Nurse-to-Nurse Communication...

This is the conversation that went down Wednesday morning about 3:30 am between another nurse and me...no lie.

ME: "Hey, Jane, remember Mrs. So-and-so, the patient who comes in all the time."
JANE: "Yeah, the cracked up one?"
ME: "Yes, anyway, she just asked me if I was seeing anyone, and when I stupidly said no, she said, "I have a REALLY nice paramedic friend whom you would get along well with. He's 36 and a lot of fun to be around. Think about it and let me know.'"
JANE: "Hmm..."
ME: "And then she says, "He's got a little bit of a limp from a hip thing that he'll get fixed once he has the money."
JANE: "Dude, if he can't afford to get his hip fixed, how's he going to buy you dinner?"
ME: "Good point."

Cheap Tickets

Stupid nightshift...I should be asleep, but between all the partying for my birthday and my body being used to nights, I am awake and in search of cheap flights...I don't know where to look. I've looked at skybus, orbitz, jetblue, expedia and yahoo. Not that I'm opposed to spending like $1100 on flights and a car to Cali next month, I would just rather be a little more frugal about it. Any ideas?

Linkin Park

I love this group. I fell in love with them back in Cali in late 2002/early 2003...a friend from middle school had the band linked on her and her husband's blog, so I checked them out and was hooked! This group is from Riverside, CA, and if you ever have the chance to roll through Riverside, do it and shop at the Galleria at Tyler....you won't regret it! I am hoping girlfriend and I will make it there next month on our vacation.

Anyway, I saw Linkin Park at Nationwide Arena with my nurse friend from work, her brother and his friend. In a word: AWESOME. I regret that I waited so long to see them. We had fantastic seats 12 rows up and slightly at an angle. If I was technologically savvy, I would post my video from my phone, but I have NO idea how to do that. We even bought t-shirts...not the ones with the tour dates and such, but fairly cool, girly ones. Being the good nurse that Sarah is, she said, "Look at that guy, he's going to have a stroke or heart attack because he's singing so hard...look at his jugulars!" Thankfully, he did not. These guys are so awesome!

This was the first time in awhile that I've done something that's totally my interest only, you know what I mean? I mean I get much so much enjoyment from girlfriend, but this was something I enjoyed by myself. For the first time in a very long time, I caught myself spontaneously smiling because I was enjoying myself. That hasn't happened very much over the last few years. I decided last night that because I'm in a place where I'm done with school for now, make good money, and am over much of what has happened over the last 8 years, I need to reclaim my life. I make the money to do pretty much whatever girlfriend and I want (and yes, we are moving out in May once her preschool year is over so that we have our own space), don't have any ties to anyone/anything, and have given ourselves time to heal, that it's time to reclaim my life and LIVE it. I lost myself over the last 8-9 years, and the girl who was smiling last night realized how much she has missed, and that's okay because I wouldn't trade girlfriend for anything in the world. But, I need to get back to living--girlfriend and I deserve that.

Who would have thought that a band like Linkin Park would cause so much commotion?!? :)

Baby Fever

The count has been upped by one more baby for my friends and family for babies in 2008! I suppose we're on to the fall babies now that winter babies have been born and spring babies are on their way. I'm interested to see how many babies will be born in fall or early winter 2008...I love picking out baby gifts, so this has been good!!! I'm not supposed to say who yet...but their baby is due in October and I LOVE October babies! :)

Happy February Birthdays

Here's to my February birthday posse: Debbie, Maya, Stephanie, Loni, Lea, Jennifer from 9th grade, myself, Angela from middle school who shared my birthdate, birth city and state (Groton, Connecticut--although I was born on the navy base), Collin Rowe from 7th grade (ha!), Lauren, Sandy Miller--who isn't a day over 39, I swear...I know I'm forgetting someone...help me out here, people.

I LOVE HOCKEY!!!

I really got into hockey while going to OU; there was a year where I'm pretty sure that I didn't miss a single home game. Through the years, I've been to a few games here-and-there just because life gets busy, and you can't go to every game. Rochelle and I have made a tradition of going back down to OU once during the season to see a game, and the boys don't disappoint! Anyway, Jeff and Rochelle had 2 extra tickets to last night's Blue Jackets game and so girlfriend and I went along. Jeff's dad has KILLER season ticket seats at the "club level" and we had so much fun! I have always been a fan of the goalie, so I had to include an obligatory goalie shot...I love it when they first come out on the ice and warm-up. Ah, good times. Girlfriend had a good time with her blue cotton candy, Diet Pepsi and 3 adults to boss around! :) Thanks for a good time!

Baby Fever--Round 2!

Here is baby number 2! My friend, Cookie and I have been friends about 13 years, and this is her 2nd baby...a baby boy. He was so tiny!!! Girlfriend just loved him, too. Congratulations!

**Oh, and it turns out that two of my friends actually had their babies within 6 hours of each other. This is all becoming too much!!** :)

Baby Fever!

So, three of my friends have had babies within one month of each other, and I have 2 more due within 2 months of each other. That is my last count...seriously, I cannot remember when there was a boom this big! Girlfriend and I have enjoyed buying baby gifts, and on Saturday we made the trip to Cleveland to meet the first of the bunch. Girlfriend loves babies, and she was insistent on feeding and holding Baby Tusberg. :) This is Hallie's third son, so she's an old pro at this! Her other two boys are 5 and 6, soon to be 6 and 7...it's hard to believe how big they are now! I remember seeing her oldest son when he was just a few days old. Hallie is one of those sickening people who was "made" to have babies and she recovers well, and does it quickly. Congratulations!

Hallie and I have known each other for about 8 years, and hadn't seen each other in a LOOONG time! On the left is our friend Loni who is pregnant with her 4th son due in May (she has boys 3, 2 and 1--William is the 1 year-old pictured here with us). I was able to hook up Loni and Hallie when Loni and her family moved to Cleveland this past summer for her husband to finish medical school. They've become friends and it never hurts to have a friendly face around when you're new somewhere! Anyway, that's my dissertation on the first baby meet-and-greet. Girlfriend and I are meeting Baby #2 tomorrow, so I'm sure girlfriend will have to help feed and hold this baby, too! :)