case of the mondays

April 20, 2009

Well my original goal was to finish my list of goals last night so as to post it bright and early this morning, but when 8 p.m. rolled around and I was still searching online for inspiration and yawning quite a bit I decided to put it off until today. Then I had about a 20 minute lull at work this morning where I thought I would be able to finish it, until I got slammed with orders to give blood and chemo, and a patient is pulling her NG tube out, and needed a CT scan, and oh by the way we have a new admission for you! and I remembered that, right, today is Monday. Nothing happens in…
Continue Reading »

Posted in: personal, thoughts

just a buffer post – it’s friday, after all

April 17, 2009

Ah, Friday. What a great day. Even though for me today begins the first of four days of work, I still enjoy it. We get more discharges than admissions, we get to wear whatever color scrubs we want (I’m wearing pink!), and people are generally in good spirits. I had a day off yesterday, and I sure did utilize the time. I spent the early morning cleaning, then had a fun day with my good friend Emily. She accompanied me to a card-making class at a local scrapbooking store, and we made 8 adorable birthday cards. If I remember, I’ll take some pictures to share. After a leisurely lunch at Panera, she came back to my house and did my…
Continue Reading »

Posted in: personal, thoughts

Well, There’s A Confidence Booster

April 14, 2009

So, yesterday I was feeling reeeaally blah. I felt like my head was in a fog. Maybe it was a hangover from the steak, mashed potatos, salad, and ice cream I ate for Easter lunch and the ham, scalloped potatos, bread, and strawberry shortcake I ate for Easter dinner. Whatever the reason, I was feeling oddly incompetent. I emailed David and told him, “I feel like I am about to make a mistake at any moment and get yelled at.” I didn’t, that I KNOW of, but it was a rough day nonetheless. Today my director came up to me and asked, “Have you heard of the nurse’s gala that’s coming up?” “Yes, I’ve seen the emails.” “Were you planning…
Continue Reading »

Posted in: faith, personal

101 Goals In 1001 Days

April 13, 2009

Because of the aforementioned employee evaluations coming up, I’ve been thinking about my professional goals a lot lately. That easily transitioned into thinking about my personal goals as well. I had already started to write some of them down when I came across this website. The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days. The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part). Why 1001 Days? Many people have created lists in the past – frequently simple goals such as New Year’s resolutions. The key to beating procrastination…
Continue Reading »

Posted in: personal, goals, personal, me

Favorite Gratis Activity

April 11, 2009

Jenna at That Wife issues a monthly food, photography, and lifestyle challenge. April’s lifestyle challenge is to participate in your favorite free activity and document it. I haven’t done one of these challenges before, but I decided this would be a good one to start with. Today I had absolutely nothing planned, the weather was lovely, and I decided it would be a perfect day to do one of my favorite things: ride my bike. My new year’s resolution was to enter a bike race, and in order to do that I’ve got to actually ride my bike. I haven’t been doing much of it lately because I’m busy and stuff and blah blah blah. But I rode today! My…
Continue Reading »

Posted in: health, exercise, health