The Days When I'm Not a Nurse

October linkup: Because I’m a nurse…

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It’s the end of the month again! Only a couple more linkups for 2013, friends! I’m trying to gauge the interest in these and then I’ll decide weather to continue or not for 2014. Just FYI. I get it though, being a nurse sucks up your life! To be a nurse AND blog? Well, Paige is a good example of how to be amazing at both!

1. Because I’m a nurse, smells don’t bother me like they used to.

2. Because I’m a nurse, people don’t hesitate to ask my advice on any medical related topic. (I typically fall back on, “if it doesn’t get better, go see a doctor.”)

3. Because I’m a nurse, I get to wear pajamas to work. :) I mean, lets be honest, scrubs are the most comfortable things! I’ve met some guys who like the way girls look in scrubs, and I’ve met other who don’t. Mo is in the former category, which is a shame since I’m in scrubs half of the week.

4. Because I’m a nurse, I have the bladder the size of a watermelon.

5. Because I’m a nurse, nailing an IV makes my day.

6. Because I’m a nurse, I often think about what it would be like to have a ‘normal’ job. And then I realize the pay wouldn’t be the same. 😉

7. Because I’m a nurse, my hands get all red and dry in the winter time from excessive hand-washing. This is the time of year I start trying to find the perfect lotion: something neutral smelling (to not bother patients) and something that won’t wear off too quickly.

8. Because I’m a nurse, my back is already starting to have weird muscle twinges… and I’m only 25!

9. Because I’m a nurse, I have work dreams that involve me nearing the end of my shift and realizing I had another patient and I neglected them all day!

10. Because I’m a nurse, I feel valuable and satisfied and proud.

Make a list like this on your blog and link up below ANYTIME in the next week! :) Paige and I would love to hear yours!

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To my fellow Nampa citizens: 
Halloween time! Are you excited?! 
There’s a couple things going on that I thought I’d mention really quick:
1. Tonight, Oct 30, there’s a Trunk or Treat here in Nampa from 6pm-8pm.
(If you go to this one, come find me! I’ll be with the roller derby people) :)
2. Downtown Nampa has their annual Halloween festivities on the 31st from 3pm-5pm. If you have kids and you don’t want them out after dark, check this event out!

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Comments

  1. So, one of the first times she met Angel, my Grandma like half took her shirt off to show him some strange bruises. I thought that was so bizarre and sometimes people do automatically have different boundaries with people of the medical field…

  2. I would have to say wearing pajamas to work is a fabulous PLUS!!
    and the whole IV thing? you couldn’t be more Spot On!
    It’s just so hit or miss with those things 😉

  3. Try Corn Huskers lotion. My husband is a germaphobe and he washes his hands/uses hand sanitizer way more than he should. At any rate, we both love Corn Huskers (we find it at CVS). It has an odd smell, not bad just odd for about 10 seconds after you put it on but then its fine. It isn’t greasy and it dries super quick.