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A Title Would Require Some Sort of Brainpower

November 23, 2009

I’ve gotta teach myself to schedule these posts ahead of time. It’s just not happening tonight. Today I found out that five of our patients died over the weekend. I took care of seven patients. I barely sat down for twelve hours. Can you forgive me this lazy post? Lately I feel like I’m always complaining about how tired I am because of work. Yeah, I am exhausted after these long days, but ordinarily I wouldn’t be trying to blog on days like this. It’s just because I’m forcing myself to write every day this month that you are gaining insight into this side of me. I apologize if it is boring or annoying, but just bear with me for…
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Acting Like A Kid

November 21, 2009

One of the many perks of being a leader for the church youth group is that when you take them to a bounce house for a super secret special event, you get to jump around and play right along with them and they love you for it. I got to experience this place… …hopped till I dropped in a moonwalk… …climbed to the top of the mountain (which isn’t as easy as it looks)… …slid down the slide… …watched my husband and my father-in-law slide down the slide (and let me just say–priceless!)… …walked around with a goofy smile on my face for an hour… …and most importantly, loved on some kids: This is good, the life that I live.

Acting Like A Kid

November 21, 2009

One of the many perks of being a leader for the church youth group is that when you take them to a bounce house for a super secret special event, you get to jump around and play right along with them and they love you for it. I got to experience this place… …hopped till I dropped in a moonwalk… …climbed to the top of the mountain (which isn’t as easy as it looks)… …slid down the slide… …watched my husband and my father-in-law slide down the slide (and let me just say–priceless!)… …walked around with a goofy smile on my face for an hour… …and most importantly, loved on some kids: This is good, the life that I live.

My First Mobile Post

November 20, 2009

This is my very first time posting from my iPhone. I’m all grown up! Really though, I don’t like mobile blogging much, but today it’s about all I have the energy for. Currently I am on the train in the medical center headed to my car. I have been at work for approximately 13 hours and it’ll be another hour before I’m home. When I get there, I want to spend time with my husband and not in front of the computer. Today was a hard day because we were short staffed. My mentor told me that today was one of her worst days in her entire career, which is 43 years. A rounding nurse practitioner told me, “You guys…
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baby it’s cool outside

November 19, 2009

The temperature here in Houston has dipped into the range that can officially be labeled “cool,” and it has actually lasted more than two days. In general, I would much rather be hot than cold, but I’m trying to look on the bright side of life. So in the spirit of optimism, here is my list of things that I like about this weather. [via] The clothes. Are winter clothes not the best? There is just something about a sweater. I would wear them year-round if I could, but instead I’ll just enjoy the 2-3 months that I can pull them off without sweating myself into dehydration. [via] Warm drinks. I mentioned that I’m enjoying coffee lately, and now I…
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