Lately I've been pretty worried about my job. The census says that while beds are tight at our two hospitals the third hospital we're supposed to depend on for overflow is practically choking. Friday they had ONE open bed. ONE! I checked later on in the day and it went up to two. WTF!?! I don't know what sort of agreement the BBs made with this place but I hope money wasn't involved. If so... I'd ask for a refund. Yeah, so my job. It's been doing little shit here and there and getting ready for this HUGE influx of patients that doesn't seem like it's going to happen. If it does we're pretty much fucked. My boss had been finding other things for me to do 'in the meantime'. Luckily I've been right on top of things and they're all super happy with my job performance. Yesterday my boss called about me taking on some other duties. It sounded more like an assistant's job. She wasn't feeling well and had someone on hold so it was basically a summary with 'we'll talk more later'. After asking me what I thought I said, 'Well... I'd have to hear exactly what you're expecting before answering that'. She made a comment about 'Don't worry... it's not like you'll be getting their laundry or anything. You're not their assistant' and I snapped back, 'Good... because if it was that I'd be looking for another job. I was an assistant for ten years and don't want to be that anymore'. Yeah, not the coolest retort I've done. I've been so worried about my position even though they've gone to great lengths to calm me and I've been annoyed that the duties keep changing even though the job is being created by me. I felt guilty about it for a bit and then called her back. Once again she was on hold and so I had to do some fast talking. I told her I was sorry for sounding like such a bitch and she said I didn't. Then she added that she should have come over there to explain things instead of just throwing them at me. In the end we said we'd talk more and from the description of things it would really benefit me to do the tasks. And really... the job is still pretty damn awesome. I'm paid more, have a great office and work with some wonderful people. You can have the shittiest job but still manage to stay there if you have the right people to work with. It took me five minutes to get to work this morning and the gas we save is insane. To tops things off... this place is pretty damn friendly. You walk in and people smile and greet you. Everyone's so laid back compared to my other place. The BBs treat everyone like they matter and instead of some frantic rush when they arrive everyone greets each other like old friends. In the end... that's why my tasks will be welcomed. Because this place is pretty fucking awesome...

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