MIA

I know I've been absent from blogging lately. I've thought about it a few times, but sometimes there's just too much going on in life to make time for one more thing.

I've been thinking about what we're going to do with out Elf on the Shelf this December - I'd like to have it planned out beforehand this year.

Malachi and I have been continuing on with preschool most days. He's doing so well that I'm actually considering Kindergarten for next year instead of waiting until he's six... we'll see.

And our lives have been busy. I've been feeling a little overwhelmed lately. I have decided that while I think I have the best of both worlds - staying home most of the time with my guys and working two days a week for some adult time - that I seem to plan my life as if I was just a stay-at-home-mom and then I have to fit a couple days of work in there too. 

Sometimes that catches up with me and I don't get enough sleep or I over-schedule myself and get stressed out. That's been me the past couple weeks. 

This was an excellent blog post that a friend of mine posted on FB the other day. I don't always take the time to read stuff like that, but this one I did. I felt like this lady had a direct view into our life - sometimes it's good to be reminded that not everyone else is perfect. 

The Mom Confession by rachelmariemartin.blogspot.com

Strike

My union is striking at work. I won't say much about that here, except to say that I fully support my co-workers and I'm sorry I didn't join you on the picket line this week.... calling me everyday is really not going to convince me to stand out in the rain for hours though.

Okay... I'm not really sorry I wasn't on the picket line, but I've been spending a solid week with my babies! Maybe it's wrong, but if I'm going to lose 1/4 of my paycheck for this period, I want to get something out of it. And what I want to get out of it is some extra time with my boys. =)

Soooo.... I feel like I've gotten a lot done this week. 
I had bunco Monday night. I had to clean my entire house and get my new art on the walls in the dining room. AND most importantly, I finally got a wireless adapter for our PC so I could move it permanently off our dining room table and into the bonus room. Hooray!!!
We didn't make it to church on Tuesday morning for my Bible study because Malachi has had a cold and I felt it was better to stay home. We've played games, had homemade food every night (as opposed to processed something or other...). I made a dish I've had pinned on Pinterest for quite awhile that was pretty good.
Yesterday and today I've been cleaning our bonus/playroom. This room was a disaster when we first moved in. I wish I'd taken a picture. You were almost unable to walk in the room for the boxes. We've been here 6 months now and it's VERY slowly gotten better. This is the room that gets all the leftovers. It still has a few things done, I need to unpack the bookshelf (all the books are on it... but in boxes), my craft corner is a disaster and I need a good storage solution for Malachi's toys. But, in light of what it looked like even a couple days ago... I think it's coming along. The first picture shows my newly organized corner with the TV. The second picture is the disastrous  crafting area. Amazingly... I got all my rice bag Christmas gifts done in that space!!!

Here's my cutie, Zachary. This week we've been doing lots of tummy time, standing practice and playing ball rolling games. He is still totally un-motivated in moving, crawling, standing, etc.... hence - the practicing.

Here he is... I am trying to tempt him with one of his brother's yellow mega bloks. As you can see he's excited about it, but not enough to move much. haha In the 4th picture, Malachi has come home with Daddy and a new headlamp and has decided to share it with Zach. Zach is pretty proud of it. =) The sad part is that it fit Zach perfectly after being on Malachi's head. Big brother with a small head and little brother with a big head. =)

Winter Days

We have been keeping busy this past week. I've been working a lot with a couple co-workers out on leave, so I've been missing my boys a lot. Today I am making up another batch of Turkey Breakfast Sausage and last night I made up another pot of Homemade Yogurt. Success again! I think I've figured this yogurt thing out. Today I pulled out a 6oz container of the yogurt to hopefully use as the starter for my next batch.... as long as no one eats it! Here's a picture of my new batch of yogurt and my yogurt-making helper this morning:

The boys and I took ourselves on a nice brisk walk today. The weather here has been dry (strange for the Northwest), but very cold. I decided we had been stuck indoors up long enough and we should brave the weather. Here is Malachi next to his new Big Wheel bike he got for Christmas from Grandma and Papa. He loves it and I do too.... because he can't go quite as fast on it as he's regular bike! He's wearing the Ribbed Knit Hat I made him back in June. =) Love this hat... fits him great and will for a long time - my husband can get it on!

And here's my little Zach - all bundled up in his stroller and happy to be out!

These two guys are so fun. Malachi still adores his brother. The other day I caught Malachi pulling Zach's bouncer thingy into the playroom saying, "What should be play with Baby Zach?" I offered to help (in an attempt to avoid some kind of moving disaster) and Zach ended up next to the train table. Malachi proceeded to play and talk to Zach until bedtime (probably a good 30-45 min) and Zach just had a great time watching and listening!

 

Salads-in-a-Jar

Have you heard of these?? In an attempt to eat healthier and save some money, I've decided to try out something that I've seen on Pinterest. My mom actually paved the way. She has been making some of these Salads-in-a-Jar for awhile now and taking them to work with her.

My motivation is that on the weekends, I tend to get very limited breaks at work and have to run off to the lactation room for most of it. On Sunday’s especially, I have almost no time to eat lunch between working in the church nursery until 12:30 and getting to work at 1:00. I thought these Salads-in-a-Jar would be a perfect solution!

These two jars pictured are my first attempt. For those of you who may not have heard of Salads-in-a-Jar before, the idea behind it is pretty simple. Basically you are layering your ingredients so that your salad doesn't get mushy and gross between the times you pack it to when you eat. I’ve read varying accounts of 3-5 days that these will keep nicely in the refrigerator. I’m only going to be doing two days a time.

You just need to remember a few basic principles like:
• always place your dressing on the bottom
• put a hearty veggie next (carrots, cabbage, tomatoes, etc) as a barrier
• lastly add your more delicate ingredients like lettuce
• I have heard that anything that you want to stay crunchy, like croutons, need to be brought separately

If you follow these guidelines, you can supposedly add just about anything to your jars!

My Salad-in-a-Jar includes:
• Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing
• Organic grape tomatoes
• Baby carrots
• Shredded cabbage
• Tyson grilled chicken strips (If I was thinking ahead I would have just baked my own... but I didn't)
• Cucumber quarters
• Feta cheese crumbles
• Red leaf lettuce

All packed into a wide-mouth canning jar and ready to go! Yum!

We're moving! I'm not sure how much I'll be able to post for the next few days.

Today is my first day back to work
Tomorrow I work
Monday and Tuesday I need to clean two houses
Wednesday my husband has knee surgery

I have two (almost three) book reviews I need to get posted.... there are not enough hours in the day. =)

Life.

I'm not sure exactly what I want to get out of this post today. I want to post something, but I don't have a specific direction my thoughts are heading. With the beginning of September, I feel like I have a lot coming up in our lives in the next few weeks... but I'm trying to enjoy my last two weeks at home full-time with my babies. =)

Returning to work. I return to work this month - on the 15th. This makes me sad although I'm going to be returning to a much better schedule. I discovered that my schedule in the ER did not make for a very good home life for our family. I was too tired, worked too many bedtimes in a row and was frustrated a lot. I am going back to a schedule of two-10 hour shifts a week with no more than two days in a row. Although I am wishing I didn't have to go back at all.... I am thankful for the fact that I have a job and can provide benefits to my family.

Moving. We are moving this month. We had only planned to live in our current house for six months. It is a temporary place since the house we lived in before was going to be sold fairly quickly. We've finally - after 8 months - found another place that we can afford. I am very excited to move to a place with a backyard for Malachi to play in. The place we live now has a tiny backyard that is all landscaped and there is not one spec of grass. Where we're moving is also an older home... and it will be less stressful on me to keep it "perfect".

Surgery. My husband is having knee surgery two days before I return to work. He has had this same surgery on his other knee about 10 years ago, so he knows what to expect - kinda. He won't be able to take care of the kids alone for a week or so or do any work for a few weeks... and then he'll probably try to do some light duty. When you own your business, you can't really afford to take off too much time.

Our train creation!

Malachi. Age three is hard. My child swings from sweet and loving to defiant and difficult in a minute. I have always tried to enjoy every moment of his life because I know it will go by so fast... but can I be honest?... I want to get past this phase as fast as possible. I do not enjoy it. I am mad frequently, giving punishments constantly and feeling like a failure too often. We fight about using the potty. We fight about meal times. We really fight when we go to a store about him not running away or having to be in the cart. I've completely given up on nap time because I just can't take another fight everyday.
I try to remember that in the last year he's moved, his parents have both worked different schedules than he's used too and we had a baby. I'm hoping this next move will be a positive for him, since I think we'll be more relaxed about the house.

Zachary. This little boy is so precious. I am enjoying every minute of him at the moment. He laughs and smiles and coos at us all the time. No colic, not very fussy, he's a genuinely happy guy. At his two-month check-up he was 13.2lbs. As I'm writing his he's staring at me at just laughing and laughing. =) I am thankful that he is such an easy baby. I'm thankful that Malachi loves him so much. And I'm thankful that going from one-to-two kids has been a fairly easy transition. I heard lots of horror stories and ours has been very peaceful. Zachary just arrived into our lives and we just can't imagine him not being here.

Preparing for Baby...

If you've been reading my pregnancy posts, you may have realized I've not been very proactive about getting ready for this baby. =)

A couple weeks ago I actually started kind of mentally freaking out about it when I realized I only had about 6 weeks to go and had done absolutely NOTHING. 

Well, I've been attempting to remedy that situation... call it nesting or whatever, but I could probably handle it if baby decided to come ... although... a few more weeks would be most helpful!

Saturday I had the house to myself. Malachi was at my parents and my husband was hunting.... I planned on a fairly lazy day before I had to head off to work, but I was productive also!
First I spent some time browsing on Etsy and Pinterest - that's productive, right?

Then I made up 4 Crock-Pot Freezer Meals! I had never thought of such an ingenuous idea before Pinterest! I love my Crock-Pot... and I love freezer meals... but I'd never thought of combining the two! 

2 Teriyaki Chicken

2 Lazy Day Stew

Follow this link to a blog with more Crock-Pot freezer meals...

or check out my Pinterest board Dinners DONE! for more ideas.

Also, this weekend, I picked up a new dresser for $10. It needs some TLC and a new paint job, but I think it will work perfect for the baby's area. We are not decorating a nursery for this baby. Mostly because we probably won't be in this house long enough to make it worth it... so I've decided to just convert a corner of our bedroom into a nursery space. We're not even setting up the crib, but I'm going to have a glider, dresser and probably a little art on the walls. I'm thinking I can use this dresser as a changing table too, and not have to drag out Malachi's big one from the closet....

I also decided on kind of a theme for this baby. We were going to do an owl/woodland theme, but owls are SO popular right now that I decided not too. Since my husband is such an outdoorsy/hunter-type though, I thought we'd keep the woodland theme and just focus on some of the other animals like the bear and deer. =) After searching what seemed like hundreds of wall art, I finally came across some that I really love from a shop on Etsy.

I'm going to take my colors from these beautiful watercolor paintings!

I also finally got Malachi's old clothes out and washed everything. Some of it took some major soaking in OxyClean to get out the yellow spit-up stains (he was the pukey-est baby ever), but it looks like we're going to be able to save most of it. =)

 My aunt picked me up that glider, so I still need a footstool and maybe cover the cushions in a cute fabric. My mom and I got an awesome deal on the Newborn Rock-and-Play Sleeper the other day at Target (this is what I'm going to use instead of the crib - hopefully until we're able to move!) Normally $65, it was marked down to $54.99 at Target, then for Memorial Day it was marked down some more to $49.00, THEN I had a coupon for $7.00 off! Total cost: $42.00! Saved: $23.00! Yay!

Sooo... we are on our way to being somewhat prepared. Today I'm going to pick up my paperwork from the doctor for my Leave of Absence at work and mailing it in (a minor fiasco that's been), so hopefully I'll be all set up for my 12 weeks of leave here pretty soon!

Nice Days and Mommy School

The weather has finally warmed up around here and we've been trying to spend some significant time outside! I have discovered a park/wetland area next to our development and we've been taking lots of walks over there...

I'm back doing Mommy School again this month! I've felt so bad because I've been working so much and I've been so tired that Malachi and I haven't really been doing anything productive together. I feel like this has added to some behavior frustrations between us also. So.... regardless of my work schedule and how I feel, I decided I needed to DO something with him.

Since we just went to the zoo in April, I decided it would be fun to do the Z is for Zoo unit.

We're working on identifying the Letter Z and Number 6. He can usually count from 1 to about 13 or 14 pretty well, but his identification of the individual numbers is a little lacking.

We also have been doing some of the activities like this one where he identifies the largest or smallest animal. Or the tallest or shortest. Fairly easy for him now, but still fun.

We also got some new books from the library for this unit. Our favorites so far are:

• I Love My Mama by Peter Kavanagh
• Welcome to the Zoo! By Alison Jay
• Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
• Curious George Visits the Zoo by H.A. Rey

Welcome to the Zoo is unique because there is no text. You can go through the book multiple times and pick out something different to look at or focus on each time.

We were excited to find a copy of Caps for Sale at my grandma's house the other day when we were cleaning it out!

Power's Back! Work Woes

After 126 hours without power, ours finally came back on.

Yay!

The Little Guy and I spend 3 nights with my parents... giving up on our house altogether.

Although I'm sure we could have toughed it out at home, our house tends to get very dark (I call it "cave-like" even when the power is on!) by early afternoon. After a couple days its hard to find things to do with a 2-year-old when you're in the dark for hours and hours!

So, we are happy to be home and slept in our own beds last night. =)

Starting today we are moving boxes into our new temporary house.

At the same time, at work we are implimenting a new region-wide computer systerm, so I have mandatory training meetings!

It's all making for kind of a hectic, frustrating sort of week.

You know the kind I mean, where you have too much to do and not really enough time to do it all the way you'd like??

Here's an interaction with my Little Guy this morning:

Him: Mommy! What doin'?

Me: I'm getting ready to go to work.

Him: No! Mommy no work!

Me: Sorry buddy. Mommy has to go to work today.

Him (thinks): Me work too.

So sad. I've been working so much this week that I am really missing my Little Guy. I'm not sure how people do it full-time. In addition to working additional days the past 10 days or so, several of them were during the day (normal working hours for most people). Whereas I'm used to being home with my Little Guy during the day and then working in the evenings, I've missed out being with him during the day too much lately.

I'm definitely looking foward to getting back to my normal schedule soon!

Schedules

I was thinking that time was going to slow down a little after the holidays, but it doesn't seem too!

We are busy packing our house. We are going to moving somewhere temporary for about 6 months, so I am attempting to be organized and packed boxes with things that we won't really NEED to unpack again. That way we can leave those boxes in the garage or something and not have the bother of unpacking and packing again in 6 months time. 

This seems to be a little harder than I anticipated.

I was about to pack the Easter basket into on of these such boxes when it occurred to me that we will be in our temporary place during Easter. Oops!

At work we are implementing a new region-wide computer system.

Awhile back I sign up to be something called a Superuser.

I'm still not exactly sure what that means, but apparently I get trained first and then I think I have to help others after their training. It also seems that I get an extra day of training.

So next week I'll be training 3 days.

Our Bible Study at church is starting up for the winter semester this week too....

I have decided to attempt to attend again this time.

It is a little hard for me to get there considering I work until 1am, get off and home by 1:30am and then the Bible Study starts at 9:00am. But I thought I'd give it another try. If it's too hard this semester, then it might be something to cut out in the Spring. =)

My Little Guy spent his first weekend away from home this past weekend!

It was so sad! He went to stay with my sister-in-law one night and then my mother-in-law the next night.  My MIL lives a good 1 1/2 hour drive from us and I didn't like feeling so far away. Unfortunately they were not good about updating us (as in... we got NO texts or anything the entire weekend), so I think they're going to be limited on how often they get to do this, but I was sure happy when he was home!

Time

What is it about time?

There never seems to be enough of it.

Remember when summer break seemed to last for FOREVER?

These days I find myself wishing for more time.

I never seem to be able to fit in everything I want to do.

Does this happen to you too? I think it must. I think it is universal.

Sometimes when I have a free evening to myself (when my husband' hunting and my Little Guy is in bed) when I actually cannot make a decision about what I want to do.

Do I want to read my book? Or maybe catch up on the weekly TV shows I try to watch? Or maybe I should watch that chick flick I've been wanting to watch? OR MAYBE I should do a craft project that's been sitting and waiting to be completed (or waiting to be started!)

Usually I just end up on the computer because I seriously cannot make a decision about which thing I want to do more!

Sometimes when I sitting home during the day and reading my book, I actually feel guilty. I know that it's stupid to feel guilty, but I feel like every minute I'm home, I should be spending my time with my Little Guy. (Doing the Mommy School has really helped me with this particular guilt, since I can feel like we did something productive together.)

I've often wondered if I'd still have this problem if I didn't have to work, but I think I would probably think this even if I was home full-time. Maybe I'd have more time to do the things I want to do... maybe I'd just waste more time.

This is just a post of my rambling thoughts tonight.

I'm sure everyone has these same struggles, but sometimes it feels good to work them out by writing. =)

Freezer Meals

As part of my new routine with work, I've been trying to be a good wife and have some sort of meal planned for my husband for dinner. He gets home from work, and I basically run out the door at the same time, so it has to be something already done, or easy for him to prepare.

The last couple weeks I've been putting away some freezer meals.

I would LOVE to get to the point where I made about 10-12 freezer meals at one time and then they would be done for the entire month, but I'm not to that point yet.

So far, I've been making a meal for that night and then making a second one (it's no more work to make two meals than just one) to put in the freezer.

Lately, I've been using recipes from my mom's 

Once-A-Month-Cooking book

Last night I made the Cheesy Corn Casserole.

This is why it's so easy for my husband....

He pulls it out of the freezer and I've written all the instructions on the foil.

Date: 10/11

Name of Dish: Cheesy Corn Casserole

Additional instructions: Add the mozzerella cheese on top

Baking temp and time: 350 for 30 min

Easy peesy, right?

I'm hoping to get more of these in the freezer in the next few weeks, and I won't have to hear "Honey? What's for US for dinner?" =)

Since I was home last night, I took a suggestion from the bottom of the recipe and made these Pumpkin Spice Muffins to go with our meal.

He may have to come up with his own sides in the future though. =)

Shift Work Survival

Okay... so I think that title was maybe a little dramatic.

I am attempting to figure out a new routine with my new work schedule.

In some ways I think it will be better. Instead of leaving at 2:30 pm each day, I'll be leaving at 5:00 pm. This gives several more hours with my Little Guy and the added bonus of being home during nap time!

On the other hand, I'm working one extra shift a pay period, and I don't get home until 1:30 or 2:30 am. Last night I was home at 2:30 and I won't lie... I'm pretty tired today. And I even took a 1 hour nap while the Little Guy napped yesterday. I think that is going to have to be a new routine for me on work days... naps. Which kind of defeats the bonus of being home during it! Argh! =)

I'm liking my new position so far though. It's interesting being in the ER. So many weird and interesting people come in. Last night I had an older man telling me all about his hernia surgery from 2 years ago and another guy was attempting to show me his urine bag attached to his catheter (uh... no thank you!). So... although I may get more of an education than I was bargaining for in the ER... I don't think it will be boring either!

I just read a really great article in Women's Day magazine about women who choose to work the night shift and why. Apparently this is becoming more and more common across the country - basically for the same reason I do. Saves on childcare costs and allows us to stay home more with our children during the day! Interesting! It's in the October17th issue if you'd like to pick up a copy.

I'm Still Here.... Really!

I promise I haven't fallen off the face of the earth... at least not yet.

We had our slotting for our new jobs at work and I just feel like there's life weirdness ever since - which doesn't make sense since nothing has really changed yet.

But I had to work an extra night shift this week for someone who was

on paternity leave. And then the next two weeks I'm working two extra

evenings each week for training for my new position.

I did get the position I had at the top of my list though, so I'm pretty happy about that.

Although, I'm a little nervous because I'll be moving to the ER.

Hmm...... I will definitely be getting a flu shot this year.

Anyway... pending all this craziness, I've been trying to spend lots

of time with my son during the day and that means not blogging.

I'm sure things will settle down and resume into a new normal in a few weeks -

and actually will probably be a better normal because I will not be working

any night shifts (don't call me in for them either!!!!)

I've also been putting some serious thought into what I want to get out of this blog

and the goals I want to have - I have some ideas forming...

Anyway... just an update that I'm really still here

and I haven't stopped blogging... just a little break while my life is

in transition! Thanks for reading!

Layoffs Anyone?

I checked my work email last night right before bed (bad idea).

The hospital I work at has announced they are going to be laying off some employees.

Apparently the state budget cuts have cut out some grant money the hospital was counting on (among other things) and one of the ways they are cutting costs is by laying off employees.

I was not really too worried about this whole thing.

Not because I feel safer than others, but for some reason I just wasn't really that worried.

Well, apparently I should have been.... in a different way.

Back to why checking layoff emails is not a good idea before bed:
Our department is cutting two positions.

This only affects one day that I work.

But our ENTIRE department has to re-apply for our jobs.

They've already said that no one is actually going to get laid off because

they've got a couple other open positions that they purposely didn't re-hire for.

Maybe it's silly, but here's what I'm worried about:

I may not get my same position back.

I might have to go work in the ER, instead of my safe little bubble in the 

Family Birth Center.

I might have to work DAYS or ALL NIGHTS.

I purposely took the position I have because I work mostly evenings when my Little Guy is in bed and my mom can come over after work at watch him until my husband comes home. He doesn't have to go to daycare. 

I don't want him going to daycare.

What if I have to take a day shift? 

Then I will have to pay for my sweet little boy to go to daycare all day,
which I can't afford and means I give up spending my days with him.

This whole bad economy thing sucks.

My husband has been out of work twice in the span of a year and a half

and now this. Seriously.

Oh wait. AND we won't find out what happens until

September 7th. Thanks a lot.

A Week of Busy

Sunday I got back from camping with my family. 

I came home with a little bit of a cold.

Usually I should have been off on Monday and Tuesday, but

I had picked up a couple extra shifts at work.

(bad planning... I know)

So.... Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I worked from 3:00 - 11:30 pm.

(my cold luckily disappeared somewhere in there. Hooray!)

On Friday, I am hosting a baby shower for a good friend of mine

(also not good planning... I know)

So today, I'm cleaning my house, mowing my yard and doing general things that you need to do to get ready for these things before I go back to work tonight at 11:00pm - 7:00 am.

(I told you it was bad planning!)

Luckily, I have her gift all made and I have good friends and my mom who are helping me get ready!

AND we are finally having some beautiful summer weather here!

I'm already looking forward to next week - when there's some quiet days! =)

Playing Catch Up

We are back from our week of vacationing. Whew! I'm tired.

We spent Sunday - Thursday with my parents and friends in Bend, OR

then we spent Friday - Sunday at a local campground.

I came home with a cold and super tired.

Stupidly, I also took on a couple extra shifts at work this week,

so I got home yesterday, did all our laundry

and today I'm at work. Yay.

Anyway... I have a few things to catch up on here.

Pictures to post of our travels,

a winner to annouce (although I've already contacted her)

and blogs to catch up on.

I'm trying to be a better blog follower.

I'm generally more of a blog lurker.

I read quite a few blogs, but I'm trying to be a better commenter.

Bloggers love comments and so I feel that I should

make an effort to leave them for my favorite bloggers!

Are you a follower or a lurker? =)

SUCCESS!

My late night couponing trip was a success!


My mom and I combined our doubler coupons to maximize our savings.
The Breakdown:
22 items
Retail Cost: $74.18
Savings: $59.49
Total Paid: $14.69


This included a gallon of milk that wasn't on sale. I was pretty amazed! 
Then we split up our purchases. We each got 2 things of mayo, 4 salad dressings and 2 boxes of spaghetti noodles. I also took home 2 jugs of Juicy Juice and stuff to make Smores for our camping trip this weekend.


And the extra good news.... (drum roll....)
My husband got a new job today! Woohoo! Making the same wage he was making at a previous job, but he had to drive at least 80 miles a day then and now he'll be closer to home. God really blessed us because this job just basically fell into his lap. He didn't apply for it - they called him!


Not sure when he's starting yet, but a weight has been lifted. 


Now... off to the laundry pile....


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Delayed

Had a review all ready to write this morning when I finished up my book 

at work in the wee hours - then blogger was down!

Grrr.... now I'm a bit tired and think I'm going to be waiting until morning to post it. 

On another note - 

it's really weird when you go to work when its dark

and go home when its light in the morning - I think it might do 

something to your psyche. Shift work = strange.

Lucky I only have to do it twice a month!

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Weirdness in the Birth Center

As you may (or may not) know, I work in the Family Birth Center of our local hospital. I check-in all the ladies coming in for tests, to be checked out or to have their babies. Usually its a pretty fun job. I tend to have a lot of stories about extremely annoying or funny women and their families who come in to have a baby.

Usually I don't share them on here too much because I don't want to be

accused of some kind of HIPPA law violation or something.

 

But this was a first - and definitely weird scenario that happened today.

 

I'm sitting at my desk - working on my computer.

A very well-dressed (like black suit) young man comes up to me.

Him: "Hello - I'm here from (insert name) funeral services to pick up --- ----."

Me (looking through the names on my screen and seeing no such name and then it dawning on me that he's asking about A BODY): "WHAT? From the Birth Center?

Him: "Uh, they say go to morgue, but I not know where that is."

Me: "The morgue is in the basement - that way"

I point him in the correct direction

(not that even I know exactly where the morgue is).

I mean, SERIOUSLY??? A BODY?

You're going to come to the Family Birth Center looking for the morgue????

His english wasn't really great, so many he just got turned around - but seriously??

Weird, I tell you, weird. Freaked me out a tiny bit actually.

You just never know what's going to happen here....

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