Dreams
Brian's post of his Epic Dream reminded of a post i have been meaning to put for some time now, like 1 year or more, in regards to dreams.
Apparently i am quite literally working in the place i dream of. Because...i have dreamed of INOVA Fairfax Hospital. When i first started there i some how knew the directions to some places better than most new employees, but i do not know how; and to be somewhat boring, the first example im going to use is the Cafeteria.
I didn't know how to get to the Cafeteria from the satellite on the 7th floor, but when my trainer got us to the lobby i knew exactly where to go. Straight down a narrow hallway with pictures on both sides of the hallway. Then i go down stairs. Then i hang an immediate left and im there. My trainer, Betty "Mamita" B., asked if id been there before but i said no and didn't think anything of it. Until later that is...from her point of view it is pretty odd: A brand new employee in a brand new setting in a brand new place knew exactly how to get to the Cafeteria on their first day.
When i was in the cafeteria...i knew where mostly everything was. The food vendors changed, but i knew the overall layout and could point out landmarks. Like the island in the cafeteria, and also the neon green sign that's above the entrance (or one of them).
Another one: I dreamed of the walk to the garage with the pharmacists.
What usually happens when the satellite closes is the techs go to a nearby breakroom for a punch in clock to punch out. Then if they can, catch up with the pharmacists at the elevator and when down at the lobby, techs and pharmacists go their separate ways. Techs to the garage, as the pharmacists go to Core (24 HR Satellite) and drop off the keys to the night shift crew.
What's been happening: some techs go with the pharmacists to Core while others still go their separate ways. im one of the few that do the former. I didn't know how to get out to the garage from Core but i did dream about a conversation we were all having while walking out. i remembered everything..the topic and it's direction. also the point the person was trying to make, the way the pharmacist tripped over a rock that fell out of its rock garden but didnt hurt herself. then the which direction everyone went when they got to the garage.
...well i guess that's not really a dream but more of premonition but that first one with the cafeteria was kind of weird/creepy. it was kind of like Jack Nicholson's character in Stanley Kubricks' "The Shining." Except in the movie it was explained why Jack Nicholson felt that way about the complex he was watching over; for me, its a little weird. Before working there the only other time id been there was to see my dad when he was sick...and most of those visits were at the Fair Oaks hospital not Fairfax, so a little odd.
now when i have that second of drawback due to familiarity, im not sure if its because i work there and have experienced something similar or if its because i dreamed it; but it was deja vu. and its kind of weird.
to come later: dreams of death and falling. but now? the Wrap up 2008 for me.
The start of the year was an awkward one. i was over at LeaAnn Ormaner's house with Pat, there were bunches of other guests as well. However i stood out in one single clear way...i was single, and the only one. Because when the ball dropped? I was the only one not hugging/kissing anyone. That has to be a definition of AWKWARD in some kind of way.
The majority of this year was spent working...infact, i gained a new title: workaholic.
For work: i got 2 new jobs, but didnt keep them long: Walgreens (retail) and Coram (Home Infusion) i still keep in contact with people from both places but working 7 days a week did not work out for me like i had planned it to.
For school: i haven't gone back, but i started to think about it again. i am of course indecisive about it.
For personal life: rare events happened.
Me buying my first car.
me buying my first laptop (Mr. Macbook).
I went on 2 Charity walks (AHA Heart Walk and Homeless).
Lien and i taking a beach trip.
Chris Malone getting drunk.
I ran the most i have ever run in my life: 10 miles.
I had a clear, concise, precision vision of what i wanted in life...but LOST the list! working on retrieving it.
Also this year i believe i have more plans to improve my life than any other year in the past; but there is a catch: i didn't go through with ANY of them.
This is the year i spent the most money and gotten new things for myself to "improve me." More importantly: this year i had a lot of fun and memories made. i spent most of it working, but i can handle that. There's not a single regret. There is a few things i wish i had done, but there is time for that.
2009, Welcome.
Apparently i am quite literally working in the place i dream of. Because...i have dreamed of INOVA Fairfax Hospital. When i first started there i some how knew the directions to some places better than most new employees, but i do not know how; and to be somewhat boring, the first example im going to use is the Cafeteria.
I didn't know how to get to the Cafeteria from the satellite on the 7th floor, but when my trainer got us to the lobby i knew exactly where to go. Straight down a narrow hallway with pictures on both sides of the hallway. Then i go down stairs. Then i hang an immediate left and im there. My trainer, Betty "Mamita" B., asked if id been there before but i said no and didn't think anything of it. Until later that is...from her point of view it is pretty odd: A brand new employee in a brand new setting in a brand new place knew exactly how to get to the Cafeteria on their first day.
When i was in the cafeteria...i knew where mostly everything was. The food vendors changed, but i knew the overall layout and could point out landmarks. Like the island in the cafeteria, and also the neon green sign that's above the entrance (or one of them).
Another one: I dreamed of the walk to the garage with the pharmacists.
What usually happens when the satellite closes is the techs go to a nearby breakroom for a punch in clock to punch out. Then if they can, catch up with the pharmacists at the elevator and when down at the lobby, techs and pharmacists go their separate ways. Techs to the garage, as the pharmacists go to Core (24 HR Satellite) and drop off the keys to the night shift crew.
What's been happening: some techs go with the pharmacists to Core while others still go their separate ways. im one of the few that do the former. I didn't know how to get out to the garage from Core but i did dream about a conversation we were all having while walking out. i remembered everything..the topic and it's direction. also the point the person was trying to make, the way the pharmacist tripped over a rock that fell out of its rock garden but didnt hurt herself. then the which direction everyone went when they got to the garage.
...well i guess that's not really a dream but more of premonition but that first one with the cafeteria was kind of weird/creepy. it was kind of like Jack Nicholson's character in Stanley Kubricks' "The Shining." Except in the movie it was explained why Jack Nicholson felt that way about the complex he was watching over; for me, its a little weird. Before working there the only other time id been there was to see my dad when he was sick...and most of those visits were at the Fair Oaks hospital not Fairfax, so a little odd.
now when i have that second of drawback due to familiarity, im not sure if its because i work there and have experienced something similar or if its because i dreamed it; but it was deja vu. and its kind of weird.
to come later: dreams of death and falling. but now? the Wrap up 2008 for me.
The start of the year was an awkward one. i was over at LeaAnn Ormaner's house with Pat, there were bunches of other guests as well. However i stood out in one single clear way...i was single, and the only one. Because when the ball dropped? I was the only one not hugging/kissing anyone. That has to be a definition of AWKWARD in some kind of way.
The majority of this year was spent working...infact, i gained a new title: workaholic.
For work: i got 2 new jobs, but didnt keep them long: Walgreens (retail) and Coram (Home Infusion) i still keep in contact with people from both places but working 7 days a week did not work out for me like i had planned it to.
For school: i haven't gone back, but i started to think about it again. i am of course indecisive about it.
For personal life: rare events happened.
Me buying my first car.
me buying my first laptop (Mr. Macbook).
I went on 2 Charity walks (AHA Heart Walk and Homeless).
Lien and i taking a beach trip.
Chris Malone getting drunk.
I ran the most i have ever run in my life: 10 miles.
I had a clear, concise, precision vision of what i wanted in life...but LOST the list! working on retrieving it.
Also this year i believe i have more plans to improve my life than any other year in the past; but there is a catch: i didn't go through with ANY of them.
This is the year i spent the most money and gotten new things for myself to "improve me." More importantly: this year i had a lot of fun and memories made. i spent most of it working, but i can handle that. There's not a single regret. There is a few things i wish i had done, but there is time for that.
2009, Welcome.