Raise A Glass To (2 Weeks of) Freedom

[jpegghost]

 All my finals are over, yeehaw. I passed all of them but I'm so burnt out I don't have anything else to say other than I'm closer to my final certification. I don't know what to do with my new free time. I wake up and think of all I have to study (nothing), and when I am done making dinner or lunch or finish exercising I think of all the research I must do (for nothing) so I'm sort of at a loss. What do I do?! Enjoy my life?

Work was fun yesterday because of aggressively stupid nurses. The secretary who usually catches the phones was out on her 43rd smoke break of the day, so I caught a call from a doctor's office and it went something like this:

Her: I've been trying to contact (Funeral Director), this is my second time today.

Me: Sorry, she's with a family, can I have a call back number?

Her: I'm not at the office and I don't give out personal information. So no. -hangs up-

Alright lady.

The second I hung up the call, the funeral director in question was done with the family and walked by. Apparently she (the FD) had been calling that doctor's office for a week as they were overdue on death certificates -- Doctors have 10 days to sign DCs, and we often have to strong arm them to sign a little piece of paper so that the family of the dead can, you know, apply for SSA or VA benefits amongst other things. They realized they were late by 4 days (!) and finally were rushing to contact us but ... The nurse wouldn't give us a callback so ...?

Amongst other things I got to glue someone's mouth shut yesterday, hulk out on an obese body and lift them into a freezer, and was told that funeral home from several posts back (the one I helped at) was asking for help again and specifically wanted me, but my boss is cranky to the idea of loaning me out since I guess I'm of worth. I'm excited to go back. I like the director there and all the little old ladies behind the front desk are so sweet to me.

I'm aggressively checking Dreamwidth to see if any of you have received those nice cards I sent out. I understand the USPS has been backed up lately, but I really hope they're not lost : ( Some of them are rather close to Texas while others are in like ... Vermont? So I guess we will SEE.

Comments

[8hyenas]

MAIL: I received the card, refuse to acknowledge card on the internet as it is for the PENPAL I HAVE NOW, and have responded. This is only to calm your flail. NO MORE CAN BE SAID AS IT IS IN THE RESPONSE.

[8hyenas]

I kept thinking about you heaving bodies around and gluing mouths shut. If you ever post a selfie you must use a cut and a WARNING, b/c you will be doing murder of my thoughtfully imagined Igor character in a monstera shirt and I'll hate you for it

[jpegghost]

First of all: Fuck yeah you got the mail. Looking forward to getting a response. I hope you understood my handwriting, I was voted in the office as having "Handwriting Akin to a Child or Serial Killer"

Second of all: HELL YEAH I love this. I hope I'm a mix of Tyler the Creator's Igor, Eyegor from Young Frankenstein, but I also look like young Leonardo DiCaprio in the Titanic. Just smashed together. With that monstera shirt.

[dark_phoenix54]

I didn't realize you guys used freezers and not just coolers. Is this because Texas, or is it some longer term storage thing?

[jpegghost]

We do use coolers, which is the industry term, but I say freezer colloquially so people can imagine it better. Bodies in storage, in Texas, must be in an environment between 45-30F iirc. We had someone unembalmed who wasn't going to be picked up until morning, so we had to move them to the very cold unit (closer to 30F) rather than our prep room which is the 45F area.

[amejisuto]

Glad you passed all of your tests hon! That's great!

[jpegghost]

Thanks! I'm going to have 5 classes next semester rather than 6, which is a godsend.

[alee_grrl]

I totally did get my card and it is in pride of place on my fridge, but I decided to squee at you in a written and mailed response which hopefully you will be getting soon. :D

But rest assured it did arrive and I was over the moon to get it. It was so exciting getting actual mail. And the card is just lovely. <3

Congrats on finishing up your finals! I hope you are able to enjoy your 2 weeks of time without classwork.

And that nurse sounds like a real piece of work. I've dealt with people like that on the phone and my response once I get off is to usually stare incredulously at the phone and mutter something like "well it's no wonder you aren't getting anywhere with an attitude like that." Lol

[jpegghost]

Aw good! I'm happy you got it and it's being displayed. I was worried they got wrecked in transit; they're a little fragile, but not incredibly so because of the cardstock backing I gave them. I'm looking forward to your response!

HAHA same. My eyes rolled at top speed while I was talking to her. What does someone get out of being so hostile? You're definitely not getting that death certificate signed sooner with that attitude.