Crazy Parker

I'm a procrastinator

2005-03-18T14:41:00.000-08:00

So there are things i should definitely be doing. Such as laundry since my sister did hers and my moms but did not do mine, so it has been sitting around for two weeks, writing my resignation letter for st. Joe's and mailing it, addressing my grandparents birthday cards, getting dressed b/c its now 2:30 pm and im still wearing pajamas and i smell like smoke from the bar last night, cleaning up my room and the rest of the house, reviewing my text book about hearts becasue i start my new job on monday, and going for a jog since it is a beautiful day outside. Instead of doing all those useful and important things I am typing an entry in my blog. However today i have made pasta salad so i guess that is on accoplishment. Anyway for those who remember me talking about it, my greek lady that I had to go on home visits to last semester called me today. She is so funny. I can't understand half of what she is saying but she is so sweet. I should go visit her and help her out and maybe once i start my job i will. I wish i lived in Towson so that i could stop over there. She told me she doesn't really like her student this semester because he is a boy. She said its her first time with a boy and she had always had students that were girls. She asked me if i knew any nice girls who could come help her out with her husband. Anyway I just thought I would share that she called me four months after I had last seen her. It was a little random. In other news i taught my dog to roll over. She isnt so good at it yet, but she can do it. She is just lazy and sometimes only rolls halfway over. The last little bit of news i have for you all, even tho everyone already knows cuz about 4 people read this, is that we might have a house to live in starting in june in Laurel, near Savage mill. Its a very nice townhouse with some powerline running through a field behind it. anyway enough procrastinating for now, its time to get some things accomplished.

Elizabeth

Wahoo Im employed

2005-02-28T19:05:00.000-08:00

Dear readers of my blog,

I have had an interesting two months. First of all, instead of being happy about graduation I got depressed, so that was a whole lot of fun. But i am better now. I had three job rejections, go me, I think partly as a result of feeling so terrible. So i put finding a job on hold for a week or two and focused on studing for NCLEX. I took that and passed it so I am now an official registered nurse in the state of Maryland. About a week after that I went for an interview at University of Maryland in Baltimore. It was on a telemetry floor, which really wasnt where I was wanting to work, I wanted to work in pediatrics. The interview went much better than my other ones and the nurse manager actually seemed interested in me, and made sure on my share day that I was getting a feel for the unit. When i left that day she offered me a job. I took it because the thought of taking a job at St. Joes made me want to cry, for about the millionth time this year. So I am happy now, and I am starting a new job around March 21st. So now that I have all that done I can focus on finding a new place to live, that is not my mommy's house. I love my mommy but I cannot live here forever. Plus, my cat likes it better when my dog is not around. For the next two weeks I will be working at Hallmark in the Columbia Mall, so come visit me. Tim and I went to New Jersey this weekend for a 50th birthday party. We got the Kevin Smith tour. WE saw quik stop and RST video. RST has a sign saying that they have VHS and nintendo. There is a Tattoo parlor next door. I took him to red bank on sunday cuz saturday everything was closed. WE went to Jay and Silent Bob's secret stash, where we bought Ducore a Steve-Dave action figure since he took care of my smelly dog all weekend. I am getting tired of writing in this silly thing, so that is going to be all for my update.

Sincerely,
Elizabeth, R.N.

i hate work.

2004-12-16T21:34:00.000-08:00

the title says it all. and i looked at my grades today out of curiosity and they were actually posted already.

issues.... A-, should have been an A, and im pretty sure she didnt even read my last paper....but she did give me some points back which gave me that A- instead of a B+, so i shouldnt complain about that

leadership and management.....despite the fact that my clinical preceptor made me cry, gave me the worst evaluation i have ever recieved and told me that i was not professional because i yawned at 9 am on a monday morning i got an A- (its a good thing my actual professor didnt like her either).

community health.... B-, my lowest grade ever in the nursing program.... i must have really done bad on that final......

overall GPA for all 5 semesters at towson University: 3.45.....

ok thats enought about how smart, or stupid i am....i am going to bed.

jobs

2004-12-15T21:33:00.000-08:00

I have a job interview on janurary 3rd, with the pediatrics department at holy cross hospital. I hope i get offered a job. That would be fantastic cuz then i could quit working at st. joes and sit around until my new job started. speaking of st. joe's, i got to put activated charcaol down and NG tube today. they tried to make the lady drink it but she vomited after the first sip. Gee, who whould have thought drinking charcoal would taste so bad. Oh and there was a fight in the ICU waiting room....like kicking and punching fighting. And then there was a code red (fire) in the room with the computers that are keepign track of the patients heart rhythms....what a weird night. thats all. bed time....

IM FINISHED

2004-12-14T13:17:00.000-08:00

I took my last final today. I am finally done with school, and only a semester behind when i shoudl have finished. I was thinking today that if i had stayed i biology major, graduated from UMCP, and then gone to nursing school i would still have a year and half to go. Thank goodness i realized what a waste of time that would have been. but now its over. i thought i would cry when i was done my last final because its a huge relief but i didnt. now i all i need to do is pass the nclex to get my actual nursing lisence, renew my cpr certification, and find a job. Oh yeah and now i can finally have more time to enjoy the fact that its almost christmas. I love christmas. Im still a little kid. I love the lights and the decorations, and how nice all the stores look. I however do not like those stupid blow up santa and snowman things. I am going to go around and turn all the fans off that keep them up in the air. Now that im done i can finally write my gruduation announcements, party invitations and finish making my christmans presents. ok thats all for now. i need to shower cuz i just ran and i stink.

Hey Kids

2004-12-01T16:04:00.000-08:00

I bet you all didnt even know i was still alive. Well unfortunately for you all who read this, I am. Ha, and you all knew this and i dont think anyone will read this, but i would liek you to know i am done school in 13 days. I need a job. I got a call from holy cross hospital, but the nurse manager from the pediatrics department hasn't called me yet. Thats a little disappointing. I think I will call the nurse recruiter on friday and ask about other openings like in the critical care unit, or ICU, or even med/surg so that i can get some experience and then maybe go into peds. Thats the problem, most places you need experience for peds. Kristina at work was going to ask her friend about the Pediatric intensive care unit at sinai. that would be cool, even though it would still be a far drive cuz its off northern parkway, but that might be nice. Oh well im not even taking boards until february so I still have time. I hate winter by the way. It gets dark to early. I do like the cold tho. Oh and my graduation party is January 15th everyone better come. Thats all. I think i have a cold. Fantastic. Time to go run on the treadmill.

I miss my puppy

2004-07-29T22:32:00.000-07:00

I dropped off my puppy tonight, because tomorrow i am going to New Jersey. She of course made herself feel at home by peeing on the floor. Hopefully she will not be too much trouble and behave herself the rest of the weekend. When I return from new jersey I am going to sign her up for doggy obedience classes at the coventry school for dogs. It was recommended by my neighbor, who took her dog there. Its sounds kinda snobby. Like for purebred dogs, and my dog will be the one that had to work hard all her life to get out of the ghetto. And she wont fit and and she will be made fun of. But she will overcome all that and be the star of the class. It shoudl be a movie of the week. My house is not the same without her and her resting her head on my knee or trying to sit in my lap....as much as a 60 pound dog will fit in my lap. I am also going to take her to get her nails clipped, probably at the grooming place at petsmart. Angel likes petsmart. Hopefully the creepy guy who followed me aroudn the store the last two times I was there will not be there. Anyway i should probably pack my clothes for the wedding and get to bed. Have a good weekend.

Love, Parker

For everyone's reading pleasure....................or not

2004-07-22T12:19:00.000-07:00

Dear readers of my blog (all maybe 3 of you):
Ok, i guess i will post another entry. Because Ducore and Tim have no life so they sit around work and read blogs.....it must be exciting to have nothing better to do at work, where as sometimes i work so hard i am ready to cry by the time my 8 or 12 hour shift is over. You know I think some people don't realize that while I am usually very efficient in my job, if I have patients that require more work, I am not going to be able to do EVERYTHING....such as lets say take a blood pressure on a patient as i am changing this patient who is incontinent of stool, who's roommate also needs to be changed...not only that but there is also no reason to page me to find out why I am not answering my call lights when I have never just disappeared like some techs do, and half the people there know I am cleaning up my messy patients.......so yeah handing out water last night took me 45 minutes instead of 5...I hope i remember all this when i am a nurse, because it really sucks that some nurses cant even take the time to help their own patients clean up if they find them. I can't wait to quit my job because its really getting rediculous there. I used to enjoy it most of the time, but right now, especially after last night I cant wait to leave. Some people just need to get off their lazy asses and do some work.
Ok, thats enough complaining about my job. In other news, I found my Maryland hat, thanks to Karen's pictures from the party...it was behind the couch. Oh and we took my puppy to patapsco state park last saturday and let her swim in the water. Only she wouldnt really swim.. she just ran through the water and wouldn't go where she couldnt stand. She is so cute. Oh and my car is broken.....well the antilock brake warning light was on, which i think means my antilock breaks are not working.....but i still had regular breaks...so i took my car to bethesda yesterday and had to leave it there. Now i am just waiting for my uncle to call me and let me know whats up and how much it might cost.. that will be the determining factor as to when it is fixed. I also decided Im going to move to annapolis when i graduate. I want to live near the water, but it is going to be expensive. Especially if i need to get a new car soon. I really need to learn how to drive stick shift because right now i am stranded here cuz both of our other cars are stick. This is a long entry especially for me. Since i love to write so much. Just incase you are stalking me and wanted to know my schedule for the next week or so
Today (thursday): work 7p-7a
Friday; O's game, and out
Saturday: Parker memorial golf tournament
Sunday: work 3-11
Monday: work 7p-7a
Tuesday: off
Wednesday: work 7p-7a
Thursday: drop angel off at Chris's
Friday: traveling to the great state that brought us both bon jovi and bruce springsteen for a wedding
sunday/monday: return from that wonderful state

Maybe i will post again in another month. So enjoy this entry

Love,
Parker

Tim is coming home

2004-06-27T12:32:00.000-07:00

Hey Timothy comes home tomorrow. Wahooooooo. and my mom and sister left for ocean city today so right now its just me, Angel (the dog), Lucky (the cat), and Pete Jr. the bird. Oh yeah someone leave me a message on IM to make sure the bird has food and water. Since its my sisters bird i usually dont take care of it and i might forget, especially with my confusedness due to working night shift the past 3 nights, and one more time tonight. Oh yeah and I'm probably going to be the only tech tonight because of Mita calling out. If she comes tonight and talks about how she can't but wants to call out and how she is going to form a plan to call out im gonna shove her in the janitor's cart. JUST CALL OUT NO ONE CARES. Um thats all cuz i dont really like to write, but i was bored/tired/im not even really sure what today is. oh yeah and my dog chewed up one of my flip flops....not that is a huge deal cuz i have like 20 pairs, and they werent my courduroy or my adidas sandals so i really didnt care but that crazy dog has chewed up so many things.....my sandals, my sisters sandals, my mom's sandals, her bed, a blanket, a bottle of medicine, like 20 million rawhide bones, ....oh and apparently she ate some plastic and what was left of my mom's birthday cake....its a good thing she is so cute . Oh yeah everyone come visit me here cuz i have lots of food..my sisters graduation party was yesterday so we have all the leftovers..pasta salad, watermelon, roast beef, turkey, chips, i think there might be some spinach dip somewhere, cuz the bread for it is here. Ok really that is all now. oh wait no its not...NO MORE SENIOR PRACTICUM...its all finished it was over on thursday. Now i am three classes and 12 credits away from graduation. ok thats really all.

People need to think, including me

2004-06-16T21:58:00.000-07:00

So I erased my last entry. And while yes my family is weird, i guess I didnt realize how embarssing the post would be to some people, who i never thought would even read it. Maybe it was because they were not supposed to read it. Its not like embarassing stories of me havent been told over and over again, and i am not reminded of the stupid things that I have done over and over. Oh well thats what i get for putting the link to my blog in my profile where my cousins can see it, read it and pass it along to my mom. So I apologize since now she will probably be reading this all the time and now i can no longer share all my funny stories about my crazy family. In fact i probably wont post anything because all the fun has been taken out of my blog. Not that i posted anything anyway. I've never been much for writing in a journal. But if anyone knows of any good books to read let me know becasue i am in search of one.

Hey another entry!

2004-06-09T16:43:00.000-07:00

Okay, its been awhile since i posted anything and Im pretty sure my dog needs to go outside. Which reminds me I got a dog. She is 9 months old and is a lab mixed with a mystery dog. Most likely a pit bull. She doesnt act like a pit bull though. I am about halfway done with my summer class and in two weeks i will be completely done. I just need to write my one page paper. I think I will do that on saturday. Tim leaves on friday, and after he goes I will have no friends so i'll be bored for the next 17 days. There is not much else going on. I've been working some and every time I go to work i begin to like it less and less. Sometimes people on that floor are not willing to help anyone out. And the new girl that just started working was there last night and I wanted to tape her mouth shut. All she did was complain about every little thing that happened. She had 2 admissions from the ER and she was complaining because she got them. Now its not like we have anything really extra special to do for admissions, and yeah its kinda a pain when 2 come at once, but its not the nurses on our floors fault that the ER decided to send them both at the same time. And she has obviously never worked day or evening shift where it is constant admission and discharges. All she had to do was take vital signs, get a weight, attach the heart monitor and explain how the call bell works. That takes maybe a total of 15 minutes. People who don't like to help people and are only there for the money should not be working in the hospital. I've been told by my teachers I am a very big patient advocate and it frustrates me at work to see lazy techs and nurses that don't help patients out. If a patient rings their bell cuz they are soaked in urine you don't go find there tech to tell them, you change them. Dont leave them like that. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrr. Anyway I hope when I'm a nurse I dont turn out like some of the nurses I see. Not to say that our floor sucks. The majority of the nurses and about half the techs are very good. But I hope I use this experience to show me what kind of nurse I should be. Which reminds me. I think i basically have a job working for mini med, the people who make my insulin pump. They called the other day to tell me that the next time they have a trainign class someone would let me know. Its not what I want to do for a career but it would be a start working with kids who have diabetes. I would be training people on how to use insulin pumps. Anyway i think im gonna go for a jog now thats its cooled off a little before i have to rush off to work. there should be pictures of my doggy posted on my website eventually.

Finally done

2004-05-18T08:52:00.000-07:00

So I took my last final of the semester today. It's kind of sad, because if I had made my desicion sooner, it would be my last final ever. But no, I couldnt decide what exactly I wanted to do, so when i transferred I still needed 3 more classes before I could enter the nursing program here. But everyone else is graduating, I want to also. I dont want to graduate in december, it will be cold. I guess at least there won't be cecadas. Oh well summer is here, and I have a summer class to take, which shouldn't be too bad. 7 12 hour shifts at mt. washington pediatric hospital. I can do it. then i will have the rest of the summer to work and relax and start studying for the nclex. Oh and one other thing, i took three finals last week. two of my grades have been posted. guess which one hasnt...my psych grade. Every other clinical group except mine has gotten thier final grades. I hate dr. ley. Im so glad that this semester is now over and i never have to see her again. I guess that is all. ONe more thing, you shouldnt talk shit about people, especially if what you said shows that you dont really even know that person very well.

Things for us to do:
Plan a weekend getaway
BBQ friday be there with a side dish as a donation punks
Brew at the zoo, May 29th 3-7 spunkyGREENmo: get drunk and ride a donkey

Sunburned again

2004-05-15T21:30:00.000-07:00

Today Tim and I rode in the Tour de cure to raise money for diabetes research. I am once again sunburned, on my arms this time though. I did take a step to not getting sunburnt in that i actually had sunscreen with me this time. Maybe next time I will be able to remember to put it on. This one isn't as bad as last time. We also moved furninture out of my apartment today. It looks so empty in my room now. Hopefully I will be able to get all of my stuff out by wednesday, the big stuff at least. Then we met Maria and Craig for dinner at DuClaw's for dinner in Bel Air. We got a sampler of beers that included 9 beers to share. Then we picked which one we liked and ordered it with dinner. It was interesting change from the normal choices. The food was good too. I recommend it. We discussed some interesting things over dinner, such as getting married in the catholic church and whether we would raise our kids to be catholic. I think the consensus was we would not push it on them, but if they wanted to be catholic it was up to them. We also talked about Ducore's idea of starting a tradition of goign down to north carolina in the summer. Everyone agreed it was a good idea, so sometime in like december we need to sit down and pick a week so that one of us, most likely me, can look into rental places. Hopefully i will remember this plan in december. Anyway now i want to go to the beach, and its still hot in here, and i have been up since 7:30 am so im gonna go to bed. Have a good night.

First Entry

2004-05-14T21:53:00.000-07:00

Tim made me one of these silly blog things. Now i can be part of the blog ring. Anyway, i have been packing up my room to move out of my apartment by may 31st. It made me sad and I got teary. Im not really sure why since the majority of the time i had the apartment i was not here, but i will miss it anyway. I will miss my big room, and my big bed. Now i have to move home to a small room becasue my mom turned my room into the guest room, and i cant move back into it. Last night there was a fire in Tim's neighborhood. The house was burnt pretty bad and two of the cars in the driveway were messed up by the heat. This was at about 2 am, and i was asleep after getting about 8 hours of sleep in the previous 48. Had Tim not woken me up I would have never known the street was filled with firetrucks. I did not know that they turned off their sirens when driving through neighborhoods. We went out to investigate, but the fire was already put out, which is a good thing. It was kind of upsetting though, and i made tim make sure there were fire detectors on each floor in his house. Now he just needs to check and make sure that they work. I hope no one was hurt. Um i am really tired now, and i have to get up early to do a 25 mile bike ride to raise money for diabetes research. Thanks to all those who donated, mostly my family and Angie, and those who didnt you should be ashamed of yourselves. that is all for now, i will probably forget that i have this and will not update it that often, but then again maybe i will since I won't have anything else to do once tim goes away to france for 3 weeks. Oh yeah and for those who do read this we are having a graduation cook out at tim's on friday, family members are invited...let me, tim, karen, or ducore know if you are coming by wednesday and the number of guests......that is all. Good night to everyone.