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| Loving the season! | | I did some shopping today... told Gracie I had a "conference" with Santa. It was nice to get out, the weather was nice and warm too. The shopping made it feel like Christmas. There's so much joy in plotting nice gifts for my loved ones. We have some great things planned for next month and my new 2 day a week schedule has afforded me 2 different 8 day off stretches in December. Bring on the good times!
Also excited because the family pics we had done are in this week... but alas I can't post them til after Christmas as they are part of the jolly plotting! | | Bucking my procrasination!!! | | I have extreme tendencies toward procrastination, especially around the Holidays. Not this year. In the past I haven't had as much to juggle as I do now and my procrastination, while detrimental, did little but inconvience me. Last year I was still wrapping presents on the day after Christmas... can't do that anymore. The Holidays were not enjoyable with all the "you didn't come here or there" and "we didn't get to go there" nonsense. I am stealing time now to make them more joyous.
Edited to add: Only 3 more days til Basketball season offically starts! (yes Basketball is capitalized here in KY) GO CATS | | my three loves | | | I have spent the day with my three favorite people and my soul feels refreshed. There is nothing in the world like being with those kids and that man. | | Coming down from the fence | | | Events of late have made me doubt if I was really cut out to be a nurse. I seriously thought about (and even applied for jobs in another field) not staying in nursing. The past week I've come to the realization that I really do love being a nurse. Despite all the chaos and crazy... I love taking care of people, and I can be sucessful at it. Connecting with people comes naturally to me, I have a keen sense of observation, and I feel confident that I can make a difference. The fix in my situation involves me taking better care of myself. I have quite the history in my life of taking the long way around things. Seems like every challenge I have faced has been compounded because of my hard-headedness. Perhaps if I had not resisted admitting there was a problem for so many months my life would have been much easier. Why can't I ever remember that? | | had a decent day | | still don't like it, have a huge headache and can still hear all the chaos swirling around in my head. Kids are asleep by now and hubster too... I should be. 0500 comes awful early. Hoping that tomorrow is better. After working 8 tomorrow I'll be doing night 1 of 2 nights of trick or treating! Can't wait. | | 2 12's | | Going back to work this week. I've decided to only work 2 days rather than 3. Now this won't make the 12 level of hell any more tolerable but it'll have to do til after Christmas. Still comtemplating being a stay at home mom... hubster is talking about another kiddo in a year??? We have officially flip-flopped on that plan. Six months ago he didn't even want to think about another one and I was convinced we needed one more, but now I at least want to wait for quite a while before I'm ready again. Having 2 full-time jobs is not for me... and the stuff that I have to do at home is more important that anything that I would do at work. Really, I have struggled with this for quite a while. Even during school I used to think... what the heck am I doing? I should be home with my girl right now.
now for something completely different... a sneak peek for Halloween... the cow and the princess!
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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pi...&id=1452216764 | | Where is the happy medium? | | | I've been trying to come to terms with the fact that my job just bogs me down and I really can't stand it. The past few weeks that I have been off work have been good (boring, but good). Financially we can't afford for me to quit my job without a new one but that's what I really want to do. I'm trying to muster up enough will power to just suck it up but that place drains the life right out of me. | | Feeling refreshed. | | | Maybe it's the crisp weather we've been having, maybe it's the drugs... I feel like a new girl. Ready to tackle the difficult task of finding a new job and the financial strain that is going to accompany that. Of course, I'll stay where I am until I get a different job, but I am looking ahead to something different. This whole undertaking could be simplified if I could figure out what position would really be best for me, but I'm still undecided. (perhaps because I could be very happy just staying home with the kids...) I didn't just say that out loud did I? Totally not possible, but a girl can dream can't she? | | Tired | | I am very tired today, despite getting a bunch of sleep last night and doing next to nothing all day long. Being chock full of inner conflict is exhausting. On one hand I am sooo stressed by my job, on the other I miss the people and the patients and having a purpose. Dare I say... I'm getting bored | | a new hobby | | | In an effort to focus my attention on something more postive... I'm taking up a new hobby. (or rather getting more serious about an old hobby) Ever since the first time I picked up my mom's polaroid I have loved taking pictures, so that's what I'm going to do. I am going to learn as much about photography as I have time to learn and just take lots of pictures... I already do, but I bet they could be better! I have two more than willing subjects to practice on so this should be really fun. |
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