sammie outdoes herself...

"Newborn Nursery...this is Jill, how can I help you?" ---Sammie, answering the phone, forgetting who she was?

love of my life

Love of my life your arms were never shy
To hold me tight when I needed to cry
Love of my life you made me believe
And for that I do love you but I know I must leave

One of my patients, a 21 year-old woman from Mexico, just shared with me that her beautiful baby boy was a product of a rape that happened last fall. She told me the incredible story from beginning to end, which unfortunately due to HIPAA I can't recount here. But at the conclusion of her unprovoked monologue, almost as if it was scripted, she walked over to the crib, picked up her baby for the first time in more than 24 hours, and sang over and over, "amor de mi vida, amor de mi vida." I asked her, "What will you tell him when he asks about his father?" and she said, "I will tell him the truth, and that I love him, and he will be just fine."

I just don't know, if that were me...

But now I can't stop thinking that maybe... even though life might seem really crappy or tough and I feel like I'm just like trudging along, day by day, going through the motions cuz the kids are in a rough phase or my friend is sad because her dad died or my mom is being impossibly cruel or I love a man who is unavailable or my BFF decides to stop speaking to me over something totally stupid or a seemingly perfect house deal falls through at the last minute or PMS has got me down and there just isn't enough dark chocolate to fix it...maybe the best things in life are right in front of me and I am just completely clueless...

twin thugs

Those glasses you get from the eye doctor after your eyes are dilated are just too cool...

high roller

So I mighta lost the house (long story that I won't blog cuz I'm sick of talking about it) but I won a whole buncha money tonight, thanks to Colin's superb shooting.

manta

Funniest thing at work ever: Sammie spelled her name wrong on the bulletin board.

the best news in a long time...

It appears that it is possible depending on how you look at it or what you might believe in that maybe the crane thing perhaps makes even just a teeny tiny little bit of a difference...

quote of the middle of the night

"Oh hell no, I'm not doing that...they're soaring from tree to tree." ---the other Kathryn, on her vacation plans next week. Check it out...

more house pics

Today was inspection day...I'm glad I was able to really look around, but I was so overwhelmed that I might have freaked out if Radha hadn't gotten there when she did. That place, compared to my current place, is huge and awesome.

Anyway, T minus 10 days. And I know the pictures are kinda fuzzy, but...y'know, it's the celly. The first picture...that's our new next door neighbor.

the casino experience

So, I'd blog about last night/this morning's casino adventure, but Colin has already done such a good job blogging about it (the second we got back to my place) that I don't need to.

All I will say is that my thoughts today are basically focused on dice, 7's, piles of chips, and luck-rubbing.

And he didn't even mention my video poker win...

quote of the night

"I'll trade you one of my English speakers for her. Oh wait...I don't have any." ---Kathryn, after I got a Spanish speaking admission, during mad frustration because 4 of her 8 patients (or, the only ones who actually speak), speak only Espanol.

Sorry about your night...

the night of sammie

Well, thanks to Sammie, I survived my night as charge nurse in the nursery. As one of the pink ladies said over coffee the next morning, I rocked the fucking thing out. Well, ok...it was pretty slow...3 admits in the first hour of the shift and then not another one until 6:30 am. However, we did keep one of those first admits in the nursery til 4 am while troubleshooting a high fever, among other weird symptoms.

I made an offer on a house last night. It's perfect for the whole family. Oh and Radha, there IS a pool, but unfortunately according to the property disclosure, it was "filled in" back in 2002. But I think I might call someone with a backhoe and find out how much it would cost to dig it out.

Think good thoughts...

other quote of the morning

"I think we nipped it in the bud." ---Meg, while discussing a patient smoking pot in the bathroom

"When your son is of age, I'm gonna date him. I'll still be a hot piece of ass in 10 years." ---Whitny

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ok fine, i'm blogging again

We have new additions to our family...3 hermit crabs. Thankfully, I only have to provide food and shelter for them for the weekend. Apparently the kids get to take them home from camp on the weekends, and this is our lucky weekend. Michaela made a to-do list so we all know what our hermit crab duties are. Notice I have no duties related to them (which is completely fine) and exhub's responsibility is to keep the dog out of the crab pad. I wasn't kidding when I suggested she might eat them. Cuz come on, she likes sushi, too.

I'm not sure how the almost 10 year-olds are expecting to play with them, but it'll be fun to watch.

In the new house - no crustaceans, only dogs. Today we looked at a house with a pool, a 400 square foot master bedroom, and a jacuzzi in the bathroom. Tempting, but the cousins (aka my voices of reason) say no way in hell for like 20 reasons. Tomorrow I'll look at like 12 more. Fun, fun, fun! And I don't have to be home with the crabs.

happy 4th of july!

Happy 4th of July to everyone. This is definitely my favorite alcoholiday. We are looking forward to a barbecue, a pool, lots of fun people, and seeing Sammie and Jason's new house. Hope everyone is doing something fun with good friends and good beer.

Also to all my ex-CON classmates...congrats to everyone who has passed their boards. I'm so happy and relieved for everyone who took it and passed, including those of you who may read this who I haven't talked to in awhile. This is a fantastic reference to find out who's good to go. Or just to see your own license for real.

Hope everyone's enjoying their job and their free time!

Funniest email ever: "maintenance has fished out the pink Motorola cell phone that fell into the staff toilet. It is in my office, please claim it."