Wiping away the body-ache mugu from my eyes
You know how the old Chamorro folks say "when you have lots of mugu in your eye, you're having body ache"? Well...my mom says that, anyway...
I was supposed to be off from work today. But I knew today was an important day at work. Moving day. Yes, we've finally moved back home...to the unit where we belong. There's supposed to be this great new place within our unit called the Progressive Care Unit (PCU), but progress on it has been slow and practically on hold. Our bed capacity increased. Oh joy. More patients to care for, same amount of nurses.
Well...I got home at 12:00 AM, went to bed by 01:00 AM and woke up at 05:15 AM to get to work by 06:30 AM to help with the move. I thought I was just gonna be there for a few hours...you know, to help physically move the patients (18 of them total) over to their new rooms. But, as it turned out, they were lacking one nurse on the floor, so I was asked to work on the floor with the other 7-3 shift nurses, and I did. I'm a team player. I help when I can.
But now, I'm tired as hell. Got home and took a nap. Woke up with bodyache. And lots of mugu in my eye. Be back to work tomorrow. So much for my day off...
I was supposed to be off from work today. But I knew today was an important day at work. Moving day. Yes, we've finally moved back home...to the unit where we belong. There's supposed to be this great new place within our unit called the Progressive Care Unit (PCU), but progress on it has been slow and practically on hold. Our bed capacity increased. Oh joy. More patients to care for, same amount of nurses.
Well...I got home at 12:00 AM, went to bed by 01:00 AM and woke up at 05:15 AM to get to work by 06:30 AM to help with the move. I thought I was just gonna be there for a few hours...you know, to help physically move the patients (18 of them total) over to their new rooms. But, as it turned out, they were lacking one nurse on the floor, so I was asked to work on the floor with the other 7-3 shift nurses, and I did. I'm a team player. I help when I can.
But now, I'm tired as hell. Got home and took a nap. Woke up with bodyache. And lots of mugu in my eye. Be back to work tomorrow. So much for my day off...
