Labor Day... UA

SO, I seem to write a lot about UA' in the Army. Why? Because something always goes wrong! I went to bed around... oh, 5:30 this morning, read for awhile and racked out. Then I was rudely disrupted from my slumber by a really loudly ringing phone at 9:50. It was my head nurse asking why I hadn't shown up for a mandatory UA by now? I'm obviously dead asleep while I'm talking to him and I muttered that I'd be right in. The UA's usually have to be submitted by 1100. So WHY am I just receiving my first notice at 10am? Well, ok, I have to go in. There's no choice. So, I get up and throw on PT's (because if I've learned anything, it's that PT's count as uniform) and shaved my legs really quick... there's nothing like having someone watch you pee with hairy legs. I got there, and of course they'd packed up early so now I had to go to the company. When I got to the company, SSG Degraw was like "...umm, ma'am, come with me". So, I followed him. I followed him right into the commander's office. I was then drilled with questions about when I got my first notice about the UA, how long did it take me to get here, when did I last work, who was my head nurse, and blah, blah, blah. Then, because I was the last person in the company LAST UA, I got asked abut why I was the last person for that one too. Well, I had a patient with an unstable chest tube in 10/10 uncontrollable pain, we had to notify the MD, get a CXR STAT, put the patient on higher oxygen, check the chest tube, etc, etc. and when they only give you 2 hours to pee, you're running on poor odds. So, now I'm off the hook and the problem is going up the chain, but that's rediculous. How hard is it to say, "I didn't get ahold of McCulloch, you needs to call her before 6am. If you don't get through on her cell phone, CALL HER HOME PHONE!" I was AWAKE at 6, I would have been happy (well, not happy) to not go to sleep yet and come right on in. So, OK, I'm ready, I'm at the company, I'm kosher with the commander again but.... oooh but there's NO FEMALE in the office to watch me! I'm in the orderly room with 5 guys. Not to mention all the supplies are still up at the hospital. So, I sat for 45 minutes waiting for them to come back so that I could pee and get out. There's almost always a UA after a 4-day weekend, so I should have seen it coming. Oh the drama. Go Army.

I've got a spot to go to Switzerland on Saturday! YAAY!

7 DAYS until I FLY!

I might be getting a new kitten. I just got a call from a friend who said they found a kitten on the side of the road. She's with the vet right now for a few days to make sure if somoene's looking they can find her. But, if not, I'm getting the call :-)