Day 4

My first Saturday!

As in all practices like this, Saturdays are dreaded shifts. No one wants to work them, not only because of their positioning on the calender, but because they are historically one of the busiest, and craziest, days of the week. I'd heard stories from the other techs, doctors and receptionists, and didn't expect this clinic to be any different than any other place.

I wasn't disappointed, since when I walked in at 9 everyone looked up in passing, arms full of charts, cats, a random dog or two, and smiled in that overly-stressed way that people have when things are busy busy. Of course, just about the time I get there two patients cancel and there is a lull not more than 10 minutes after I clock in so I have suddenly nothing to do. I think that's the worst part of this job: not knowing enough to pick up something and just do it, but knowing enough to think I could try.

Other than that, not a hugely exciting day. The abcess kitty went home, and is apparently doing well. I'm glad he went, but I hope that I get to see him when he comes back in to remove the drain! Hmm, not much else. No surgeries, just go homes (like a doggie that had a sock taken out of his stomach. The sock smelled atrocious) and office calls. I felt a bit more comfortable today, and a bit more like I could actually contribute.

So far, so good!