Holy moon pie

Tonight was my last night of work, bittersweet fo sho.  Also, since I am now in-between jobs, maybe I will remember to post every day, like I should be doing anyways....so, I am going to write down some of my favorite work memories of the last few years to remember it by.

Being SCARED to DEATH but REALLY EXCITED for the first 8 months of work
Thinking "wenchebach" (pronounced Winky-bok) was one of the Teletubbies, not a cardiac rhythm
Cutting dozens of snowflakes out of coffee filters and hanging them all over for Christmas
Riding the Stedy out the ambulance bay doors
Riding the thermometer carrier
Riding the wheelchairs
Going into a hard-of-hearing patient's room and yelling Italian words at him with the hospitalist because the tech thought it would be funny to tell us he wasn't answering our questions because he only spoke Italian
Watching dolphins from the cafeteria
Asking the guard what a "birfing" center was
Breakfast for dinner on Wednesday nights!
Seeing the Spanish moss on the Oak trees in the moonlight
Having graham crackers and ginger ale become a part of  my daily (nightly) diet
Food challenges!! (6 saltine challenge, Warheads, tsp. of cinnamon)
Ordering pizza or Chinese or Subs
All the precious babies
Stealing my EMS friend's walkie talkie and hiding in the linen closet while whispering "Can you hear meeeeeee?" over and over to have his partner tell me that it was actually transmitted over the entire county and they had to take the walkie talkie back and call dispatch and tell them to "disregard previous transmission"
Being the guinea pig for my co-worker's no-arm punch and collapsing against a wall
Calling the ER for directions when I got lost in Georgia
Calling the ER for directions on how long to boil an egg to make it hard-boiled at sea level
The funny triage complaints
Getting presents in the tube system from friends in ICU and the floor
White board artwork
Rollerskating down the hall.  Once.
Holiday pot-lucks!
Having a continual rating system of looks of all the male law-enforcement that came in, they would walk in the ambulance bay doors and all the women working would stop and yell out numbers 0-10
South Park-ifying co-workers online
Doing virtual makeovers of co-workers online
A co-worker's space heater impression
Doing impressions for co-workers of all the PA's and doctors, complete with props and costumes
Attempting to run ginger ale through IV tubing
Cleaning the nurse's station which calms my nerves
Annual raft races
My first low-country boil
Working all night then driving to the airport and ordering a whiskey at 9am
Saline flush wars
Back massages/adjustments
Trying to teach a fellow nurse how to shotgun a ginger ale
Arm circles and walking the stairs for exercise
Laughing so hard your stomach hurts
Lemon air spray!!
Trying out different energy powders and drinks with co-workers
Birthday parties!
Saving room 6 for important sporting events on television
Diet Cokeheads
Keeping a list of the most ridiculous patient names
"Just google it"
Making a bonnet out of a diaper pad and singing "Matchmaker" for my preceptor
3 nurses fitting into one XXL patient gown
Wrapping blankets from the warmer around yourself on cold nights
Having breakfast with co-workers after the shift
Witnessing one of the more "spiritual" doctor's chanting prayer groups in the hallway
Having the terms "baby mama" and "baby daddy" be legitimate roles on the family tree
Little kids with beads in their hair
My male preceptor akwardly offering me a high-five the first time a patient made me cry
Seeing love
The cute doctor from the Cro-Fab videos
Using the ultrasound maching to look at pregnant co-workers' babies
Hiding under the desk and in the break room from extreme patients
Performing mini-procedures on co-workers
Playing the "Guess the ailment" game from the security tapes
Playing "Guess the blood alcohol level" game on patients
Peopleofwalmart.com on slow nights
My visit/tour of the morgue on my birthday
"Mother bear!" "Jiminy Christmas!" "Holy guacamole!"
Perfecting my paper airplane model
Rock Paper Scissor championship
Counting all your blessings when you leave work in the morning
Chips and Lorna Doones from the doctor's lounge
The awesome Keurig machine
Gunshot victims that tell us they got shot on their way to/from church/choir practice
Thug babies
Fathers involved in their children's care
The world's most high-powered microwave in the world's smallest breakroom
The fact that if someone ran naked down the hallway none of the staff would bat an eye


I am sure there are more but that is all that I can think of at 3am.