Well Hello There!

Back in April, the Significant Otter and I picked up HelloFresh. 

I'll just say it's been a god damn life saver. We're several weeks in, and it's going amazing. I just simply couldn't keep up anymore. I couldn't piece together an idea for dinner, much less what to pack for my lunch. Groceries prices were sky-rocketing, and it was just an all around terrible time.

Something Brewing

I know I've had a lot of updates lately. This is probably the biggest one, so fasten your seatbelt. Well, my Significant Otter and I have launched/began the Fertility Quest. I was researching some things concerning my medical history and I came across some not so nice age-related news. Ultimately, that was the prompter for this whole thing. Before I did much else, I started researching facilities and physician reviews. I found one that had consistently rave reviews - even though their particular facility had some somewhat mixed reviews, I still decided to go with this specific physician. I am very grateful I found this doctor, I am thrilled with how we were received as patients, and his optimism is definitely needed.

Shadow Call

I will give a smaller update about work since it's mostly boring uneventful. 

I've been steady truckin' along. Only time can give me the exposure to more cases (the repetition needed) which is what I've been doing. I am officially off Shadow Call as of now (today, actually). I will shrug my shoulders and say I am solid with a STEMI. I shrug because it doesn't matter who it is, there will always be a chance of the case turning into a shit show. Most of the time, it is literally all based on the patients initial condition. Some of them are having a massive heart attack (like 100% blockage of main vessel) and they are oddly stable, allowing us to work easier. Sometimes, the patient is completely tanking and we have to break scrub to do manual compression. Either way, I am competent at doing whatever the next step is.

Grand Opening

WOW. Moving right along with all the crazy update posts. I will "circle back around" and say that my Otter Half did land the job. He blew his interview out of the water, so much so that the panel of interviewers all wanted to offer him a position. One was Compliance, one was the Property Management, and one was Marketing. Personally, I've never had that kind of response from an interview, so he was appropriately ecstatic. I've never really heard of someone being able to pick a roll they wanted to pursue, like this.

Back at it

So many things going on I don't even know where to start. Typically, I don't like doing "catch-all" blog entries because I like to categorize my topics... but the cryptonite to that is I generally lose steam and/or I am too long winded and I never get to list item No2, No3, etc. Oh well. I'll throw a dart at the board here and start with what popped up when I logged on today. 

The Heavy Stuff

I was warned over and over and over that learning my way around the CathLab was going to be like relearning an entire new career. 

It is.

Breaking Bad Habits

Now that I have transitioned to my new job, my significant other is transitioning to his, we are settled into the house, and both actually have the literal Time Of Day to do extra curricular activities - I've been inflicted with a super bad desire to start back up with Pilates.

I originally had to cancel my membership because all extra expenses needed to stop when we were going through the Credit Approval phase for the house. It was bittersweet, but I also knew they were building a Club Pilates 5 minutes from where our house would be and I had every intention on switching to that one instead of making the 30 minute trek to the previous location.

Now, I am currently going through a self-induced detox...