I'm an engineer, artist, mom, wife, and registered nurse. I work on an inpatient psych unit and live in the Pacific NW USA with my husband and our menagerie of dog, parrots, cats, and a couple of corn snakes.
Archive for the year 2006
Compassion
Since I haven’t had much time for blogging lately, I thought I’d share something I wrote for school. This is an excerpt from a paper for one of my nursing classes. I hope you like it.
It was compassion that precipitated my journey toward a career in nursing, and like many of my peers, I had [...]
Posted: November 26th, 2006 under Deep Thoughts, Nursing.
Comments: 1
Parking Ticket
Circuit Court for Multnomah County Parking Tag Office
PO Box 78
Portland, OR 97207-0178
Re: Parking Violation #HA00696951
On October 5, 2006, I returned to my car after an evening class to find I had been issued a parking citation for 90% blocking the crosswalk on NW Overton Street at 23rd Avenue.
Since there are no crosswalk lines painted on [...]
Posted: October 9th, 2006 under Indignancies.
Comments: 5
The Accidental Op-Ed
A couple of years ago we found ourselves deep in the throes of a post-911 tech industry downturn financial famine. I had gone from making a six-figure income to being unemployed for 18 months before I finally found work. Jeff had taken on two after-hours jobs to supplement his full-time county employment, and I was [...]
Posted: September 10th, 2006 under My Life.
Comments: 5
Random Survey
1. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed? Open
2. Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotel? There are hotels that have conditioner???
3. Have you ever danced in public? Not willingly.
4. Have you ever stolen a street sign before? Nope.
5. Do you like to use post-it notes? Can’t live without [...]
Posted: August 26th, 2006 under My Life.
Comments: none
[Video] Heart ‘n’ Soul
My daughter Risa and her boyfriend Perin were playing around at the piano together tonight, after we went out to dinner together. I was standing there with Jeff’s camera in my hand, but they didn’t know it was on. Listen closely and you’ll hear Perin promise not to saw Risa in half. I’m going to [...]
Posted: August 26th, 2006 under Life & Love.
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[Video] Dancin’ Dad
At my friend Stacy’s wedding last weekend, I caught this adorable moment between a dad and his two children. If you can watch it without saying “Awwwwww…” you have no heart.
Posted: August 18th, 2006 under Life & Love.
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Night Shift
Night Shift
Originally uploaded by LadyLong.
These are some of my co-workers at the hospital. Scott (left) is an RN. He’s about 6′4″ and comes in handy for intimidating problem patients. Jenni is my compadre, another CNA (certified nursing assistant) in nursing school, so during the school term we are always the weekend CNAs. David [...]
Posted: August 10th, 2006 under My Life, Nursing.
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