And then there's the alarm situation during night shift weeks.

Notice the bedtime at the top of the screenshot. 💤💤💤

The reason I love having time off

Going from this: 

To this:

Although in reality it ends up as this:

I can dig it. 

Mixed Feelings, You Know?

Half Reece's and half Butterfinger?Theoretically delicious. I, however, remain undecided regarding the texture situation. 

Who Knew I'd Be So Happy To Stationary Bike For Ten Minutes Straight?

It sure has been awhile, but man I love the bike. #RockingBody

Gelato

Sometimes on Sunday morning you just have to polish off an entire pint of lavender honey gelato while driving home from Park City.

And yes, my nails are painted some sort of neon tangerine color.

A crazy song for Thursday

I'm not sure what exactly reminded me of this song I loved circa 2004. But I was thinking about the line that talks about brandishing. We don't ever talk about brandishing anything but weapons, but I think the word should somehow be applied to those who flaunt their authority, those who brandish, if you will, their power and thus use it as a weapon. See, that could totally work. And no, this post is not directed to a certain specific authority figure I spent 40 minutes talking to Kate about yesterday. No way, Jose.

You Know You're a Nurse When (part 23)

You have dreams about placing central lines. Like literally as you're sleeping you're dreaming about dropping a subclavian in trauma B or whatever. 

You know you're a nurse when (part 22)

You start speaking like you're dictating.

I called the pharmacy the other day and called in a prescription for Flexeril. And said the period outloud. 

I've also started saying "scratch that" as though it's a normal thing. "Let's meet at Village Inn, scratch that, the gas station." 

The unexpected upside of the whole dictation situation is that I can use Dictation software to bust out an eight page paper really really fast.  And yes, I just used the words "bust out" and "paper" in the same sentence. Boom. 

Also, maybe I dictated this blog post maybe.

Then sometimes I post selfies in which my hair and makeup are done

Thoughts for Liz in 2010 (In which you post a shameless selfie with air-dried hair and no makeup)

I think you should know that one day four years from now you're going to take a job you absolutely love. You'll have to work at 6 AM, sometimes for days on end, and as a result you're going to basically stop wearing make up. You're going to love how confident you feel without it. You're going to rock air dried hair almost everyday, and you're going to love it. You're going to love it so much that on date nights and church days you'll wonder why you ever spent so much time on daily makeup. So maybe, just maybe, consider that you can relax a little about the whole "beauty" situation because, let's face it, you're a babe. Even when you don't try to be. 

#RockingBody