Juxtapose

Had a number of rather "odd" patients today. There were numerous episodes of unprovoked tears, bizarre repetitive questions, multiple viewings of the floor's coumadin teaching video... all within the first hour I got on the floor. Anyways, I always t… more »

God is so good, so giving, so full of grace. My husband is so handsome. Baby is so silly. My life is full right now. Home, work, life. I just want to eat it all up and fill up on the goodness. Don't want to waste a single morsel of this sweetne… more »

Getting used to quietness has taken a little bit of adjustment. Sleepy mornings with the baby snoring until late, me on tiptoes to preserve the calm, midmornings where I am confined to the couch with her, again, snoozing on my belly and letting out a ye… more »

Once there was a boy named Mark with a blue truck named The Tick. He was a dairy farmer in Virginia. One day he decided to go to a wedding of two dear friends, taking place in Arkansas. Also there were many other dear friends, such as… more »

A deceptively chilly but sunshiney day. No plans until 1030 this morning, which seems like it is forever away at this point. Thankful that Christos anesti, alithos anesti, and He continues to live and continues to be risen, and continues to conquer deat… more »

Up early (again) after another late night of second shift (again). Crawled into bed beside a sleeping husband at a few past midnight after kicking off my germy shoes and peeling off my MRSA laden scrubs at the door. Awake for another hour feeling Baby d… more »

Yesterday was, for both Mark and I, a good and bad work day. Mark's work day started at 6AM and was not great in the beginning but got better halfway through the day, thus improving my morning when I heard that it turned into Answer To Prayer Day. By th… more »

Reading through my favorite book of the Bible this morning, Hosea, I came across words in the margin that I probably wrote ten years ago; "God fulfills the promises we make but can't keep." I thought of Hosea and his sad but beautiful story where h… more »

Had a rough four hours yesterday at work trying to subdue a poorly detoxing alcoholic heroin addict with a seizure disorder on top of it all. After several bouts with hospital security and belligerence and threats of volence towards the nurses (AKA - "b… more »

Best thing, so far, about new appliances being delivered today??? PEELING OFF ALL THE MILLIONS OF STICKERS AND PROTECTIVE FILMS. If you think I'm kidding about this then you really don't know me very well at all. more »

Yesterday I woke up to a new morning and a new house and a new, sunny spring-like day where I didn't wear a coat once for the entirety of it. And silence. No seventeen cars a second rushing past my bay window. No dogs barking. No 4AM sirens. Just silenc… more »

Packing all day. Feet hurt. Arms hurt. Stretch mark on left side suspiciously longer than yesterday, I believe. Head hurts. Dust is invading my head. Sat down on the floor, the only place to sit, to eat supper, which was a Whopper... it looked la… more »

Tomorrow morning, I'm buying a house. I'm overwhelmed and happy and excited and feeling somewhat old. Am I old yet? Probably not, judging by the alarming number of times my patients ask me things like, "When do you graduate highschool, honey?" and "So,… more »

...growing up: Twinkie Cassie Cass Scooter Vern ...in the past three months: Egg/Eggy Humpty Dumpty Dr. Robotnik more »

I'm glad I have resources like the internet to help me get informed about life. My personal favorite is the airhorn. more »

"It's been a long wintah...." Cleaning house inside. Lots of snow outside. Oh, New England. more »

Meeting up with Emvee in Boston tonight for an impromptu It's-A-Really-Nice-Day-Out-For-New-England-In-February evening after he gets out of work. I like to ride the train in and feel like I have some exciting purpose in the Big City, even though I real… more »

I've gotten used to the Spaz-O-Rama party in my gut. Sort of. Every time I get a moment to sit at work (which happens only about, oh, four or five times during the day), suddenly Baby gets fidgety just in time for me to stuff down lunch, displacing my o… more »

I got hugs from all three of my patients today when I left for the day. This is a new record. Patient number one, because I was Greek and if you tell an old Greek man in his eighties that you're Greek, they get a huge kick out of it and you're autom… more »

Did you know this week is National Radon Awareness Week? And here I thought the holidays were over after last Friday's "Wear Red for Heart Disease" day. more »

1. Practice sword-swallowing. 2. Buy on credit only. 3. Adopt a feral skunk. 4. (If you're a male) Get arrested, put in the clink, and introduce yourself to the others as "Elizabeth." 5. Go play in a dumpster in a dark alley in Boston. 6.… more »

Seriously don't want to jinx myself, but I just want to record, somewhere, the fact that I think I had a really good day at work today. Someone I respect there even said they were really glad I was there - and they didn't say it to me, they said it to m… more »

Had a lovely evening talking with Gram and Grandad over some Whoppers and Chicken Tendercrisp sandwiches in our typical high-class fashion. We have it our way. Went back to their house and cut Gram's birthdaypalooza chocolate raspberry cake from Market… more »

lolprez says, i can has lots of promisiz!!!! i can has econumy!!! i can has oprah's endorsmintz!!! yes i cans!!! Also, I love Twitter: glenngiven: what excites me about prez 44 is that the country is not pinning any unrealistic hopes on… more »

Best weekend ever - nothing to do, nowhere to go.. We slept in on Saturday and spent most of the morning huddled under the covers to keep out the chill, just talking about the theory of WHAT, exactly, to do with the rest of the day, which is one of my f… more »

I love this baby already. I saw it squirming around on the ultrasound and sucking its thumb, trying to make it difficult for Ultrasound Lady to take all the pictures she needed for all the views and I knew, pretty much right then, that this kid is going… more »