Feed the LJ
Work 3 days a week, off for 4 (though technically it takes a whole day to recover from one 12 hr shift) is really nice. I actually miss all my patients when I'm gone and it is so gratifying to see them get better (most of the time; sometimes they don't but thankfully that's not often). This is a complete 180 from last year where I was just praying to get through a shift and not kill anyone. Time and distance work wonders. I do miss L&D though, on rare occasions. Maybe I'll work the postpartum ward part-time after a year or so playing with the kids. That's the really great thing about nursing, you can do pretty much anything and if you don't like one thing or aren't good at it, you simply go to another population. No wondering if you're in the right field (anymore, at first I thought I'd made the biggest mistake of my life) and being stuck there forever.
Seth is still wonderful. He's my rock. We've gotten distant from some of our friends lately because we don't really have much in common with them anymore. Either they're states away, deployed, busy with their growing families, or just not going in a direction we would like to go, but we're down to maybe 2 or 3 good ones. But he's making new friends at UWF :gasp: and PJC and we're much closer to our families, at least. Its kinda nice to be without all the drama anymore.
We've been working out pretty hardcore (on my days off- I'm not insane enough to want to run miles after being on my feet for 12 hrs) and I'm really enjoying the changes. Seth's got wonderful arms- not bulky but definitely defined- and I can actually see lovely abs on the both of us starting to poke out. We've been eating out less and working out more and I feel so much better about myself and life in general. I got very depressed for a while in-between jobs and moving and sort of lost track of what's really important. Health and fitness and family are now the priorities.
Speaking of family, we went to a crawfish boil at my brother's house in Mobile last Sunday. It was great to see him and all his friends. It just felt so normal and easy. Like a soap opera you haven't watched in years but you come back to find not much has changed and that's the way it should be. I didn't realize I missed it so much.
Life is good :) Off to the gym and then maybe a nice movie night with popcorn and a cozy comforter on the couch.
Seth is still wonderful. He's my rock. We've gotten distant from some of our friends lately because we don't really have much in common with them anymore. Either they're states away, deployed, busy with their growing families, or just not going in a direction we would like to go, but we're down to maybe 2 or 3 good ones. But he's making new friends at UWF :gasp: and PJC and we're much closer to our families, at least. Its kinda nice to be without all the drama anymore.
We've been working out pretty hardcore (on my days off- I'm not insane enough to want to run miles after being on my feet for 12 hrs) and I'm really enjoying the changes. Seth's got wonderful arms- not bulky but definitely defined- and I can actually see lovely abs on the both of us starting to poke out. We've been eating out less and working out more and I feel so much better about myself and life in general. I got very depressed for a while in-between jobs and moving and sort of lost track of what's really important. Health and fitness and family are now the priorities.
Speaking of family, we went to a crawfish boil at my brother's house in Mobile last Sunday. It was great to see him and all his friends. It just felt so normal and easy. Like a soap opera you haven't watched in years but you come back to find not much has changed and that's the way it should be. I didn't realize I missed it so much.
Life is good :) Off to the gym and then maybe a nice movie night with popcorn and a cozy comforter on the couch.