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Good evening fellow followers, AKA, Dad..hahah.

I should be reading about Algorithms, Tachycardia, and Nasopharyngeal Adjunct Airways, but I've been wanting to share my stories.

As you recall, Mary Merlot is my beloved cat w/ multiple cognitive impairments, bladder dysfunction, & basically anything else that you would like to diagnose her with. Well, she's going home to Grandma, my mom, for a few weeks. I need to de-fur my house. Plus, I've had to pretty much confine her to my room after she broke MG's deceased Poppy's plant and pot. God rest his soul & my stupid cat. Luckily, MG has got quite the green thumb, and brought it back to life. Phew! So basically, I'm pawning her off on mom until I can't any longer. I will miss her deeply though, dang it.

It has been quite the week for it only being Tuesday. Yesterday, I hopped in the shower at approx 5:51a. As I put my Lt leg in the tub, I slipped. It was an obnoxious slip, indeed. My foot went to the opposite side of the tub, my Rt shin banged on the tub (in which, I do have a bruise today!). I reached for everything as I was going down, stark naked...yes. I wanted to grab the curtain, but I didn't want it to fall down on me, so I reached for the soap holder...didn't make that either. Finally, after doing a 180, I fell onto rim to regain my composure. Then I giggled during my whole shower.

Well, this a.m. in the shower, I squirted Dove conditioner on my wash cloth & proceeded to wash my body. It was a good 28seconds later that I realized I was using conditioner. Being a Mexican, the last thing I need is a little extra grease to my body. Hahha. I kid. I kid.

I went to Wal-Mart last Tues, Fri, Mon, & today. What could I possibly need? You tell me. Yesterday was the best trip though. 50% off ALL Valentine's Day goodies!!! I bought some unneeded candy, a candle, pink napkins, etc. I have a disease. I cannot help but buy when I see 50% off, Buy 1 get 1 free, or like the little trinkets they keep in the check-isles, just for ppl like me. I wandered through the whole store today asking myself, "Do I need this? What could I do with this? Where could I put those?" Bad, I know.

However, I'm the same way about my belongings. When I'm on a Goodwill kick, I will search high & low for things that I can get rid of. It ends up being an all day affair bc I have to question myself 45x before deciding that I really don't need to keep that pack of stationary. I organized my socks, bathing suits, running/swimming accessories, purses, sweat pants, & Tee's today. I feel like a load of bricks has been loaded off my shoulders. I could almost just stare into my closet appreciating the organization right now. Hahhah OCD nut.

Lent is approaching- Feb. 24th. I'm trying to decide what to give up/ do more of. I always try to make it to church every Sunday during Lent, along with the Holy Days of Obligation. During Lent, I will be going to Philadelphia & NYC, so it kind of puts a damper on my annual giving up dessert. :( ...BUT I've come up with something better...giving up cussing/cursing. Not that I'm a sailor or anything, but I feel like it'll be a good thing to give up & something that will actually take working at. In addition, I'm going to not eat fast food, which won't be too bad. Usually, I only eat Taco Bell every now & again. (I know, prob the worst chains of the pick, haha).

Not sure if you're aware of this or not, but I GRADUATE soon...from college!! Oh my. Scared, I am. A recruiter talked to my class today. It's so stressful. I love everything for the most part: kids & adults, oncology, OR, OBGYN, renal, cardio. I do know that I do not want to work on a Med-Surg floor or a pulmonary/respiratory floor. I like more acute settings like a step down unit from an ICU, except for the Hematology-Oncology floor. I really enjoy my clinical rotation on the Hem-Onc floor. I know that the great thing about nursing is that you can work in a lot of areas, but I need to build up some solid experience first. I just don't know where!