Monday, October 16, 2006
Mondays.
I am a part of a "rehab team" at work. This team that I spend 40 hours a week (that's a lie, more like 35) with is made up of 6 women, including myself. {OT, PTA1, PTA2, COTA, Tech, and SLP (me)}We all have our own duties, schedules, patients, etc. so we spend a good part of our day running around getting work done. I think we would all agree that our jobs can get stressful at times and we have found an effective way to cope. The candy bowl. The candy bowl is found in the top drawer of PTA1's desk and holds all the secrets of stress releif. You will find chocolate, for obvious reasons, and laffy taffy because we really do laugh at the jokes (except for OT who actually tries to "solve" the jokes, which might be the funniest thing you have ever seen) and starburst for COTA because she doesn't like the laffy taffy but sometimes you just don't want chocolate. We all gather around the candy bowl at various times during the day and discuss (vent) the situations of the day. You can tell when it is an especially stressful day by the amount of candy left in the bowl at the end of the day. Less candy equals more stress. Mondays are the biggest candy bowl day. This picture was taken this morning after filling the bowl up for the week. It will need to be refilled tomorrow due to the fact that it is the day after Monday.
