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Friday, March 21, 2008
I'M GETTING MARRIED TOMORROW!!!
Current mood:  excited Current music: Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
I have started blogging over here....
http://kickingassandtakingtemps.blogspot.com/
I just like the way it looks better. And it's easy to attach pictures and stuff. Meh, neither of those are good reasons but oh well.
I mostly just look at communities on LJ.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
1:22AM
"To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe."
Marilyn vos Savant
Monday, December 31, 2007
Here's some goodness from the past year....
* Chris finished up at Edmonds CC
* Chris got accepted to UW, GO HUSKIES
* I graduated from nursing school and passed the NCLEX
* I got my first job as a full-fledged RN
* We fixed the clutch in the car and now it runs like a CHAMP
* I have expanded my crochet skills (and supplies) and finally organized my crafting space
But the best of the best of the year...
* We got a kick ass new COMFY couch!! (This just happened the other day.)
It may sound totally stupid, but it has increased the comfort level in our house tenfold.
All in all, it was a most productive year. And these things happened, not because we made resolutions last year, but just because we did a lot of ass kicking and these were some of the results. And now, we are about to crack open some champagne, as we sit on our fabulous couch, to bring in the new year and all the new things it will bring. :)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Current mood: excited Current music: Groovesalad
Monday, December 3, 2007
6:04AM
I always feel so great when I get done at the gym. So energetic. But it is so EASY to not go. So easy to stay home and eat these...
Oh my gawd, but I already had one today so I have to control myself. :P
Sunday, October 21, 2007
8:18AM
Lately I've had a couple different patients thank me for the good night they had. One guy said it was the most rest he's gotten in a while, he said he thought it was due to good nursing. Another guy had been having a really crappy day. During my shift he said, "I feel better. I don't know if it's you...or the medicine." I told him we'd say it was a combination of the 2.
I know I still have a lifetime to learn and gain experience, and that these are just small things in the big picture. But feeling like a real nurse every once in a while is soooooo awesome.
On another note, I've learned a couple new things about living the night shift life:
--I absolutely love going to the gym between the hours of 3 and 6 am. I went one time, on a Friday night at 3am and I was literally the only person there. It's like I have my own personal gym and can do whatever I want.
--Fred Meyer's opens at 7am, which is the greatest time to shop there, especially on the weekend.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
8:53AM
"Love is not blind -- it simply enables one to see things others fail to see." Anonymous
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Monday, August 20, 2007
1:38AM
"What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it?"
--Henry Miller
Friday, August 10, 2007
4:02AM
What is it about us humans? We are never quite satisfied with what we have. Stupid little things....like wishing you could stay up later instead of having to go to work at 6am. Then when the tables are turned you wish you could go to sleep at a "normal" time.
Wishing and striving for a job/career/whatever with meaning and responsibility and a bigger paycheck then once you get it......longing for those days of debauchery and irresponsibility.
If only there was a way to have both things simultaneously. Is it possible?
I want to go to Burningman. I think I miss it there. I know it's not possible this year. I'm sort of okay with that. I've decided to use this time at night to start making costumes and presents and etc for whenever it is I am able to go again. Hopefully next year. Who knows? I think my birthday will be the same night as the burn in 2008. That'd be pretty sweet.
Current music: Amon Tobin - The Foley Room
Thursday, August 9, 2007
4:47PM
"We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done."
--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave."
--Mary Tyler Moore
5:25AM
Today was the first time I have ever bought a gift for someone via a gift registry.
It felt very impersonal, and I didn't like it. And to top it off.....I had it gift wrapped at the store.
I have officially become one of the regular people. Blah.
Current mood:  awake Current music: Bat For Lashes- Fur & Gold
Sunday, August 5, 2007
5:04AM
The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is.
--John Lancaster Spalding
Friday, June 1, 2007
10:04AM
Hm.
I'm not a bus driver any more. :)
Monday, May 14, 2007
12:37PM
I hate the waiting game!
Sunday, May 13, 2007
8:43PM
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time. - T.S. Eliot
Thursday, May 10, 2007
2:44PM
What's worse than wet socks??
NOTHING! ack!
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
5:20PM
Oh man. I can't wait until this week is over. I am tired of doing practice questions.
Here's a small sample, multiple choice.
"A 21-year-old male client is transported by ambulance to the emergency department after a serious automobile accident. He complains of severe pain in his right chest where he struck the steering wheel. He also has a compound fracture of his right tibia and fibula and multiple lacerations and contusions. The primary client goal at this point should be to:
1. reduce the client's anxiety
2. maintain adequate oxyegenation
3. decrease chest pain
4. maintain adequate circulating volume"
"While an RN is caring for a client receiving chemotherapy, what information should be readily available?
1. The half-life and excretion route of the drug
2. The reason the client is receiving chemotherapy
3. The location and antidote for an anaphylactic reaction
4. The mode of action of the chemotherapeutic drug"
In the grand scheme of possible questions....these two are actually fairly easy. Ugh.
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
10:50AM
I take the RN boards this coming Saturday at noon. Everyone think their most postive thoughts during that time because this is biggest deal ever!
I have been doing a ton of practice questions, which is about all that can be done in the way of studying. This test is not a test of how much content I have stored in my brain, but more a test of whether I have the ability to think critically in different patient situations. Very tough.
So, keep practicing until Thursday. Then Friday I will spend the day doing something FUN.
I'm not really worried. I mean, I'm anxious about it, but to a healthy degree. Enough to keep me focused and positive.
RN license here I come!
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
I have been trying to think of how to describe how I'm feeling these days. But alas, it is not possible to put into words. Some feelings are so fantastic that they are meant to just be felt, not described.
All I know, is that I have been working my ass off for the past almost-5 years. The whole time telling myself, when things got to feel like they were too much, "Keep your eye on the prize." I thought graduation would be the prize, and of course I was excited when it happened, but not like I thought I should be.
Then I got the actual reward for my efforts. A CAREER. Not some half-ass settled for job that I took because it was the first thing that came along. But a kick ass position that feels like it was MADE for me. A unit that I find fascinating in a hospital that mirrors the feelings I have regarding patient care. A manager that does everything in her power to show her employees that they are appreciated and staff that really loves what they do.
And they want ME. The nurse recruiter said the unit manager was very impressed with me. Even though I thought I was flustered and kind of babbling. Even though I couldn't think of the answer to one of the patient situations she asked me. Even though I have no prior experience working in healthcare besides my clinicals during school. They didn't even call any of my references. My honesty, positive attitude, and letters of recommendation were enough. They called me in less than 24 hours after interviewing me. They called me before they were even finished interviewing all the applicants. They wanted to make sure that I didn't get away. :)
And this is just the first step. The things that I will be able to learn there are endless. I will literally be able to work anywhere I want after working there. The ultimate prize. I wish I could describe how INCREDIBLE it feels. All of the hard work and struggle and tears and self-doubt and stress that I endured to get here was TOTALLY WORTH IT. And then some. Damn.
Current mood:  grateful
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