ugh. it's 2AM and i still need to do the dishes, take a shower, load the suitcases and double check to make sure i haven't forgotten anything anywhere. have to leave salem around 0815 (at least it's not PAINFULLY early) to be at the airport by 0930. my mom's driving Abigail and I, and plant-sitting my new lilac while i'm gone ( Read more... )

I had my Estrogen Posse over for dinner tonight. My posse includes my four sisters, my mom, their assorted partners/kids/fetuses, and Abigail. My sister Samantha was kind enough to bring me some Oust to try to chase the smell of scorched cheeseburger out of my apartment. Abigail decided to wake up early today and nuke a leftover cheeseburger from ( Read more... )

have you ever taken the time to smell your microwave? i mean... really stick your nose in there and SNIFF? Because I hadn't. I took the glass plate out of it today to wash and decided to wash the inside of it too. As i got down there to nose-level, i realized that it smelled like some dirty old cheezie dog had crawled in there and died after it ( Read more... )

Ahmed just called... VISA APPROVED :D :D :D

Ahmed just left for his visa interview... won't know how it goes for about 4-5 hours, probably. Positive thoughts, prayers, etc. would be greatly appreciated :)

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oh my god, first year of nursing school is OVER! thank god. i am a little (ok, more than a little) disappointed with my final grade: 89.3%. Yeah, if I had gotten one more question correct on the final exam then I would have had an A. bummer. but I did find out today that as long as I keep my GPA above a 3.0 that I will automatically get accepted ( Read more... )

i fiiiiinally got my turn to do an OB rotation. I have pretty much been waiting for this all year. we only get two days, and they were THE LAST two clinical days of the year. anyway... day one was good, though i felt more or less utterly useless. big difference between med/surg and OB, even down to the software they use for charting. i was able to ( Read more... )

I realized I hadn't posted any pictures of Abigail recently, so while I am putting off sleeping, I will post some recent ones. She'll be six in September. How did that happen?!


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I have begun counting down to the end of the school year. Today my friend Rhonda and I presented our community teaching assignment to a group of about 50 11 year old girls. The topic? Puberty. Yeah, we got to talk about menstruation, boobies, acne, and body odor for an hour. And it sooo wasn't enough time. We had planned to do some discussion on ( Read more... )