And We're Off!

Genius Golfer & I headed our for an Alaskan cruise worth my parents, sister and brother in law. We just had breakfast in the hotel in Anchorage. Sister and dad had reindeer sausage with their omelets. We're not in Kansas anymore.

We're celebrating my parents' 50th anniversary with this trip. We've had a series of celebrations this year for their big one.

I'm lucky to have such a wonderful example of togetherness and perseverance as a couple. They've set a good example for me. They aren't perfect, but they work hard together and they commit day after day to reach other again.

It doesn't get much better than that.

It's A Process

This week has been incredibly busy at work.  Monday our new office lady started.  Eventually she will be the full time gal and I'll go back to PT and filling in.  I can't wait.

So far, she already is showing more gumption than I expected.  She will be a great fit.  She is already making herself at home--and by that I mean she was singing along to her Pandora Disney station today in a voice loud enough you could hear her throughout the office.

She caught up all the "to do piles" for me already.  I had some things that I showed her how to do once, she asked a few questions throughout and she was off and running.  I was struggling by the end of the day to keep ahead of her.  Eventually, she caught me and I had nothing else to give her to do.  she took over the phones and the routing/dispatching of the drivers already.  This is going to be awesome.

I've been at this job for over a year already, and I still feel a little intimidated by some attitudes that flare up at time.  I'm such an "avoid confrontation at all costs" personality that I've just learned to roll with it.  She doesn't put up with much.  She'll be kind but she is no shrinking violet.  That is awesome.

I may end up being just an on-call embroidery lady, a go-between for the scrub stores, and a paperwork/data entry pusher for our Home Solutions end.  That would be really awesome.

In the meantime, the drivers are in good hands.  She is a chatterer, but a dependable worker too.  She is a natural on the phone.  She'll be just fine.  Awesome.

Just a Wild and Crazy Day...at Work

I got to work this morning excited since our new office gal was starting today. Her starting work means I will soon be back to part time hours.  Yeah!

Then about 11 AM the power went out suddenly.  From the back of our warehouse doors we could see the power line down over the road.  No bueno.  According to the power company's recorded message they expected the power to be back on about 2:30.  So I did what I could working just with the files and paper and the phone.  I forwarded the office number to the spare driver's cell phone (luckily before the battery backup for the phone system gave out) so I could still take calls.  I could still contact the drivers too, I just couldn't access our routing system.

Finally, at about 3 PM the power was still not back, one of the guys stopped at the Rocky Mountain Power trucks and asked their workers what kind of time frame they were thinking.  He told him about 8 PM.  Well.  That doesn't work well.

So I messaged the new girl, Ella, that she should do her drug testing in Orem and then head home fro the power was still out and not expected again until tonight.  I'd see her in the morning.  She was thrilled--her stuff is still in boxes after only getting her from California Sunday.

Then I took the work cell phone and was able to pull up the routing software and our internet based patient database on my computer at home and simply "worked from home" for a few hours.  I had messaged the drivers to call my cell number when they were getting close to the warehouse and I'd run down to the office and get them the Utah county paperwork that still needed to be done.

It actually worked fine. All thing considered, we could still take care of our patients--if we had to without power.  But it sure easier when we have the computers, printers, phones and all the access to the internet we use every day.