Today would have been his 23rd birthday, and I didn't even realize it until I looked at the date on my cell phone. It didn't hit me at first, but something was nagging me in the back of my head that today was a significant date. I can't believe his 17th birthday, his last birthday on earth, was six years ago. I remember what I did with him that day ( Read more... )

Level 1
(x) smoked a cigarette
(x) smoked a cigar
(x) done weed
(x) drank alcohol

SO FAR: 4

Level 2
(x) are in love/been in love.
(x) been dumped
( ) shoplifted
( ) been fired
( ) been in a fist fight

SO FAR: 6

Level 3
( ) snuck out of a parent's house
(x) had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
( ) been arrested
(x) made out with a stranger
(x) gone ( Read more... )

More good news. I worked all afternoon on a paper that incorporated structural family therapy theory into treatment for a family with an anorexic adolescent. After I sent the paper to my teacher, she emailed me back and said it was an excellent paper, and would I mind posting it on the class discussion board (it's an online class with a website) as ( Read more... )

Dear everyone,

After 4 1/2 years together, Neil and I are engaged. : )

Love,
Me

P.S.--Everyone knew it was coming, but at least try to act surprised...: )

Today was one of my "firsts" since becoming a nurse a year ago...today was the first time I went to the funeral of a patient. Lately it seems like we've had a lot of deaths in the PICU, and while all of them affect me in some way, this one was particularly hard. This baby girl spent her whole (short, 5 1/2 month) life in the hospital. She had both ( Read more... )

So I caught Rotavirus from some of the kids at work. It was spreading around to all the staff last week. I worked Thursday and Friday and was feeling all big and bad because I didn't have it yet. Saturday found me in upstate NY visiting the property where Neil's parents plan to build their house. I felt awful for most of the day and ended up puking ( Read more... )

Today I registered for an itunes account and started downloading music *GASPO* legally. I figure now's a good time to do it, since I'm making some money.  I've used Morpheus in the past, but it's been pissing me off lately. There's a number of songs I've been dying to have on my computer, but I don't have the time to sift through Morpheus downloads ( Read more... )

I've been watching footage on CNN about the shooter and some of the victims, and it makes me want to throw up. The shooter was my age. He was a loner from South Korea, and I heard he left a note in which he talked about "rich kids" and "debauchery" and "charlatans". I imagine he was picked on a lot and pretty much ignored. How many times have I ( Read more... )

So I've been watching news about the Virginia Tech shootings on and off today at work, and I can't help but relate it to David. Today a highly disturbed individual took his own life after taking the lives of 32 others. Five years ago tomorrow David took his own life quietly during the night. It feels kind of selfish to compare something so tragic ( Read more... )

So I'm in Charleston for a couple days since I have this week off work, and today I saw the ever-enduring icon of the Capitol City...the Shim.  I haven't seen him for years. When I was in high school, I usually saw him walking along Corridor G near Ashton Place or downtown near the Transit Mall or Capitol Street wearing a spaghetti strap top, a ( Read more... )