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I’m gathering that most people are ready for summer to end. It’s been a hot one, it’s true. People are ready for cooler weather, sweaters and boots, school supplies, football, the leaves changing colors, the smell of autumn in the air, holidays, new TV shows, and the colors of fall. Some of those things have already arrived, but today autumn officially begins. I’m enjoying most of the things that come along with the new season, but I can’t help but mourn the passing of summer. It’s my favorite season. To me it’s nostalgia, warm nights, tank tops and sandals, barbecues, swimming, bright colors, road trips, fresh fruit, romance, fishing in the ocean with my husband, and everything green. This song…
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By now you should probably know that I’m a nurse, right? I mean it says so right there in my header. And you may or may not know that I’m an oncology nurse, which means I take care of cancer patients. There are some types of chemotherapy that can only be given in the hospital, and that’s a big part of what we do. We also have a lot of people come in because of dangerously low blood counts, or complications thereof (i.e. infection) because that is a major side effect of chemotherapy. I give a lot of transfusions. Almost everyone hates Mondays, and I’m no different. I really hate Mondays at work. Since a lot of our patients are…
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I had every intention of writing something captivating today, but instead I’m working a surprise 16-hour shift. I’m still sick (barely, annoyingly), experiencing other body pains, and half of today was spent with The Student. I have a bit longer to go in this never-ending day, so I decided to take a break and give you this: Flickr Exercise of the Soul The rules: Type your answer to each question into Flickr search. Using only the first page, pick an image. Copy and paste the urls into Mosaic Maker. The result: ONE SOUL. 1. What is your first name? KATHLEEN (This is a picture of a place in Ireland that I’ve been. My name is Irish.) 2. What is your favorite…
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This week starts a new phase in my work life, one where I have three whole days off a week. Hence the reason why I am lounging around in my bed at this moment even though I had the weekend off. (I am also lounging around in my bed because I’m still not feeling great. The congestion just WON’T GO AWAY.) Yesterday I worked my first 12-hour shift. Well, not my first 12-hour shift EVER. I did them when I was in school, and I’ve done them for overtime. This was just my first 12-hour shift in my new schedule. I think I am going to love it. First of all, once I’m already there it’s so much easier just…
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This morning I rode in my first ever biking event. It was a lot of fun and I definitely want to do more like it. Whenever I thought about it yesterday, I got nervous. Mainly just because I had never done this type of race before so I was afraid of not being prepared and not knowing where to go or what to do. It wasn’t timed or competitive, so I wasn’t worried about doing well. And since this was my first time, I chose to go the shortest distance, 12 miles, which is less than I routinely ride so I knew it would be easy. My wonderful husband came with me because I didn’t know anyone else, but he…
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