Sick -and Tired- of H1N1
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009No, I’m not actually ill from H1N1 -AKA Swine Flu, but I am figuratively sick and tired of it. Ever since my normal job in health education was cut due to statewide budget cuts, I have been working in Emergency Preparedness, specifically in H1N1. At first I didn’t mind too much, and actually I find the whole process kind of interesting, but lately I feel like I am going to burst with so much work! I am in charge of supplies (both vaccine and ancillary supplies -from consent forms to cotton balls), I have to write a situation report daily, I still try to squeeze in a few translations, and I am the volunteer coordinator. Not only that but I am trying to figure out this whole incident command structure. Agh!
I am sure after this initial push, things will calm down and it will run much more smoothly. I just hope things simmer down sooner than later. All these meetings, missing lunch (yesterday all I had for lunch was a cookie!) and putting out “fires” may very well make me literally sick and tired.
On the plus side, I thought of another use for eggs: vaccine! 
