Wow Bucks

Each month at our staff meeting at work we go through 'Wow Bucks'. Throughout the month, anytime someone does something above and beyond or helps you or goes out of their way for a client/patient, we write each other Wow Bucks as a thank you and so we can acknowledge the positives and not the negatives. At the meetings, our manager reads them all out loud and we all get to hear about the awesome things we've done. Sometimes they're funny, and sometimes they're serious. But it's always kind of fun to read them all and remember certain things that happened earlier that month. 

As she's reading them all, someone tallies them up, and whoever has the most wins a $15 gift card to various places (Panera, Target, Bath and Body Works, Subway, etc). Not a lot, but definitely a nice little incentive for being helpful and a team player. 

Well. This month, guess who won?

Yup. Yours truly!!

I tied with someone before a couple months ago, so that didn't really count. But this time, I won!! I'm not trying to toot my own horn or anything, I just think I needed that sort of gratification to know that I am fitting in there, even if it doesn't feel like it all the time, and the things I do actually make a difference. 

We also get compensated for the tours we schedule and the tours we give to new clients, or clients who just never had a chance to see the whole hospital. For the past 6 months, consecutively, I have been the queen and have always scheduled the most. We get $5 on our account there for each tour we schedule or give, so right now...I have a little over $300 on my account. And that's even after a couple exams for Sadie, plus their yearly exams and vaccines. Which is awesome, because if anything happens to Oscar or Sadie, I don't have to worry about how we are going to pay for an unexpected bill! I really want to get their teeth cleaned, so I am saving up for that since that usually runs between $150-$300 each. (I know. Outrageous. But it is something I would never pay for outright, so I am taking advantage of my 10% discount plus that free money on my account!)

So anyways. I guess all I am trying to say is that I am feeling pretty thankful right now. For so long it felt like nobody at work appreciated anything I did, and they were always out to get me and point out any tiny mistake I might have made. But it feels good to know that I am actually an asset now and my coworkers realize that. 

In other news. Ha. There is no other news. I'm funny, aren't I? :)

Teeth are doing well. I think I am finally in the clear as far as that is concerned!

This weekend was lovely. I didn't have to work, and we didn't have any plans. Josh spent Saturday working on website stuff that he's been behind on, and I went out to run a few errands. Did a little bit of cleaning and laundry, but mostly, just relaxed. It was so nice. I think we both needed it - after my teeth drama (yes, DRAMA!) Josh wasn't feeling well (thanks to the flu making its rounds at his work) and we both just needed some time to hang out and relax. This weekend delivered :) 

Last night I went to see 'The Vow' with a couple girls from work. It was really good. It's about a couple who gets into a car accident, and the wife has brain damage and can't remember anything from the past 5 years. She can remember everything before that, but doesn't remember a huge falling out with her family (because her Dad cheated on her Mom with her best friend...twisted) and doesn't remember her husband. But it was cool, because there really wasn't any bad language, and aside from one naked butt shot, it was quite decent even in the love scenes. And the husband didn't give up...even though her parents lied to her and acted like everything was fine, and tried to make them get divorced. In the end they got back together, even though she never did regain her memory back. Spoiler alert...haha whoops. But it is good, I definitely recommend it. And it is based on a true story, which I didn't know until the end. 

Well I suppose I should get to bed...tomorrow is Monday already. My free weekend went by way too fast! But it was wonderful :)

Goodnight!