I have been having a crisis over being a mostly stay-at-home mom, thinking i’m not doing enough, thinking I should work more, even though I worked or was in school full-time until less than a year ago, and couldn’t WAIT to stop and be a stay-at-home mom. The grass is always greener right? So here [...]
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All in a day’s work
Posted in Motherhood, family, work on December 7, 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 [...]
Should I stay or should I go?
Posted in Motherhood, work on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My current place of employment has been going through some negative changes lately. Don’t get me wrong, I feel blessed to have a job at all. However, the hospital is seeking Magnet status, and while this sounds nice in theory, in reality, it means that each week the hospital adds five more minutes of charting [...]
Torn
Posted in Motherhood, work on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My son is sitting between my feet on the floor, waving his red plastic telephone around, chewing on it, squealing to himself, and slamming it into his sister’s toys which are scattered on the carpet.
I feel pulled in about seven different directions at this point in my life.
Right now, I work on a unit that [...]
On working
Posted in Motherhood, breastfeeding, budget, tired, work on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First swine flu (oh sorry, H1N1) patient last night. And already I’m convinced that I have it. Guess I will know for sure within 1-5 days (incubation period) whether or not the body aches and headache are just the typical I-worked-13-hours-yesterday-with-only-one-break feelings.
Also, what is up with all my coworkers trying to guilt me into working [...]
Last night shift
Posted in work on September 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Worked overnight for twelve hours last night, but the good news is I am not signed up for any more night shifts for the next six weeks. My main competition for the day shift slots went and got herself a fulltime job somewhere else, so now I am in the lucky position of having my [...]
A Good Day
Posted in Motherhood, family, work on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today it is pouring down rain, and thundering, with the lights blinking off and on now and then. Thank goodness this laptop runs for a while on battery power. Eli is asleep in his crib, for his second nap of the day even though it’s only noon. …Scratch that, awake again already.
Yesterday was one of [...]
