In the past 6 days ( Read more... )

Absent for almost a month - long overdue for a post ( Read more... )

I've been recognizing signs of stress and anxiety in my body and I'm trying to manage it by making some changes; green tea instead of daily coffee (*sob*), water instead of pop, some herbal supplements, nightly exercise in some form instead of being a couch potato, taking moments to pause before starting another clinic visit or before I enter a ( Read more... )

I was feeling quite warm and fuzzy a few days ago but there's been a shift and I'm feeling quite bitchy. I believe it's a volatile combination of PMS, 30 degree heat outside, 18 days straight of being on call, and Jack's absence for his week of work. TickTickTick - boom ( Read more... )

I've been feeling so tense this week, clenching my teeth, having headaches, feeling my shoulders up at the level of my ears. Yeesh. I know it's a combination of a lot of things that I'm carrying around, things I need to just let roll off my back ( Read more... )

Livejournal doesn't get the love that it used to - so many other things get my attention and energy these days. And truly, it's not easy to filter and edit my words to exclude my work experiences from my life. Work IS a big part of my life but I can't write about it. It reminds me of the blacked out letters that were censored when soldiers wrote ( Read more... )

Ah yes, the type and delete disease, it's back ( Read more... )

I had a client call me from Australia today. A little odd to be pulled over on the side of the road with a -42 wind chill, talking to a client where it's toasty warm ( Read more... )

I've had 4 babies in the past 6 days, and I have two FULL days of clinic ahead of me ( Read more... )

Yesterday I brought in all of my midwifery bags and went through them. By the time I was done, I had a shopping bag full of expired IV fluids, needles and meds, my bags were better organized and I had a long 'shopping' list to take to the clinic in the morning ( Read more... )