so where do i begin? remember my moving fiasco? so far my move-in date is set for july 1. so i got everything sorted, and now it seems i can re-rent and re-load a u-haul truck on july 1 and move in.
EXCEPT that we got our schedules today and i'm on call (overnight) on july 1. that is a saturday. so i lose my sat and my sun. now the interesting thing is, before the weekend overnight call, i get to leave early on friday (early being 3pm), and i don't start on saturday until 3pm. so that gives me a very odd pocket of time in which i may be able to move... except the friday is still one day before my official move-in date.
ALSO, i met one of my fellow interns (who hails from california) who is living in the exact same building i will be living in, who was able to move in THE FIRST DAY OF ORIENTATION! and she knows of another intern who was able to move in THE WEEK BEFORE! WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK! i called that fucking housing office so many times to ask if i could move in early to no avail.
so i called them again today to ask if there was any chance, they said the apartment i've been assigned is scheduled to move out on june 30. i asked if there was any chance they'd move out early and basically got yelled at for suggesting that they kick out their tenants early (totally NOT what i suggested), and so i asked if they might move out a day or two early, the lady said MAYBE, and that they'd call me if they did - i won't hold my breath for that one.
SOOOooo my best case scenario seems to be if they let me move in ONE DAY EARLY, and then i can leave work on fri early at 3pm, go straight to u-haul, and with the assistance of hired help (which will cost me about $200-300 more than i have planned) move in quickly that evening. worst case scenario is trying to do the same on saturday morning, before i go in for an overnight shift, on the same day that EVERYBODY will be moving into housing (not to mention the fact that i'd be commuting from brooklyn at like 5am to get there.. how the hell i'd stay up all night is beyond me). medium case scenario is do all of this mess on sunday after i get off the overnight shift.
BASICALLY THIS IS GIVING ME A FUCKING HEADACHE AND I AM TIRED OF THINKING ABOUT IT AND AM JUST A LITTLE BIT IRRITATED THAT I HAVE NOT ONLY NOT RECEIVED ANY HELP FROM MY PROGRAM, BUT THEY ARE MAKING IT EVEN HARDER FOR ME TO GET THIS SORTED.
but let's see, more news.
i got my pager.
i got my id.
i got my rotation schedule.. i have vacation the first half of october and the last half of march. i will be working the medical floors during thanksgiving, christmas, new year's, and easter. i suppose it's possible i'll get a day off here or there, but right now, it looks like i won't be going back to wisconsin for any holidays anytime soon.
also we learned that during our elective month (normally a "free nights and weekends" month at most institutions), they are adding on 2 ER shifts on the weekends and a clinic shift or something and something where we come in on the weekend which basically means you don't get all your weekends off that month either.
also we learned that the "free food" we were promised is actually not as such. we get $15 a day for food. but not in an expense account. in meal tickets. $3.50 for breakfast, $5.75 each for lunch and dinner. and they are labeled, "breakfast" "lunch" and "dinner". and you can only use each ticket during those meal hours. NOT EVEN JOKING. and you can not combine tickets. and the cafeteria closes at 7pm and there is NOTHING in the hospital overnight. also none of the coffee stands open before 7am either (they recommend arriving before 7am on a regular day). so much for free food.
yes, it's intern year, yes it's supposed to be terrible, but fuck man, i didn't think i would be this disillusioned already. i'm already telling myself "it's just one year" and then i get to move into the city.. isn't it too early to be thinking those thoughts?
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no holidays off?! this is very bad news.
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on 22 June, 2006 12:16 [*]
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i read the headline for this and was like, 'cool, glad everything is working out.' but kot damn, you are getting the royal screw. i say, find a way to forge meal tickets. graphics people, what?
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dropped by on 23 June, 2006 09:56 [*]
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Man, I can't believe the meal ticket situation! Holy shit, that's messed up.
dropped by on 23 June, 2006 12:58 [*]
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drop some science: