i've moved!!

here is my new address:

http://crankygrrrrrl.wordpress.com

come visit for more knitting related content. :)

basketweave socks…finished!

hooray! they are finished!! may I present to you, my red bird knits SOTEOM socks:

basket case from red bird knits SOTEOM club (march)
lana grossa meilenweit colortweed #1008 from www.redbirdknits.com
100 gm/ 420 m; 80% wool/20% polyamide
started: march 2006
completed: July 1, 2006
needles: 3 to 5 1.25 mm birch dpns

and for safe measure, i have also included a couple of pics of my other projects from these past few months...

hello again

just thought i would check in on blogland. (hello blogland!). no, i did not fall off the face of the earth. i just find other people's blogs much more interesting than my own. i tend to wax philosophical and, trust me, you don't want to read my drivel.

my latest obsession has been yarn and fiber and knitting socks...but i am too lazy to post pictures. {sigh).

what's a girl to do?

i think i'll live vicariously through other's writing for the next few months...

this is a test

of the emergency broadcasting system.

this is only a test.

(beeeeeeeeeeeeep).

it's july 27 already?!?

hello again! by a stroke of (bad) luck, my preceptor was sick today. that means, a free day for me! unfortunately that also means that i have to find at least another 8 hours to cover this clinical day...which is no small feat considering my work schedule.

i'm settling into my own skin as a future np and i thought i'd share my thought of the day.

let's set the record straight. i'm not in this program to save the world. i don't aspire to feed every mouth and clothe every naked baby. i want a job with stability. i want a job in a cush suburban area where i don't have to carry mace with me from the car to the clinic. the saving the world thing is a bonus...and while working with the underserved population gives me some warm fuzzies, i'm probably not going to find myself here after i graduate....but, that's not to say that i don't enjoy working with this population...or that i'm not compassionate of their situations....or that ANY baby is just darn cute! why all the self disclosure today? dunno. i guess i find myself in the minority when it comes to my classmates. you know, the future missionaries, the political lobbyists, the strong woman faction....or whatever the cause du jour. i just wanted to tell you that it's okay that i don't have a pet cause, or have that burning desire to (fill in the blank) for (insert population here) because of (whatever tragedy befalls them).

but before you label me a heartless bitch, i do think that my saving grace is that i am able to connect with whomever is my patient, er, mostly. i think that translates to the patient that i'm invested in their physical/social/emotional health, and bottom line, that's what matters.

well, that and...i don't kill them.

boo.

wanted to write a note to let you all know that my life it a bit crazy right now. imagine having to work full time, as a new nurse i might add, going to school...mix in some clinicals (for nurse practitioner/masters degree)...and sprinkle with 900+ pages of reading and assignments weekly.

this of course doens't include the homework for 'classes' at work, the reading associated with the new work environment and then even more reading for my new clinical site policies.

now add car maintenance issues and general home cleanliness. (may i add, i don't know how i could get through this w/o my dear fiance...)

must get to work!

picture this

(please note that a long and thoughtful post was composed, including meaningful insights into being a nurse today...but fucking blogger lost it. a synopsis follows)

so my first day was good. a bit overwhelming. my patient is probably brain dead. ventilators suck. nurse-patient/family interaction is difficult.

that's all the energy that i have left.

somedays i just hate technology.