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Man am I ever tired.

I remember writing long ago that time passes quickly in the hospital, and that I could stay there forever and not even notice time passing. Well, that must have been beginner’s excitement because now it seems as though the hours drag. I leave exhausted beyond belief. I still don’t have my nursing legs after spending the summer sitting on my ass for the most part.

I got to see lots of babies today. I was doing lots of simple stuff like temperature and heart rate….assessing it’s health. I was also doing the same for the mother’s.

Man! Babies are cute…I just can’t help but coo.

Tomorrow I’m in labor and Delivery, so I’m pretty flippin’ excited. I’m hoping it’s more interesting than postpartum. I also hope I see a vaginal delivery and a C-Section. This may be my only chance in life to do so.

I’m starting to feel a big up-swing in my spiritual self. Fall is definitely the season I feel most connected to my pagan path, so I tend to focus on it as much as possible. As a leader of my grove, I’m also starting to bear the brunt of the work load–which is passed on to me at this time of year because it’s “my time.” So, I now write the rituals, plan events, deal with all the stuff that leaders deal with. All this on top of school gets to be a bit much. This is why it’s important for me to be connected at this time…I need the passion…or I’d probably crash and burn.

By the way…YAY for the new fall TV season!!! 37 minutes until ER!!! I could almost scream with excitement!

Anyway, just a short post. Nothing much is really happening in my life, but I’m always trying to post as much as possible. I’ve also started a written spiritual journal, so that’s taking up some writing energy.

A demain!

Pyrsos

I’m bored…

So I write…

I’m watching America’s Next Top Model…seriously…why is this show so addictive? I love picking apart which girl is prettier than the others. How mean is that! But they put themselves on tv and invite us to see them in that context, so I geuss that even though it’s mean, it’s fair.

More Growing pains with the whole living with R. thing. Just negotiating boundaries, and mourning our single lives. This relationship thing really is tough, and the living together thing tougher. But, totally worth the work. This is my first real relationship, so I’m learning everyday. I’m especially learning that I can get really cranky and bitchy…

In a week and a half I will become a leader in my Grove. How sweet is that! Lots of work involved, that’s for sure. But it seems that it’s been such a long journey from beginner to leader, student to teacher. Although, I still have so much to learn.

School has started. I’m on my Maternity rotation right now. Labor & Delivery, the nursery, post pardem, swollen labia, jaundiced babies, and breast feeding. It has so far been lots of fun. That was sarcastic–seriously, I have no interest in this stuff.

But…life goes on…rotations finish…degrees are gained…RN’s are born.

I can do this!

It’s been an odd week. I’ve really done a heck of a lot of nothing. I took the time off to recover from my wisdom teeth surgery, so I’ve just been sitting around, watching a lot of tv and playing with my new computer.

Although, I do like the fact that when I’m bored, I start to get things done! I’ve been getting text books for school, and I have even begun reading them. Today I’m going down to the nursing faculty to watch some required videos and finish some required assignments.

I feel like such a keener!

The computer is wonderful, but it’s starting to become just a computer. For the first week, every time I turned it on, there was something new to explore, discover, and play with. Now, I’ve run out of stuff to find. So, I’m hitting the internet and finding new stuff! I’m finding new programs to download and try out.

In fact, I’m writing this using MacJournal. I’ll see if I like it. It supposedly works wonderfully with Blogger and Livejournal…who knows if it works with Xanga though. If I love it, I might have to move to Blogger. I hate that idea though. Xanga is definitely my home.

R. and I are doing alright. He was mad at me last night for arguing with him. And it was over and arrangement on Canadian Idol–of all things. I think we’re good now though.

I haven’t gone picketing at all for more than a week. But I will be down there for the next three days in a row (oh goody!). So, I’ll just have to load up the iPod with audiobooks and podcasts. I wish we got paid regardless of whether or not we picketed. Wouldn’t that be nice! Free money! Money is never free….

Well, seriously, that’s about all that’s going on in my life. The excitement will pick up in a couple weeks when I start delivering babies. That should net me some interesting stories!

There is something absolutely powerful about setting up a brand new
computer. You feel like you’re putting your stamp on
something. Adding the programs you love, tweaking the
preferences–picking the PERFECT backdrops

I was actually in a bad mood because of the computer last night.
It proved MUCH harder to transfer my iTunes folder than it should
have. I should have been able to copy from my PC to my external
hard drive, then from my external hard drive to my mac. Didn’t
even come CLOSE to being that easy. I had to research the issue
and try several different things–finally succeeding. It still
took forever.

Word documents and Pictures proved to be equally problematic.
Everything was freezing the computer. BUT, it’s all done, transferred,
and running wonderfully. My external hard drive now includes mac
and PC versions of the backup. YAY!

Ok, I’ll stop talking about that…but really, it’s occupied my entire life for the past twenty-four hours.

I actually had some buyers remorse. The whole “can’t sleep cause
I did something stupid” thing. But it’s too late, I’m completely
in love with my iBook. I need to name it. Hmmm….any
suggestions?

My teeth hurt quite a bit right now. I’ve decided that today I’d
go eight hours between painkillers (increased from six which was
increased from four a couple days ago). So, the last couple hours
have kind of sucked, but the Toradol should kick in soon, and
everything will be great!

Pain killers, wonderfully set up Mac (GOD I’ve missed mac for the past
couple years–I feel like I’m back home–especially after hearing the
famous Mac start-up noise), and hours and hours of free time in the
next few days. What could be better for my mood?

It’s 9:30 in the morning and I panicked! I haven’t posted in more than
a month, and well, that’s just unacceptable. I have been quite
extensively distracted though…

Yesterday I did something stupid–yet amazing. I bought one of
the new G4 iBooks. SWEET! I am actually going to have a
laptop to use for school! I’m in heaven. I haven’t used a
mac in a few years. My last one was an old iMac with OS 8.6, so
it’s been a bit of work orienting myself. I’m SO happy with
everything. There were a heck of a lot of frustrating moments last
night when trying to transfer iTunes music over (all 3000 songs).
Most of the “easy ways” turned out to not work, and the hard way turned
out to be even harder than expected.

But, it’s done!

I’m really not ready for school. This year is maternity,
pediatrics and community nursing. The main problem is that I’m
really not interested in any of these topics. Oddly enough, the
only course I find interesting is the one class I’m taking that
involves the history, philosophy, politics etc. of nursing. I’m
craving a bit of theory.

I’m still on strike. It’s been about five weeks since we were
locked out. Every day on the picket line becomes increasingly
tedious. I’m getting by though, and really, who can complain
about getting paid to do nothing but stand around with a sign.

I haven’t been picketing this week though. I took the week off to
have my wisdom teeth done–something I’ve been putting off for more than
ten years. It finally came to a point in which I just couldn’t
put it off any longer. I got a big cavity in one of the teeth,
and following a few days of pain–all four wisdom teeth were
removed. There’s definitely been some pain, but all in all,
definitely not as bad as I expected.

The married life is good. I’ve been living with R. for more than a
month now. Lots of growing pains and adjustments. I’ve
realized just how much of a solitary creature I am. But, I’m sure
all will settle down into bliss soon. R. was away the other day,
and I felt lonely, I desperately missed him, and I couldn’t sleep
without him next to me. All feelings I’ve never felt before
(well, not in regards to just one night without him).

I have several Spira projects crashing down on me. They will all
coincide with the piling up of school assignments. So, I’m off to
start working on some of those.