So I was scheduled to work at my previous nursing home for the week. Our facility was still being run by the previous owners. While I was on vacation in Charleston, the State surveyors came in and gave them a very, very bad review. The new owners requested that multiple items be addressed including building maintenance and nursing practices. The facility was having a hard time keeping a steady nursing team and had a job fair this week. The new company also brought in their own facility manager, so there was a mix of old and new staff working in the building.
That included the rehab staff. We have a mix of therapists, from traveling therapists to full time employees. You never knew who was going to be at work each day. For now, I was still working for my old employer, but on an as needed basis. So my salary was higher, but since I had officially resigned because I thought the old company was leaving, I lost all my benefits. Instead I was fighting with Delta Dental trying to get the kids recent dental appointments covered since my benefits were supposed to be extended, at least through July. What a mess!
And wouldn't you know, the one week I do go back to work I develop a very bad eye infection. Scott had an eye infection back in June, and had an extra bottle of medicated eye drops, so I decided to use the extra bottle and head to work anyway. Much to the fear of my fellow staff members. I looked terrible and pink eye/conjunctivitis is very contagious. I had a hard time treating patients and typing my notes since my eye kept running, was very itchy and my vision was blurry in that eye.
Fortunately, I just had a 4 day work week, so I thought I would have a day off to rest, maybe go to the doctor. However, turns out we still had 3 free Hershey Park Tickets that Tom and the kids picked up at a Hershey Hockey Bears game in the winter. The tickets were supposed to expire at the end of July, but it turns out that the park flooded the last week in July, so the park extended the ticket use until the end of September. We had been trying to schedule the kids for a trip up to the park, but they just could not coordinate time off for 3 people. Instead, I ended up driving Scott and his friend Sammy, who we just reconnected with, up to the park on Tuesday, my day off. It was a bit drizzly, and we had a few passing showers during the day, but we all had an absolutely fantastic time! So much fun visiting Candy Land! I was actually surprised to see how busy the park was during the week. It is usually absolutely packed on the weekends in the summer, but good to see they still get plenty of business during the week too. However, the lines for the rides were not too bad. I mostly kept myself busy walking the park, attending the shows and visiting the adjoining zoo while the boys caught all the thrill rides. Since it was a bit rainy, we skipped the water park. And Scott and Sammy had a fun time catching up before Scott heads off to school!
I finally gave up on Scott's eye drops on Weds after work and took myself into the urgent care to get something a bit stronger. My eye was still really bothering me. Hope this works better.
And we were still watching our friends dog as they made their way down to Georgia to drop off their son at Georgia Tech. Although on Thursday morning, I got a phone call from our vet. They said a neighbor had called and had found Cookie in the neighborhood and was holding her for us. I said I was staring at Cookie at that moment-she was laying on the family room floor with Scott. Must have been someone else's dog. After I got off the phone I asked Scott where Ripley was! Scott had let both dogs out in our backyard, but only Cookie came back in. Our back yard is fenced off, and Ripley is the little hunter. She loves to sniff around our shed, hunting squirrels and chipmunks. And she loves to dig along the fence line. Turns out, the AC repairmen left our back gate open and Ripley found herself sneaking out the gate! She had wandered down to the sidewalk and a very nice neighbor took her home and called the Plunkett family and the vet. Of course I got a phone call from a very frantic Beth, but reassured her that we had called the vet back and got in touch with the neighbor and were on our way to pick up the little escapee! You got to be kidding! I don't need this stress in my life! This dog is worse than a 2 year old! And Tom was just saying what a great, fun little dog Ripley is-I don't think I can handle all that mischief! Just glad she was back at our house and safe and not run over! Scott ended up giving both dogs a bath since Ripley was full of mud. Looks like she had a great time! I was very relieved to return Ripley to her rightful family on Sunday night when we had Beth and Barry over for dinner. We wanted to hear all about their trip and Bryce's new school. Turns out they traveled down the coast and even visited the same aircraft carrier, the USS Yorktown, in Charleston that we had recently toured. Their son plans on studying computer programming at Georgia Tech. They brought us back some goodies including a southern rum cake and spices. The rum cake did not last long-Yum! I was just happy to be able to return Ripley to them in one piece! With all the trips our families have planned, especially to the boys respective schools,
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