Archive for May, 2009
Surprise, syke
My dear hubby thought we were going to be surprising his Aunt. What a shock for him that I had it planned out differently!
I dropped him off about 1/4 of a mile from her house and showed up without him. She and I quickly got ready and when he rang the door bell he was shocked to hear all of us yell “surprise!”
What a great afternoon!!
– Post From My iPhone
1/4 of a century old
I turned 25 on Friday, and I got the best present ever…..
He came home for my bday!!– Post From My iPhone
Hey lady you suck…
Dear stupid Goth Lady in front of me,
Your conversation is incredibly inappropriate. There are small children around and everyone is listening to you spew your hatred and nastiness.
People like you are ruining our country. People like you disgust me.
And just so you know, your tanned ass isnt “pure White” either so slamming racial slurs at the nice Indian couple is absurd. And in case you didnt notice, they spoke English too.
And you racist bitch, it wasnt Indians who attacked the Twin Towers. If you are going to spout out nastiness at least have your fact straight.
With all the disgust I can choke down,
Me
– Post From My iPhone
Tom Tom I love you
Dear Tom-Tom,
I love hearing your sweet voice while I am driving! I love it when you “recalculate” the directions to my destination.
And I love that I NEVER get lost when I am with you!
Thank you TOM!
– Post From My iPhone
Striker, striker drains everywhere!
It turns out that although I have posted quite regularly, my phone has not been sending them to the Ole Blog. Annoying, but it appears to have fixed itself.
This was week three of Med/surg clinicals. It went by fast, and I am so impressed with my instructor! For once I feel like I hit the jackpot of adjunct faculty!
I saw an EP study today, visited the hemodialysis lab, saw a Femoral Cathter placed and watched a central line be removed. And that friends was just today!
Ive done catheters, IV’s, assessments galore, drain d/c’ing, played with a nifty striker drain and kearned how to do transfusions!
I finally feel like some of what we are learnibg can be applied, maybe this road really does lead somewhere!
Im currently playing around with ideas for what to do after graduation next year. I might be applying for an Associates to Masters program, it takes 4 years and its all done. I dont know…..
What are your plans to further your education?
Making memories
*warning this post may have inside jokes that you wont understand unless you were there!*
A very close friend of my family came all the way out from Mass. to visit (not VA!! Hehe). We all went out and had a wonderful dinner at The Space Needle.
We sat and laughed and talked about one legged nuns walking goats. It was so nice to get to see Geez and L. I cant believe how long its been!!
I will most more pictures, including ones ig Geez being “mugged” by my sister and I!
Im in a mood
The cardiac exam sucked way worse than I thought it would. Im so tired and I keep dreaming about bundle branch blocks. All my dreams have tele strips in them.
I cant wait for this quarter to be over.
– Post From My iPhone
Meyah’s photo shoot
I could love on you every minute of every day
I love how you lean into my kisses…..savoring them.
And those big blue eyes staring up at me, looking straight into my soul
Hope you all enjoyed the pictures!
I look like Shrek…
I got my hair did!
Before…..
During….
The color and cut….
And now…im ready to face the cardiac notes!!
Tricare mistakes
I am no novice in navigating the world of military health care, yet it never fails to amaze me when Tricare screws up.
Ive been married almost 4 months, and in 4 months tricare has managed to: assign me to the wrong sponsor, change my husbands status to retired, assigned me a baby, and put me as a child instead of a spouse.
But today was enough to push me over the edge. I was supposed to have an appointment to get a new script for OCPs. The schefuler told me my appt is on Friday, May 22 @ 0900. I show up and there are no appts for my pcp today….wtf? The scheduler somehow accidentally put me in for 6/12 @0900 instead. I was so mad!!
After bitching and complaining… They finally gave me a script.
But who knew getting birthcontrol was so difficult!!
400th posts…and other random things
A very bulleted post…..
- As of today I have posted 400 times on this blog!
- I have been posting here for 314 days (Since 7/9/08)
- I have posted every single day for 288 days
- I have been in Nursing school for 239 days
- I have 387 days until I graduate from school
- I have 200 days until my Hubby comes home for good
- And in 9 days I am a quarter of a century old
Numbers are surprising……
PPD gone wild
I find it mildly amusing when old school nurses mess things up.
I went in for my yearly employee wellness visit, since it is my Birthday month I was blessed to recieve my annual ppd.
The nurse starts out by wiping the area with alcohol (WRONG!) and then while its still wet inserts the needle (OUCH)! After she takes a cotton swab and procedes to rub away the droplet of blood (WRONG again) and finishes by putting a secure Donald Duck bandage over the wound (can you guess if this is wrong?)
The result is:
Which looks like this upclose:
I didnt say anything…. But I should have!
Whats the worst medical mistake you’ve witnessed?
Dear Tia Lupi,
Dear Tia Lupi,
I just wanted to tell you how much fun I had this weekend. You really dont know how much it meant to me. You remind me so much of your wonderful Nephew (My Hubby) that it brought tears to my eyes.
I have not laughed so hard, tried on so many sandals, or eat something so chewy all in one date! Among the many things I love about you, is your radiance.
Thank you for letting me have some of your time! And for being part of my Family.
Love,
The Toe Cleavage lover!
Telemetry is confusing
How did you learn to read tele strips? I cant tell a Wenckebach from a Mobitz type II.
Test next week and im starting to panic!
Any supplementary books you can suggest?
– Post From My iPhone
Random bits of happiness
My Mama Meyah
Harley playing dead
Giada and Mama loving each other!
Luckiest girl in the world
It never ceases to amaze me at how wonderful my husband is. I mentioned in a long and whining post about my miserable moment from the other day, well I of course told him about it. And what did he say….
“Ive got your back, I love you, Im in this with you”
Isnt that the sweetest thing? I cried. And then I stopped and thanked God for my wonderful Hubby, and then I cried again.
Gosh I miss him so much……how much longer until its December?
A really hard day
Yesterday was horrible….Clinical was amazing though. I ran my butt off! 7 hours of doing everything that we were taught. IV’s, catheters, removing caths, tube feedings, helping prepare blood products, etc…..
Seriously it makes me almost cry thinking about it. It was an amazing day. (I will get to the worst part in a second) I started clinical off with only 3 hours of sleep. And that was fine, I was functional. Everything went perfect at clinical, and I think I love ORTHO!!
Then, the afternoon happened. I finished clinical, and headed to my lecture class. Seven hours of clinical never stopping, never sitting, never eating, never drinking….on three hours of sleep. Then to clinical where we sat in the hottest possible room, in the late part of the afternoon, and then it happened….I dozed off. It was only for a short time, maybe a few seconds. I just couldnt keep my eyes open anymore. We had our hourly break and I zonked out for the 10minutes and felt renewed. I was able to finish the class without any trouble.
And now the worst part….I find out that the professor publicly slammed me for dozing off. PUBLICLY. This was my favorite professor. I love her class. I have loved and idolized her. And now….I think she is incredibly unprofessional. I have lost respect for her.
I emailed her to apologize for dozing off, and she didnt respond. She didnt even bother to grace me with her response.
Im pissed. Im embarassed. I mean come on now, its not like we spent the morning picking our noses, I was working as a nurse. And my professor is a NURSE you would think she could have some freaking compassion for how hard it is!
AARGH!!
Overheard at starbucks
Mom: “stop picking your nose….”
Little boy: “ok” then he looks at the booger on his finger, eyes it closely, and eats it.
Mom: “noooooo….dont eat that! That gross, use a tissue”
Little boy: “but it tastes like cheese!”
I was laughing so hard I almost spilled my coffee on my stark white scrubs!
– Post From My iPhone
Ortho floor is busy
Pain pain everywhere….I started IV’s, did assessments, meds, and so much more! I felt like a real Nursing Student. I felt like this was actually something that I could do!
Im exhausted, my feet hurt, and Im smiling from ear to ear.
I love being a nurse (nursing student!!).
Happy Nurses week!
Preclinical for med/surg
7 hrs….thats how long it took me to do a concept map for my patient. 7 f*ing hours!
Im on the ortho floor which should be interesting. At least everyone will have pain and immobility in common.
Time for sleep. Oh yeah and endocrine sucks. And I have a quiz on trach maint Wednesday.
This week is so busy, Im tired and its only Monday.
Other significant event…this marks my first official week as being a full time student/wife and an on-call employee. I no longer have gainful employment people….my Hubby is the only wage earner. Im trying not to hyperventilate about this. Its scary and uncharted territory. (its a relief too though)
Ok…now its time for sleep.
– Post From My iPhone
A brain break
Taking advantage of the nice weather, the family and I took the scooters for a joy ride. I missed riding so much!!
Bring on the nice weather! Cuz Im gonna be a scooter commuter!
– Post From My iPhone
