April 17, 2008

  • Issues. . .

    Being left up to my own devices here at work has brought me to some very interesting conclusions about myself.  I might have ADD.  I might have OCD.   It's like being a lawyer or someone who deems themselves important.  M.E. ADD. OCD. Esq.  I should be making billions of dollars. 


    instead I have billions of dust bunnies under my bed.  (no thanks to the Gershwin brothers).  ** edit [the cats . . the cats are named George and Ira. . . .] **


    All this aside . .  I've noticed a few interesting quirks about myself as I work through my stacks of backlogged mess.  The ADD affects me all day.  I'll be plugging away in the system, noting on accounts how patients are ELIG FOR DOS (date of service) or OVER INCOME FOR HCAP. . . and then it hits me square in the forehead.  It takes over every fiber of my being . . informing me that if I don't look at Etsy RIGHTTHISVERYINSTANT I may just perish. (to give you all a good laugh . . yes.  yes I did just go look at Etsy.  leave me alone) 


    I do this constantly.  I'm like an addict. . making sure that my drug is still there. . that it hasn't just imploded and been sucked into cyberspace. . I JUST HAVE TO LOOK!  I can't help myself.  Because I might miss something.  I might miss something fabulous . . that I can't live without!!  (though I've done ok so far. . I'm still alive, right?)


    Then there's the OCD.  I feel the need to clean my desk . . and clean it often.  (That may be a bi-product of being in close proximity to Phlegm boy) . . and I have this odd little quirk when I'm working in the system.  As you may have noticed above . . I work in all caps.  (because . . for some reason . . we must work in office situations in ALL CAPS.  because we like to scream at each other all day long.  probably easier to do here than in person.) And as I enter about being ELIG or OVER INCOME . . I find myself making my lines match up.  I only have a certain number of spaces to use on each line in the system.  And I find myself making the number of characters on each line match exactly.  For. Everything.  Is this useful?  no.  Is it productive? no.  Am I bored out of my fucking gord?  most likely.