Spring Is In The Air....Finally!!!!!!!!!!

Finally, It feels like summer is on the way.
Flowers are out.
Vegetables are planted.
Sun is shining.
I am no longer cranky.
And I am glad to be off tonight.
I don't even care that I have to work this weekend again for the 3rd weekend in a row.
It is getting warm out and that in and of it self makes me happy.
I LOVE the warm weather.
The hotter the better.
I truly cannot remember a summer day that I thought was too hot or too humid.
Bring it on I say.

So, my old sperm donor has vials available again.
They are out of quarantine. (How wrong does that sound?)
The company puts sperm in quarantine for a total of 9 months.
It is disease tested at time of donation, then frozen for 6 months at -275 degrees Celsius.
It is tested again at the end of the 6 months.
And it is tested yet again 3 months later.
Can't be too careful, thank god.
So anyway, June should be the month to try again.

Had a fight with the entire day shift at work.
That's always so much fun.
Every morning I give what they call overview.
This is where I give a quick update to the oncoming shift about all the patients on the floor.
Important things, not little details.
Then we give off-going nurse to on-coming nurse reports in greater detail.
However, yesterday they apparently did not feel that anything I would have to say was at all important and refused to listen.
And when I realized I was actually yelling over them, I blew a friggin' gasket.
Literally, my face was so red, that I actually burst a small blood vessel in my face.
Now, this is not a new dilemma.
I deal with this disrespect from them on a day to day basis.
But yesterday, we had some seriously sick moms and babies.
Everyone should have been paying attention.
So needless to say, I emailed all the other clinical leaders a note containing my frustration.
And one of them showed the day shift.
Now.
Anything we share amongst the clinical leaders is supposed to be confidential.
We have a rat among us girls.
And that pisses me off even more.

THERE IS GOING TO BE HELL TO PAY !!!!!!!!!!
So having tonight off is a good thing, even if it is only for one measly night.

So.
Last week on Grey's Anatomy there was a song at the end when all the people were kissing and getting it on.
HELLO - my new favorite song !!!!

It is "The Quest" by Bryn Christopher.



On a funnier note....
I had my septic tank pumped on Tuesday.
By a guy I dated in high school.
Anyway, to make a long story short, I put up with a lot of his shit in school, and now he has to put up with mine.
Literally.
Appropriate wouldn't you say!
Not that I'm bitter.
NO.
Not sweet, little, meek, Melissa.
Never.

Life is Good!

I have been slightly cranky lately.
OK, I guess it would be called "bitchy".
I apologize to anyone who was on the receiving end.
I am relaxed.
I am happy.
I am trying to stay destressed.

Oh yeah, and HELLO!!!!
Meredith and Derek are together again.
Like I said.
Life is good.

Songs From A to Z !

ABC's of Music
List songs from A to Z.
You can not repeat an artist.
And try to pick songs most people have heard of.

Try It.....Good luck!

A. Another One Bites the Dust - Queen

B. Because you love me - Celine Dion

C. Chanukah Song - Adam Sandler

D. Dancing Queen - ABBA

E. Endless Love - Lionel Richie

F. Feel like Makin' Love - Bad Company

G. Give Me All Your Lovin' - ZZ Top

H. Hot Legs - Rod Stewart

I. It's Raining Men - The Weathergirls

J. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - Temptations

K. Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack

L. Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley

M. Mandy - Barry Manilow

N. Now comes the night - Rob Thomas

O. Old Fashion Love Song - Three Dog Night

P. Proud Mary - Tina Turner

Q. Question 67 and 68 - Chicago

R. Rocket Man - Elton John

S. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Julie Andrews

T. Thriller - Michael Jackson

U. Umbrella - Rihanna

V. Volare - Dean Martin

W. Walk this way - Aerosmith

X. Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John

Y. You're still here - Faith Hill

Z. Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie

Everybody is Tagged!

Ten Things You're Good At.
This is a Meme to have people find the good in themselves.
Your friends could probably do this about you with no problem.
On yourself it's not so easy.
Here I go...

1. Math....Any kind, Calculus, Statistics, I have this freaky numbers thing.

2. Tests.

3. My job... I can deliver babies, even without the doctor present if I have to.

4. Remembering people from years past. I can recognize people I haven't seen in 15-20 years.

5. Remembering period. I can remember phone numbers of my friends in first grade. I can pull odd facts out of nowhere that I haven't thought of in years.

6. I can cook a mean blueberry crumb cake.

7. Growing vegetables.

8. Getting what I want or need done.

9. Conquering my fears. (Well, except for spiders that is.)

10. Mental games, I can play with the best of them. (I am not proud of this but it is a knack that I have.)


Tag you're all it!!!

LAUGHING QUADS

WHEN YOU ARE HAVING A BAD DAY, WATCH THIS.
IF THESE BABIES DON'T MAKE IT BETTER, NOTHING WILL.

So little time....

Thank God for Days Off!!
I am tired.
I am exhausted.
Work has been hell.
Not busy hell.
Just weird, crazy, complicated medical conditions, hell.
Don't normal, healthy people have babies anymore.
I am grateful to have the next couple days off.
Should I grocery shop?
Should I buy all the flowers for the garden?
And what about vegetable plants?
Should I clean the new windows?
Should I put away the winter clothes collection and bring out the summer items?
Should I begin scraping the outside trim to help the painter for when he comes next week to finish painting?
Should I mow the lawn?
Should I spread the bark mulch that is waiting for me in the backyard?
Should I take my grandmother out for a Belated Mother's Day lunch?

Maybe I should just do nothing and enjoy me days off!
That's sounds like the best plan of all!
Especially after working all night.
Nighty-night all!

HAPPY MOTHER"S DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Mother's Day to All !!!

Does anyone need a nurse? Excuse me... an RNC!!!!!!

It's official.
I am no longer have RN after my name.
I am now Melissa RNC-MNN.
I passed my exam.
I am now a Certified Registered Nurse in Maternal-Newborn Nursing.
I realize the people who know me always had faith I would pass.
But like I said, If you don't know the answer to the first question on the test and that is supposed to be the easiest one, THAT IS NOT GOOD!
I truly believed that I would be taking the exam again.
Partly because there was no hospital reimbursement if I did not pass.
And I shelled out over $600.00 in order to take this certification.
I wanted payment people.

So, I haven't felt well in the last 3 days.
My doctor thinks I may have mild appendicitis.
I, however, am in denial.
When I had my gallbladder removed in 1994 I told them to take out my appendix.
They refused.
I told them it is a useless organ.
I demanded they remove it.
They still refused.
Apparently they did not know who they were dealing with.
So now, here we are.
I have right sided pain, nausea and vomiting.
And denial.

As for the baby making business, it is on hold until next month.
My ovulation date came sooner than expected and there was no sperm to be had.
Anyway, my original donor should have vials available next month, so here's hoping.

In other news...
I got my first check from the dickwad non-juvenile defendant in my house burglary.
I received an envelope in the mail yesterday from the District Court and I was surprised to find a check from the defendant for $50.00.
Only $2376.00 to go, but it's a start.

Now I am going to go make The Barefoot Contessa's Blueberry Crumb Cake. I deserve it. It is my gift to myself for passing.
And maybe it will make me feel better.
Coffee cake always makes me feel better.

HAPPY NURSE'S DAY!!!!!!!

HAPPY NURSE'S DAY!!!!!!!!!




And to all my fellow Labor and Delivery Nurses......



Thank a nurse this week!

HELP ME OUT HERE PEOPLE!

So, I took that friggin' test 2 weeks ago today.
Yeah, No results yet.
SERIOUSLY?
In case you're wondering why I haven't blogged, I've been sitting at the mailbox with a fucking dagger to my wrists waiting to get my
FAIL
from the NCC.
The NCC, sounds like the CIA.
Some covert operation that infiltrates people's minds and makes them
insane.
I don't actually know that I failed.
I could have passed.
Although I think I have a better chance of getting Gisele Bunchen's body and having a spread in playboy.
I normally am not this pessimistic (No, really).
The suspense in tearing my guts out.
JUST TELL ME ALREADY!!!
Either way.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW!
Okay, if I failed, I really could wait a little longer.

Anyway.

Sperm arrives on Monday May 13th.
The day after my mother's birthday.
Two days after Mother's Day.
Seriously, this has got to be the month.
I am starting to think that maybe my eggs are old.
I mean they actually are 36 years old.
Maybe they're spoiled.
Maybe they're hard boiled for all I know.
I know my mind is scrambled, maybe other DNA matter has followed suit.
Who knows!
God knows I have no idea.

Baby thoughts everyone.

P.S. - kind of an aside here......My new favorite songs.

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