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Sunday, September 26, 2010 ( 3:23 PM ) shut up christine i live in a forest. i'm a garden gnome this is Ki, my ficus ('ki' means 'tree' in japanese)  we got 12 mini succulents for $10 at the dodger stadium flea market! our window sill garden is bananas  marigolds grown from seed  <3  Wednesday, September 22, 2010 ( 4:12 AM ) shut up christine well. it is tuesday of week 5 one month down and only eleven more to go i rocked my first few tests and i admit, i thought i was the shit. that lasted about a minute cause then i got a C. and then another one. fuck. i came in with these delusional expectations yes, it would be difficult, but i would persist and graduate summa cum laude! i would be so well versed in medicinal interactions that i would catch multiple errors (stop! don't give that patient aspirin, he's on coumadin!) saving legions of patients from unnecessary complications thereby earning the trust and respect of the doctors, nurses, and my colleagues........ the reality is it's week five and i'm tired. my ego is bruised. i really wanted the highly competitive kaiser scholarship/fellowship awarded to only 1 or 2 students per cohort (they'll pay half your tuition and hire you after you graduate) but i need to get As to be eligible and it's slipping out of my reach note to self: to hell with the damn kaiser scholarship. i came here to learn, especially from my mistakes. it's okay. don't beat yourself up. my ultimate goal is not to be summa or a fellow. i am here is to become a work toward that and everything is going to be fine :) # Saturday, September 18, 2010 ( 4:28 PM ) shut up christine i've had a persistent patch of dry skin on my right shin for months, kinda like eczema, but not. slathered on victoria's secret endless love lotion, to no avail. exfoliated, made it worse. thought okay, then i will fix this from the inside. drank more water and antioxidant juices to hydrate skin, Patchy still refuses to leave. bastard then i tried these homemade body butters and Patchy got the hellz out of Dodge asap so this is my little public service announcement about unrefined shea butter... When shea is refined or ultra refined it is white with no aroma. Many companies use solvents (hexane/acetone), deodorizers, and bleach to alter the look and scent of shea. Refinement depletes shea of its healing and medicinal properties. The shea butter that is found in most conventional beauty products is completely void of its original vitamins and minerals. Properties: Naturally rich in Vitamins A, E, and F, as well as a number of other vitamins and minerals. UV protection Anti-inflammatory Skin regenerative Great for: dry skin/scalp, dry/damaged hair, rashes, eczema, sunburn, insect bites, ageing skin, chapped skin, diaper rash, skin allergies… info c/o organic outpost use unrefined shea butter. USE UNREFINED SHEA BUTTER!! i love my white chocolate body butter. has tiny flecks of real vanilla beans in it
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( 1:38 PM ) shut up christine simple every saturday morning m and i have breakfast at our usual place, The Vegan Joint then we hit up a farmer's market or trader joes, and then we go home to take a nap so today i'm napping and i think m is being sweet by petting my head but actually his chewing gum is stuck in my hair and he's trying to get it out which makes us bust out laughing stupid things like this make me so happy # Tuesday, September 14, 2010 ( 9:55 PM ) shut up christine someone stole my bike. when i told our campus security guard he said duh cause you parked it off 23rd street. stay away from 23rd, it's full of drug dealers & addicts (i live on 23rd st hah!) anywho today i received an email addressed to the both of us it brought a smile to my face he and i have drifted apart, but i was reminded of a time when we tried to do good things. and together, we amplified a hundredfold the good we were able to do, than if we tried to do it alone. even though we haven't been in each other's lives for quite some time and we can't lean on each other anymore, the goodness we generated then continues to ripple back to us now last but not least i need to practice giving enemas i asked m if i could give him one and he agreed, if i do it to myself first it's all about compromise. give and take. mutual enemas are hallmarks of a healthy relationship # Sunday, September 12, 2010 ( 11:47 AM ) shut up christine in a nutshell my first day of clinicals was absolutely amazing 2:30am - stay up way too late reviewing notes and watching youtube videos on wound care 5:20 - out the door and on my bicycle 6:30 - shift begins i immediately clicked with a staff member who took me under her wing. she even took on an extra shift the next day so that she could be with us again i will be forever grateful to my 1st patient, who was so kind and.....patient. i looked everywhere for his glasses so i could clean them after a couple minutes my staff member says "they're on his face" oops hahahha. doh 4:15pm home sweet home. repeat and as far as boyfriends go, m is totally boss. he lets me practice procedures on him. but like 20 times one evening i mentioned that i needed to buy some drug reference cards at borders, but the closest store is back in westwood homeboy picks them up in torrance and delivers to my door. then cooks me dinner. then leaves me alone so i can concentrate on writing my care plan i love him. no, like, i really love him  being silly and showing off his guns as i practice taking his blood pressure & look at his farmer tan! adorable
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Sunday, September 05, 2010 ( 1:07 PM ) shut up christine this week we start clinicals at UCLA med center holy moly that came up quick. this first week we'll be doing mostly basic assessments & writing care plans, nothing too scary yet. since i don't have too much technical experience at this point, i will focus on what i do know: bathing my patients, brushing their teeth, changing their bed pans and bed linens whatever i can do to make them comfortable when i'm a real RN, i hope i am never so busy that i dismiss this piece of my practice. to the future cb, you are NEVER too busy or too important to wipe someone's ass. son. this is the foundation for everything # |
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