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.
Hey E.J. it is a blog. If you are not all that interesting, make stuff up. I used to tell folks I was a 300lb gay bald male convict at Concord State Prison. That the only reason I knew a lot about labor and nurse stuff was because the library was really exceptional at the State corrections instutue. It also served to remind folks not to take medical advice off the internet which scares the crap out of me. That and Rikki Lake.
ReplyDeleteHad no clue you were male. Keep up the good blogging.
ReplyDeleteThanks, RR. I am a dude. Before I had the current graphic in my header, I had a tagline there. It said something like, "Observations from the token male in the neonatal intensive care unit."
ReplyDeleteI've tried not to make my maleness a central issue on the blog, just like I've tried not to let it define my work in nursing. Now that you mention it though, that might lend itself to a theme for a post or two.
Pinky, I left out one important (but maybe not-so-fun) fact about myself:
7. I'm a terrible liar.
I love telling stories about things I actually experience, but making stuff up just hasn't ever been a strength for me.
hey Pinky, since you brought it up, did you get released?? Can't you write your blog while on parole? There's a lot of other good ones (like EJ's) but I'm missing your blog...!
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Being honest is a good trait EJ. I like to call it poetic license. If it makes for a good story, I just throw it in there.
ReplyDeleteThen again, I do like to tell stories to my coworkers and see their reactions. One night I was bored and told the Nicu staff that we were having a water birth down stair and there was mec so we were going to call them. I also told them there was a hoyer lift in the room in case we had a shoulder dystocia. I then watched them flip out a bit then left. Yes, I have a sick sense of humor. But it was 0500 in the morning and I had to entertain myself somehow.
Being a southpaw/sinistral is good :-)
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