best wishes

i do like my job, except i don't, it's a love-hate relationship. i love what i do, i hate all the other extra things i have to do in order to stay there doing what i love to do.

i also enjoy the people i work with for the most part, although some of them i am more like laughing at them rather than with them (coughlindseyv2.0cough). i do have a few cherished friends at work, most who work in random departments far away from my nurses station type places like medical records or procedure rooms where i don't know how we came to be such good friends since our paths rarely cross.

one of those friends left their job in med-recs today to start a new life, a new school, etc. this quiet person who mostly never left med-recs but we all knew to be funny, able to find anything, know everyone, call anywhere, get anything fast. reliable. it was amazing to me that at the "small going away shindig at (local mexican restaurant) after work" had 30 nurses crowded around some tables with margaritas waiting for the guest of honor to arrive tonight. i sat there looking around at those nurses and assistants, who aren't really friends with each other, but all had a story to share about how one person had "made my day so much better!" or "always reliable!" or "so funny!" - and i was amazed. they were all smiling and laughing together waiting for him to arrive. this one person (with one leg, one hand and two crutches) made a huge difference in so many peoples lives. and it takes a lot to touch an old nurse's heart or to get them to go anywhere after a long 5-day workweek is over. they show up to an after work function on a FRIDAY. in their scrubs. and only complained about being tired until the margaritas kicked in.

it was just really amazing. i hope someday i can be a little of what that med-recs kid is to so many.