Life In A Bouffant

So I'm here at the annual IAHCSMM convention (International Association of Hospital Central Sterile and Materials Management). There were some really great sessions today. I respect the people who come here so much because they give the time and credit to their profession to keep on learning and to keep us, as patients, safe when we have a procedure at their hospital.

Here's the crazy thing. So, I work all over the country - from Maine to California. I've met a bazillion people who work in the CS department and the OR. Usually, when I meet these people, I'm gowned up in scrubs and/or bunny suit with a bouffant on. AND - my meetings are always with people in bouffants. SO - when we come to these conventions, we all look at each other and say "HI" with recognition in our voices but we're trying to inconspicuously move our eyes down to their name badges. And then, when we actually place each other, we're in awe because we totally don't recognize each other with actual hair and street clothes. Too Funny...

Ate in Old Town tonight at a, surprise surprise, Mexican restaurant that was pretty good. We meant to head someplace else but the whole downtown was closed off because of some street fair so we just had to follow roads until we found parking, which happened to be in a restaurant parking lot. Had a crab and lobster enchilada.... YUM! Took a potential customer with and we had a very pleasant evening as she's a woman and is younger and from MI so we had a good conversation just on a personal level.

Oh - thought I'd share a picture of a bed of poppies that I passed while walking to the convention center this morning. Don't see many poppies around us so they were a pretty change.