From the outset, it's been a goal of mine to avoid making this a personal blog. I've hoped to share with you what my work is like without revealing too many specifics of who I am. After some conversations with a great personal blogger, I've realized that I'm flat out of material reconsidered this stance. After all, how many NICU man-nurses named E.J. are there, really?
With some of my concerns over anonymity assuaged, I warn you that my personal life is not rife with exciting material. However, here is a list of random things you might not have known from reading my posts alone.
1. I have issues with handedness. I'm not ambidextrous, as I can't do anything with both hands. But I do some things right-handed and other things left-handed. Right? IV starts, arterial sticks, throw a ball, swing a bat, use scissors. Southpaw? Hold a pen, use a fork, impress my friends with chopsticks.
2. My modest living space is being overtaken. Not by (too many) rodents or termites, but by books. Currently I'm reading this one, which may not be surprising... and this one. In regard to the latter, I generally don't like fiction, but it's a baseball classic. I'm just trying to decide whether Malamud's sparse use of punctuation is intriguing or maddening.
3. My mom and dad met at my dad's first wedding. Despite that Springeresque beginning, they remain happily married after nearly 35 years.
4. I've grown an incredible amount as a nurse in 3 1/2 years, but I also notice that I complain a little more, roll my eyes a lot more, and have to work to see the good in people at times. It is no longer charming when mom is 28 years old and a G8L9. I'm working on it though.
5. Often I have trouble sleeping on the nights before I work a shift as an agency nurse. The people, policies and procedures are different on agency assignments and it adds some stress, but it helps broaden my perspective.
6. I'm a foodie. I love obscure restaurants and ethnic cuisine of nearly any type. My sister-in-law is fond of saying that I'll eat anything that doesn't eat me first.
That's enough self-disclosure for now. Maybe more later.
With some of my concerns over anonymity assuaged, I warn you that my personal life is not rife with exciting material. However, here is a list of random things you might not have known from reading my posts alone.
1. I have issues with handedness. I'm not ambidextrous, as I can't do anything with both hands. But I do some things right-handed and other things left-handed. Right? IV starts, arterial sticks, throw a ball, swing a bat, use scissors. Southpaw? Hold a pen, use a fork, impress my friends with chopsticks.
2. My modest living space is being overtaken. Not by (too many) rodents or termites, but by books. Currently I'm reading this one, which may not be surprising... and this one. In regard to the latter, I generally don't like fiction, but it's a baseball classic. I'm just trying to decide whether Malamud's sparse use of punctuation is intriguing or maddening.
3. My mom and dad met at my dad's first wedding. Despite that Springeresque beginning, they remain happily married after nearly 35 years.
4. I've grown an incredible amount as a nurse in 3 1/2 years, but I also notice that I complain a little more, roll my eyes a lot more, and have to work to see the good in people at times. It is no longer charming when mom is 28 years old and a G8L9. I'm working on it though.
5. Often I have trouble sleeping on the nights before I work a shift as an agency nurse. The people, policies and procedures are different on agency assignments and it adds some stress, but it helps broaden my perspective.
6. I'm a foodie. I love obscure restaurants and ethnic cuisine of nearly any type. My sister-in-law is fond of saying that I'll eat anything that doesn't eat me first.
That's enough self-disclosure for now. Maybe more later.