arctic ice 2016

There's a chance that this year we'll see our first ice-free north pole in recorded history.

I've been reading but not posting much

Working on balance this week. Or rather, not finding balance because of working too much. That about sums it up. I came in twice for sick calls this week (there are only four of us nurses) which gave me about 54 hours at the jail, and another seven hours with my disabled private-duty client.

I'm really liking being a nurse, though honestly, as an LPN I don't do anything that I haven't been doing for several years. It's just that now I can do them properly. Setting up and handing out meds, dressing changes and taking out stitches, documenting vitals and advising doctors about a patient's signs and symptoms --- that kind of thing. Nothing earth shattering, but more like ... comfortable. I feel like I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing.

I wrote to the nursing department at the college and let them know I'd like to step back in if there is a seat available in January. I'm trying not to get too excited in case there's no slot for me.

I'm also getting ready to start volunteering at a hospice to be a ... um, I can't remember what it's called, but I'd be someone who simply sits with someone who is dying; sits with the person if they're alone, whether they're conscious or not, or with family, if they want someone to be with them.

And the writing is coming along. I don't know if it's very good; anyone want to beta? It's original fiction and it's almost done. It feels to me, I dunno, kinda cliché-like. But what's more human that a birth story? Fresh eyes would be good.

So, hey, here I am! Alive and mostly working. :)