After a weekend spent venting in both verbal and written forms to several people, I am feeling a little better about the full-time thing. While I hate working this many hours, I must remind myself that this is only temporary, this getting-my-foot-in-the-door phase as a nurse. I will be finished with my orientation at work [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Full-time working = temporary.
Posted in budget, family, work on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mosaic meme
Posted in fun stuff on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mosaic meme, originally uploaded by majork_mama.
The concept:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker).
The Questions:
1. What is your first name? Kirstin
2. What is your favorite food? Tomatoes
3. What [...]
Gardening and CSA share
Posted in gardening on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, this summer we have been participating in a local CSA. I suspected in the fall, when I paid up for the 25 weeks of fresh veggies, that this would force me to eat healthier. And it has. I actually crave fresh vegetables now, something that I have never really done in the past. I [...]
Insomnia
Posted in work on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hmm… Night shift is making me a serious insomniac on my nights off. After five hours of sleep yesterday morning, I went to bed at midnight tonight, and slept like a log for two hours. Then my daughter woke me up at 2:30 am, M finally came to bed, and I was suddenly wide awake. [...]
The full-time gig
Posted in budget, family, work on July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Working full-time? Definitely better than going to school full-time. Because at least now I get paid, and at a decent wage, for my hours away from home. At the same time, definitely not a sustainable choice for our family. Three 12.5-hour shifts a week doesn’t sound too bad until it actually happens, and reality sets [...]
Fun fun fun
Posted in Motherhood, marriage on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Parenthood just gets more and more fun.
J. wandered into the kitchen just now, about two minutes after going with her daddy to get a bath before bedtime. I asked her if she had already taken her bath. She looked up at me all wide-eyed and shrugged her shoulders.
“I already pooped in my bathwater, and daddy [...]
Then and now
Posted in Motherhood, family on July 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Book List
Posted in nerdery on July 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m too mentally drained to actually write much tonight. I found this list/meme interesting, and I will be reading more now that I’m no longer studying for boards. (I’m an RN now, as of July 1st- Yay!!)
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This list is from the Big Read by way of KnitWrit.
“The Big Read reckons that the average adult has [...]
