White as far as the eye can see. I love that I work on the 10th floor, because the view is really pretty, especially on super snowy days! It was snowing all day, but I still managed to make it to the ‘bucks before work and on my lunch break. I was the only person on the unit today, so I had all the patients. Baller! No but for reals it was kinda crazy. One of my patients went into sinus tach and then desaturated to the 86% range even with 60% O2 face mask on… basically needed some mad interventions. Totally saved a life today, guys. Anyways, I discharged one patient, but before I could even start my happy dance (for a decreased patient load) my boss told me I was going to take the VIP patient coming from a thoracotomoy/VATS/pneumonectomy procedure, so I AGAIN had the entire floor’s patient load. Turns out, he’s the head of the board of directors of the hospital. I was a bzzzzzzzzy bee but the good news was it made the time FLY by! I didn’t get to take a lunch break until 2 pm, so I was hungry!
Sammie: smart deli “turkey,” lettuce, greek yog and LOTS of hummus
Along with the rest of the usual suspects…superfood odwalla bar, apple, and dried fruit medley (papaya spears, pineapple rings, and figs). Add in a whole bunch of coffee, and that’s my day.
It was still snowing as I left work so I took the longer (but mostly underground and thus warm and dry in the subway) route home.
If I calorie counted tonight’s dinner, I think I would end up depressed. Seriously, I know rough figures, and it was not pretty people.
It all started with a MASSIVE hummus craving…and eventually led to some major pita consumption. I stopped at the store on the way home from work because I had a monster headache and was in no shape to prepare food. I got a packet of ww pitas (it was actually flat bread as I later discovered) and sabra classic hummus (what else?!). Duh. I felt obligated to atleast try to get in some veggies, so I threw these carrots and celery on the plate – they ended up being mostly garnish, but I did have some.
More flat bread…which (by the way) are 250 kcals each (5 in a bag).
After my 4th piece I stopped making them look nice on the plate, and just started eating them out of the bag, ripping off pieces and slopping up the hummus.
I’m sure it’s no shock to anyone that I finished the entire bag of bread AND the tub of hummus…
I was totally full, but still managed to have an apple – to keep the doctor away. I’m so excited because Kyle’s boss is letting us use his cabin in Vermont for the weekend, so we are going to head up for the weekend and go skiing! Woo hoo. At least something good is coming out of this snow storm! I haven’t gone skiing in years, so it will be interesting, if nothing else.
Oh wow, that sure is hard to manage with you in the unit by yourself! Great job!
And that sounds like an awesome weekend coming up!
I really need to find that hummus everyone’s talking about! I can’t find them at WF. do you know where I could find them?
sabra is the hummus i LIVE for.
http://www.sabra.com/store-locator/store-locator.aspx
that site can help you find a store near you that carries it. trust me, it will rock your world!
mmmm hummus – it’s been a while since i had it 🙂 i have to try those odwalla bars!
i rest 1 – 2 days a week. but i try to be active on those days as well. i try not to run back to back more than two days in a row, thats the biggest “rest” issue for me. this kind of schedule doesnt work for everyone, though.
so jealous of how much you lurve your job! Glad you had such a good day. Bucks is looking like a good possibility in my future today 🙂 Love hummus…and bread 😉
Lol, I can always seem to manage to fit in an apple myself … and, yeah, i’m just trying to keep the doctor away 😉 (ha, that part of your post made me laugh!)
Fun, I’m glad you get to go skiing! 🙂 (i’ve never been to good at that :s)
Can I come and live in nyc for awhile??
Ya girl! You’re Super Nurse 😀
Hummus and pita = so worth it though! Really you can’t go wrong!
Hooray for Virgina – sounds like fun!
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