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[PamNY]

Deb, so sorry for your loss. The family stories are often fascinating.

Pam

[Tuckervill]

Deb, I'm sorry for your loss.

My grandmother lived to be 100. Her father shot a man, too, for stealing a hog. When he appeared before the judge, the judge let him go, because my great grandfather had 9 kids and the man was stealing their livelihood.

It was a different time.

Karen

[Crankin]

Yea, I found out lots of weird things about my family. One of my great grandfathers was the first Jewish policeman in Massachusetts. He was sent to quell the riots in Lawrence, MA (a big union-management thing, I think it's called the Bread and Roses riot) in the early 1900s, got his head bashed in, and never was the same after that. He died when I was 2, so I have no memory of him. One of my grandmothers grew up on a potato farm on Long Island; I found that out at her funeral and was shocked, because I only knew her as a very snobby fashionista, who still looked perfect when she died at age 91. Oh and the great grandfather who escaped from Russia, rubbed soap in his eyes, to get out of the Czar's army. It gave him permanent cataracts. My grandfather who worked until the day he died was a football and track star at Boston University in the 1920s. I didn't find out that he went to law school and never practiced because he flunked the bar due his poor handwriting until I was in my twenties. He refused to take the test again. I think I found out when he got invited to attend his 50th class reunion to get an honorary PhD!

[Xrayted]

I have a job interview with another hospital next Fri. Right after 3 double shifts in a row on t/w/th. Anyone have any thoughts on how to look bright and fresh at 7am, without caffeine, after working from 8-midnight for three days? I'll take all sane suggestions.

[bmccasland]

Make sure you get good sleep between shifts. If you get off at midnight, can you get home and to bed at a reasonable hour? At least get some sleep before your 7:00 am interview? Make sure you take a shower before you go - usually most folks look fresh after a shower no matter how tired they are, they just wilt later. Why not have a cup-of-jo enroute? And it is a hospital interview, so they should understand crazy shift work. Not quite like trying to get into something completely different, where getting off at midnight would strike them as odd.

[NbyNW]

I have a job interview with another hospital next Fri. Right after 3 double shifts in a row on t/w/th. Anyone have any thoughts on how to look bright and fresh at 7am, without caffeine, after working from 8-midnight for three days? I'll take all sane suggestions.

Do you have time to ride your bike before your interview, maybe even a light 20-minute ride? That would wake me up.

[lph]

Power nap, bike ride and cold shower. That would keep me awake and looking sane for a couple of hours at least.

[Xrayted]

thanks for the suggestions. I can't do caffeine very well, hence the "without caffeine" thing. It gives me heart palpitations. So,that leaves out most energy drinks. I did take Friday off from my regular job so at least I don't have to do a full shift on top of it. I think the interview alone will just shoot me the rest of the way by itself at that point. I would be useless to my team so I'd rather use some vacation time, get healthy and relax for the weekend. We are camping that weekend too so I'll need to be feeling decent.

I am an x-ray tech trying for an angiography job at another hospital. I don't have any direct experience in that modality so I need to make a good showing. Yes, they know what it's like to do double shifts. I really want to show them that I can handle it. The fact that they know I've volunteered to do them should help my chances too. I won't have doubles back to back like that working for them, but I think if I can walk in there fresh as a daisy (at least visually ) after 3 in a row at a very busy trauma center, I can make a big impact on them. I'm probably up against someone who has experience or already works at their hospital. I'm the underdog in this dog and pony show, that's for sure. I've applied 5 times for angio jobs in the past and 1 xray job. I think my persistence got their attention. Normally, someone without direct experience wouldn't even rate a call or an email.

More ideas are welcome. No caffeine though. Tell me your secrets of looking decent after an all night bender or overnight study session or whatever.

Thanks and I'll let you know how it went when I wake up from my nap later that day.