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melliciousI spent the day today working at a hospital I'd never even been to before - but it is part of the same hospital system Rob & I both work for, and it's the closest one to where we live, so that part is nice. I was supposed to be screening people for Covid symptoms, but actually I didn't do all that much, because there were a lot of people at the desk, and everybody kept chiming in before I got anything out. ("Have you had cough-fever-bodyaches-difficulty breathing?") But I'm presumably going back next week so at least I know the drill of working there somewhat now. Rob spent the day at a different place doing the same thing. The facility where we normally work is closed, being "nonessential" and potentially hazardous as far as being a disease vector, to boot, but all of the employees at the hospital system are considered essential and we just get reassigned to do different things, as long as we don't get sick. (My understanding is that if we actually get sick, we will get paid even if we don't get sick leave, which I don't since I'm part-time. I haven't heard that officially though.)
My boss would have liked to have kept me for spreadsheet-making purposes, actually - that's a really useful job skill in a lot of places! I told her if I have any hours left - which is probably unlikely, really - I'll come in and work one day next week. We have to keep track of how much money we are losing by being closed, for one thing - I think they need it for FEMA. I believe we went through that after Hurricane Ike, too, as I recall. Probably Harvey, too, although somebody else must've done the spreadsheets for that one. (We were stuck at home with flooded creeks between us and work for a solid week, some of you guys may recall.)
I do have a scratchy throat but that's just my usual allergy crap. Every time I have the tiniest symptom I over-analyze it, I imagine everybody is doing that. But anyway, we're hanging in there so far. Running low on toilet paper, but hopefully we'll find some before it actually runs out and we have to resort to Kleenex, heaven forbid! (I do have a lot of tissues of various brands due to said allergies, so I guess that's a pretty good backup in a pinch.)
My boss would have liked to have kept me for spreadsheet-making purposes, actually - that's a really useful job skill in a lot of places! I told her if I have any hours left - which is probably unlikely, really - I'll come in and work one day next week. We have to keep track of how much money we are losing by being closed, for one thing - I think they need it for FEMA. I believe we went through that after Hurricane Ike, too, as I recall. Probably Harvey, too, although somebody else must've done the spreadsheets for that one. (We were stuck at home with flooded creeks between us and work for a solid week, some of you guys may recall.)
I do have a scratchy throat but that's just my usual allergy crap. Every time I have the tiniest symptom I over-analyze it, I imagine everybody is doing that. But anyway, we're hanging in there so far. Running low on toilet paper, but hopefully we'll find some before it actually runs out and we have to resort to Kleenex, heaven forbid! (I do have a lot of tissues of various brands due to said allergies, so I guess that's a pretty good backup in a pinch.)
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