and we've only just begun :)

Falling is part of the fight...

Thankful
Whatever our individual troubles and challenges may be, it’s important to pause every now and then to appreciate all that we have, on every level. We need to literally 'count our blessings,' give thanks for them, allow ourselves to enjoy them, and relish the experience of prosperity we already have.Shakti Gawain Let's be honest.  Most of the time, it's much easier to be ungrateful than grateful.  How often do we go out of our ways to wish something didn't happen when we sho

I’d still side with love
So tired of crying my eyes out... night after night after night... Yearning for what is not here.  What  should be here. IF that's the way you loveYou've got to learn so muchIf that's the way you say goodbyeAnd this is how it endsAnd I'm alright withinNever going to see me cryCause I've criedSo go on, go on and break my heartI'll be okayThere's nothing you can do to meThat's ever going to burn meSo go on, go on and leave my loveOut on the streetI'm fearlessBetter believe I'm fearless...

My non-clinical journal entry
Today was clinical, but we got off early because my instructor had to go out of town. Instead of seizing the day and getting things done, I've been thinking.  And I've come up with this. It's my favorite time of the year, and I don't have a spare second to enjoy a minute of it.  I don't have time to enjoy the stress of shopping, make special gifts for my loved ones, or decorate my room insanely early just to enjoy my pink tree a little longer.  I am miserable.  And I know exactly why.Even worse, I know what will make it better, but I also know the cure comes with an entire set of new problems.So the origi

Sections, Circs & Stiletto Heels :: N30010 Clinical Journal Entry #23
I am not in the least way superstitous, but it is Friday the 13th, and today’s clinical was insane. Remember I am in Obstetric/Women’s Health clinical, and we spread out among several units - Labor & Delivery, Triage, Post-partum, and Nursery. Today, I decided to go to the nursery since L&D was pretty much empty, and Post-partum is boring. I went into the nursery, and 3 babies were there. The hospital has 3 nurseries, and there were apparently 8 babies in this one, but hospital policy is huge on mom-baby bonding so they try to keep the babies with their moms as much as po

Our fridge
Our refridgerator is a sorry piece of equipment.  It works great, gives us ice and water, keeps our food nice and cold or frozen, but there is one problem.  It's covered in wood panels to match the wood in the kitchen.  Wood panels are not magnetic.  I've hated this fact since the day we moved in, well over a decade ago. So around here, if you have something amazing like a report card you want the entire household and guests to see, or perhaps that school picture you look especially nice in, or like lately, the picture from the newspaper of LeBron, Shaq, and MO WILLIAMS.... well, you just get a tiny piece of tape out and mount your article/picture/letter/mean n