My March of Dimes' March for Babies is tomorrow at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, CT. Registration begins at 9am, the walk begins at 10am. Come join me!

More info, sign-up, and donations here:
http://www.marchforbabies.org/Melally

As many of you know, I am a neonatal nurse working in a level III NICU. I've seen firsthand how the March of Dimes and epecially my hospital's wonderful MOD coordinator, Jeanne Lattanzio, have had a positive impact on the experience that the parents of our patients have in our NICU ( Read more... )

So I'm rereading New Moon in Fifteen Minutes...

BELLA: So... you came down with a fever of a hundred and werewolf and... now you're allergic to shirts ( Read more... )

Recipes:

( Corn Chowder )

I worked a 12.5 hour shift today and will be working another one tomorrow. I knew, going into nursing, that nights, weekends, and holidays at work would be part of the package, so it isn't a surprise or anything, but I can certainly still think it stinks.

Which it does.

Ah well.

Had a lovely time. There was fun dancing, tasty food, and much revelry to be had. Cannot wait for Uncle Cecil's Crazy Yule. Must remember realmsnet password.


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Our census at work is very low again, and has been for months now. Overall we've been slow for about a year now, with brief mini-surges that never seem to last long ( Read more... )

I am finally mobile once again! I bought a new laptop - a Toshiba netbook - and can finally travel with a computer again. Such a relief. Still getting used to the keyboard of the little devil, and still working on a nickname for it, but so far I dig it and its hugely improved battery-life over my previous laptop. I'm out and about and didn't ( Read more... )

Yeah, I loved it. It really is THAT awesome.

I wanna go see it again.

Why the hell is the IMAX in Manchester playing Aliens vs Monsters instead of Star Trek? What is WRONG with them? Argh!

Holy crapola folks, are property taxes in West Hartford completely insane or what?!