Food Friday

Ok – let’s see what I can come up with for today’s Food for Friday menu!

Let’s go with my Uncle Guy’s stew – I just love this and since it snowed here yesterday – it is definitely THAT time of the year for stew!

You’ll want your trusty dusty crock pot for this one!

1 to 2 pounds stew meat
Potatoes
Carrots
Canned or frozen corn
1 can of Beef broth
Onion soup mix – 1 envelope
1 can Cream of Mushroom soup

Aside from the fact that this is freakin YUMMO – this is why I love this meal!

All you do – combine all the above ingredients (potatoes and carrots to your liking – or whatever fits in the pot). Set your crock pot on high and let her go! I throw this together in the morning and let it go while I am at work! I come home to an amazing smelling home and my dinner all ready for me!!! We serve this with bread or rolls.

ENJOY!!!

Thursday Thirteen

In honor of my last post and the fact that I am moving on from the OB/GYN office - I thought I would post Thirteen things I will not miss about my current job!!!

1. Smacktard
2. The damn incessant phone
3. Smacktard
4. hormonal pregnant woman
5. Smacktard
6. moody, picky doctors
7. Smacktard
8. the constant passing of the buck
9. Did I mention Smacktard?
10. hourly pay rate
11. Smacktard
12. Benefits
13. SMACKTARD, SMACKTARD, SMACKTARD

I think I need to enter therapy!!! LOL

SHARING

I GOT IT!!!

As most of you know – I work for an OB/GYN office and most of the time – I am not at all impressed with it.
Well – I started looking for another job several months ago. I applied with the local hospital for a billing position (as I have for over a year now) and on October 9th I finally interviewed with them! That was two and a half weeks ago. Then last Friday, I got a call from the hospital asking me if I was still interested in the position! OMG – YEAH!!! So she started the process of sending my application thru their Human Resources department. She said that she hoped to call me on Monday with news. That was four days ago.
Now on Monday – I had to go to the doctor because I have an awful chest cold (that the doctor later called bronchitis). On my way out the door – my boss pulls me in her office and asks me “Can you tell me why the hospital is calling me”. I FROZE you all. I just told her that I thought it was because they might be offering me a job. We got interrupted at that point and I ended up leaving for my appointment.
Fast forward to this morning! I GOT IT --- I GOT IT!!! They called me at 7:30 this morning!!! I am so freakin excited at this point! I will be making over $2 per hour more than I do right now, better benefits and a job that I will know what I am doing every day!!!

I am so excited! I just had to share!!!

Conversation at the OB/GYN office - VENTING

Ok – shitty telephone conversation with a dumb ass pregnant twat.

Me: “CWWC – how can I help you”

Twat: “I need to speak with my doctor or his nurse immediately – it’s an emergency”

Me: “ok ma’am – what’s your name and what is the emergency”

Twat: “my name is ‘twat’ and I am puking up my stomach acid and have a rash on my stomach”

k – I am now thinking – that isn’t an emergency – but I went back to find the nurse. She then tells me ‘hell no – I don’t want to talk to her’ – evidentally she is a real peach – they caught her in the emergency room with her boyfriend screwing on the exam table – yup – a real winner! She asks me to get a phone number and see if she can call her back in like 5 minutes.
So here is that conversation:

Me: “Ma’am – the nurse asked if I could grab a phone number that she could call you right back on”

Twat: “NO – I am puking and have a rash – what more do you need to know”

(I had some thoughts here but kept my cool)

Me: “ma’am the nurse is requesting - - - “

Twat (interrupting me and real shitty) “I am not at a number she can call back at - I am at work she can not call me here – where is my doctor”

Me: “Your doctor isn’t even back from surgery yet ma’am”

Twat: “Oh really” (like I was lying)

Me: “yes ma’am – now your nurse asked me if she could call you back”

Twat: “TELL HER I SAID NO”

Is that even an option??? I wouldn’t piss the nurse off but whatever floats your boat

Me: “ok ma’am – you are going to have to hold” and I hucked her on hold and went to the nurse and told her that her patient was a real bitch.

Here is the conversation I had on instant messenger with my bud in Vegas:

Me: . . . I'm so pissed right now I can't see straight
Crazy Lady: why?
Crazy Lady: what happened?
Me: f'ing patients - pregnant stupid patients
Me: I was just yelled at by one of them
Me: dumb twat - if you can not handle morning sickness - you shouldn't have spread your legs
Crazy Lady says: lmao
Me: I should blog this I really should

Food for thought Friday

Ok – I bummed this idea off my bestest bud in Vegas! I thought it was a great idea. (hey – she bummed it off someone else – so there!!! LMAO)

Food for thought Fridays!!!

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!
(I love to cook – so getting new recipes is wonderful for me)

Here is what I made last nite (part of it is left over from Sunday’s din din)

History – Sunday nite we had a smoked chicken! If you have never done this – I highly recommend trying it! I bought a 5 lb chicken and smoke it over indirect heat (250 degrees) most of Sunday (7 hours) – it is the most amazing and juicy chicken EVER!!!

Anyway – we always have leftovers so last nite – I made a smoke chicken alfredo, over butter noodles.

Very simple:
One jar alfredo sauce (your choice)
Chopped pieces of left over smoked chicken
Heavy cream to dilute the sauce a bit

Heat sauce with chicken added. Boiled butter noodles. Serve together with some French bread and side of peas. (a salad would work too)

THURSDAY THIRTEEN

Ok – as most of you know – I work for an OB/GYN office. As one could imagine – things can get pretty – um – well – interesting around here. So – in honor of the job I am not too excited to have here are

Thirteen things overheard at the OB/GYN office:

“This message says something about IUD strings . . . . “

“I will never stand between a pregnant lady and her restroom”

“Does it itch and burn”

“Is it coming out”

“I need guinea pigs – time to do quality control” – needing people to have their finger pricked to test one of the machines in the nurses station

“Time to get the I.V. poll and dance” – don’t ask – lmao

“Oh goodie – drug rep lunch time” – yeah, we’re spoiled with lunches – all so the drug reps can woo the docs

Phone call “Um – yes – I am 9 months pregnant and my contractions are about 5 minutes apart – what should I do” --- the funny part – I’m not allowed to tell her to go to the ER – the nurse has too

“I’m keeping the little swimmers warm and happy” – a nurse with artificial insemination sample in hand

“No – I am sorry ma’am, we do not sell Doctor Scholl’s here” – phone conversation with someone who misdialed our 800#

“Here is a very sweet, but free drink for you, think of it as the beer you can not have right now” – a nurse giving a glucola drink to a pregnant patient – the glucola is to test for gestational diabetes

“Um – where can I leave my ‘sample’ at” --- a pregnant patient who carried her urine sample out of the bathroom (where the little closet is to put it in)

“ah – smacktard – you have another phone call” (I had to add that one)

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen things I would rather be doing on my birthday than work:

Sleeping in

Getting a full body massage – omg those sooooooooooo rock!!!

Finishing the book I have been working on for MONTHS

Taking a long walk with the dog

Did I mention sleeping in

Watching “Reba” reruns

Trimming my rose bushes (there are a bunch of them)

Quilling – I need to get going on some Christmas stuff

Sitting on the back porch and drinking coffee

Having my way with my hubby ***blushes***

Playing any and all internet games on MSN or YAHOO

Cleaning the house

And most of all – I want to be able to go on the school field trip my son’s class is going on that he is not allowed to go on because my hubby or I can not get off work for the day. (I hate public schools)

Yeah – see – my son is not an angel child (I don’t know a 10 year old that is) – he gets in trouble for talking in class and being somewhat disruptive. And even though his behavior has improved – the school made an “executive decision” that my son can not go on the field trip to a mountain near here because he can not be “a first time listener”. Due to lack of volunteers and the fact that my hubby and I can not get out of work – my son gets to stay behind tommarrow (along with a few other kids) . PFFT on that – I hate having to work for a living!

Look out Vegas!!!

Race Tickets ============== $540.00
Camping at the track ========= $190.00
Spending 4 days at Las Vegas Motorspeedway ===== PRICELESS!!!

That’s right Vegas – Hold on to your pants!!!! We racked up the credit card bill last nite!!! We are coming to Vegas baby!!! March 8th thru 12th!!! We will be camped out at LVMS -- Hollywood RV lot, Row SPC, Space 182!!!! I live for this folks!!! This is the best experience EVER!!!
It will be me, my husband and our 10 year old son!!! Living and breathing fast cars and taking in the new track! I am so super excited!!!! (can you tell)

Someone just make it stop!!!!

I have totally had it folks - I am ready to quit my job and work at McDonald's. It hasn't gotten much better since yesterday and in fact - some parts are worse. Smacktard Asshat has become total and complete twat bitch and has completely tried to give me the cold shoulder. This is not a punishment if that is what she thinks - lol!!! I would rather never talk with or even see her again.
Anyway - she is still doing her same shit (with a crappier attitude) and still getting away with it. I tell you - if I have to hear one more f'ing personal conversation of hers I may just explode. Add in humming along with her music, ignoring the phone at work (well unless it is for her) and generally just whining about things - I am going nutso!!!!

I just realized that today is my 1 year anniversary here! HMMMM - maybe that is why I am in a crappy mood.

There is one shining moment in my day - something that made my afternoon!!! I have been applying with the local hospital for a year now - trying to get a job in their billing department or as a medical claims coder. I finally have an interview with them!!! WOOHOO!!! I am soooooooooooo completely excited!!! Please - pray for me -- this may be a shot at gaining my sanity back! My interview is Monday at 2pm!

Asshat!

Ok – I have blogged about this dumb ass before but I need to vent! If you haven’t read it yet – you can read the first installment under “Smacktard”.

We will consider this the second installment.

We will start with last Thursday. Smacktard didn’t come in at 9am like the rest of us working fools. She didn’t come in at 10am or 11am and we didn’t hear from her either. Come lunchtime – she finally decided to call here and say “I am sorry – I just woke up”. WTF????? The boss lady finally stood up and said something – she told her if she couldn’t bother to call before noon that she could just stay home that day! (Not ‘I’m sorry you f**k - you’ve done this too many times – you’re fired) So – needless to say – I REALLY enjoyed Thursday last week – lol!!! It was pretty quiet in here too!!! I loved it!!!
Ok – let’s move on to Friday. Smacktard was in a shitty mood – she had got her ass chewed and she was pouting. We all got to suffer for that. She was nothing short of a bitch. She left work at 1:30-ish (we get to leave early on Fridays) . After she left – I had to check our fax machine for something. Now part of what she is supposed to do is check the fax periodically throughout the day to ensure that things get to the doctors in a timely fashion. When I checked it – at 1:30 – there were faxes on that thing from before 9am that morning. One in particular was a set of records for one of the doctor’s new patients that he saw that morning and was looking for (but obviously never found). I was not happy. So I dealt with that instead of my own work. Then, when a lady in the back office was getting ready to leave around 2pm – she noticed a message left sitting on smacktard’s desk – IT WAS TAKEN AT 9:16AM THAT MORNING – aaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You wanna know the best part??? It was an urgent message from a doctor’s office in Utah looking for a doc that wasn’t here on Friday. No chart was pulled, the doc on call wasn’t talked to about it – NOTHING WAS DONE. I was pissed. I about lost it you all – I swear! I had to call the office and apologize and see what they needed me to do. Turns out that they were seeing one of our patients that morning but by the time I called – that doc had left for the day.
Let’s fast forward to today. It’s Tuesday – yesterday was nothing out of the ordinary – same crap of listening to personal calls and her bitching about whatever. This morning tho – I had a phone call from a patient that tells me she dropped off some paperwork a few weeks ago and wanted to know if her doc finished it yet. I found the chart, filed away and the paperwork never even touched. One guess who did it???? I go to the boss lady and show her – and I get excuses – “oh – well you know – this could have happened or that could have happened”. I GIVE UP!!!!

WTF??? I swear – I am ready to buy a monkey and bring it to work – it could do a much better job than this twat!!!

My Monday

Ok – I just had a really good laugh and I wanted to share.

This laugh comes on the end of a really bad morning/afternoon. I have my hubby on my mind (he has been sick for over a month now and we are now waiting on test results to see what is wrong), then I hear about another school shooting in Lancaster County, PA – that is out where I was born and my grandmother still lives. Add to that – my ex-sister-in-law (who is a dear friend of mine) – is trying to deal with the break-up of her marriage, her daughter miscarried on Sunday. Needless to say – it hasn’t been a good morning.

I was sitting in another lady’s office here at work, talking about how to bill two different insurances when the patient doesn’t have maternity benefits on one plan and the other doesn’t start until November 1st – when this little gal comes around the corner with a paper towel covered, sterile urine collection cup. Now – being covered up with paper towel – I could only assume that it had been “used” (if you get my drift). She had come from the patient’s bathroom. Now, I don’t know how many doctor offices’ you have been in – but usually the patient bathroom has this not-so-inconspicuous cupboard in it – usually gray steel – that we all know is the “leave your sample here” place. This poor lady could not figure it out. She was coming around the corner with it in her hand – hopefully to ask where to put it (we cut her off and turned her around). I can not imagine that she would have gone to the lobby with it – but I am not ruling that out either.
What does that say? Then I come to find out that she is pregnant and just not at all sure how far along she is.

***sigh*** Ok – so goes the life in the OB/GYN office!!! Just had to share!!!

***THIS JUST IN ------- I just answered the phone and I kid you not - the woman on the other end says "Hi this is D from Dr. Pepper's office" - She was freaking serious!!! There is actually a Dr. Pepper out there folks!!! LOL