As I was reading and writing I had Tony Bennett playing in the background, and as the songs played my brain picked up lyrics that were relevant to this chapter. *Oh you clever brain, you!* 💁🏻
"When is it my chance?...When is it my dance?"...Who can I turn to?"..."It had to be you." What can I say, Tony Bennett lyrics for days. 😊
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Well, well, as much as I was dreading it, the new year was here. "Why?" you ask. Well because it just meant that my time to float was basically around the corner. That. Is. All. I. Could. Think. About! Ok, here let me give you a quick working definition of "floating"--it simply means, you go to another unit where the number of nurses on staff is less than what is needed to take care of the number of patients safely for the shift. The allotted time I was protected from floating had come to pass...whyyyyy?!!!! 😫 😭
"Oh crap, this is spilling and running at the wrong rate! How do I stop it? Where is the roller valve? Ughhhh...!" There you have it, a scenario of me some months back where panic kicked in and started dictating the situation. "¿Ok, Tania agarra la onda, qué tienes que hacer? ¡Tú sabes!" *Grabs the roller valve, closes it and presses pause on the pump.* You probably read that and thought "Huh, what?". Well that was me giving myself a quick internal pep talk in Spanish. I basically said to myself, "Ok Tania, get a hold of yourself. What do you have to do? You know!"
How many of us have been mislead in life? We all have. We have all unknowingly fallen victim to someone's terms and conditions. Assured things would be one way and later finding out things to be the total opposite, and not for the good. Disillusionment at its finest. Well the question is, "What do you do now that you are where you are?".
Just read the following phrase- "...because I am not and never will be powerless..." - does in not make you feel instantly powerful (Holiday, 2014, 19)? As odd as it sounds, I did for sure. I automatically pictured one of those Nike commercials that shows countless athletes putting in the effort, time, and energy into their training with the purpose of getting more powerful.
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