Denver fun times

One of my favorite things about travel nursing is getting to experience cities in depth, not just from visiting the touristy places for a couple of days.

I haven't put up a lot of photos from this assignment, so let me remedy that for you now...

My first Denver beer.

Maxwell Falls

These mountains. I love them.

An early-assignment hike for which I was woefully unprepared. And also didn't finish, because OMGZ elevation is a bastard.

Stranahans Whiskey is so delish.

M-A-R-S MARS, bitches! Red Rocks! But seriously. It was SO AMAZING!

Baseball, of course.

Don't worry. I don't know that guy on the deck. But this view. I can't even.

So I've made some good friends, and I've had a lot of fun times. I didn't realize quite how soon I'll be done here - just a few more weeks and I'm out. I'll miss it here. I think I'd be singing a different tune when winter comes, but right now it's summer and it's gorgeous and I love this state.

The adventure will continue elsewhere, though!

Throwback

There is this doc I work with who is super badass. He's no nonsense, only-the-necessary-workup type, funny, compassionate, and intelligent. I seriously enjoy working with him because he's the best mix of all of the above, and gets shit done in a timely manner to boot. Basically, an ER nurses' dreamboat of a doc. I mean that not in a Tiger Beat weird way, but in a professional "I enjoy coming to work and seeing this doc on the schedule" kind of way because I know the patients will be well taken care of and I also won't hate my life during the shift.

He does, however, have one downside.

Every single shift sees him wearing these awful, hideous, terrible ACIDWASHED JEAN material scrubs. It's so painful. Is this the 90's? These scrubs are the equivalent of me putting a VHS tape into the VCR and the machine eating the tape. Or of hearing the devastating news that *NSYNC has broken up fo' eva. Possibly as bad as having a Lisa Frank folder that didn't fit into your trapper keeper.

All I'm saying is that this doc somehow stopped dressing himself in the 90's. And a very small part of me is amused by it, but the vast majority of me is like NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, the horror! I wish I could help. I think, however, that he is too far gone to save.

Food

I've gotta hand it to the tech and nursing staff at this Denver hospital. They have these docs trained so well it's almost like watching an educational video. I'm seriously impressed.

When the 11am doc comes in she brings a tray of cookies. When the 5pm doc shows up he brings a veggie tray and a two liter. When the 9pm doc arrives he brings a bag of chips and m&m's. When the 6am doc rolls in she brings a dozen bagels.

Every. Single. Day.

I'm not exaggerating. Every single day, when the docs show up for shift they bring food. I didn't go grocery shopping this week because I'm lazy and couldn't make myself get out of bed early, but I didn't starve at work. I also didn't eat healthy but you win some and you lose some. The important matter is that I was never hungry, because the nursing staff has laid down the law and demanded food and their edicts have been followed ever since.

I've never worked anywhere else that had the providers trained this expertly. I've really enjoyed working at this hospital, and will be sad to leave when my contract is over. It's full of great people and the city is fantastic. But if for no other reason, I'll miss my daily 6am work bagel.