Oh my -- I left a window open last night and woke up to a cool house. I can't believe it got down into the 50's. I seem to recall an August blog post from a couple of years ago that sounded similar to this one. I put some steamy water in the sink with several drops of lavender oil this morning just to smell nice in here. I'm having coffee - Beebs is nestling next to me with a fleecy owl blanket and watching Sesame Street.
I really should clean something today -- maybe rearrange something -- um..unpack some of those boxes still scattered around this place.. I'm also going to set aside lots of time for a leisurely walk with Beebs and the making of a pot of soup.
I think that's all for now.
8.18.2010
7 minute post
I'm giving myself 7 minutes to write a post before I move forward with the day. It's more like 6 after waiting for everything to load. Today I have to go into work for a class on fetal heart monitoring and post-partum hemorrhage and shoulder dystocia. We get to do hemorrhage and dystocia drills!
Roommate and Beebs both had some ick in the last week and so did a bunch of people at work and it feels like it's settling into my sinuses and throat now. I hate that feeling when you're first sick and it's like your nose just burns and tickles and your eyes are watery. Yesterday I drank lots of tea with a bit of honey.
This weather is just..amazing, right? I do not at all mind waking up to temps in the 60's and pushing open the windows. Nope. Don't mind a bit.
Oh I got a haircut yesterday! It has kind of bangs! They're not official bangs but kind of those sideswept bangs. It was the best salon experience I've ever had. I hate going to get my haircut -- mainly because it's always a huge letdown and I generally leave there feeling sort of...rejected? That sounds absurd but I've generally left feeling like I've been scolded for not cutting my hair often enough/cutting it at home on my own/not taking enough time to fix it/not being willing to buy X and use it/blah blah. I went to Speak Salon and got my hair cut with Julie and she was wonderful. I felt like she was totally realistic about giving me a style that was actually a style and still something I'd manage at home and she didn't make me feel like a grosso about the current state of my hair. I also got waxed with Taylor. Good times. At the end she said, "Now you're bald in all the right places!" It was only my face, mind you. My brows are totally shapely now. Ok, my 7 minutes are up. Let me throw a link to Speak up there and I'll be off!
Roommate and Beebs both had some ick in the last week and so did a bunch of people at work and it feels like it's settling into my sinuses and throat now. I hate that feeling when you're first sick and it's like your nose just burns and tickles and your eyes are watery. Yesterday I drank lots of tea with a bit of honey.
This weather is just..amazing, right? I do not at all mind waking up to temps in the 60's and pushing open the windows. Nope. Don't mind a bit.
Oh I got a haircut yesterday! It has kind of bangs! They're not official bangs but kind of those sideswept bangs. It was the best salon experience I've ever had. I hate going to get my haircut -- mainly because it's always a huge letdown and I generally leave there feeling sort of...rejected? That sounds absurd but I've generally left feeling like I've been scolded for not cutting my hair often enough/cutting it at home on my own/not taking enough time to fix it/not being willing to buy X and use it/blah blah. I went to Speak Salon and got my hair cut with Julie and she was wonderful. I felt like she was totally realistic about giving me a style that was actually a style and still something I'd manage at home and she didn't make me feel like a grosso about the current state of my hair. I also got waxed with Taylor. Good times. At the end she said, "Now you're bald in all the right places!" It was only my face, mind you. My brows are totally shapely now. Ok, my 7 minutes are up. Let me throw a link to Speak up there and I'll be off!
8.12.2010
Popsicles for breakfast.
Right now Beebs is lying on her back on the couch eating a homemade popsicle (pineapple, banana and yogurt) while watching Sesame Street. We have had a great week. It caught me by surprise. Last weekend we spent a day at my mom's and I had to work the next morning, my first day off orientation at work -- my first day ON MY OWN!! I almost didn't go to my mom's because I'm not much fun the day before I work. Do you have that problem? Say you work M-F..do you get those Sunday going-back-to-work blues? Well I do and my schedule isn't M-F so sometimes it's the Wednesday night blues. Anyway, it's ridiculous and a waste of time but happens nonetheless.
We spent Saturday at my Mom's and it was so nice. She grilled and we ate so much bounty from her garden. Beebs totally gorged herself on corn-on-the-cob and ate several tomatoes like apples. She had juice streaming down her arms and dripping off her elbows. She gathered eggs and watched the chickens in the yard and she and my mom picked a big bowl full of blackberries. Roommate and I sat on the deck and listened to music, I drank ice water all muddled up with mint leaves and limes and a few glasses of iced tea. It was breezy. On the way home that night I cried and cried in a panic over work. SO. MUCH. ANXIETY. I worked Sunday and Monday and they were both great days! They were probably the best days I've had on that unit. One of my patients on Sunday had an unmedicated delivery and she was amazing and her wee babe was gorgeous. I was so mad at myself for wasting time and energy on being worried because truly, there is just no way to guess what the day will be like there. The nurses there always describe it as "feast or famine" and that's very accurate. Some days are so quiet and people are sitting around doing the crossword and suddenly, BAM! Babies everywhere. (Let me clarify that I have NEVER done the crossword at work).
So 2 good days at work and then Tuesday we spent the evening with friends at their house. Yesterday Beebs and I hung out with our friend, K in the afternoon. She brought brownies! In the evening we had more friends and their 2 awesome kids over. After dinner we made S'mores. My coals were dying down so it took a bit of time to roast marshmallows but it worked out. There was some milk chocolate or dark chocolate for the grown ups. Mm.. We are never so social and it was so much fun!
Today Beebs and I are laying low. Maybe we'll wander over to the library. I asked her if she wants to go to the library to get books and she said "Yeah! I do!" When asked what else she wants to do today she said "Play truck!" Alright! Have a nice Thursday. I work tomorrow, Friday the 13th!! We'll see what lucky babies are born tomorrow. It was fun Monday because it was 8/9/10. That's a fun birthday, right?!
We spent Saturday at my Mom's and it was so nice. She grilled and we ate so much bounty from her garden. Beebs totally gorged herself on corn-on-the-cob and ate several tomatoes like apples. She had juice streaming down her arms and dripping off her elbows. She gathered eggs and watched the chickens in the yard and she and my mom picked a big bowl full of blackberries. Roommate and I sat on the deck and listened to music, I drank ice water all muddled up with mint leaves and limes and a few glasses of iced tea. It was breezy. On the way home that night I cried and cried in a panic over work. SO. MUCH. ANXIETY. I worked Sunday and Monday and they were both great days! They were probably the best days I've had on that unit. One of my patients on Sunday had an unmedicated delivery and she was amazing and her wee babe was gorgeous. I was so mad at myself for wasting time and energy on being worried because truly, there is just no way to guess what the day will be like there. The nurses there always describe it as "feast or famine" and that's very accurate. Some days are so quiet and people are sitting around doing the crossword and suddenly, BAM! Babies everywhere. (Let me clarify that I have NEVER done the crossword at work).
So 2 good days at work and then Tuesday we spent the evening with friends at their house. Yesterday Beebs and I hung out with our friend, K in the afternoon. She brought brownies! In the evening we had more friends and their 2 awesome kids over. After dinner we made S'mores. My coals were dying down so it took a bit of time to roast marshmallows but it worked out. There was some milk chocolate or dark chocolate for the grown ups. Mm.. We are never so social and it was so much fun!
Today Beebs and I are laying low. Maybe we'll wander over to the library. I asked her if she wants to go to the library to get books and she said "Yeah! I do!" When asked what else she wants to do today she said "Play truck!" Alright! Have a nice Thursday. I work tomorrow, Friday the 13th!! We'll see what lucky babies are born tomorrow. It was fun Monday because it was 8/9/10. That's a fun birthday, right?!
8.11.2010
8.07.2010
More of the same with a list.
Quick post so what's on top isn't so depressing.
Tomorrow is my first day off orientation on my new unit. I can't believe it's been over 3 months since I started working up there. The job is cool and insanely stressful. It can get pretty intense. I feel slow and behind most of the time. There are 5 or 6 different classes I have to take in the next couple of months and for some reason I just cannot stop stressing so hard. That word actually feels a little .. something .. dated? I mean, I know that's a commonly used word so maybe that's the issue. It's so overused and here I am going on and on about how STRESSED I am.
Here are things in my head constantly lately:
We should stop eating meat, I'm not getting enough sleep, will we ever get our box springs for our bed upstairs into our bedroom, I'm not exercising enough ever, I want to go swimming, mosquitoes in our backyard are straight misery and I'm so tired of Beebs and I getting covered in bites every time we step out the door, will we ever be unpacked, I want area rugs for her room and the living room and it's time to hang pictures up in this place and why does everything feel like a huge overwhelming project, I want these "vegetable bin" shelves for Beebs' room, I'm going to just fail fail fail at my job, I don't want to work four shifts a week - each at least 12 hrs - nothankyou, in fact sometimes I wish I could be a stay-at-home mom, I want to look into a little school for Beebs to go to some, what should I cook, I'm not getting enough sleep, I hope I don't mess up at work, I'm sick of this babies-can-read commercial, I want a vacation so bad, my daughter is wonderful and I love being around her, my husband is awesome at home-owning and I'm so grateful for him, vacation, need more sleep and exercise and less meat and I don't want to feel like a slug, all related, please send me a secret little supply of self-confidence I could tap into now and then - put a little tab of it on my tongue and shzing!
Today we're going out to my mom's house. We can play with her chickens. Chickens are so sweet. I'm sad for her because she had several chickens and then her damn neighbor's dog has slowly killed them off. I'm not sure how my mom hasn't completely gone off on her neighbor yet. I think she's down to 2 hens. Sad. My mom and I were talking about painting her chicken coop with something huge on the side. I saw this post from a blog linked on Tutti Animali! ((I love Hillary's site and have really enjoyed reading the vegan and slow family living blogs she's been linking)) Anyway, this photo -- That's Pan, right? I love it! LOVE IT!! I'm dying for Roommate to do something like this on our back wooden fence. He's awesome at drawing and such.
I'm painting our front door turquoise. I got some paint but the color is wrong wrong so I'm going to see if they could darken it a bit for me or I'll save it and we'll get something else. I only bought a quart but I hate to think it will be wasted or I spent money on something I won't use. Anyway, enjoy yourself. Send me a message. Tell me what you've been up to or give me some advice. I need some interaction.
Tomorrow is my first day off orientation on my new unit. I can't believe it's been over 3 months since I started working up there. The job is cool and insanely stressful. It can get pretty intense. I feel slow and behind most of the time. There are 5 or 6 different classes I have to take in the next couple of months and for some reason I just cannot stop stressing so hard. That word actually feels a little .. something .. dated? I mean, I know that's a commonly used word so maybe that's the issue. It's so overused and here I am going on and on about how STRESSED I am.
Here are things in my head constantly lately:
We should stop eating meat, I'm not getting enough sleep, will we ever get our box springs for our bed upstairs into our bedroom, I'm not exercising enough ever, I want to go swimming, mosquitoes in our backyard are straight misery and I'm so tired of Beebs and I getting covered in bites every time we step out the door, will we ever be unpacked, I want area rugs for her room and the living room and it's time to hang pictures up in this place and why does everything feel like a huge overwhelming project, I want these "vegetable bin" shelves for Beebs' room, I'm going to just fail fail fail at my job, I don't want to work four shifts a week - each at least 12 hrs - nothankyou, in fact sometimes I wish I could be a stay-at-home mom, I want to look into a little school for Beebs to go to some, what should I cook, I'm not getting enough sleep, I hope I don't mess up at work, I'm sick of this babies-can-read commercial, I want a vacation so bad, my daughter is wonderful and I love being around her, my husband is awesome at home-owning and I'm so grateful for him, vacation, need more sleep and exercise and less meat and I don't want to feel like a slug, all related, please send me a secret little supply of self-confidence I could tap into now and then - put a little tab of it on my tongue and shzing!
Today we're going out to my mom's house. We can play with her chickens. Chickens are so sweet. I'm sad for her because she had several chickens and then her damn neighbor's dog has slowly killed them off. I'm not sure how my mom hasn't completely gone off on her neighbor yet. I think she's down to 2 hens. Sad. My mom and I were talking about painting her chicken coop with something huge on the side. I saw this post from a blog linked on Tutti Animali! ((I love Hillary's site and have really enjoyed reading the vegan and slow family living blogs she's been linking)) Anyway, this photo -- That's Pan, right? I love it! LOVE IT!! I'm dying for Roommate to do something like this on our back wooden fence. He's awesome at drawing and such.
I'm painting our front door turquoise. I got some paint but the color is wrong wrong so I'm going to see if they could darken it a bit for me or I'll save it and we'll get something else. I only bought a quart but I hate to think it will be wasted or I spent money on something I won't use. Anyway, enjoy yourself. Send me a message. Tell me what you've been up to or give me some advice. I need some interaction.
8.02.2010
Awake me please when this is over.
Listening to this song took me back to my dad being sick. What a surreal time. I knew he was going to die during that time I just couldn't imagine it.
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