“I dreamed I went to J’s house, and you were there, and I taked a pillow and blankie and put them on the couch to cuddle, and J taked one away, and I taked it back, and he taked it away again, and so then I fighted him and fighted him and fighted him, and [...]
Archive for November, 2009
So this is what four-year-olds dream about…
Posted in dreaming on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A new week
Posted in work on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s 6 am. I am dropping the kids off with my mother in an hour so that I can take an 8-hour class on how nurses shouldn’t be mean to each other. Honestly, I think this is kind of silly, since I have experienced much more “eating their young” behavior in other jobs than I [...]
More career rambling
Posted in work on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Took the kiddos to the park today, and on the way home, they both fell asleep. They stayed asleep after we pulled into our driveway, giving my husband and I the opportunity to have a nice long chat regarding my recent career conundrum.
After much talk, my plan is still pretty much the same. M. listened [...]
Plan of action
Posted in Motherhood, budget, family, work on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, after my long rambling post, here is the gist of it: I am certainly not in any rush to work more hours. Mainly, my concern is getting back into a nursing specialty where I belong, before having another child. And we do plan to have at least one more biological child, and possibly adopt [...]
“A person’s a person, no matter how small”
Posted in Motherhood, budget, family, work on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have been having a work-family crisis, which apparently I am very prone to. I have been working PRN on a Peds unit for the past year, and it has been a great balance while pregnant and newly postpartum. However, the past month or so I have been very restless. Wanting to have a work [...]
NaNoWriMo
Posted in Writing on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m giving NaNoWriMo a try this year. And oh boy, am I having fun with it. I had no story ideas whatsoever, just randomly grabbed an idea for a scene and went with it, and so far so good. It’s total crap, of course, but it’s crap with potential, I think. And I’m having fun.
