Da Bus

Do you remember when I was doing day shifts for orientation and I was talking about having to catch a bus to the hospital? Well, they are tearing down part of the old hospital to build up a new cardiac tower and long story made short, they gave our covered parking terrace to the doctors and now all day shift and night shift get to park a mile away and catch a bus to the hospital. (The above pic is the bus in the parking lot, the below one is where they drop us off).

Now I guess that doesn't sound too terrible, but what does it really mean?
1) I get to leave an extra 20 minutes early so I can make sure I get a spot and catch a bus that will get me there on time (that cuts into my family dinner time). It also means I don't get home until after 8:00 so hopefully the kids are ready for school because we have to leave the house at 8:15.
2) It will be even more fun when it starts snowing and it will take me an extra 1/2 hour to dig my car out of the snow before I can even leave work.
3) The parking lot is right next to a Meth clinic and a women's prison. I can't leave anything of value in the car and I try to park to a nice car so that if a thief is looking to break into something, my little mini van won't be so appealing.
4) The other day I was walking up to the CICU and couldn't remember if I had locked my car or not. It wasn't like I could hurry and run back to the parking lot and check. So I had to get my patients squared away, got someone to watch them for me, got back on the bus to go to the lot, my car wasn't locked (good thing I checked) so I locked it and got back on the bus, then got to work. What a pain!!

Now I do have to give some credit to the hospital. They do make sure there are a lot of buses running around shift changes and the drivers are super friendly. One even offered to drive me anywhere I wanted to go but I don't think he was expecting me to say UTAH.