Back to Reality

It turns out that having an actual license to practice PT (as opposed to a temporary one) can get you a lot of work in this city. I let my employment agency rep know that I had been offered a full time position but would like to fill the time until my start date with per diem work (part time coverage here and there). It's a good way to make some money because the pay is typically great and it'll keep me sharp until I start full time in a couple weeks. I just finished two busy, somewhat chaotic, days at a nice nursing home in Brooklyn. At the end of my second (and last) day, the rehab supervisor offered me spot on Saturdays if I ever wanted to make a little extra money on the weekend. It was nice of her to offer and we'll see, I might take her up on that occasionally. Later that day I was scheduled for more coverage on Monday and Tuesday at a different Brooklyn clinic.

I think things would be much easier if we lived in Brooklyn. It's where most of the job opportunities for me seem to be coming from and living there would put Jen a lot closer to the Fed as well. Our lease here in LIC is up late June... lots to think about. The commute from LIC to most parts of Brooklyn is over an hour, which I could not do every day. Especially if buses are involved and they usually are. They're a nightmare to travel by, in the morning especially, thanks to NYC traffic and the lines of obnoxious high school students at almost every stop that seem to purposefully hold things up so they can be late for school. Ugh! I guess that's enough b*tching...

While taking Pup for a walk near the LIC Wyndham Garden hotel this week, I spotted celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito doing some filming  at the hotel restaurant for what looked like a reality show. After some online research it seems they were shooting for Bravo's new show, Rocco's Dinner Party. We don't have Bravo (or cable for that matter) but according to Bravo the show will "take competition beyond the kitchen by giving highly skilled chefs a shot at providing a perfect, memorable evening for Rocco and a few of his celebrity guests." I'm a sucker for reality shows and remember his original show, The Restaurant, was very entertaining.