The Work Week Is Over

Well it's Sunday night and another work "week" is over. The longer I do this job the more I realize that, aside from "it's all about the people in pajamas", it should ALWAYS be considered a good day when no one dies. This weekend has been good.

Now I can hear you thinking "What has this got to do with weight loss, running or Hippos?
Well the unit I work in is a long hallway. One end has a nurses station with computer, charts and at the other is a medication preparation room. One hall has 10 rooms and there are 12 in another.

We do a lot of walking in this job. Several of us have carried pedometers during shifts. We have AVERAGED between 13,000 and 17,000 steps per shift. The median of 15,000 steps multiplied by the three shifts equals 45,000 steps. My walking pace sits at about 3 feet. 45,000 times 3 equals 135,000 feet. 135,000 divided by 3 is 45,000 yards. 1,800 yards to a mile equals a whopping 25 miles! Ok, so it's all on the flat but hey, movement is movement and miles are miles.

Keep on waddling.