I had a cool patient yesterday. I wrote a bit about her medical issues in my nursing blog, but here I can add a few nursing-irrelevant details. I saw her in the hall the day before, and you just need a glimpse to say 'yep, she's a lesbian. BIG FAT lesbian.' Most of the nurses were confused (is that a man or a woman)? But any lesbian who's been a ( Read more... )

I am watching the new X-Files movie. For those of you who don't know, Agent Scully was my very first love when I was 11. Throughout the entirety of my teenage years, I rooted religiously for Scully and Mulder to hook up. I was convinced that they were in love and wanted them to get together more than I wanted a bigger chest or blemish-free skin. X- ( Read more... )

So what's new in my life? Besides trying (and failing) to get overtime at work, I am getting my normal hours in so that's a relief. I'm training in karate three times a week now, which makes me as happy as can be. I've been running stairs at work, trying to build up my endurance. And I've discovered a game that's also a workout, that's also highly ( Read more... )

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I'm into this election, what can I say? Everyone I voted for won. Even Jackson county, birthplace of the Republican party and ALWAYS a Republican county, voted for all democrats in this election. I went to the poll for the first time (I voted absentee before) and I was the youngest person at my Liberty township polling place. I think the best part ( Read more... )

The news came in about 5 minutes ago. I jumped up. I knelt on the floor. I jumped back up. I shook Saba in bed screaming "Jityo! Obama jityo!" (He won! Obama won!) Tears in my eyes. I'm not black but it touched me almost as if I was. I watched African Americans sink to their knees, crying, some screaming, some speechless. I thought about the world ( Read more... )

I was given a gentle reminder today that there are readers out there still interested in reading my updates. So I'm here, updating. I update a little bit more frequently in my nursing blog, just because my personal life tends to be too personal at times for public posts ( Read more... )

There is no dashain for me this year ( Read more... )