My first day back at work!! Mi primera dia regressa a trabajo!

My Spanish is horrible, so please forgive me if I totally butchered that version of my blog title. I felt like using my mind, not Google translate.

So I had my first day back at 'real' work. Nuclear Medicine. What my degree is and what most of my real big boy job experience has been.

I'm getting paid an OK amount, $40 per hour. Not as much as I've made before but more than a lot of other jobs. So I'm very happy with that. Only two days a week right now but who knows. It will either grow or shrink. But I am happy for what I have now.

Of the 9 iv's I started I only had to poke one person twice. I did everything on time and never had to apologize for a mistake. Because in the medical field you want to make your mistakes a 1 in 1,000 occurrence. After about 3 hours I was totally back in the groove.

Which to me, this is something I was very afraid of. I have not worked in nucs for almost 2 years. Two years of not using a skill at all. Since I am good at riding a bike and that's the analogy always used, I quickly remembered how to ride the nuclear medicine bicycle.

And of course, here are the pics. A couple of me in the brief moments of non-frantic working. My computer work station. And the camera with a patient. Sssshhhh, don't tell anyone.





Since you've read this far I will reward you with a funny story from the first day back...
A little old Filipina lady, whom I thought was a nurse in another part of the office, was talking with the medical assistants and stopped me as I was leaving by saying, "Ohhh, you have red hair. I bet you are HOT! All the girls want you I am sure."
To which my reply was, "Some do. I have what I want."
She then said, "Well let me show you how to get them. You say 'It's my birthday come give me a hug.'" To which I follow her arm motions and hug her.
She tried to grab my butt during the hug and coos "Oh you are hot!" Then she follows it up with "Now you say 'Give me a kiss'", and she does the European style cheek kiss. I play along, not thinking at all about the impending molestation.
I kiss one side, as I'm moving over for the next...... she moves fast like a honey badger and kisses me full on the mouth.
Yeah. That's how I end my first day at work. Don't hate.