I'm baaaaack!  Yes, I do feel quite a bit better than when I posted last night, and thank you again for letting me rant.  Today was a reasonable day at work, although the alleged 3-1/2 hour shift turned into nearly 5 hours thanks to what must have been a huge number of work-in appointments (folks do tend to get sick around the holidays...all that togetherness, ya know).  Upstairs in my work area, we were all checking the appointment schedule and wailing in distress every time we saw another one appear for...12:45...1:00...1:30, are you kidding me?  We were supposed to stay until the last patient left, but one by one we trickled out.  I was just getting my coat on when the "all clear" call came from downstairs, so I avoided feeling guilty for leaving early.  By then I was about ready to faint from hunger, seeing as how I hadn't brought my lunch.  I grabbed takeout from the health food store (very tasty and very filling) and just finished it a short while ago, and once I reply to last night's journal entry I'll be digging into the kitchen cleaning project for awhile.  This isn't my official New Year's post (maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow), but something I'd like to start with the new year is a concerted effort to do SOMETHING on the decluttering/cleaning list every day.  There's just so much that needs doing, and it starts here and now, because that fridge needs cleaned, LOL!