Siege, day 2

True discipline is really just self-remembering; no forcing or fighting is necessary.~ Charles Eisenstein

Okay, it's not really a siege. I often worry about that when the safety guy drills us on the phone-in bomb threat (yes, apparently they still do that, even with Caller-ID) or the shooter who walks in the lobby.

The siege is happening every time I walk into the kitchen. Over to the cafeteria. Out in the mall.

Yes, dear friends, due to liberal imbibing of those fine Hefeweizens, and all those yummy cupcakes, I'm now on a diet.

I have just decided that I should have never let that nursing school flab (and brownie habit) come back.

Coping with stress with food when you have a job where you sit a lot more than you used to, is not a very good thing.

My goal is not impossible, but it sure seems that way when I look at dark chocolate or ice cream.

Stay tuned.

Rain, hail, tornadoes

Dear Mother Nature:

Who says our Friday night wasn't exciting? I thank my lucky stars that I have a finished basement in which to hide from the rousing storms that were going through RehabLand.

Yes, we missed some fun Friday night stuff at baseball and the mall, because it got windy and spooked a lot of people, but there are bonuses. As I already mentioned the basement, I was thrilled that we still had electric and cold beer.

So let me just say thanks for avoiding my neighborhood. My nerves were frayed, WildDog was stressed, but happy with us.

At least, with a cold Hefeweizen, I could watch the storm reports and chill in a safe area.

Please send the next set of storms somewhere else. We (and all the folks in Oklahoma) have had enough water, hail and wind for quite a long time.

Sincerely (really, if it works...),

RehabRN

Almost over...

Spring Break ends tomorrow for me and Bubba.

It's been an interesting week. Training, appointments and a couple of days of vacation thrown in. Overall, I'm happy, even if I didn't get a week to enjoy with Bubba or to have fun roaming hither and yon at whim like I'm apt to do on staycation.

I've been reading lots. Books, blogs, you name it.

Here's my reading list of the past few days, because tomorrow, it's back to being a grad student in the last part of the semester. No more breaks until May.

Fun books:

CSI by Anthony Zuiker talks about the show of the same name.

Brandwashed by Martin Lindstrom talks about marketing and manipulation. Ah, I get warm fuzzies thinking about my time in the marketing department as a contract worker bee. Such fun with product focus groups!

And even though it might not seem like fun, I really enjoyed Help! for Writers by Roy Peter Clark. I figure it can't hurt with those assignments coming up!

Blogs:

I like to read Doc Grumpy and Nurse K regularly. Two really different points of view, but I enjoy the randomness of things that happen, because that is my life, too. 

Since I had time to meander, I also visited a few blogs I don't normally get to enough. Everyone needs Therapy is an interesting blog and I particularly enjoyed the post on March 18 about Paul Carr and drinking.

At Your Cervix is another blog I pop in and out of intermittently. I like this blog because the author is a student like me.

The snarky ones: FML, Apostrophe Abuse, and my all-time favorite, Passive Aggressive Notes, had a section on Tourist Terrorists in Spain. Just priceless. However, the best of the snarkiness category had to be this entry on the Daddle (with comment) in UHpinions. No, I'm not making this up.

Alas, I'm getting back to a delightful Hefeweizen and getting ready for the week. Can't wait until the next vacation.

Stay tuned...

Another day with the boss...

Yes, Boss #1 was up to his usual tricks, just like when we were travelling recently. He made me do this, do that, just because I was in the right office.

But thankfully, I had "earwitnesses" this time when I told him, "Hey, after all this work, you have to buy me something at X's Happy Hour." (still going to way too many going away parties).Thanks P and Q (my classmates) conferenced in on the other line.

I finally got something good out of him: a nice, fresh local Hefeweizen with lemon.