SO............
My youngest Son moved out of the house and WAY the heck down to Florida about a month ago. It's been weird. We are officially empty nesters now. No kids around, and we've been just kinda chilling.
There's been some stuff being sent down to near Tampa, but other than that, he's supposedly doing well.
I've taken a job as a lab tech at a local company that does catalog sales of stuff like sausage and cheese. You probably have heard of them, Swiss Colony. Well, I'm working in the Microbiology department. Our team tests the food to make sure they are safe. There are times when I am elbow deep into samples of cheesecakes and cheese and stuff.
It's as close to medical lab tech as I'm going to get for now. The pay is less but the schedule is Monday through Friday so that's good. 40 hours a week for now until after the Christmas rush. Then it's layoff time. I'll deal with that when the time comes.
It's been an adjustment NOT studying. I've gone back to doing some family tree stuff, spinning yarn and knitting. I've mostly been vegging during the nights and playing solitaire. Ambition is just about nil and oddly enough, I'm ok with that.
I've busted my ass for over 4 years to get a degree and where did it get me? Petit fours. I'm glad for the job and the time to adjust to real life and real people again. But I had one interview for a Medical Lab Tech job where the interviewer asked some question about what would cause issues with a blood sample.
What she wanted was me to list all the possibilities including an IV. What I told her was that there were many things that would mess up a blood sample and I was not really aware of how much IV's were given to patients in the ER these days, since I haven't been in one in like.......evah.
Ok, so really.........how in the hell am I supposed to remember shit that has like TOTALLY no bearing on my current work whatsoever? I mean, if she really wanted me to be at my best on the knowledge of Medical Lab Tech, she should've interviewed my ass 4 months ago! Every stinking day they decide I'm not worthy to interview, more knowledge goes to the back of my brain in storage. Sorry, chickiepoo, but knowing the reasons why a hematocrit could be low has absolutely JACK to do with whether or not that sample of sausage could be reading a high pH.
My youngest Son moved out of the house and WAY the heck down to Florida about a month ago. It's been weird. We are officially empty nesters now. No kids around, and we've been just kinda chilling.
There's been some stuff being sent down to near Tampa, but other than that, he's supposedly doing well.
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| The last of the kids to leave the house, Alex |
I've taken a job as a lab tech at a local company that does catalog sales of stuff like sausage and cheese. You probably have heard of them, Swiss Colony. Well, I'm working in the Microbiology department. Our team tests the food to make sure they are safe. There are times when I am elbow deep into samples of cheesecakes and cheese and stuff.
It's as close to medical lab tech as I'm going to get for now. The pay is less but the schedule is Monday through Friday so that's good. 40 hours a week for now until after the Christmas rush. Then it's layoff time. I'll deal with that when the time comes.
It's been an adjustment NOT studying. I've gone back to doing some family tree stuff, spinning yarn and knitting. I've mostly been vegging during the nights and playing solitaire. Ambition is just about nil and oddly enough, I'm ok with that.
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| New Bosworth |
I've busted my ass for over 4 years to get a degree and where did it get me? Petit fours. I'm glad for the job and the time to adjust to real life and real people again. But I had one interview for a Medical Lab Tech job where the interviewer asked some question about what would cause issues with a blood sample.
What she wanted was me to list all the possibilities including an IV. What I told her was that there were many things that would mess up a blood sample and I was not really aware of how much IV's were given to patients in the ER these days, since I haven't been in one in like.......evah.
Ok, so really.........how in the hell am I supposed to remember shit that has like TOTALLY no bearing on my current work whatsoever? I mean, if she really wanted me to be at my best on the knowledge of Medical Lab Tech, she should've interviewed my ass 4 months ago! Every stinking day they decide I'm not worthy to interview, more knowledge goes to the back of my brain in storage. Sorry, chickiepoo, but knowing the reasons why a hematocrit could be low has absolutely JACK to do with whether or not that sample of sausage could be reading a high pH.
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