Wednesday Timeline

By the time I got home the other day I was about to fall over with exhaustion.  It was one of the busiest days I’ve ever worked.

To give you a point of reference, I never finished my morning coffee.

Yes, I managed to get away for my lunch break (remember how we have break relief nurses to cover us), but I spent 75% of the time tucked away in the computer room getting caught up on charting.

Anyway.  If you’re looking for someone to blame for my really delayed Wednesday post, I’m removing myself from the running.  Let’s just pin it on my patients and call it a day.  The good news is they were all nice and appreciative people, which made the non-stop (stat) orders slightly more manageable.  [There was only one difficult person who was refusing treatments, but I managed to charm him into some of the MD orders]

But back to the post…

4:25 – damn that alarm, is it time to get up already?

4:30 – yoga and stretching with Andy Cohen in the background (WWHL actually isn’t a very peaceful soundtrack when you’re waking up)

5:00 – shower & vitamins (Kyle thinks this is a weird habit, so you probably will too, but I drink shower water.  It started solely as a means of rehydrating myself after a workout, but eventually it developed into a routine.  So now I always drink water as I shower.  And on some mornings I multi-task and set my vitamins in the bathroom to take with my shower water.  I am so bizarre)

5:30 – coffee time

6:00 – refill the half of the coffee that I sipped while checking emails

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6:10 – hit the road jack (with lunch in tow)

6:30 – snack on breakfast #1 (salty cashews and SunRidge Farms chocolate nut crunch mix) in the parking lot while getting zen

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Whole Foods is now carrying many of the SunRidge Farms products in their bulk bins.  It’s very dangerous friends.

7:00 – sign up for break time and get patient assignment in the huddle room

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10:00 – breakfast #2 (oats with a sh!t ton of peanut butter and 1/2 banana)

10:05 – morning rounds

10:50 – send patient #1 to a test

11:00 – discharge patient #2

11:01 – admit (new) patient #4 from cath lab

11:02 – get report from PACU about patient #1 coming back to the unit

11:03 – get called by patients #1 and #3 for pain meds while hooking patient #4 up to the monitor

11:04 – genetically clone myself to get everything done in a timely manner

11:15 – enter myself in the running for the next Nobel Prize due to aforementioned feat

12:30 – eat (unpictured) banana

14:00 – praise be to lunch!!!

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Spinach, quinoa, tempeh “bacon” & leftover fried egg

14:30 – charting 🙁 with a side of kettle corn

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Is Popcorn, Indiana an actual place?  If not, it’s an odd choice for a company name.

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They were nice and airy and light, which was nice because it afforded my stomach some room for the remaining SunRidge Farms treats.

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The peanut butter covered nuts are the best!

19:45 – call Kyle to tell him I’m finally heading home

19:50 – commuting with a side of carrots

20:10 – shower and brainstorm dinner options

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20:30 – look in the fridge and realize I basically just want the same thing I had for lunch

20:35 – start the assembly line

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Spinach, quinoa, tempeh, & eggs [if it aint broke…]

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21:00 – take a photo of dinner and then make a mini nooch mountain on top

22:30 – dessert!

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The only reason I took a picture of this was because of the size of that one cashew.  Have you ever seen something so massive?

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It’s hard to tell, but it was abnormal to the Schwarzenegger degree.  Those poor peanuts and chocolate chips look so meek in comparison!

23:00 – crawl into bed

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Comments (19)

  1. chelsey @ clean eating chelsey

    I love how many nuts you eat in a day – mainly because I eat just as many!

  2. Christina

    I love this post! and LOVE the idea of drinking shower water – so efficient!

    What kinds of vitamins do you take? Trying to figure out my system still 🙂

    christina

  3. Amy Hall

    I also drink shower water!!!!! I seriously thought I was a total freak show…but perhaps there are more of us in this world?! 🙂

  4. Katie @ Peace Love & Oats

    that trail mix looks sooooo good! I want some now!!!!

  5. Abby @ Abz 'n' Oats

    You are a dang rockstar. 🙂 I love reading your posts that incorporate work considering I will be able to relate here pretty soon!

  6. Katie

    I really want to try some tempeh bacon…for lunch preferably. I hope you get a day off soon – that is a marathon (but probably pretty typical for you!)

  7. Chels R.

    Eggs & quinoa…interesting combo! Sounds like a very productive day!!

  8. Kelsey

    wow – that is insane! laughing about the cloning of yourself. i would love to know how your secret! 😉 I really gotta get on those pb covered nuts.

  9. Kelsey

    oops typo. I would really love to know *your secret.*

    good thing it’s friday!! clearly my brain needs a break.

  10. Cassandra @ She Don't Eat No Meat

    YES. I am not alone in my shower water drinking habits. It’s so efficient!

  11. Molly

    I swish shower water around in my mouth; it makes me feel extra clean for some reason.

  12. Lou

    phew, mega day!

    I think your shower swilling multi-tasking is admirable… it will come in handy when you have kids!

    mmmm giant cashew 🙂

  13. mickey

    i want one of those square bowls you eat from — where did you get it?

  14. Elise (Post author)

    folic acid and a multi. doctors best and whole foods brand.

  15. Elise (Post author)

    yes! a fellow freak 🙂

  16. Elise (Post author)

    crate and barrel

  17. Elise (Post author)

    i weirdly understand your logic. and i like it.

  18. Elise (Post author)

    yes!!!

  19. Jin

    looks like we both had a busy day this week at the hospital.

    omg, we have clinical on Tuesdays and it was crazy. Didn’t stop from 630 am to 2 pm. we were almost falling over by the end! one of my patients coded on me and i never had that experience… :S

    but your food still looks good! 😉

    the only thing that makes me get out of bed at 4:30 on Tuesdays is my vegan, GF chocolate banana muffin! 😀

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