Marijuana-Smoking No Good Pharmacist

I can't tell you just how "rewarding" working with the public is. When I say "rewarding", what I really mean is there are times I'd sooner have bamboo shoots driven under my fingernails. Case in point....

For a long time we've had a couple of chairs in front of the pharmacy where people sit and wait for their prescriptions. Problem is that the chairs block an end-cap display that a vendor has paid good money for. In addition, it makes privacy difficult. So, we decided to move the chairs approximately 10 feet into our little waiting area. You'd think the world had tilted off its axis. You should see people throw a fit when they can't sit right in front of the pharmacy.

A lady came in the other night and starts tearing into my tech about it. My tech patiently tries to explain to her that there is a privacy issue and we can't have people sitting right in front of the pharmacy listening and seeing what meds everyone is getting. But, this lady won't hear any of it and just keeps ranting about it.

Finally, I walk down and ask her if she'd like a bunch of people sitting there listening to everything she is taking. She replies, "Well, I don't care. I don't have anything to hide." I replied, "Well, if I were taking a bunch of medications, I wouldn't be comfortable with a bunch of people sitting here listening and seeing what I'm taking." She then replies, "Why? Are you on that marijuana?"

I just had to walk away. It was such an asinine comment that I couldn't even reply. Even after I walked away, she kept saying things like, "Well, I don't care if you're on marijuana. It doesn't bother me if you're doing that kind of stuff."

Apparently, people get their marijuana from the pharmacy...at least according to this lady. Of course, this might be possible in California in the near future.

Reflections on the 4th

We had a great 4th of July this year despite Gavin showing me up...more on that later.

The day started with my masochistic brother-in-law making a tee-time for 6:30 a.m. Of course I like golf just enough to drag my sorry butt out of bed at that hour to go. I'm glad I did...I played the round of my life. I actually had a legit birdy and a few pars.

Following golf, we headed to the parade to absorb solar radiation and get pelted with candy. After the parade, we headed to the park. Richfield has a tradition called the "fish grab". They set up three pools each about 25' x 25' big and about 1' deep. They release a bunch of fish into them and let kids go for them with their hands. It was a mad house. I couldn't even see Gavin. I knew he went in, and pretty soon here he comes packing this huge fish through the crowd. He was so proud and is happy to remind me that it's bigger than any fish he's ever caught with me.



We then went to Brandi's parents' house for the traditional picnic/barbeque/drenching. They have a huge water fight every year. At one point, there we people on the roof of the house with hoses. They take their water fights serious.

After the water fight, it was home to change and then to Brandi's grandparents' house for fireworks. The live right by where Richfield City sets off their fireworks, so the whole family converges on their lawn come night fall. They put on a good show this year.

We decided to wait until the following night to light off our own fireworks because then the neighbors wouldn't be expecting loud bangs and screams at 11 p.m. We even had one neighbor join in with the illegal stuff. We had dogs howling and things shooting in the air and exploding up until well after 11 p.m. It was sweet, although our other neighbors may not speak to us again.

Anyway, we had a great 4th this year.

New Tunes

Figured it was about time to update a few songs. I left a lot of them the same, but added a few new ones I like. Enjoy...

Long Time, No Blog...

Wow...It's been a while. I've been thinking about updating my blog nearly every night. Procrastinators unite!

Just shy of eternity, my fellow pharmacist retired at the end of June. He was a decent guy, but it was time for him to retire. His heart/mind hadn't been in the job for a while now. In the interim, they have been sending me float pharmacists. This has worked out perfect for me. I can basically work whenever I want and they send the float pharmacists for the other days. So, for the past few weeks, I've had every weekend off.

Alas, all good things must come to an end. I was informed this week that a pharmacist who works at the Albertson's in Price is transferring to Richfield. Now I have to go back to being fair with the schedule. It sucks...

Determining that we weren't in quite enough debt, Brandi and I decided to buy a trailer. It's been a blast! It's a hybrid...something of a cross between a regular trailer and a tent trailer. It's light enough to pull with the Pathfinder, so that makes it nice. We've taken a couple of quick trips up to Fish Lake with it and have had a blast. We're looking forward to many more fun family trips.

Otherwise, family is doing well. Seth is getting big and Gavin and Pacie love having a little brother. Brandi continues to amaze me. She redid our entire loft upstairs and turned it into a kid's dream. She painted big multi-colored squares on the walls, made a chalk board table, had me build a stage, and many other things. I'll have to post some pics of it.