Friday, March 03, 2006
Weekly update
Things are busy. We had a record setting 26 prescriptions yesterday. I also sold my first pair of shoes. I hired D this week to replace S during her maternity leave. She began training on Monday. It was great timing because S's blood pressure is elevated. She went to the doctor's this morning and then went home to rest. She is going to be induced on Thursday. I will be a proud, new aunt to a baby girl next week. I am excited, but also sad because I don't think I will be able to be there during the delivery. My mom will be in town for the delivery. I invited her to stay here on Wednesday night, but she hasn't called me back. Whatever. J would be happy if she decides not to stay.
We participated in a mini-health fair last weekend in Pleasantville. We took blood pressures and educated people on our line of shoes. Hopefully, this will translate into new patients. We averaged 15.7 prescriptions per day during February. Our sales continued to climb. I am still stressed about money. I am not making enough to cover our drug costs. I am very conservative in ordering medication, but we are spending ~$14,000 a month on drugs. I have spent the last 2 weeks sending stuff back that we haven't used the first 4 months. We get an order in every day so I don't have to stock every medication, but I try to keep the stuff my patients are taking on hand.
I am going to a GLBT networking happy hour with D. Mingling is not my strong point, but D knows most of the lesbians in town. I have determined that there are at least 3 gay women who use the pharmacy that live here. J thinks I should ask the women. I mean how does that come up in conversation.
"Hi, Ms. X. How are you today? Are you gay?" (Think: Margaret Cho imitating her mom)
Well, that made me laugh.
We participated in a mini-health fair last weekend in Pleasantville. We took blood pressures and educated people on our line of shoes. Hopefully, this will translate into new patients. We averaged 15.7 prescriptions per day during February. Our sales continued to climb. I am still stressed about money. I am not making enough to cover our drug costs. I am very conservative in ordering medication, but we are spending ~$14,000 a month on drugs. I have spent the last 2 weeks sending stuff back that we haven't used the first 4 months. We get an order in every day so I don't have to stock every medication, but I try to keep the stuff my patients are taking on hand.
I am going to a GLBT networking happy hour with D. Mingling is not my strong point, but D knows most of the lesbians in town. I have determined that there are at least 3 gay women who use the pharmacy that live here. J thinks I should ask the women. I mean how does that come up in conversation.
"Hi, Ms. X. How are you today? Are you gay?" (Think: Margaret Cho imitating her mom)
Well, that made me laugh.
# posted by Dawn @ 11:48 AM 
