I just flew in. And boy, is my alligator tired.

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

 

[triciayoung]

Welcome. I wish you well with your career change. You will like it here.

 

[PalmerFallsHomestead]

Thank you all for such an extremely warm welcome and all the well wishes!

Went to orientation for the new job yesterday, which went quick, but mostly because I was the only one there...no one else showed up.

 

[TwoCrows]

Thank you all for such an extremely warm welcome and all the well wishes!

Went to orientation for the new job yesterday, which went quick, but mostly because I was the only one there...no one else showed up.

I hope you got the job!

 

[janiedoe]

Thank you all for such an extremely warm welcome and all the well wishes!

Went to orientation for the new job yesterday, which went quick, but mostly because I was the only one there...no one else showed up.

Wow. Was it a scheduling mistake?

 

[triciayoung]

Wow. Was it a scheduling mistake?

It is just the way the world is right now. I have never seen this my entire career; people who accept a job and don't show up or call, people who work and their first day don't come back after lunch, etc. It is incredible.

 

[PalmerFallsHomestead]

I hope you got the job!

I did get the job, but unfortunately was let go just after my third month mark.

I burned though all my sick days and flex time due to a very nasty bout of acute bronchitis (on top of having asthma) that I developed in late July, I was coughing so hard I ended up bruising my intercostal muscles all along most of my left side and at some point I managed to fracture a rib which earned me pleurisy.

Right now I'm dong much better, still have a bit of a cough and a wheeze, and still nursing the fracture and bruising, but I'm a million times better than I was a week ago.

Because I wasn't able to lie down due to the pain of the bruising and fracture, I was sleeping upright on the couch and pretty living on the couch with a heating pad to help with pain of my muscle bruising, but being sedentary for so long I ended up with edema.

Lying in bed is still a little tough, right now I'm up at 5am because I couldn't stop coughing and it was starting to irritate my brusing and fracture, so I grabbed the heating pad and made some tea to help with the couching...so here I sit on the couch.

I'm just glad to be able to get up and actually do things, the last month has been miserable.

 

[PalmerFallsHomestead]

Wow. Was it a scheduling mistake?

Nope, no one else showed up.

 

[janiedoe]

I did get the job, but unfortunately was let go just after my third month mark.

I burned though all my sick days and flex time due to a very nasty bout of acute bronchitis (on top of having asthma) that I developed in late July, I was coughing so hard I ended up bruising my intercostal muscles all along most of my left side and at some point I managed to fracture a rib which earned me pleurisy.

Right now I'm dong much better, still have a bit of a cough and a wheeze, and still nursing the fracture and bruising, but I'm a million times better than I was a week ago.

Because I wasn't able to lie down due to the pain of the bruising and fracture, I was sleeping upright on the couch and pretty living on the couch with a heating pad to help with pain of my muscle bruising, but being sedentary for so long I ended up with edema.

Lying in bed is still a little tough, right now I'm up at 5am because I couldn't stop coughing and it was starting to irritate my brusing and fracture, so I grabbed the heating pad and made some tea to help with the couching...so here I sit on the couch.

I'm just glad to be able to get up and actually do things, the last month has been miserable.

I am so sorry. I hope you will be much, much better, very soon.

 

[Nomadicus]

Hello and Welcome to BYC. Glad to have you with us in this poultry loving community.