Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Lickspittle

It's not just a fun word ... it actually describes some people.

I mean, principles are important ... until they interfere with your re-election plans.

Hubris ...

... is where you find it.

Imagine the outcry ... the outrage ... if the Bushitlermcheneyburton administration/military industrial complex had been responsible for this...

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Sleep


My sleep schedule is a mess. I took the NLN yesterday as an "exit exam" for the RN program, and then Miss Fluffy & I had dinner with some friends.

I could hardly stay awake when I got home, and I was in bed by 10PM.

My eyes popped open around 3AM, and I've been awake ever since.

I have to work tonight from 7PM - 7PM.

Sheesh.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Still going

I'm on day 5 of 8 straight days of work. I'm doing preceptor hours tonight, and I worked ER all weekend. From Monday until Sunday - this week, in other words - I'll be working 60 hours ... only 12 of which are "paid". Sheesh.

My preceptor work will be done after this week, though. All that remains after that is time I'll have to put in for the Kaplan NCLEX-RN course I'm taking.

It'll be June before I'm "officially" done with everything ... and I'm not even sure when I'll take the board exam.

I'm looking forward to getting all this over with more than I can even articulate.

Friday, April 03, 2009

Rain


It's raining cats and dogs outside and I feel trapped in the house. I don't care what time it is ... I wish I could take a walk.

I haven't been in much of a mood to post after Jefe died. After he died and I posted, I went to work and had one of the worst nights in the ER that I've had. The patients were non-stop. We took 7 ambulance runs. In our little ER, that's unheard of. I was getting sick the whole time ... I had a 101 degree temp by the time I left. I got out at 6am ... 3 hours after my shift should have ended. It took that long to catch up on charting and clean up the ER.

Aside from the fact that the night sucked, I felt robbed of any opportunity to grieve.

I took a trip to see the Mighty HODAR over the weekend, even though I was still sick. I cried on and off the whole way there. I suppose that was my time to grieve.

Jefe's death, the hell-night in ER, the trip and being sick had pretty much worn me out. I've moped around the house since coming back Sunday.

I watched Garden State again a little while ago on IFC. So, through the speakers as I type this is Let Go by Frou Frou.

Maybe the rain will stop tomorrow.