But unfortunately mine doesn’t start till noon tomorrow, for I have to work at the hospital health fair from 7a-12p.  YUCK.  It isn’t ranking high on my “things I want to do list”.  Especially since I am going to be so busy next week at work.

The big wigs from Sodexho will be in town Monday.  The plan is to “go live” with Room Service on Tuesday.  For some insane reason, they just decided to test the interface between the hospital computer system and the room service software.  I had anticipated a problem to occur with combination diets (1800 ADA/2 Gram Sodium, for example) because the hospital software will cancel out the first after the second is entered.  I had mentioned this to the company that trained me on programming the room service software; he said there wouldn’t be any problems.  Well guess what?!?  I was right, he was wrong.  Apparently there are 2 ways to fix the problem…one would be work on the testers of the interphase end, the other way would be for them to add many more combo diets and me totally redo all of my work.  I just about LOST IT (putting it politely) this afternoon when I got the email.  I informed them that they had better find a way to fix it that didn’t call for me redoing 4 months of work.  I simply will walk out first.  And I told Mike, the food service director, as well as my hub that.  I will definitely quit before I do all that work over again.

I talked to the interem CEO and explained to him what Sodexho’s expectations were of me for next week (they told me to clear my schedule, get coverage, and plan to work in the kitchen and diet office all week).  Well, I can’t “clear my schedule” and I can’t get any coverage and I didn’t feel that the physicians would appreciate that their patients would not get any clinical nutrition coverage.  I was right.  The CEO told me that my duties to the patients as their RD would come first and then I could be available for them.  They also told me to expect to, quote, “burn the midnight oil next week”.  Well, I don’t plan to do that either.  First of all, Sodexho doesn’t sign my paycheck, second, I have a family, and third, I have prior comittments every night next week.  Since Tuesday is the “live” date, I may work a little later that night, but I don’t plan to any other time.

My “personal” schedule is crazy next week, not to mention work:

Monday-C ballgame, Tuesday-M&J Regional Finals for Track, Wednesday-Team Kid, Thursday-J’s 8th grade graduation (C also has a game that we will have to skip due to graduation), Friday-C ballgame.  My sis is supposed to be home Friday and Sunday it is off to Chuck E. Cheese with Touch of Glory’s  clan on Sunday for Little Man’s b-day.  The boys can’t wait to go back to Chuck E. Cheese, especially L.   And I can’t wait to spend some time with my BF! All I have to say about next week….I can’t wait for it to be over.  At least I will be off Monday for Memorial Day.

An update about the job, I don’t think I will be able to take it right now.  Maybe when hub gets out of nursing school in December.  They just simply did not make a good enough offer.  I don’t know if they will counter-offer or not, but they did say they would hire me anytime.  So in the future, maybe, I will be able to do it.  I desperately need a change of pace.  Room Service has given me serious job burn out!

I hope everyone has a great weekend.  Mine will certainly be better once noon tomorrow gets here.