spring break....ten?
this week was exactly what i wanted and needed. well, if it was longer, i would've died to go skiing too, but for once south florida seemed a little more important to me than rolling around in snow.
i got to sleep 11-12 hours a night. heavenly. i can't even describe how happy i feel at the end of the day when i get to crawl into bed, and know that i have nothing to do for the next 8+ hours but sleep. and, this may make me sound like a typical university-attending alcoholic, but i haven't really been drinking in the past month, maybe more, and i have to say, that waking up sober on a saturday morning, not feeling like shit, or even lethargic, is a surprisingly refreshing feeling. i think i had maybe 2 beers over spring break, and i didn't find myself missing it at all. we'll see how long this lasts.
i interviewed with the district manager at CVS back home for a summer internship. he seemed to think that only geniuses go to UF pharm, and that my psychology major was a big bonus. I submitted my online app that night, and already started getting calls the next day from different pharmacy manages the next day. The big man said he was gonna try and place me in two pharmacies- the one I used to work at, and another one where the manager called me that day. He said he called my old boss and she basically told him I'm crazy smart, and that I went through accelerated programs in high school and a whole bunch of other stuff? I really didn't even expect her to remember much of me, I worked for 3 months, 3 years ago. I thought that was really nice of her to say, so I went in to say hi to her, and she got really excited that I was coming back for the summer to work. She immediately went to call the other store to tell him that she wanted me in hers, and she said she was going to call corporate to request me later that day. I told her I applied to some hospital pharmacies (bluff, I just didn't want to commit to CVS yet), and she was like "no. you don't want to work there. it's boring and you'll make more here." Okay. It was quite the ego boost. It's been hard lately, with school, and my dad critiquing everything I do. I have felt constant frustration with my grades and wanting to do better, so it was really nice to feel, for once, like someone thought I was good at what I'm doing. I don't know, I know I'm smart. But sometimes it's nice to hear it from people I don't expect to hear it from. I wanted to apply to Publix pharmacy, because it's quieter, and I talked to the district manager earlier this week, but now I would feel really guilty going down that route. And I feel like bouncing from one retail chain to the next isn't going to do all that much for me in the realm of experience, or consistency on my resume. So I think I will go with CVS for now, and maybe dive into hospital....idk when. practicum? rotations? we'll see. I went back and saw my night pharmacist and was talking to her more about it, and she also agreed about hospital- at least for now. She told me that if I intern in a hospital right now, I probably won't get to do more than a technician would, and that it's better to wait to get that experience when I'm further along in pharmacy school. okie dokie. It was weird, being back in a CVS, thinking about working. I could see myself doing retail. but I'm not sure. It kind of hit me with all this work stuff this week, that in 3 years, I will be..done with school? working full-time? in my own place? making at least100k/year? WHAT? it just occurred to me yesterday, how much money that is. I live comfortably off of probably 20k a year right now, at most. thinking about having that much money makes my head spin. maybe i will stay with CVS. the district manager told me that if I like the company and keep interning with them, they will sign me a guaranteed offer in my 3rd year for a full time position when I graduate. I will have a guaranteed lump sum of money flowing into my bank accounts. I will buy a pony. The green $$$ in my eyes is making retail seem like more of an option than I've considered it to be. We'll see how badly I want to rip off the heads of the elderly when I work there again this summer.
The only downside to this week, and I suppose it was a fairly large one, is that my grandma more than likely has parkinson's disease. my mom is taking her to the neurologist tomorrow, but I don't know what else it could be. She had been falling a lot before I got home, my mom kept finding her on the floor. She's stubborn, so she won't call for help. We basically had to keep our cat ears up to hear any movement coming from her room to rush over and make sure she didnt lose her balance and fall. She's been confused, and obviously lacking balance. I don't even want to think about how much her hands shake. For some reason, I never thought much of that besides old age. Our family physician is a retard. I'm sorry. We took her in a bunch of times. First, he said she was just dehydrated. Gatorade. Then, it wasn't getting better, so we took her back. He mentioned that he thought we should take her to a neurologist, and that Parkinson's was a possibility. but then he did a urine test and said she had a UTI and this stuff happens commonly with UTI's in the elderly. Antibiotics. A couple of days later his office called, saying she didnt have a UTI.......what? sigh. She has a physical therapist that comes to the house 3x a week now to get her moving again. I'm surprised that she's actually being a good sport about it. And she's been eating more lately. So, hopefully they will get her on some drugs to tone down the symptoms and she will be ok again. it breaks my heart to have to see her like this, barely being able to walk. not to mention how hard it's been on my mom. i'm scared that my mom is never going to start taking care of herself, and i'm going to be stuck in the same draining position she's in now. nothing gets through to her, i don't know what to even say to her about it anymore. nothing but a big hefty sigh. i wish people would see more how important it is to take care of themselves early on. it just saves you so much hardship in the long run. my grandma is turning 86 this year. i could only pray that my mom makes it even close to there with the way she treats her body right now. maybe i will be able to make a dent in her lifestyle when i'm actually home again this summer. i would give anything to instill some self-discipline in her.
i got to sleep 11-12 hours a night. heavenly. i can't even describe how happy i feel at the end of the day when i get to crawl into bed, and know that i have nothing to do for the next 8+ hours but sleep. and, this may make me sound like a typical university-attending alcoholic, but i haven't really been drinking in the past month, maybe more, and i have to say, that waking up sober on a saturday morning, not feeling like shit, or even lethargic, is a surprisingly refreshing feeling. i think i had maybe 2 beers over spring break, and i didn't find myself missing it at all. we'll see how long this lasts.
i interviewed with the district manager at CVS back home for a summer internship. he seemed to think that only geniuses go to UF pharm, and that my psychology major was a big bonus. I submitted my online app that night, and already started getting calls the next day from different pharmacy manages the next day. The big man said he was gonna try and place me in two pharmacies- the one I used to work at, and another one where the manager called me that day. He said he called my old boss and she basically told him I'm crazy smart, and that I went through accelerated programs in high school and a whole bunch of other stuff? I really didn't even expect her to remember much of me, I worked for 3 months, 3 years ago. I thought that was really nice of her to say, so I went in to say hi to her, and she got really excited that I was coming back for the summer to work. She immediately went to call the other store to tell him that she wanted me in hers, and she said she was going to call corporate to request me later that day. I told her I applied to some hospital pharmacies (bluff, I just didn't want to commit to CVS yet), and she was like "no. you don't want to work there. it's boring and you'll make more here." Okay. It was quite the ego boost. It's been hard lately, with school, and my dad critiquing everything I do. I have felt constant frustration with my grades and wanting to do better, so it was really nice to feel, for once, like someone thought I was good at what I'm doing. I don't know, I know I'm smart. But sometimes it's nice to hear it from people I don't expect to hear it from. I wanted to apply to Publix pharmacy, because it's quieter, and I talked to the district manager earlier this week, but now I would feel really guilty going down that route. And I feel like bouncing from one retail chain to the next isn't going to do all that much for me in the realm of experience, or consistency on my resume. So I think I will go with CVS for now, and maybe dive into hospital....idk when. practicum? rotations? we'll see. I went back and saw my night pharmacist and was talking to her more about it, and she also agreed about hospital- at least for now. She told me that if I intern in a hospital right now, I probably won't get to do more than a technician would, and that it's better to wait to get that experience when I'm further along in pharmacy school. okie dokie. It was weird, being back in a CVS, thinking about working. I could see myself doing retail. but I'm not sure. It kind of hit me with all this work stuff this week, that in 3 years, I will be..done with school? working full-time? in my own place? making at least100k/year? WHAT? it just occurred to me yesterday, how much money that is. I live comfortably off of probably 20k a year right now, at most. thinking about having that much money makes my head spin. maybe i will stay with CVS. the district manager told me that if I like the company and keep interning with them, they will sign me a guaranteed offer in my 3rd year for a full time position when I graduate. I will have a guaranteed lump sum of money flowing into my bank accounts. I will buy a pony. The green $$$ in my eyes is making retail seem like more of an option than I've considered it to be. We'll see how badly I want to rip off the heads of the elderly when I work there again this summer.
The only downside to this week, and I suppose it was a fairly large one, is that my grandma more than likely has parkinson's disease. my mom is taking her to the neurologist tomorrow, but I don't know what else it could be. She had been falling a lot before I got home, my mom kept finding her on the floor. She's stubborn, so she won't call for help. We basically had to keep our cat ears up to hear any movement coming from her room to rush over and make sure she didnt lose her balance and fall. She's been confused, and obviously lacking balance. I don't even want to think about how much her hands shake. For some reason, I never thought much of that besides old age. Our family physician is a retard. I'm sorry. We took her in a bunch of times. First, he said she was just dehydrated. Gatorade. Then, it wasn't getting better, so we took her back. He mentioned that he thought we should take her to a neurologist, and that Parkinson's was a possibility. but then he did a urine test and said she had a UTI and this stuff happens commonly with UTI's in the elderly. Antibiotics. A couple of days later his office called, saying she didnt have a UTI.......what? sigh. She has a physical therapist that comes to the house 3x a week now to get her moving again. I'm surprised that she's actually being a good sport about it. And she's been eating more lately. So, hopefully they will get her on some drugs to tone down the symptoms and she will be ok again. it breaks my heart to have to see her like this, barely being able to walk. not to mention how hard it's been on my mom. i'm scared that my mom is never going to start taking care of herself, and i'm going to be stuck in the same draining position she's in now. nothing gets through to her, i don't know what to even say to her about it anymore. nothing but a big hefty sigh. i wish people would see more how important it is to take care of themselves early on. it just saves you so much hardship in the long run. my grandma is turning 86 this year. i could only pray that my mom makes it even close to there with the way she treats her body right now. maybe i will be able to make a dent in her lifestyle when i'm actually home again this summer. i would give anything to instill some self-discipline in her.