Just a bunch of randomness

- This is day 12 of a really bad head cold for me. I've never had a cold last this long so it's starting to get quite annoying. It's not the flu, it's not a sinus infection, it's just a mean nasty cold. At least I feel fine now, just dealing with the sneezing and runny nose. yuck. I'm one of those people who can be anti-medicine at times and prefer to just suffer through it but I did end up having to take Tylenol Cold this time.

- My work is requiring that all employees get the H1N1 vaccine or else we have to mask our entire shift even if we don't have a patient, from now until MAY. If we get caught without the mask, we lose our job. Not cool. I'm NOT getting the H1N1 nor did I get the regular flu shot. I don't want it. I will mask dang it. I do think it's completely ridiculous (and probably illegal) to force that on us and threaten our jobs, but whatever. I think this H1N1 is getting a little out of control, they are freaking out and it's quite annoying. They are not requiring the regular flu shot, so why require this? really? We are not a hospital, we are an out patient clinic. I'm not pregnant. (sorry if you had your hopes up) I don't have any other health issues that would put me at high risk. Therefore, I'm not getting the shot. I don't care what they say, doctors are half and half on this vaccine. Some say it's totally safe, some are not so sure. It's probably totally safe and all, I'd rather just not risk it. Thanks anyways.

- I accepted another part-time job this week at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. Not that I remember it, but I was born at Rex Hospital! :) I will pick up a few hours every week as a PRN MRI tech. I will not start until February but I'm already excited about it. I will be learning a whole lot which is cool. I will have to learn new software first of all, Rex has Phillips MRI equipment and I only know how to operate Siemens and GE. Secondly, I will be learning how to do Breast MRI imaging!!!!! It's a pretty new technology and I'm so super pumped about it! The sad part is that all the breast patients we get will have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. That makes me sad but at the same time, this is such a cool technology and I will be helping them diagnose more specifically and help the doctors plan better and more accurate treatment. Awesome!! I will continue working at my current job, at least for a few more months. My hope is that I can start picking up more hours at the new job and kind of phase out of the current job. It's tiring driving so far to work everyday and I've not been too happy there lately anyway.

- We finally finished painting our dining room!!! We still need curtains and a new light and then I will post pics! :)

- We are going over to some friends' house tomorrow night for a Fondue Party. Anything dipped in chocolate or cheese is yum!!! I'm excited!! And I will be going with some girlfriends to a Tea Room on Saturday morning!! yay!! It'll be good for us to get out and do some fun stuff this weekend!

- I'm so anxious for Thanksgiving to get here, I can hardly stand it!!! I have been telling anyone who will listen about how excited I am about going to Myrtle Beach. Definitely one of the highlights of our year! :)

That's all I have for today... hope you're all having a great week!!