I'm married to a slave driver -day 46

It's really no wonder, lol. I've grown up with my mom & Grannie who are major slave drivers. :)  Grannie says there are  no free meals! Lol

But I helped John paint the shed (aka pool house) all afternoon. Although I did get the easy job of painting in the shade, I got a blister. Boo. Before all the "boo hoo poor baby" comments, it really sucks for me to have any breaks in skin on my hands at work. You know that NICU nurses wash their hands like a million times a day, right? And that doesn't count the 2 million times we use the alcohol foam instead. Oh bother! 

Of course I didn't get much of a reaction out of him either. :P

And darn it all, that stupid peripheral neuropathy reared it's ugly head again. Here I am, up on a thirty foot ladder (hey, it feels that way) and my foot starts with the pins & needles. I am already a nervous wreck on tall ladders, having a dead foot really didn't help matters. 

Then my thumb on my left hand went dead too. Holy hell! I am just falling apart! Might as well just put me out to pasture. 

All joking aside, I did a great job painting (if I do say so myself) and I kept on going thru all that. Of course I tried to do all the low stuff instead of being on the (10 ft) ladder. When it was all said & done I had a dead hand & foot, although the foot was starting the lovely process of coming back to life... Oh yes and a blister. But we got a lot of painting done! Yay! :)

Maddie & her cousin had a great day of in & out swimming all day long :) 

And then we all went swimming, until I finally had to get out cuz it was FREEZING! I guess technically it wasn't, but all the rain did lower the temp back down to the nowayinhell level. I tried. But I am a wuss. So I watched them all swim while I sat in the sun & warmed up. 

Now that's a beautiful day! 

That's about my day wrapped up. Of course I did play candy crush a few times today too. No way could I skip that for a day. :) And I'm currently trying to beat my BFF in words with friends. Man Alive! How do I find the time? :) 

Hope everyone gets some good rest for a great Fathers Day tomorrow. :)

Day 45 nice Friday evening

Reflecting back on day 45 while hanging out by the pool watching Maddie & PayPay have an evening swim. :) Tiki torches are going & the crickets are in full concert mode. What a great Friday! 

It was a good day at work with my girl Stef, snuggling with the babes. A family brought me candy & a thank you card, totally made my day. 

Med wise not much has changed... Still taking a zillion pills a day, at least the INH is at night now. I do think it is making a big difference, I'm not feeling nearly as tired as I was. So yay for that! :) 

It has been a long work week for me, I can't think of much to say. 

So I'll leave you with a pic of my Sadie girl. She says Goodnight!! 

Day 44 - storm watch

So right now we are under a tornado warning/watch whatever, we keep getting alerts to take shelter. Fun times. So this all to my blog today, I'm gonna go stalk the radar. 

Stay safe everyone! 

Day 43 - a much needed break

Today was a true day off. I didn't have to take Maddie to school, just got up early & helped John get her ready & he took her in. Then I got to sleep in... Until about 815 when Sadie decided she needed to go outside, lol. But no worries, I can fall back to sleep easily. ;)

So I did, and really didn't do much else today. I did take a long bubble bath & relaxed to my music....a Pandora lullaby station. I know, it sounds a little weird. 

But here is the background to that....some of my favorite babies at work   (Some other nurses might make them their least favorite-to each their own) are Withdrawal babies. Babies born (usually early) that have been regularly exposed to legal/illegal substances during their fun times in the uterus. So after they are born they are no longer getting their fix they are used to, so they start to withdrawal. 

It's not any more fun for babies than it is adults. Withdrawing sucks. So of course they are not happy campers, and can have a huge variety of symptoms. After they are stable it's a long road. Some of these kiddos are with us for months & months. And they usually cry... A LOT! 

But come on peeps, wouldn't you? I really love these babies because they need lots of love. They need to be held a lot. They need people with patience. It just so turns out that my kiddo had a rough start to life with her reflux & such, so I have a lot of experience in dealing with hurting/crying/inconsolable babies. I have a lot of patience with them (usually, but let's be real here, sometimes I wanna scream too) and I love to snuggle with babies, even screaming ones. 

So back to my story about lullabies. Once we are weaning these babes off of drugs we gave then to help them, they turn into inconsolable babies. My MO is to #1 make sure their diaper is clean ;) then put on a wrap & wear them, walk with them, cry with them, sing to them. I put on my pandora station & we hang out & listen to the very relaxing music. 

It turns out, that same music really helps me relax, and I will listen to it a lot (my coworkers can verify that they too are forced to listen with me) whenever I am stressed. Or just want to relax. So we are back full circle to the bubble bath with lullabies. I hope you have enjoyed the journey ;)

I discovered a couple that I love to listen to Renee & Jeremy. They make great music. One of my faves is "three little birds" 

Part of the song is "don't worry about a thing, cause every little thing, gonna be allright" 

I love this song. I love to snuggle with babies & listen to it. It's kind of a mantra (formerly in my head only, thanks blog) that I have for withdrawal babies. I have sung that song to so many babies... 

So there is my sappyness & an inside view of what makes me tick. Most people might not feel that I have a soft side, but they have obviously not seen the p.s.a. for Resting Bitchy Face!

Anyhooo... I've had a nice relaxing day, and it has been great. Back to the grind tomorrow.  I did get out to check out my corn garden & took a few pics. Before you make fun of my corn, just realize I am  a super busy woman & sometimes forget to fertilize my gardens... Usually it's the corn garden that's farther from the house that gets forgotten. Hey out of sight, out of mind, right? But I am proud to be growing these awesome plants just from a little seed... There are a lot of little corncobs growing! I'm so excited! I really like corn ;) 

It has been a great day 43. :) That about wraps it up, hope you enjoyed today's trip thru my mind. Keeping in tune with the rest of the day, I'll sign off....

Say goodnight to the runaway bunny, the pokey ole puppy and that bear that likes honey. 

Say goodnight to daddy and mummy, say goodnight moon, goodnight stars, Goodnight moon.

:)

Day 42... Rinse & repeat

Today was pretty much like yesterday, except change the coworker & I took my INH at 3. Yay! Still lots of fruit that needed to be eaten. Of course I couldn't let it go to waste....

Not much otherwise, I finished my audiobook with the jacked up landmarks, lol! :) it was pretty good though. 

Ho Hum...I don't really have anything to say, that's probably cuz my body is screaming for me to get some sleep! I must oblige. 

See ya on day 43!

Day 41 - Chocolate covered fruit!

What a glorious day 41! Stef & I were working the unit today & we got a huge Edible Arrangement delivered today. Like prob costs at least $120 huge! We have amazing families that are super sweet to send us gifts. Two fruit loving girls.... We made pigs of ourselves, it was bfast, lunch & snack, & we prob only touched 1/3 of it. 

Have you ever had chocolate covered pineapple? OMG! I never would have believed it was so yummy. I looked at Stef like she was crazy....then I tried it! Yumm! And then choc covered strawberries & apples.  Oh yeah, there was a lot of non-chocolate covered fruit too, it was all very yummy for my tummy! :) 

Wow, who would've thought that chocolate covered fruit would be the highlight of my day. It's the little things in life :)  

So, I'm hoping that moving my INH helps, and I think it will. I was great until I took it at 1. It really hit me this afternoon, it was a big difference. So tomorrow I'll take it at 3 & in a couple days it will be a night time med! Yay! If I'm right that will help with the fatigue. If I'm wrong...who cares? I'm still taking meds morning & night, lol. 

Well an update on the cute fluffy little bunnies... At least one little bitty one is living under the deck... Right beside my small garden. And it's friends like to spend evenings by the pool eating on my flowers & veggies. Again, little shits!! Anybody want to go hunting Wabbits? ;)

Just kidding... I will figure something out though... I guess we don't really eat all the veggies we grow. 

So, 16 days til my next dept of health appt. and unfortunately it's not with Nurse Sweet Grandma/Evil Stepmother. 

So, I hope her replacement for these next two months has a sense of humor. If not, who knows how it will go! Lol. And I have to drive to Temple to meet her. Let's keep our fingers crossed that she's ok. 

I guess that's it tonight, it's been a very long day & I work tomorrow. Actually I am working four days this week so that little Mrs Shan can go play at Disney! I hope it's fun! 

Until tomorrow......

Today is day 40! Only 230 to go!

What a nice lazy Sunday morning...a little bit of rain, Maddie let me sleep in, and we had Sticky Bagels! Score!

And then an early dinner with the fam to celebrate my Awesome Older Sisters B-day! (It's really tomorrow.....but who's counting anyway?) It was nice to get together, I guess I am a little boring now that I don't drink. Hmmm, we did decide that I need one of those humongous bottles of Grey Goose that you see in bars for day 271! We're gonna party like it's 1999! Of course by then I'll be such a lightweight that two drinks will probably put me out! :) 

No med issues today, except I'm trying to move my INH to take at night. I've been moving taking it by 1.5 hr increments daily. I'll try to take it at 1:00 tomorrow. Stef you better remind me sister! I'm hoping that might help with the fatigue, I guess we will see. 

Happy Trails to you, until we meet again. ;)