soap

I've become obsessed with soaps. 'organic' soaps with woodsy bright scents. it started with my trip to tarpon springs, was elevated by that expensive lush store and ended with me wanting to make my own. but i would name mine things like beestung and winter's scarf. seriously. especially if we move to the 4 bedroom house in forest hills. our room, judies room, office and craft/spare room. that room will definitely have space to work in. not to mention a backyard to grow ingredients. excited about this potential income hobby.

here's my most recent purchase. not sure how i'm going to like them as they haven't been tested yet but the scents are kind of subtle so we'll see. definitely love etsy because everything I buy almost always comes with a free gift or samples. love that.

Camping?

Trying to set up an impromptu camping trip that is kid friendly for Saturday night. Wanted to go to Oscar Sherer SP but it had no availability. Hopefully I can find something else. If not I'm thinking Bok Tower on Saturday. I want to do something outside and springy!!!

I'm gonna try to find non SP's to camp at either in the Ocala area or near Sarasota. I really wanna camp, darn it.

Livin the life

Phew!

The working weekend is finally over! I have a glorious three days off, 1 on, and three more off. Really looking forward to it!

Our schedules still haven't gotten any easier. Denis is not having much luck getting transferred to days. The game really feels like his supervisor would like him to put in 2 weeks so the department will finally be short enough to be able to rehire. Meanwhile he's applied to the clinics and hopefully we hear some good word back. We haven't seen much posted in the surrounding area as far as huc/clerk work. Even if he can only find part time work to keep some money coming in, that'd be beneficial. We're making the child care work for now and will likely go to extreme measures to keep his little girl in our care. I think this family would be shattered if anything else happened.

Speaking of the kiddo- Hillsborough County schools are out today. I think we're gonna do some errands and then maybe hit up the pool. Just as soon as I get some more caffeine in me :D

the sickness!

Last Thursday I had to leave work early! We were having quite the day as far as pt acuity and staffing went so I toughed it out until 4p but at that time I was so emotionally and physically spent that it's a wonder I drove home safely. Denis came home at his usual time and took one look at me and felt my forehead and called our camping trip off. We were set to leave early Fri AM for a quickie camping trip at Paynes Prairie just outside of Gainesville. I had hoped to see some bison, cracker cattle and wild horses...

but instead I just saw a whole lot of....

I'm still planning on going to this park... as I have for the past few years... maybe next month sometime.


The photos in this post are from the Florida State Parks website.

I've had a lot of ups and downs lately. I was in a really positive and energetic mood yesterday, despite being at work. Now today I was off and did nothing with myself. I didn't plan any trips. I watched a bit of tv and took a long nap. I ate poorly. I generally am depressed from my laziness today and think it's the weather?? All of the sunny days have been my work days lately. I really want to get out to the beach and get some vit D stat.

Presently reading some fat loss journals... trying to find some that work for me. Usually boosts my energy and esteem and snaps me out of it when I find a good one to follow. Anyway, I work tomorrow and then am off Fri, work an 8 sat and a 12 sun. we will have Judie this weekend and she usually livens things up a bit.
Not sure if I'm going to start the book American Gods that Denis bought for me or if I'm going to keep looking for blogs until bed. He's playing a creepy game and I'm keeping him company so I'm guessing blogs. 

Well

I revisted my orthopedic doc yesterday. I, he agreed, have some concerns about how achey my knee can be and I told him I get stabbing intermittent pains some days. He wrote a script for an MRI and meanwhile I'm able to take patient's at work but am limited from squatting, kneeling, and stairs and whatever else seems like 'too much'.

This is all fine to me as I tired of being in the middle as charge nurse or as sitting on 1:1 observation patients. One is stressful purely for having to deal with others that don't respect my opinions or direction. Importantly these are not really my coworkers/ floor staff as I have a pretty good working relationship with them all. It is the NODs that don't trust my judgement on how to run my floor. It is them that constantly short staff and question our needs while dumping multiple patients on us at once. Last night we entered a staffing crisis and I was given no help at all. My patient's waited while I ran the phones begging people to come in. Gotta love that!



Anyway, the holidays are upon us! I have my tree up and the stockings are hung from the bookshelf with care. Most of my gifts are wrapped but I'm still waiting on a few to ship in! I purchased a joint present for me and Denis recently. Groupon had a deal that was $50 for 2 tickets to any masterworks FL orchestra events. If you book early you can get a value of $138 and since I've prebought I can't "forget" to plan for it as I often do with these kinds of things. I also think we're taking the kiddo to Beauty and The Beast. 2011 WILL be the year of theatre for me :D