Monday Madness

After a long, no-time-to-pee, constant rush kind of a work day, I headed home only to begin a new series of tasks. Upon virtual completion, I was spent of energy and came upstairs to shower, only to be greeted by a snarky comment from a attitudinal teen because I had forgotten to make a phone call she deemed "life or death". I assure you, a sleepover in two weeks is hardly life or death, last time I checked. So in the spirit of recalling EVERY task I do throughout my day, I thought I'd make a justification list.

7:00  awake, coffee, shower, dress, gather work things and headed into the typical Monday road madness
8:30  punch in at work, grab coffee #2 from cafeteria, walk through tunnel in basement to unlock office, check emails/voicemails; printed out photos to upstairs color printer
9:00 "FLASH" meeting on 3rd floor, checked mailroom, picked up printouts; meeting with CEO for purchase order approval, assigned tasks to staff given to me in FLASH meeting
9:30  followed up on weekend tasks completed, listed items to be double checked for quality assurance. Followed by creating spreadsheets for preventative maintenance requirements/assignments, updated medical device report for the entire hospital with their serial numbers and warrenty info. Answered phone calls. Discussed schedule changes with staff.  Dispursed anniversary gift to staff member. Walked back through tunnel to 3rd floor to check the quality of work done by maintenance over the weekend. Had to write up a report for work NOT done to bosses expectations. Hunted down the engineer to explain what was done wrong and how his crew needed to fix it.
10:30  telephone call with boss (working offsite) going over the morning status of work done, follow up handled, and expected issues to arise for the day. reviewed all permits for validity. sent payment to ADT for alarm services.
11:00  began filing old purchase orders, receipts, and answered more phone calls/emails. Researched flag poles online.
11:30  worked on staff schedule, processed time off requests, checked on appropriate PTO availability
12:00  received invoice for backflow and surgery room repair, brought to CEO for approval, posted break times and open enrollment info in 3 staff areas, grabbed lunch en route back down tunnel.
12:30  while eating lunch, went over timeclock issues with 2 staff members and called engineers to handle toilet "emergency" on 3rd floor. Escorted random homeless person offsite who had snuck in through a propped door. Wrote incident report regarding the security "breech"
1:00   meeting with lead engineer to discuss status of several remodeling projects currently in process and upcoming fire drill.
1:30  clocked out for lunch, but came back down the tunnel to discuss new employee with HR coordinator. Aother phone call from boss regarding project updates. Called contractor for immediate delivery of product needed by COB. phoned daughters school to clear mistaken absence.
2:00  hospital inspection rounds of ceiling tiles, patient room cleanliness, and morgue sterility. Was called to north unit to inspect wasp nests. Found table and chairs in emergency exit. Called engineer to remove items.
2:45  remembered to clock back in from my "lunch", phoned pest control for wasp removal, had heated discussion with purchasing for not asking their "permission" before contacting our regular pest control company. (Really??? I need permission to get rid of WASPS????)
3:00  updated the work orders completed, entered new work orders into AIMS software (tasks from rounds inspection) phone call from boss regarding issue with purchasing (totally took my side.)
3:30  ordered supplies for Thursday EOC Meeting. Finished November schedule, handed out approved time off requests on 3rd floor. Sent email reminders to EOC Boardmembers for Thursday meeting.
4:00  created task list for graveyard shift to complete. Completed 2 staff evaluation and calculated pay rate increases. Brought to HR for approval. Met with Angelica vendor to dispute incorrect charges. Began collecting hazardous waste and workmans comp reports for EOC meeting.
4:30 answered more emails, cleared voice mail again, returned messages, called Meals on Wheels to discuss damage to our retaining wall.
5:00 organized desk for Tuesday's tasks, locked up office, clocked out.

ROUND TWO
5:15  left work. called eye doctor, vet, and immunization clinic on way home.
5:50  arrived home. checked mail. put dinner in oven. washed car. swept garage. showered.
7:00  1st load of laundry in washer. served dinner. answered 2 week overdue letter of support to jailbird brother
7:45  put 2nd load into washer, 1st into dryer. mopped 1/2 half of hardwood floor in house.
8:15  put in 3rd load to washer, 2nd load into dryer.
8:30  mopped the second half of floor, last load into dryer, put fresh linens on bed. discussed college road trip with daughter. balanced budget. checked facebook and wrote this blog.

next on my agenda is a rum and diet coke which I have FULLY earned, an episode of Forensic Files, and finally... sleep.