A little of this, a little of that.

This blogging thing is not going as well as I had intended. Even when I think about taking a minute to update ~ suddenly something else comes up, and the thought to update flies right out the window! That, and I rarely have much to say that has any real significance.

Work is work, it pays the bills. I'm getting a little bored and the unit I work on is feeling more like a nursing home than an acute care setting. It's a rare thing when I have a patient who is oriented to person, place and time .. and also in a decent mood. Not that I could blame a person for feeling a bit on the grumpy side about being hospitalized ~ but for Pete's sake, if you don't want to be in the hospital, do not come to the emergency department in the first place! Have to always remember: car salesman .. make the patient happy no matter what they ask of me, or how cruel they treat the staff .. the patient is always right.

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Worcester campus) has accepted me to start classes this fall. And by this fall, I mean, tomorrow. I first inquired about the program on July 28th, I remember because it was the day Anthony came home from Texas, and I was late getting to Logan because I was scanning copies of my WPI transcripts to send to the admissions officer. Anyway .. applying meant I had to write an essay about why I wanted to go to MCPHS. I chose to write more about why I decided to go back to school, in general. I'll find out tomorrow if I can start their BSN program (seemingly a waste of time for someone with 2/3 of a master's degree in nursing..) or complete an MSN program. Either way, I'm going to ease into it, with only 3 credits this semester.

Now, for my most favorite topic of all, one which I could speak about all day, every day and never get bored or sick of hearing myself brag: Elijah!! :) My sweet baby .. the light of my life .. really, my everything. It sounds cheesy or cliche, but I'm for real, here! I love that little boy more than I can imagine loving anything or anyone else in this world (Anthony included .. but I love him in a slightly different way, anyway!) He's such a happy baby, smiling at everyone! Everywhere we go he just smiles and laughs .. people do not even have to be looking at hime, but you can bet he is looking at them, with a big ole smile! He has mastered the sitting position, and tries to hands/knees ~ he can rock back and forth, but melts to his belly when he tries to go any further than that! He never ceases to amaze me. Some nights, I just stand by his crib watching him sleep .. and I have to fight off the urge to pick him up and take him to bed with me, where I would be so much happier snuggling with him. I've got to get my snuggling in while he is young, because I'm sure it will be all-too-soon that he will want nothing to do with his cheesy old mom!!

And finally: Sarah has to go back to school, so our new babysitter will be Katie. I'm nervous to leave him all over again with someone new .. but she seems like she will be good with him. As long as she keeps him safe and keeps him smiling .. she'll pass muster.