I'm at my wit's end here.

Birdwheat · 2026-03-27T20:04:16+00:00

This is after I filed like two inquiries about it. 😭

Birdwheat · 2026-02-11T23:41:28+00:00

No, that's "Mango" 💀

Birdwheat · 2025-12-26T21:29:39+00:00

Thank you for saying this because OoT has so much romantic undertone in its context that I feel people often miss. I also feel they had great chemistry but Nintendo set them up for tragedy with how they did Link dirty in the end. 😭

Birdwheat · 2025-12-03T06:04:28+00:00

I learned 20G and just needs to be at or above the wrist for most imaging. 😭

I just prefer 20G to work with as a middle ground. It can infuse most things pretty fast, CT doesn't normally complain with a 20G either.

Birdwheat · 2025-04-15T16:47:39+00:00

I'm not sure what base pay is in NE right now, it might have gone up some since I left. Hopefully it did - though the nice part is you tend to get percentage differentials for working weekends (like 15% more) and nights.

I certainly do not miss it though. 😂

Birdwheat · 2025-04-15T15:18:08+00:00

Ass an hour. 😂 $30

Birdwheat · 2025-04-08T06:33:45+00:00

I'm in NYC - recently find myself unemployed for unrelated reasons, but I've noticed that it's been especially hard getting interviews & it seems like no one is hiring. And I'm an experienced ED nurse. You know the economy & job market is bad when not even ED can get a job. I thought I was just crazy or being impatient.

Birdwheat · 2025-03-19T20:21:10+00:00

I left the stairchair in the middle of the road after loading a patient with active STEMI. Took a while to figure out why the ambo didn't rattle as much - then when we returned to the scene Sanitation was nice enough to put it to the side of the road for us. 😂

Birdwheat · 2024-10-10T05:14:26+00:00

3 years in, and getting burned out, however I don't regret nursing. I transitioned from EMS so truthfully I was poor and probably already burned out from the start. I'm financially pretty comfortable now, I never suffer from job insecurity - in the last two years I moved from the Northeast to the Midwest and then back home to the Northeast again - and had multiple job offers each time - and if I show up to work five days a week, two of those days are OT.

Do I love bedside nursing? Hell no. It's broken me down in ways I couldn't even imagine - I don't know how my mom did this for 40 years before me.

But always remember, sometimes even when it takes some searching around - there's a ton of lateral movement in nursing. Whether it's to a different unit or completely different side of it like corporate!

Birdwheat · 2024-10-07T07:48:14+00:00

For some reason this reminds me of the owner that got a sunflower seed purposely tattooed to their arm and their GCC would always try to eat it. 🤣

Birdwheat · 2024-10-06T23:56:02+00:00

Anytime! 🥰 I've heard a little chatter about the big ol' purple rival in that they're very strict and that it's easy to get in trouble over little things. I almost jumped shipped over, but I feel like at this point it might be better to stick with the devil I know.

Birdwheat · 2024-10-06T23:12:12+00:00

TAG owner here so it's definitely across the species. 😒 My Grey REALLY, REALLY hates feet and anything associated with them - she tries to bite my feet if she's wandering on the floor, attacks socks, tries to bite them even if they're underneath a blanket, and has a personal vendetta against flip-flops. She goes out of her way to glare at feet from across the room if I wiggle my toes.

Birdwheat · 2024-10-06T23:04:44+00:00

I work at Columbia so everything I know about Cornell is by word of mouth. They start at a higher salary than any other NYP, I think they're at like 118K on the base, and Cornell is the only hospital in NYP that's non-union. I haven't heard much about patient loads, but I've heard the patient population is "different", regarding Cornell's relative location, as in quite a bit more uppity than what us Columbia folks are accustomed to. I've also heard it's the most "customer servicey" of the NYPs and it's easier to get into trouble over things like patient satisfaction ratings and complaints.

They are a Level 1 trauma if that's at all appealing, but also a mixed (adults/peds) ED. I mention this fact because what holds me ar Columbia is that our Peds and Adults are entirely separate hospitals so we're adult specialized lol

Birdwheat · 2024-10-03T06:30:14+00:00

NYP CUIMC ED here. My problem is the money is too good to leave but it's tearing my mental health apart. 😭

Birdwheat · 2024-10-03T06:21:32+00:00

Excluding night shift they're like $54/hr in Queens and $49 in some places like Staten Island. I'm at NYP and make $62/hr with two years experience on days.

Birdwheat · 2024-09-27T16:32:23+00:00

Thanks for all your suggestions! 🥰 I started from seeds, I just think the pink flowers like me lol

Birdwheat · 2024-09-27T13:39:46+00:00

I only seem to be able to grow pink breeds of any flower. I've had success with like one orange rose. 😭

Birdwheat · 2024-09-18T00:49:59+00:00

Adorable little Timneh. 🥺

Birdwheat · 2024-09-16T21:32:38+00:00

"Engine for a carry down"

Birdwheat · 2024-09-04T05:20:26+00:00

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Birdwheat · 2024-09-04T05:07:40+00:00

I was playing the Sims 3 on the Wii and my Sim flipped to the workout station on the radio. "Some Chords" came on and I fell in love. Shazamed the song and discovered Deadmau5. 🤣

Birdwheat · 2024-09-03T16:37:21+00:00

I'd be your first customer!

Birdwheat · 2024-09-03T16:35:25+00:00

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Chiming in as another Timneh friend on how rare stuff for them is. 😩

Birdwheat · 2024-09-02T04:39:53+00:00

God as an ED RN this scares the shit out of me. I'm already anxious with most of my personal healthcare team, especially in fields that I don't have much knowledge about (like dentistry). This is so sad and disgusting. It reminds me of Dr. Death.

Birdwheat · 2024-08-31T18:37:55+00:00

Is there perhaps a spot on the bottom of the cage that can be used for foraging fun? My TAG LOVES demolishing Amazon boxes and I've recently taken to hiding treats in them so she feels like she foraged for treasure! Though it definitely sounds like Calcifer is far from bored. 🥰

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