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.
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Felicity is Famous
My lovely otherdaughter Felicity is officially a published author! A story she wrote, Burgerdroid, appears in the June issue of Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, which is now available on a newsstand near you. You can also get it in electronic format at Fictionwise.
Yay, Felicity! I love it when good things happen to people who so [...]
Posted: May 3rd, 2008 under My Life.
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My new toy(ota)
My new toy(ota)
Originally uploaded by Geek2Nurse
My very first ever brand-new “just for me” vehicle.
Posted: May 2nd, 2008 under My Life.
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Living in the Now
My friend Mark recently wrote a post that spotlighted some of the frustration experienced by those of us with ADHD and the people in our lives. This is my response to his post.
“The problem is remembering to live in the now.” ~Mark
That is what the “chronically normal,” as Dr. Fred Frese calls them (referring to [...]
Posted: March 17th, 2008 under My Life.
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Five-Year Plan
“Where do you see yourself five years from now?” The interviewer carefully aligns his Schaeffer pen with the top of the leather binder on the desk in front of him and leans back expectantly, lacing his fingers loosely together as he waits for my reply. This is the interview question I have always hated above [...]
Posted: March 6th, 2008 under My Life.
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Jumper, The Movie
Back in 1993-1995 I worked for Brazos Valley Community Action Agency in Bryan, TX as their “Associate for Data Services” (what most companies call Manager of Information Systems, MIS). I was the third person to hold the position, and during the time that I worked there I got to “know” my predecessors really well just [...]
Posted: February 26th, 2008 under My Life.
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My Latest Obsession
With nursing school behind me, I’ve finally found time to set up the hand-me-down knitting machine my mom gave me some 20+ years ago and start figuring out how to use it. As always, when I find something new to do, it takes my life completely over for a while, so knitting is pretty much [...]
Posted: December 24th, 2007 under Knitting, My Life.
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My Warmfuzzy for Today
I just found this in my school e-mail inbox, from the student body president:
Briefly in other news, I’d like to announce the November student of the Month. Congratulations to Ruth R! Ruth is graduating in a few days and we’re glad we could recognize her before she leaves us.
Here are a couple of the nominations:
“She [...]
Posted: December 10th, 2007 under My Life.
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