I believe that we all have souls. I believe that there is one great power, a divine source.  Some people call him Yaweh, some God, some Allah, some Brahma, some cosmos, some the oversoul.  I believe that there are many paths to this deity, and that each of us takes the path that feels 'right' to us.  I believe in reincarnation, that we have been here before.  Some of us have old souls and are on our last tour of this reality.  Some are new souls and have ...

I had to get an arthogram done on my shoulder today.  It involves putting dye into my shoulder joint and then using a MRI to see if the dye leaked anywhere.  I don't do MRI's really well.  I'm claustrophobic, and the last time I had to have one I got a little freaked out and decided that I'd be better off sedated for the next one. So, I call my doctor, and he gives me 3 5 mg tablets of valium.  One is to be taken an hour prior to the exam, and the other 2 right before the...

I'm sick. I've been peeing fire for over a week now.  I went to the doctor last Friday, but they failed to spot that my urine sample wasn't the cleanest of catches and sent me home telling me there wasn't anything wrong with me. Saturday evening Ii started feeling off color. Sunday I was dragging ass.  Sunday night I was on call and had to go sit vigilance with a patient (sat next to his bed and half-dozed my way through the night, listening for his breathing to change or to c...

I didn't get to do any of the embroidery or the other things I wanted to do this afternoon. I got called to sit vigilance right after I posted that article.  I just got back about 15 mins ago.  My patient passed away this evening. Confidentiality prevents me from saying anything more about it.  But my patient was, from the accounts I've heard this afternoon, a wonderful, generous, loving human being, and the cosmos is one gutsy and adventurous soul richer this evening. I'...

Project biggest baddest baby blanket is almost complete! I finished the knitting part of it last week, and yesterday I pinned and stitched the knitted part to the fabric backing.  It about made me cry with frustration - the knitted front part is stretchy and the fabric  back part isn't, so trying to pin them together without stretching the front out of shape and creating puckers in the back was a bit of a headache.  But, I did it.  I also got three of the four sides s...

*I don't have anything that's worth a single article, so I'm condensing a few random things into a single article.* As I was getting dressed this morning I heard my eldest son in the 'game' room, singing " wo-oh, black betty, bam-a-lam, wo-oh black betty, bam-a-lam, wo-oh black betty, bam-a-lam, black betty had a child, bam-a-lam, the darn thing gone wild, bam-a-lam..." The kid has taste after all!!!!!!!!!!    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...

I don't usually post email forwards, but this one was interesting to me so I've decided to share it.  I haven't gone and fact-checked yet, so all you history buffs should cut me a little slack, ok?     Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.     Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.     Both...

One of the guys in Dave's unit died this week. He was riding his motorcycle without a helmet. He pulled a wheelie at an intersection and ran into some kid who was crossing the street.  The kid was treated and released from the hospital later than evening.  Our guy was pronounced brain-dead shortly thereafter. I dealt with his death the way I deal with most deaths - I went and thought about it for a while.  I thought about it for a long while, actually.  I didn't com...

I'm giving in. I'm asking for help.  I don't usually ask for help with many things, I'm pretty independent and like to do things on my own....but this Excel homework is driving my insane. I need some help with the formulas and functions that Excel uses. I have a graded project that I have to turn in, and despite having read the textbook cover to cover I can't find the formulas that I need to complete the project.  Can anyone help me?  If you think that you can, could yo...

Being a puppy is hard work....   Yep, it's pretty tiring stuff.

I'm taking a medical trascription class online.  When I get done I'll be certified through the Medical Transcriptionist's of America organization, and I'll also have some more college credits to my name. The first few lessons were easy, with multiple choice answers on the exams.  I scored high on them; the lowest I ever got was 88%. The next lessons were harder, requiring written answers in the form of essays.  I figured that if I scored higher than an 85%, I'd be happy. ...

As most of you know, I've had problems with my left shoulder ever since 2003.  It got dislocated in an MVA, and since then has dislocated totally 3 times and partially so many times I've lost count.  It bothers me every now and then, and despite my repeated visits to my family doctor nothing was ever suggested (apart from a sling and rest) as a remedy. Yesterday I was mopping the kitchen floor.  I was barefoot - as I usually am in the summer - and I was quite happy swabbing awa...

Yes, this is going to be a very boring blog about domesticity and appliances.  If you don't like this sort of thing, feck off now.   Last Friday I put a load of clothes into the washer, set the cycles, and walked away.  an hour later I went back, expecting to find my laundered clothes spun and ready to be dried.  Not so.  The tub was full of water and it wouldn't drain. I knew what had happened because it had happened before.  There are gears and cogs u...