Do I have anything to say?: Longer Letter Later

Friday, August 28, 2009

Longer Letter Later

I am sure that I have mentioned that after meeting my friend on the beach in fourth grade, we wrote letters back and forth pretty much all the way until college when I first learned about "email". I'm not sure if it was in letters to her or other letters, but I do recall writing "longer letter later" quite a bit (even if it already was a "long letter"...if you have ever seen any of the notes/letters I have written you would know...or, you should be able to tell by how I tend to ramble when writing blog posts!)

I do need to journal about the meltdown I had yesterday because, although I feel MUCH better today, I am sure there is more that needs to be "let out" in order for me to move forward.

However, I had a good day, I had a fun night, and I really do not feel like dealing with my issues right now...

If it didn't require a couple steps, I would have posted a picture of me with my gigantic beer I drank this evening (it was some kind of blueberry beer...yum!). Instead, I will just say that I got my pupils dilated this morning which made for a pretty crazy couple of hours. I started taking antibiotics because my teeth have been bothering me (I cannot remember the last time I took an antibiotic!) I finished "taping" the kitchen in preparation to paint. Again I tried to mow the lawn, but apparently my mower is broken (so, I think I will be paying some kids to mow this weekend since I work and my grass is already pretty tall!). I forgot how long painting takes and was only able to do the initial brush work of the first coat. I guess I will try and get the rest of the first coat done when I get off work tomorrow. I think it will look nice (I was pretty impressed with myself that I poured some paint into an old Cool Whip container and it was EXACTLY the amount I needed for this first round of painting!)

I went to dinner with my friend from Curves (who no longer works at Curves). Then we went to the "world premier" of an independent film that was shot here. It actually was kind of a long and boring movie...however, I was an "extra" and was interested to see if "my part" made the final cut. Well, you couldn't see my face, but that definitely was my rear end pushing in the crash cart (I played a nurse...go figure!). The actual actress nurse used my stethoscope and wore my name tag which was pretty awesome :o) It was fun seeing everyone, but I didn't stick around to talk to anyone (I did wave at one of the main actresses and she seemed to recognize me which was cool!)

Alright...so much for "longer letter later"...this ended up being pretty long (what can I say...I know how to "ramble"!)
Good night.

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Who's Who

Updated September 2013

I have one sister who is married and has two boys. "A" was born June 2009 and "I" was born March 2012. We are both really close to my parents and have lots of "family dinners".

I wrote a lot about my patients when I first started this blog. Some patients are still growing and thriving, and others have lost their battles.

My first foster placements lived with me from June 2010-September 2011. They were sisters who were 15 and almost 3 when they were placed with me and are now 18 and 5. I called M "the teen" and L "the little one". They live with their mom who still has many issues, but are doing well (ok) and I still have (not enough) contact with them.

My second foster placement came to me September 6, 2012. I call her Zoe and she turned 5 in April. She has cystic fibrosis and has been a patient on my floor at the hospital. The plan is still reunification.

Ivy is a 17-year-old whose mom died just before Thanksgiving. She has a Guardian, but is unable to live with him due to some family issues. She has no other family who is willing/able to take her. She moved in with me the beginning of February. She moved to a group home at the beginning of August as her needs were too great for me with my schedule and having another child with special needs.