Darn it, I caught a cold. Hope to see the doctor this morning. It's been dragging me down and I've been off work for the last 3 days. Thank goodness for sick leave pay :-)

Large Iowa Meatpacker in Illegal Immigrant Raid Files for Bankruptcy
By JULIA PRESTON
Published: November 5, 2008

The kosher meatpacking company in Iowa that has been struggling with criminal charges and huge fines for labor violations, a dwindling work force and declining demand among Jewish consumers since an immigration raid at its main plant, has ( Read more... )

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http://www.wxyz.com/news/story.aspx?content_id=c3b744a1-f623-4efb-955a-a586c06a1edf

The now former Mayor of Detroit has pled guilty and is done. It looks like he will go to jail for 4 months, be on probation for 5 years, give up his law license, pay back $1 million (yeah, right), give up his pension, and vacate the Manoogian Mansion. The Chief of ( Read more... )

Darn it!  I'm getting soooo anoyed with political stuff the last few days. Now my local airwaves are filled with the removal hearings for our Detroit ;Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. It just goes on and on, with everybody droning on about a whole lot of nothing. Boring. The Governor is trying to keep the proceedings running smoothly but it's not happening ( Read more... )

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/08/another-dubious.html

Each of these things greatly dissapoint me. Women have fought so long for equality and respect in our country, and she may single-handedly knock us back down through that glass ceiling that I thought we were breaking through, the one she kept bragging about in her recent speech. The 17 year old pregnant daughter issue isn't among the following I ( Read more... )

It 's been an amazing  four months. I graduated from nursing school at the end of April, celebrated my 5th year of being a Jewish convert in May, got hired at a local hospital in a Jewish community in June, passed my nursing boards in early July to earn my RN license, and just celebrated my 5th wedding anniversary on the 17th of this month. That's ( Read more... )

 I passed my nursing boards!!!   I officially have the title of RN.
It's been pretty crazy getting used to working midnights. I worked two in a row, and then basically passed out for almost 24 hours. I hope I can adjust to this soon.

I've also lost 7 lbs since starting my nursing job a month ago, and I noticed that I have almost no appetite while ( Read more... )

 
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