When Work Was Fun

As the Associate Director of Food Services at

Ruby Hospital in the early 1990s, there was a

team of supervisors that reported to me.  Amy,

Gene, Darlene, Donnie & (later) Dena were my

friends and colleagues.  I was once told they

"would do anything for me".  The best part for me

was that I enjoyed going to work.  We smiled, we

joked, we worked hard.  The long catering days

were fun.  When I was pregnant with Chris & he

arrived 7 weeks before the due date, Amy met

Bob to take Greg to her house for the night.

Darlene, whose grand daughter was a preemie,

lent me bags of clothes and sent updates from

NICU.  (I was in another hospital).

After the "work reduction" in the mid 90s, Amy

went back to school and became an RN;  Gene

moved to Ohio where he now works for a contract

company as a food service manager.  Darlene

worked in food service at a local rehabilitation

hospital.  After that I moved to HSC, where I

was the sole manager/supervisor for many

years.  I enjoyed my work, but not always

"going to work"..