End to Beginnings |
Five days until Christmas. Last Christmas Eve and Day I was in the University Hospital ER. Seems to be that only the very sick or very lonely come in over the holidays. No one else is motivated to ...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:21:00 GMT |
The Times, they are. |
Picture it, if you will. It is nearly midnight. I have been awake since 5:30 am and at work since as soon after as my Special K with Strawberries allowed. I'm the resident supervising my two interns a...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:26:00 GMT |
It Lights the Whole Sky |
It Lights the Whole Sky
I love surfing. When I fall asleep now, worried about starting work again tomorrow in a new supervisory role, the waves lull me to sleep.Yesterday morning when I went out, I...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:35:00 GMT |
The Universe is Unfolding as it Should |
The Universe is Unfolding as it Should
I spent the majority of the last few nights in the children’s emergency department sewing. I knew all of that knitting and crocheting I learned in some ...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:52:00 GMT |
Isn’t it Lucky |
I'm exhausted. I got a pass off patient today who probably has a new diagnosis of lupus. Just when I think I'm getting okay with having it myself, something like that happens and I remember again th...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:01:00 GMT |
Skeletons |
The first things I did when I woke up this morning, waking after ten hours of glorious comatose-like sleep to the sound of the rain instead of my radio alarm, was think about work.I can't seem to leav...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:14:00 GMT |
Open Heart |
Open Heart
I am working back on wards at Children's Hospital. If I add it up I worked 96 hours in the past week. Or something like that. I'm too tired to really figure it out. I got home yesterday...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:13:00 GMT |
Give and Take |
"You never see a hearse pulling a u-haul," Arvid said today in church, "You can't take it with you." His sermon focused on giving. No religion leaves acts of charity out of the accession...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:26:00 GMT |
Child’s Pose |
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Child's Pose
In child's pose I smell the seaweedAs my nose hovers milimeters above the grains of sandAnd my toes spread into the gritty earth.Between my legs I see brok...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:42:00 GMT |
Heart Fillings |
.. Begin .post -->Heart Fillings The ritual filling of the purple pill box occurs every 7-8 days. I had this morning off and I'd taken my "T" meds yesterday morning so the filling happened this morni...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:07:00 GMT |
