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    Jan 12, 2014, 06:23 PM
    I thought this would be a vacation!
    Well, here I sit in a lonely hotel room. All by myself.

    The hospital has sent me for training for the week to prepare our facility to go paperless. Since we sold the van, I had to ride with another one of our nurses.

    I thought this this would be a vacation, you know, no cooking, no cleaning, no extraneous noise. Well, here I sit at only 7:30pm and it's almost too quiet.

    What's a girl to do?
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    Jan 12, 2014, 06:37 PM
    Look for the mini frig
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    Jan 12, 2014, 06:43 PM
    I wish there was one! I had to pick up a styrofoam cooler for the beverages I brought.
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    Jan 12, 2014, 06:43 PM
    Order a bottle of Champaign and share it with your ride, she is probably going nuts from the quiet too. Or fill the tub with warm blue Jello, light a candle and sip Champaign. Or order Champaign... and remember what you use to do with it :D

    But you should know better than listen to me :D Even if I can't think of something to do, I do it anyway. Champaign and blue Jello will do that to you. >Where's that color font when you need it?<
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    Jan 12, 2014, 06:46 PM
    Blue jello, champagne, candles and a bathtub! Tal you are always spot on! The girl I rode with lives alone, she's use to the quiet.

    Could beer replace champagne? I do have some beer!
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    Jan 12, 2014, 06:52 PM
    There is no substitute for Champaign. NEVER, EVER drink beer in a tub full of warm jello!! You'll be sorry, trust me!

    Call the co worker. She can be quiet when she goes home.
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    Jan 12, 2014, 07:13 PM
    Oh, but champagne gives me a headache. I have to alert in the morning.

    Looking forward to stretching out on the king pillow top bed though!
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    Jan 12, 2014, 08:07 PM
    You can drink the beer, but then you have to use red jello, not blue.
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    Jan 15, 2014, 04:52 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by J_9 View Post
    Blue jello, champagne, candles and a bathtub! Tal you are always spot on! The girl I rode with lives alone, she's use to the quiet.

    Could beer replace champagne? I do have some beer!


    Miller IS the champagne of beers ;)
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    Jan 15, 2014, 05:00 PM
    You and the other nurse didn't plan to go out somewhere?
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    Jan 15, 2014, 05:05 PM
    Relaxing and getting a good sleep is always a great option
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    Jan 15, 2014, 05:07 PM
    We went to dinner Joy, but the other nurse is a very. VERY private person.

    It's getting better though. The family is coming tonight and we are going out for dinner.

    Last night 3 of us went for dinner and drinks.

    I can't wait to get home on Friday night only to turn around on Sunday and do it all over again. I realize now I could never be a travel nurse.
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    Jan 15, 2014, 05:23 PM
    Tal... I don't think I even want to know the backstory to that one.

    J_9 if its any consolation....having traveled a lot for training over the years.....I've never found the hotel stays to be a vacation or all that enjoyible. So you aren't alone in thinking that way. And I traveled a lot in my job....within a three state area...there were many times I drove the 4+ hour trip home rather than spent the night in a hotel on the companies dime. (yeah I was getting paid for my time driving)
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    Jan 15, 2014, 05:31 PM
    For some reason I wasn't able to sleep until last night. I resorted to some NyQuil.

    I would have have liked to drive as it's only an hour from home, but we are down to one vehicle now and hubby has to get the boy to and from school.
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    Jan 15, 2014, 05:38 PM
    Alty talked you into the red jello didn't she?
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    Jan 15, 2014, 05:44 PM
    No Tal, it's go to be blue jello or no jello. You know that! I did go with the beer though as no champagne was available.
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    Jan 15, 2014, 05:52 PM
    If I have told you once, I have told you a thousand times, NEVER mix blue jello and beer!!
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    Jan 15, 2014, 06:11 PM
    Yes, Tal you have told me that many time over the years, but a girl can only use what's available to her right?
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    Jan 15, 2014, 06:13 PM
    If I'm going to keep hearing about blue Jello and beer... I'm going to have to hear the story behind that.
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    Jan 15, 2014, 06:18 PM
    Smoothy, years ago I created a thread called The Lounge. Hence the name for the board we now have. We would unwind there be talking about things less serious. It was spring and I was opening my pool and invited the crowd for a pool opening barbecue. Tal would only come if I filled the pool with blue jello. I think he wanted to swim naked too.

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