Two weeks of work under my belt, well, a day shy actually. I had to miss Friday because Nathan had a fever hovering between 101-103.8. Looks to be viral since this is day three, and it's mostly gone. He was definitely not himself, poor guy. While I'm on this rabbit trail, here's something about the Holy Spirit that I just don't get. About a week ( Read more... )

I started orientation at Methodist Hospital on Monday. I'll be sitting in class room orientation through Friday. It's pretty mundane, but necessary stuff ( Read more... )

Dave and I went to see them at an outdoor venue on the river front last night. They were so fun to see live. When we first got there, I cried because their music is so well done. Chris, the mandolin player (who Dave called a show-boater, I said he was a bit full of himself, but, good lord, he's good) was really entertaining, Sarah, the fiddle ( Read more... )

There is a morning dove nesting in one of my hanging plants on our front porch. She actually killed the plant, but this morning the eggs she was sitting on for weeks are finally hatching. I'll have to go out later to really see them, but the basket is swinging around from all the commotion. She's cooing and bobbing around in there a lot. This is ( Read more... )

I'm going to start working at Methodist Hospital on Monday, Aug. 7th. I'll be a "registry" nurse on the labor and delivery unit, which basically means that I make my own schedule and I make GOOD money. The down side is that I am not eligible for benefits, which for me, is not a down side, since we have pretty darn good benefits through Caterpillar ( Read more... )

So I think I'm mostly weaned off of Effexor. Dave has successfully weaned off of it as well. I totally hate the dizzy feeling that I get after a few days of not taking it, so I've started taking the capsule apart and taking half of the contents on those dizzy days. And those days are spacing out. It was an experiment that I hope I'll not have to ( Read more... )

Yesterday afternoon Nathan picked up two colorful plastic baby spoons. He held them both for quite some time and then settled on the red and purple one. He played with and held that spoon all afternoon and evening. When I put him in the bathtub he wouldn't let go of it. When I was putting him to bed, he wouldn't let go of it. When I went in to get ( Read more... )

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When I first moved to Chicago in 1997, I loved the cloudy days there. They matched my heart. And this isn't to say that I'm depressed and loving it. There's just something nice about the slow pace and cool temperature of a cloudy day. It makes me feel more restful. Today is cool and cloudy here, and I'm thankful ( Read more... )

Today I accidentally let Sam see a woman get shot on a TV show that I was watching. I turned it off and sat there looking at him, waiting for his response. With a pretty solemn look, he kept saying, "Mommy, I not get red. I not get red, Mommy." I want to melt into the floor now as I write that. I held him, and told him that I'm sorry that he saw ( Read more... )