This has nothing to do with anything, BUT what is it about Taco Bell food that makes it my absolute FAVORITE right now??  I've heard that your body will tell you what it needs/is low in, so apparently mine is low in lipids and hot sauce??  Don't even get me started on the love that is the new Strawberry Lemonade Frutista Freeze.  OMG ( Read more... )

Tonight has been a great night shift, so far.  Cooperative patients, good staffing, etc.  This means I actually have time to sit here and contemplate life and all of its mysteries.  Sometimes that is a bad thing, depending on the amount of sleep I've had in the last 24 hours, the time of the month, my state of health, any drama in my friends' lives ( Read more... )

I need to go to sleep, but my brain won't shut off ( Read more... )

My apartment is mostly (save the bathroom, which isn't too bad) clean!!  I've been on 2 straight weeks of nights which makes everything else fall into sad disrepair.  But, the sun was out (earlier...) and gave me this fabulous BURST of energy.  And so I vacuumed, did 2 loads of laundry, unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher, and even scrubbed my ( Read more... )

I literally saved a patient's life last night.  First. time. ever ( Read more... )

I'm really, really tired (3rd 12 hour night in a row, one 8 hour night to go, yay baby!) and my back hurts from a combination of my stethescope and sitting in a weird little chair all night (b/c I've been displaced from my usual spot behind the nurses' station b/c they are stripping, buffing, and rewaxing the floors tonight, the smell is fabulous,  ( Read more... )

BBC announces the eleventh Doctor!   Anybody found any pics of him?

If you ever have 465 minutes (for reals!) of your life to while away, you really should watch the BBC's version of Bleak House by Charles Dickens.  Here is part 1 of infinity on You Tube.  I actually got the entire thing on DVD at my library and spent all of Sunday night into Monday watching and transitioning into a Creature of the Night Shift (TM ( Read more... )

So, today I went to the eye doctor for my yearly check-up.  My eyes have felt pretty good lately, just some straining when working night shift or when I really tired.  No big deal, right?  Well, I thought not until I couldn't do half the depth perception test, though I was wearing my glasses that are almost 2 years old and definitely NOT up to par ( Read more... )

The Turkey Day madness is finally over, though my apartment still smells rather oddly of turkey and bacon *hee* and my fridge is full of enough leftovers to make Hearty Turkey Soup with Parsley Dumplings and Turkey Shepherd's Pie.  I think I'll make those tomorrow afternoon while I do laundry.  All the dishes are done and the apartment is clean and ( Read more... )