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Just A Day
At this point, I've transitioned to doing hospice pretty much full-time. I still do relief work maybe one day a week, but I may be dropping that after this summer - I'm keeping busy enough that it's possible that relief time is cutting into my time to care for hospice patients, rather than giving me something to do when I don't have any hospice ( Read more... ) -
Charmed
I know the world is full of badness right now, and I know that it's bleak and horrifying, and I've been doing what I can to be both a candle in the darkness and a squeaky wheel. And I feel guilty talking about almost anything else. But at the same time... I want to chronicle some of the goodness in my life, too.
and I just came back from a week ( Read more... ) -
It Was.
This was the year that I finally had to invoke legal action to stop my father from contacting me. It was the year I cut off all contact with that half of my family ( Read more... ) -
Why I Keep Going
So I've been going through some rough stuff lately, and it's been taking a while to get better. Which is a nice way of saying.... it really hasn't been getting better. And so I woke up today pretty much the same way I have for the past almost-month - nauseated, nightmare-shaken, and sincerely wishing I could just cease existing instead of facing ( Read more... ) -
The Raffle Approaches
Work, holidays, work, circus, work, sick, work, and the world. I know I don't post here a lot; it's a hard habit to keep when I'm also juggling a work blog and a new business and a life ( Read more... ) -
Not Yet
I feel like everything in my life is in a state of 'getting ready' right now ( Read more... ) -
Now What?
Today is the first day in over a month that I've gone in to work at a clinic, come home, and been done ( Read more... ) -
Gifts From the Universe
Last night should have been amazing. I had dinner with a handful of friends whom I don't get to see near often enough, and we laughed and joked and talked about games and horror movies and the show we were going to see. And then there was a Postmodern Jukebox concert, and it should have been awesome ( Read more... ) -
Too Much Continuing, Not Enough Education
So as I may have mentioned once or twice here, I'm currently taking part in a Hospice Certification Program. Year and a half, couple hundred hours, gets me a handful of extra letters after my name and teaches me a ton of cool stuff ( Read more... ) -
Portrait Of A Failed Hospital Visit
My doctor asked me to call him with an update today, to let him know how I'm doing. So I called him, around 1:30pm, and left a message with his answering service (the only way you can communicate at all) telling him that I'm maaaaaybe 20-25% better, that my pain is still very positional, and that I'm still getting dizzy and falling down with any ( Read more... )