Why is it that, even after 4 days off, I still don’t feel like going back to work? I’ll be counting down the hours till 4 o’clock today, believe me. When I get home, I plan to work out then head to the library. Chris is going out with a philosophy-friend who’s in town tonight.… Read More Back to Work

Did any of you catch the Joaquin Pheonix interview on David Letterman last night? Hoooo boy! Things started out bad, then went downhill from there. I just have to ask, “What’s up, Joaquin?!” **Apparently the clip’s been removed. If you didn’t get to see it, he was acting so bizarre. Chris and I were watching… Read More What’s Up with Joaquin?

Yesterday was an interesting day in so many ways. Not only was I more open and honest than I’ve been before on this blog, but I also learned that my unit is temporarily closing. For 8 weeks. I get to work in the morning, sit down for report, we do report, and then the NM… Read More So, my unit is closed…

I said that I would post a response to yesterday’s post, and so I am. First of all, thank you so much to all of you who commented. Your words were thoughtful, encouraging, and challenging. I appreciated them so much. Secondly, I realized that I need to be honest not only with myself, but about… Read More Response

I was Charge Nurse all week. At the beginning, it was nuts. By the end of the day today, it was not bad, not bad at all! Some of the other RNs were talking about how they hate being charge. I found myself saying that I actually liked it. They stood there, mouths agape, and… Read More Taking Charge (or, "Reflecting on Changes Since High School")

Happy Tuesday, my lovely readers! I found out from my friend Erika over at e-vents that there’s going to be a cool Valentine’s Day card swap! April Foster from April Foster Events is hosting it, and I was quick to sign up. If you’re cool like me and want to sign up, here’s what you… Read More 1st Annual Blogger’s Valentine Card Swap

What’s up with today?  Seriously.  Not only was there that crazy US Airways crash into the Hudson (thank goodness everyone got off safely), but then one of our “sister hospitals” had an emergency.  They lost all power and heat, which in the 12 degree weather isn’t exactly a good thing.  To make things worse, this… Read More What’s With Today?

My phone is possessed, and has been for the last 2-3 months. It has a touch screen panel, and sometimes I’ll start to scroll through for something, only to have it go berserk and start scrolling through the screens at a mile a minute. I have to shut the phone off, then start all over… Read More My Phone is Possessed

Bama Belle over at Bama Belle in the Big City tagged me! I’ve been following her blog for a little while now, and I really enjoy reading about all of the stuff that goes on in her life. In particular, I’ve liked hearing about all of the insane things that people do in the publishing… Read More TAG – I’m It!!

Thanks so much to Holly over at In My Over Active Head for the question tag! I’ve only been following her blog for a few weeks, but I’ve really enjoyed reading it and learning about her life 🙂 So, here goes! 1. Were you named after anyone? Sort of. I’ve heard 2 stories behind my… Read More 16 Questions

I voted after work today. My darling husband came with me. Thankfully, the polls weren’t too bad – we stood in line for about 5 minutes, and that was that!

The other night, I got a bit of a surprise when I found that Chris had arrived home ahead of me.  I typically leave the house before he does and get home before him, so I wasn’t expecting him for another 2 hours or so. I was even more surprised to see that he had… Read More Dinner for Two

My life is boring right now. Very ho-hum. Various family members will call to ask what’s new, and I feel like I have to apologize because absolutely nothing is going on! I mean, sure, Chris is enjoying work at the college, but he’s also applying for different assistant professor positions elsewhere. I’m still rotating to… Read More Boring, boring, boring

I ended up coming home from work about 2 1/2 hours early today. I started feeling the beginnings of a headache while driving in this morning, but being the tough RN that I am, I figured I could deal with it and didn’t need to take anything. Well, this just happened to be the day… Read More Wednesdays

I’ve already mentioned some of the fun Massachusetts words I am learning since having moved here. Today, the nurses in the Urgent Care taught me about another one: Tonic = Soda/Pop One of the nurses shared a story about visiting her fiance’s parents, who are not from Massachusetts. When they asked her what she wanted… Read More Learning the Language: Part II

Have you ever gotten a horrible case of the giggles in the most inappropriate setting? That happened to me and Chris this Sunday while sitting in church… To begin, I should tell you that this church is “old”, both in terms of the building (built in the 1800s) and in terms of the congregation’s average… Read More Cracking up in Church

I was reading my latest Time Magazine and was directed to the Stanford School of Medicine’s Lane Library exhibit on smoking advertisements. It’s pretty amazing what cigarette companies used to use as means of advertising for smoking. Stuff we would never use now, like having athletes promoting cigarettes that wouldn’t take your breath away, or… Read More A History of Smoking

I found this sweet picture of two Westies, all ready to go for Halloween. While we probably won’t be buying Bear any costumes, I did think these two looked pretty darn cute! photo courtesy of www.2westies.com

Saturdays used to be fun. Of course, that was when we were both full-time students and before we were working full time! Now, Saturdays are usually spent doing laundry, cleaning, running errands, etc., while Chris goes into the office for several hours to work on the upcoming week’s lectures. Today, however, will be fun! We… Read More Saturdays & Husbands

Yesterday, a good friend of my family passed away.  His name was Tom O’Dell. I think I’d known Mr. O’Dell all of my life, as well as his wife, Pat.  Tom was always really involved in our church, and he was a wonderful, caring, hard-working, honest kind of person.  Even though I hadn’t been able… Read More Good-Bye, Mr. O’Dell