Gossip

So last night I had to go to my first ever _____ (fill in worthless piece of junk here) party. You know, one of those horrible "parties" that women throw where the whole purpose is to sell you crap you don't need? Last night's was a Partylight candle party, and I absolutely had to go, because it was hosted HERE, by one of my roommates. Her aunt is the one that sells the crap, but apparently she was roped into "hosting." The other roommate and I just drank the free wine and rolled our eyes all night. I resisted buying a $21 candle....
Anyway, this story has a point:
Some of Amanda's (roomie #1 and hostess) family members were here and they were asking where I was working, etc. Turns out, they know my PA's nurse (she is only our nurse like 40% of the time, otherwise he has no nurse). Apparently this nurse, we'll call her Jane, is as crazy as they come. "Jane" dated Amanda's uncle, and was in the habit of faking pregnancies - one of which she faked all the way up to the ninth month, then one day while "the father" was out hunting, she apparently went into labor, got to the hospital, had the baby (it died) and drove herself back home....all in about 6 hours time. No funeral, no death certificate, no nothing. Obviously enough, they didn't date after that.
The members of Amanda's family were actually almost scared of this woman. They thoroughly warned me not to trust a word she says and not get close to her. There was also some talk that she never even went to nursing school and lied to get the job?? I'm not sure why she would still be working there or whatever, but this was apparently told to Amanda's aunt by one of the OTHER nurses who works in the office.

DRAAAAMA!!!

Now, I'll tell you this: when I first met "Jane," I thought to myself, "hmm...this seems like the kind of girl whose bad side I do not want to be one." She definitely had that streak of "I could screw things up for you" but I just always smile and I'm nice to her and we haven't had an issue. We are definitely not "close," so I suppose that works in my favor.

Now, I know better than to believe a gaggle of women point blank when they are gossiping about another woman, but I doubt the family members were exaggerating too much about the nurse. I could totally believe that she is kind of nuts. She has that look in her eyes.

I'll be observing closely in the upcoming months....for lack of anything else better to do.

Speaking of which, my preceptor sent me home early yesterday because there were SO FEW patients. This morning there were quite a few more so I saw 6 patients, which is enough to keep semi-busy with. This afternoon looks dead slow so I may try to weasel my way out early again...only because I'm leaving right afterward to head home to Hillsboro and see my other half!!

Otherwise the rotation is going better. Its been slow getting my preceptor to TALK to me...but slowly and surely he's opened up and it turns out there is just a ton of drama going on in his life at the moment....I no longer question why he was a bit distracted the first week. Instead, I see patients, do notes, and try to read something worthwhile when it is dead (I ran out of journals, moved onto my clinical dermatology book). I wouldn't say I am learning a whole lot of fresh information, but, I am getting a little faster at running an appointment, which is good. Plus, the hours are pretty awesome so I can't complain about that.

Well this is just rambling. So....The End.