Saturday!
Holy. Freaking. Hell.
Today was absolute madness at work. We normally have 4-5 people working, one of which is a receptionist, one is the doctor, and the other two or three are people like me. Well. Not today. Receptionist (David) was at home spending time with his family before they go back to Ireland. And Gina was in California. So it was just me, Heather (another assistant like me), and Keith (the saturday doctor). I know how to do reception so thats ok except for the fact that we're booked SOLID all day with appointments and procedures and whatnot. And any space we had open in the scheduel as of 9 AM this morning quickly filled up with emergencies or with annual exams and the like.
Nonstop motion all day. I'm running back and forth between reception and the hospital area to help with everything going on back there. Heather is working frantically in back trying to keep up with everything. Her and I are both keeping after the doctor to make sure he's in all the right places at all the right times. And Keith is running back and forth between clients and patients. All. Day. Not to mention several angry clients, but luckily nothing bad happened. I was able to talk through most of the bad stuff. And I hate it when clients show up early. I don't mind 10 - 15 minutes, thats fine. That's preferred, actually, because that keeps things going. Thirty minutes early is kind of 'eeeeeh', I don't really like it, but its not that bad. But we had one client (well, they basically brought the whole family) who came an HOUR early. They said they knew they were extremely early and knew they would wait and that was fine, which was good. Unfortunately, they took up the entire waiting room pretty much. AND we had lots of people coming and going and emergency cases coming in and craziness.
All in all it was a good, but busy day. We grossed a little over $2k, which is awesome. Near all of that was just volume, not a few clients with high bills. We did lots of routine exams, lots of vaccines, sending home of products or medications, and a few minor procedures (blood draws or beak shapings, for example). Good for the clinic I suppose.
Whats bad for the clinic, or me rather, is what's going on with the clinic's ownership. Doctor Nelson is trying to sell the clinic. This has been known for a while. And he's asking waaaaay too much for the clinic, but thats besides the point. Thursday, David and Dawn (manager and head tech) went to another clinic, Dr. Singbeil's clinic in Bellevue, because apparently he's looking into buying the clinic. That bothers me a little, but I suppose I could make the drive out to Bellevue if I had to, its not that far off of Hwy 520. But what REALLY bothers me, is that it was David's interpretation that, if Dr. Singbeil buys the clinic, he (Dr. Singbeil) is not interested in hiring.
I could be out of a job soon enough.
This is crazy. I feel like I'm about to have the rug yanked out from under me. First, the thing with David and Gillian not being able to start their own clinic, and now this. Things are falling through, this sucks!
In other news...
I feel very... errr... I feel like I'm nesting. Like, I got home after buying stuff to make dinner, and I started making dinner. Then I thought "The refridgerator is a mess. I don't want it to be a mess. I'm gonna clean it!" And I did. And I felt like cleaning Ivan's cage, so I did. And I took a whole bunch of garbage out to the dumpster. I just feel so... I dunno, wife-y? I'm not sure how to describe it.
Then Ben and I went out to walmart and got some new clothes. Then we went and got ice cream. And that was nice ^_^
I feel kind of positive today. I don't feel all doom-and-gloom-y right now. Its a strange, foreign feeling to me as of late.
Today was absolute madness at work. We normally have 4-5 people working, one of which is a receptionist, one is the doctor, and the other two or three are people like me. Well. Not today. Receptionist (David) was at home spending time with his family before they go back to Ireland. And Gina was in California. So it was just me, Heather (another assistant like me), and Keith (the saturday doctor). I know how to do reception so thats ok except for the fact that we're booked SOLID all day with appointments and procedures and whatnot. And any space we had open in the scheduel as of 9 AM this morning quickly filled up with emergencies or with annual exams and the like.
Nonstop motion all day. I'm running back and forth between reception and the hospital area to help with everything going on back there. Heather is working frantically in back trying to keep up with everything. Her and I are both keeping after the doctor to make sure he's in all the right places at all the right times. And Keith is running back and forth between clients and patients. All. Day. Not to mention several angry clients, but luckily nothing bad happened. I was able to talk through most of the bad stuff. And I hate it when clients show up early. I don't mind 10 - 15 minutes, thats fine. That's preferred, actually, because that keeps things going. Thirty minutes early is kind of 'eeeeeh', I don't really like it, but its not that bad. But we had one client (well, they basically brought the whole family) who came an HOUR early. They said they knew they were extremely early and knew they would wait and that was fine, which was good. Unfortunately, they took up the entire waiting room pretty much. AND we had lots of people coming and going and emergency cases coming in and craziness.
All in all it was a good, but busy day. We grossed a little over $2k, which is awesome. Near all of that was just volume, not a few clients with high bills. We did lots of routine exams, lots of vaccines, sending home of products or medications, and a few minor procedures (blood draws or beak shapings, for example). Good for the clinic I suppose.
Whats bad for the clinic, or me rather, is what's going on with the clinic's ownership. Doctor Nelson is trying to sell the clinic. This has been known for a while. And he's asking waaaaay too much for the clinic, but thats besides the point. Thursday, David and Dawn (manager and head tech) went to another clinic, Dr. Singbeil's clinic in Bellevue, because apparently he's looking into buying the clinic. That bothers me a little, but I suppose I could make the drive out to Bellevue if I had to, its not that far off of Hwy 520. But what REALLY bothers me, is that it was David's interpretation that, if Dr. Singbeil buys the clinic, he (Dr. Singbeil) is not interested in hiring.
I could be out of a job soon enough.
This is crazy. I feel like I'm about to have the rug yanked out from under me. First, the thing with David and Gillian not being able to start their own clinic, and now this. Things are falling through, this sucks!
In other news...
I feel very... errr... I feel like I'm nesting. Like, I got home after buying stuff to make dinner, and I started making dinner. Then I thought "The refridgerator is a mess. I don't want it to be a mess. I'm gonna clean it!" And I did. And I felt like cleaning Ivan's cage, so I did. And I took a whole bunch of garbage out to the dumpster. I just feel so... I dunno, wife-y? I'm not sure how to describe it.
Then Ben and I went out to walmart and got some new clothes. Then we went and got ice cream. And that was nice ^_^
I feel kind of positive today. I don't feel all doom-and-gloom-y right now. Its a strange, foreign feeling to me as of late.