today is the day i get the keys to my new house.....

and i've been throwing up and had diarrhea..

no it's not nerves, i have the flu. this is just great.

well i started my new job this week on the forensic unit.... even though i've been a nurse for 9 years now.. everything seems completely new to me.

there are so many rules and regulations to learn, and all kinds of paperwork i've never done before. it feels like working at a jail, but having to nurse at the same time..

so i need to learn two jobs.. not just one.

obviously i can't go into detail because of confidentiality issues.

and this morning i am meeting with the lawyer to sign my life away. i get my house in less than a week and feel completely overwhelmed. i still have stuff to pack but am not going to have it done by saturday. i'm working nights next week and i'm going up to ottawa for the weekend.

i didn't go last weekend because i still had lots of packing to do, so i'm taking a much needed weekend to just relax and have fun.

anyway, this is short but i have to be at the lawyers in an hour.

packing is a pain in the ass!

i am packing up my apartment hopefully for the last time for a very long time. you'd think i'd be used to it by now, having moved well over 25 times in my life... but it boils down the same everytime... it's a pain in the ass. i feel the most sorry for my dogs who are being squeezed into a tiny area in my living room for all the boxes that are piling up.

i don't remember having this much stuff... but i guess i do. i've even purged myself of a lot of things... but i guess not enough.

i can't wait to get moved in and settled.

so i found out where i'm being moved to in the hospital... they were threatening lay offs a few months ago but have decided to keep the RN's and move some of us into empty rpn lines and introduce a float pool... i am lowest in seniority so i am headed to forensics...

for those of you who don't know what forensics nursing involves, it is for people who commit crime who have an underlying mental health issue..

violent offenders such as rapists, pedophiles, murderers.... need to be assessed to find how fit they are to stand trial. some need to be rehabilitated, and others are not fit to be anywhere but in a mental health hospital.

not too pleased with the decision, but it is going to be interesting to say the least. i'll have to take some law courses, and eventually will have to attend court hearings with patients.

fun....

not.