My Day in Tunkhannock

I had another one of those Divine touches today. And I was in desperate need, because I left my house at about 6 am to drive my dad to the bus in Wilkes Barre and then continue on to work in Tunkhannock. Since I can't bear the thought of writing that full word each time, (my spell checker, I am certain will NOT know what to do with it...) I will refer to it simply as "T". I didn't know where T. was; let me tell you it is not exactly close to Danville.

I arrived at the nursing home around 8:15 raring to go and realized I had not brought my paperwork (forms to complete based on patient charts) with me. No forms. Oh, and did I mention I had also left without my purse? No wallet which meant no money for things like coffee, lunch but more importantly gas to get home. I admit to becoming momentarily nervous. We flew out of the house rather suddenly when my dad realized his bus left earlier than he thought and my margin for snow, potty breaks and traffic evaporated. Stress propelled me out the door without the things I needed to complet my day. How stupid is that?

I took a deep breath, did that pray thing that used to make me so uncomfortable and called the nurse who trained me last week. She cheerfully faxed me a copy of the form, and I became best friends with the xerox machine.

Then I was introduced to the administrator. Now I was 87 miles away from home, and it was a former dental hygienist from my old dentist. She recognized my name immediately and welcomed me to work in her office, complete with coffee and private bathroom, and floated me gas money (which I ended up not needing) for my trip home.

I could only smile.