The cons outweigh the pros

There's a new job that I can have if I want it; 12-hour night shifts, 72 hours per pay period, every third weekend.  This comes out to mean that I would get about 8 days off every three weeks.  Sounds good, yes?  It would be in the critical care float pool; I would work in the ICU, Cardiac Critical Care and the Emergency Room.  It would be a great experience, but the more I think about it, the benefits are not as great as the job I have worked hard to get that I already have.  I don't work weekends, I work 4 day shifts of my 10, I have an office to focus in, and a great team to work with on both day and night shifts.  If I go to the float pool, I have no real team, no camaraderie that comes with a consistent group of coworkers.  I would get bounced from unit to unit, getting probably the crappy assignments because I'm a float, so no patient continuity.  I have to decide by November 30th.  What to do?  What to do?

And the post shall be purple...

Today the girls and I went to the Vikings game and they actually won.  It's amazing how fast a group of people can turn.  One minute things are good and the crowd is happy, the next they are screaming to fire the coach and booing everything.  Rabidity really doesn't say "Minnesota Nice".  But hey, a win's a win.

Mom, I want a new post.

As I'm doing homework Kat says to me, "I've been reading your blog.  I'm waiting for a new one".  Here you go, kid. 

So here it is, my new goal.  I will stay one week ahead on my homework.  I will.  I will.  I will.  If I repeat it enough, it will come true.  After realizing my procrastinating potential last term, I must vow to not let that happen again.  I have two full credit classes going at once so if I get behind I'm screwed.  The classes are getting harder and the homework is taking twice as long to finish.  I guess that's just a sign that the program is getting closer and closer to being done.  Or it's a sign that I never should have said that the classes weren't challenging enough.  I bet that's what it is.  Damn it. 

There you go, Kat.  Your post.  Now let me get back to homework....right after I post an embarrasing pic of you for pressuring me.