Month: January 2016

The Birding of a Prius

I feel like birds are slightly predatory. They’re always dive bombing boats in search of crumbs, stalking beach goers and their coolers, screeching and hollering for no apparent reason, and lying in wait above freshly washed cars.

There’s a wall of giant windows on the left side of my classroom, and I’m frequently distracted by the disturbing antics of the resident bird population. There’s a wily herd of dark little birds who frequent a leafless tree near the parking lot. Every day, they flock there in massive numbers and the desolate tree comes to life with the flutterings of sharp beaked creatures. It would be beautiful if it weren’t so scary and gross.

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Diet and Didactics: Day 1

I’m happy to report that I’ve made it safely to my destination and uneventfully completed day one of my new nurse training program. So far so good! By the way, traveling with a sandwich baggie full of Splenda in your vehicle looks decidedly nefarious.  I never did find my electric skillet and I still think the laundry had something to do with its mysterious disappearance. If you missed out on the saga of the disappearing skillet, you can check that out here.  The good news is it doesn’t matter because, as it turns out, the place where I’m staying has the cutest little kitchenette that ever did kitchen.  I haven’t used it yet, (see confession below), but

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New Beginnings and Old Habits

Tomorrow is a big day. It’s the very first day of a new career and I’m all kinds of worked up about it.  On the one hand, it’s beyond exciting that the thing I’ve been thinking about and working toward for years is finally happening.  On the other, there are about a million and one ways to die, and as a nurse, I’ll be expected to keep people alive. No pressure right?  Luckily, I got into a new graduate program that will give me seven weeks of classroom and simulation training before I get thrown out into the real world with all it’s terrors and trials.  The best part is

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Dear Brazil

Dear Brazil,

Is it okay if I call you that? I don’t know your name but I’ve been watching you for awhile. Don’t worry I can’t see who you are or anything. That would be totally creepy and unsettling. What I mean is that I’ve seen that you’ve stopped by my blog several times. I only know that because this new blog contraption shows me a map of the world and when someone visits, that country lights up on the map. For the last three days in a row, you’ve come to see me! You show up in the form of a little number one and a yellow Brazil on my very neutral map.Glittery Nurse Brazil

It’s really pretty, that chunk of yellow on that big lonely world. I’m writing to you today because I thought you should know that I see you and you’re awesome.

Obviously when I first noticed you from across the internet, I assumed there was some sort of mistake. I don’t know anyone in Brazil. To be honest I don’t know much about Brazil at all. Then I got to thinking that perhaps I do know someone in Brazil, and just don’t realize it. Maybe I have a well traveled friend who happened to check in on me via the interwebs while away on vacation. I’ve asked everyone I know about the traveler possibility, and as far as I can tell, you are indeed a stranger. But in the best possible way of course!

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Star Wars and Space Boobs

There was this amazing interview on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night. You can check it out here. Astronaut Scott Kelly fielded questions while floating around in the International Space Station. How fantastic is that? Apparently he’s been in space for longer than any other NASA astronaut. Imagine having that accomplishment on your resume. I mean, what job would you even do after something that boss? There’s no way you could go back to some sad nine to five in a crusty cubicle after watching the actual world spin around in space. He’s totally ruined, in the best possible way. He also has an identical twin and the genius spacey type people (who I assume are eternally in Houston), are doing all manner of research about how space affects the body. I have SO MANY QUESTIONS, and not a single one is G rated.

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Time Troubles and Epic Tests

My girlchild is becoming a bit too smart for comfort these days. She’s recently embraced the concept of time.  It’s all very exciting until someone uses their shiny new time knowledge to petition for a later bedtime. Spätzle fritz! Clocks are ruining my life! Gone are the days of sending wayward children to bed on a whim with the logic that it’s dark outside, (daylight savings for the win!). Now there’s this distant, well defined finish line towards which I can’t seem to make any progress. Oh the struggles! The incessantly talking, questions for days, adorable little struggles. This is where I would put the usual disclaimer

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