avaliblity when I was interviewed...which I didn't. I am not ok with people accusing me of lying.
Well a few weeks go by...and I hear nothing. So I approached she manager to see what she'd decided or found out. This was done via email..frankly because 1) I don't like talking to her face to face and 2) we were always way too busy for me to actually get her alone. I copied everyone involved (her, dept supervisor, and two ER managers) She then responds (quite nastily) and takes out a manager (that she doesn't like). She again accuses me of lying and states that it was up to me to talk to the ER manager because she did and was told they didn't have a job available I could get.
So I did..I talked to the ER manager and she acknowledged she didn't have the type of position I needed. She said I could speak to the department super and it was up to her to decide. So I did. And she assured me she would work on it.
Is this getting crazy confusing yet?
Well this past Friday she manager said to me "They don't have a position open and I wanted to give you a chance to resign before I have to fire you due to attendance. I am going to have to put you on the schedule and then you'll have to call in the days you can't work because of school and I have to fire you under the new attendance policy once you call in so much." I replied "Well dept super is working on getting me transferred to the ER" she says "Well you can talk to her again but the ER has nothing open. Hopefully we'll give you a final answer by Tuesday."
So I emailed dept super. A simple "Hey I'm following up..." I read her reply today. She says " she manager will talk to you Tuesday"
Da da DUMMMM
So tomorrow may be my last day at work,...because that sounds pretty ominious. Honestly I'm not happy with the way things are going now. Because my schedule hasn't change..and she was ok with it until now. The only thing I'm terrified of is being unemployed and not being able to pay my out of pocket in the summer (because my financial aid won't cover my whole tuition). And I'm terrified of not being able to hack it in school, failing out, and all of this craziness will have been for nothing.
I feel like so far 2014 has been nothing but a test of my patience and faith. I'm really trying to have faith that everything will work out.. I know God wants me in nursing school...so I'm just counting on Him that there's something better right around the corner. And then my degree!! (If God is good :) )
Meanwhile I'm going to try to be thankful for what I do have, spend less money, and enjoy this wonderful weather, FINALLY sunny and 60s! And I'll be thankful I'm not as hateful and as unhappy of a person as she manager.
