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[14 Jan 2008|06:45pm] |
At my work we have what is called, the SCAN program. It stands for Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect. In a nut shell what we do is examine kids that we think have been abused and collect forensic evidence for police and Child Protective services. Most of the exams that we do are for suspected sexual assult and not many kids have had to go for a pelvic exam at a young age. My job is to talk to the kids about the exam and make it so that it is like a regular doctor check up and it is a normal thing to go through. So i have been told by the Dr that whatever the kid calls their genitals i have to go with because if i correct them they may feel uncomfortable and close up and not talk. Most of the time i just call it the spot where there pee comes out and the kids go with it. Today i had this 8 year old girl come in and i was talking to her about the hospital... i started with my usual thing, "so today the dr is going to give you a check up on the spot where you pee comes out..." and she interrupts me and says with a straight face, "You mean my pussy?" and i had to say, "yup, the doctor is going to look at your pussy..." and then continue to call it a pussy for the entire time we were talking.
I left the room and could not stop laughing.
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[20 Nov 2007|03:55pm] |
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I'm coming home tomorrow.
I can't wait.
I just need a break from Vegas. Too much.
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[02 Oct 2007|09:22am] |
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I just got back from a weekend in San Diego. I LOVE THAT PLACE, but i swear they must put something in the water, because everytime i go, we just get crazy.
Friday night we went to see the Dave Matthews concert. We had lawn seats which in my opinion they were the best. we snuck in booze and got pretty silly. I almost got into a fight over a cab and our hotel (the last stop in California before Tijuana) was gross. I am hoping my friend Brett does not have a parasite from drinking the mexican tap water out of the coffee pot before passing out.
The next day we went to the Gas Lamp District which was a great time, except they do not like Canadians. I haven't gotten my license switched over to Nevada yet so i have my Ontario id still, and this bar would not let me in because of my "international id"
Jodi to bouncer: "So you are basically telling me that i can't get into the bar because i am Canadian???"
Bouncer to Jodi: "Basically, yes. Just our policy."
I was NOT PLEASED, but i didn't want to make a scene (i wasn't drunk yet) so we just left and went to another bar. Looking back, I wish I would have made more of a fuss, but looking back doesn't change it.
Anyways, all in all it was a great trip and Jaime and Lisa are coming to visit this weekend so i am riding cloud nine right now.
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| Rumpelstiltskin |
[12 Sep 2007|12:10pm] |
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I feel like I am going to fall asleep at work today.
"They only come out at night..." by Smashing Pumpkins is slowly becoming the theme song for my apartment. We have crickets all over the place and they only come out after dark and i hate them and they know it. We have had the place sprayed a bunch of times but they are still there and they won't leave. I went out to the dollar store and bought me and Linz water guns which i filled with bug spray. Killing bugs with colourful water guns is way more fun (funner?) than with the bottle alone. My aim is getting pretty good. We have a contests to see how many spray's it takes to kill each bug. So far I am the victor with one dead on shot and the sucker was OUT! Last night i watched Big Daddy again. My favourite part?
Adam Sandler: You know what goes good with Yoo-Hoo? A little rum!
Little Kid: What's rum?
Adam Sandler: You don't know what Rum is?
Little Kid: Rumpelstiltskin?
We have a new Nurse on Peds and her name is Kathy Crabtree. I wonder if she's nice?
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[10 Sep 2007|07:51am] |
Wow...once you start back up on LJ it can be quite addictive.
This weekend was pretty insane for me. I worked ALL day on Saturday and had a "little tiff" with one prick faced dad before i left, leaving me in a VERY bad mood. Really jerkface, if you kid wants a movie and I was down in a trauma for half the day, then Target is just up the road. GO AND BUY ONE!
Anyways, after that little run in i decided that i needed a new outfit (or at the very least a new top) to go out in. I picked up Lindsay and we went to Ross. Given the stellar mood i was in, i found NOTHING! After that we ate Panera for dinner (i LOVE THAT PLACE) and went home to figure out what we were going to do that night.
Once we got home, we immediately started drinking, which lifted my mood, AND made me want to go out more and more. We got ready and headed out to Lindsay's boyfriend's house. After hanging out at his place we decided that we were going to Pure to see if we couldn't get into a little VMA action. Well Pure was PACKED so we ended up at LAX. Pretty sweet bar, but it was INSANE! Akon was there and he got up on the balcony and started throwing WADS OF MONEY onto the dance floor. I swear to god i thought i was going to be killed. People were going nuts! The cast from The Hills were there, Paris Hilton was there... it was crazy. I didn't get home until 6am and guess what time i ended up waking up at? 9am. WHY CAN"T I SLEEP IN ANYMORE?!
Oh well Sunday i got a SWEET pedicure by some asian chop shop with this woman who kept trying to upsell me. I may have Hep B now because she stabbed my toe with this exacto knife looking tool and then used her BARE FINGER TO WIPE UP MY BLOOD. I was like "uh no.. it's ok..."
SICK.
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[08 Sep 2007|09:21am] |
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Last night, after working overtime, the last thing i wanted to do was acknowledge the little glowing gas light that stared up at me from my dash. Ignoring it, I pulled into my complex telling myself that i would stop for gas in the morning.
Per usual, when i woke up late and cranky this moring, I cursed my laziness, and ran out the door (forgetting my lunch) so that I would have time to get gas. In attempts to save time i opted for the 7-11 gas station. This way I didn't have to feel guilty making a coffee stop, as coffee and gas were at the SAME stop. So i go in, pay for my gas and my large coffee and on my way out, the saddest thing in the entire world caught my eye (keep in mind that it is 6:15am). There was this little old lady with a red tee and a rounded back, hunched over a slot machine. She had wirey white and black hair and she was hiding this half smoked cigarette. When she looked at me, i had to smile because i was in full stare mode. But i could not avert my eyes from the train wreck. I mean this could have been someones grandma, and thanks to Vegas, she is sitting in a gross 7-11 shoving 20's into a slot machine all night.
HOW DEPRESSING!
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| Home? |
[06 Sep 2007|07:31am] |
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So last weekend I was flown in to Windsor by my dear mother at the last minute. Is this a good or bad thing? Not sure. I mean i probably SHOULD have stayed in Vegas. Running home every long weekend I get, is making it hard for me to "establish roots" as my step dad affectionately pointed out. True, but how can I pass up a $150 flight to come home for 5 days? Besides my work schedule is so that I don't even have to take a day off. Oh well I had a lot of fun. AND i get to go home again in like 10 days... But i guess i like the situation i have out here. My job is pretty kick ass, i have a pretty fun group of friends, i have a TON of freedom, and whenever I get homesick, I can fly home for dirt cheap.
It was weird seeing Lindsay last night. We were getting really tight and then she went away for 2 weeks and the very day she came home, i left for 5 days.
This week Vegas has been all BUZZED about the VMA's being here on Sunday. Boo for me though. I have to work all day Saturday and then again on Monday morning. I'll at least get to sneak in one evening of fun.
I should go and actually do some work.
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| Look whose back on LJ |
[27 Aug 2007|07:40am] |
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So.. i figured I would update, seeing as how i haven't updated in a while.
Things in Las Vegas are actually pretty good, but I am still missing home and my friends a lot. I get VERY jealous when i see all the fun that people are having together. It's not that I am not having fun out here... it's just not the same.
Last night i can honestly say that I don't think i slept for more than 25 minutes (and during that 25 mins i had a dream that i was brushing my teeth with yellow toothpaste...) We had the WORST thunderstorm ever. I have never heard thunder that loud, it actually rattled the pictures on the walls. After laying in bed for what seemed like hours, i finally got up and turned on the tv thinking that this would calm me down. NO DICE. It just freaked me out even more because the power kept flickering on and off, so aside from reading by candle light (which i seriously considered) i was forced to lay in the dark, and wait for the morning. Nothing is more frustrating than laying in a bed and being unable to sleep. So my first Vegas storm was not a pleasant experience.
This morning on the way to work I was able to see all the damage from the storm. WHOA. There are a TON of streets closed due to flooding and there is debris all over the place. I swear it looks like a tornado hit. I was late for work because of it and the ironic thing is that i was basically up and in the shower at 4:30. Needless to say, that pissed me off.
This weekend has been BUNK. All of my friends are gone home, so i saw The Nanny Diaries (crap) and then went to my Dad's to watch Wild Hogs (hilarious) and got drunk on red wine (whoopsies).
Anyways, more to come later. I should probably get out on the floor for now.
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| I actually said "mumbo jumbo" |
[04 May 2007|06:26pm] |
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What the crap?? I think i may be falling into the world's best work schedule EVER. I think ,starting June, i will be working 4 ten hour shifts.
"Hey Jodi, what is so great about that??"
Well let me explain.
I will be working 4 tens, then get 2 days off, then I will work 4 more tens and then get 4 days off!! 4 on 2 off, 4 on, 4 off, and so on and so fourth! Leaving me with 40 hours a week and two four day weekends a month.
I am fucking brilliant i tell you... FUCKING brilliant.
Working with silly retards (my co workers NOT the kids) makes it SO easy to suggest things that clearly benefit me, and have everyone excited about it. HAHAHAH
And in completely unrelated news, something great happened today and for some reason i wasn't as excited as i anticipated. Odd. Well not really odd as much as it is ANNOYING. ARGH! i mean YA!
FRIG.
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| Some people think it's boring but........ |
[02 May 2007|08:53pm] |
Well I have started my job and it's going very well. I am just getting very tired of having to continually start over. I am sick to death of smiling. Today i as at work and my "doctor friend" showed up on the peds floor. We didn't get to hang out much but it was still nice to see a familiar face. The hospital is GORGEOUS and there are a TON of perks. I really like the work and just can't wait until the paperwork mumbo jumbo is done and i can get back to the kiddos. I am really going to make a concentrated effort to branch our services out the the Trauma and the emergency room. My boss is starting to really like me, which is obvious as I seem to have a way with parents and fat people.
In other news, I am coming back home for another visit in June. I'll be in town from the 14th to the 19h (don't quote me for exact dates) and i am VERY excited.
Ok, well that's it i guess. I have to be in the OR at 6am tomorrow...
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| Getting me a puppy |
[28 Apr 2007|10:50am] |
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So my dad is getting my 5 year old sister a puppy for her birthday. I swear on my thumb if she chooses to name it something like brownie or starbright i am going to have to have an intervention. I am really excited about the puppy though. It sucked having to come back to Vegas after such and AMAZING trip home. Sangria sleepover, the Jodi-Q at the Dover, Dragan's comfy bed (and you thought chivalry was dead...), the loop on a Saturday night. Man I miss having friends with like interests... ie having fun. Then when i got back here, Jess was here! I had the rest of the week off so we got tanked and tanned all week! I passed BOTH my piss and hair test at work and life was good, until yesterday. I got a call from work about my little buddy not doing so well so i got up early and went into the hospital so he could get some quality jojo time. It felt like someone punched me in the back when i walked in his room. He looked AWFUL. He started to cry when he saw me and told me how much he misses me and how the "playroom is not fun without me." UGH... then i got home and jess was packing to go home... UGH. So we got drunk at the pool and i cried on the way home from the airport. UGH.
AND i found out that i missed a free concert to see The Rapture the other night. UGH
Oh well today i have a bbq so i hope it's fun.
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[08 Apr 2007|07:39pm] |
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This was one of the best weekends ever. One of my friends at the hospital has a mom who gambles WAY too much so she gets a ton of free stuff. She got her a room at Red Rock hotel and casino. The hotel was one of the nicest hotels i have ever seen. The "wet bar" was charged based on time. If you picked up an item and it was out of it's place for more than 45 seconds you were charged for it. They had a HUGE flat screen tv in the bathroom... Then she got us a comp-ed meal at the mexican food restaurant... and let me say cheers to the Mexicans because they were really thinking when they created Sangria. YUM.
When you are staying at the hotel you get to use their "spa" for free. It was so nice. They have a scented steam room, a sauna, a gym, a hot tub bigger than my entire bathroom...all of this skin crap, a room made entirely of red couches where they had all of the latest magazines, fresh juice, tea, fruit and power bars. As soon as you walk in they give you a locker, a pair of flip flops and the biggest most fluffy white bathrobe. We basically lounged all morning in there... and also they had all of this free shit for people to take... like packs of gum, big bottles of toothpaste, 4 packs of venus razors, baby dove deodorant... it was great. Then her mom reserved a cabana for us by the pool, where they brought us free lunch and drinks all day.
It was great.... we had SO MUCH FUN and it was FREE and i was very tipsy (again.. got to love the sangria...kudos to tiffy for introducing it to me when she was here)... the weather was GORGEOUS so it was a perfect day to lounge in the sun. Loved every minute of it.
Today I woke up, went to church, ate turkey and laid in the sun again... great weather = great times.
I can't wait to see everyone when i get home!! I miss you guys.
xoxox
jojo
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I hope everyone enjoys their GOOD FRIDAY off... friggen USA and their STUPID seperation of church and state...
I have to WORK tomorrow.
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[28 Mar 2007|09:00pm] |
So here i am almost all done my internship. I have met a HOT doctor who i have a HUGE crush on and have had two calls from OTHER hospitals here for a J-O-B after i am done.
April 19-24th.
What is, the week that Jodi will be IN WINDSOR?
That's right ladies and gentlemen... you heard it correctly. Courtesy of Jeannie and Ron Parent (that's my mummers and stepdad), I will be flying into Boston on April 14, where I will witness the great running extravanganza also known as the Boston Marathon staring Ron Parent as a fierce contender! From there we will be driving to Montreal for a few days where Mr Ron Parent will officially become an American Citizen. lHopefully for th leg of the race JAIME AND BRAY WILL BE MEETING ME,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our next stop??? WINDSOR, where I will remain from April 19th to April 24th! Mark your calander's people because it will be a RIPPIN DRUNK GOOD TIME!!!
The drinks and jokes will be flowing like fine wine, so get ready because
HERE
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COME!
For those of you who would like to thank my lovely sponsors for BRINGING ME HOME, thank you notes can be sent via email to Jeannie and Ron Parent at rjrun26@mnsi.net.
LATER PEOPLE!
There are a few peeps that i am missing a ton and you know who you are!!!
ERIN I BETTER MEET THE NEW MAN!!!!
CARRIE CARLEY, BENT REUNION LIKE WHAT?
BENNERS I BETTER GET ME SOME COOKIES!
BUR-TON YOU ME AND THE BUCKS ENOUGH SAID!
CAM, YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKE!
TIFF AND VIT... WHAT DO YOU CALL A... er...UH... HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH, GARY SAYS HI
love you!
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[05 Mar 2007|11:05pm] |
Oh my god.
Jaime and Court JUST left and i am REALLY sad.
I miss my sister.
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[19 Feb 2007|08:51pm] |
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I have officially given up on trying to be nice to fat bitches.
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oh it's already be bra ten
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| I think i may be the devil |
[15 Feb 2007|09:19pm] |
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At work there is this kid who was thrown from his car in an accident. He is kind of fat and REALLY ANNOYING. Anyways during his accident his arm was severed to the point where it was just hanging on by a thread, so they had to sew it back on and now under his bandages it looks like ground beef. So today he had to get all of this dead skin cut off and it was really gross so he was freaking out and they decied to give him kedamine. He was so far in the K hole and it was the funniest thing i have seen in a long time.
Does that make me a bad person for thinking a 5 year old on special K funny?
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[14 Feb 2007|10:33pm] |
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Ok so today is Valentine's Day. To me working with children on valentine's day means wearing a red top and handing out valentines with temporary tatoos to the kids...
To one of our nurses, working with kids on valentine's day means wearing your pink camo scrubs with slutty pictures of betty boop in compromising poses wearing bra tops and cargo pants, and handing cans of pop to the kids...
some people just don't get it.
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i am so fucking bored.... and a little confused.... and anxious.... even though i have nothing to be anxious about becasue my life is boring........................................................................................................................................................................................i am bored of being bored and i think its making me boring. what a fucking bore. xolovejaime
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[24 Jan 2007|05:02pm] |
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1. All of our psych kids love me... i am starting to wonder...
2. I was teaching a kid about IV's and showing them an IV on a doll and i accidentally stabbed my knuckle (when i was opening the needle from the package) and started bleeding all over myself... Needless to say I did NOT help that kid... i made it worse.
3. My boss farted today when talking to a kid about chemo and they started laughing and she turned bright red. I had to suppress my giggles.
4. Jessica is going home and i am sad about that.
5. I got to go up the the Helicopter pad today to help "receive" a kid. Standing next to a helicopter while landing made me feel like i was on a movie. My hair was WHIRLING EVERYWHERE.
6. Some nurses are really mean.
7. A 6 year old can get arthritis...very sad.
I think that's it.
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