January 2012
16 posts
Take 2 steps back, and breathe.
I am doing too many things.
About a month ago, I took a bunch of kids on a field trip to get their eyes tested for glasses. One little kindergartener was terrified the whole time, so for 5 hours I carried her around and tried to cheer her up and turn the tests into games.
This morning, little Anna came running up to me on my way into the health clinic, and hugged my legs. I complimented her on her brand new glasses and she...
“So I rolled up to this hotel and it’s like super swank and shit.. And the next morning I just wanted some breakfast so I went down to the restaurant and I just want some motherfuckin frosted flakes, but no! It’s all just quiches and mixed fruits and shit!!”
Love the way this dude tells stories.
falling asleep to the sound of rain,
in mid January definitely seems off.
But I’m going to take advantage of this. And be glad I’m still in a 4th floor apartment where the sounds of raindrops are easily heard.
A pretty funny story about my grandfather.
To preface, and tell an additional story about him, my grandfather’s vision has progressively worsened to the point now that he is almost blind. However, he still has a valid driver’s license because when he and my grandmother went to renew theirs, he had her take the vision test first and listened to her answers, memorized them and repeated the letters back to pass.
We do not let him...
introspection.
for whatever reason, i’ve been dreaming about how my life may be different had i made different choices in the last few years.
the outcomes have varied, from having chosen the opposite of: staying in new york, switching majors/dropping out of school, and not taking the offer for my current job.
i feel like i made the right choices by coming back to cincinnati, finishing undergrad and...
Mailed off supplemental materials to grad schools...
SCAD, Parson’s, Kent and UPenn.
This may or may not be worth all of the money it has costed and will cost me.
Or I could just not get accepted anywhere and have the decision made for me.
Pretty glad the kids are back in school today.
Me: So what do you remember from before Christmas?
Kindergartener: How to spell my name!
Me: Ok, how do you spell it?
Kinder: A hook, then a circle, then a snake and a shovel.
Me: So, j-o-s-h?
Kinder: Yeah, that’s how!
Watched a bunch of drunk Russians play Just Dance, successful New Years Eve.
December 2011
19 posts
neighborhood slang.
i used the phrase ‘roll up’ talking to my boss today. as in ‘melanie always rolls up at 8:10 or so, as i’m about to just leave without her..’
i still feel weird that i did that. she definitely was thrown off by it.
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WatchSo I bought this wonderful toy at the CAC last weekend while family/friends were in town.
I love it.
Kamala, not so much.
running on overdrive.
it is a bit discomforting that at a store I frequent yesterday, a quick catch-up with the clerk yielded the following:
Clerk: Hey! How’ve you been? You haven’t been here in awhile.
Me: I know, been busy. I’ve needed a couple of things for awhile and just couldn’t put it off anymore.
Clerk: You’re always, always busy. That never changes, haha. I know you know where...
stressed.
too many things to do lately. i find that my unconscious mind is manifesting its upset state by constantly clinching the muscles in my left shoulder. i’m never aware i am doing this until extreme pain sets in and i have to dedicate 15 minutes to trying to massage the pain away.
i am really curious about why this is happening, but of course do not have time to figure it out.
Oh, no.
I knew one day it would get hard to work in a clinic that serves high schoolers.
It’s going to be very, very difficult to deal with a pregnant 14 year old.
Ok, fuck this.
I’m moving to savannah where pedestrians are gods.
Almost got hit AGAIN. He missed me by 2 inches. Had to break so hard he squealed his tires.
I was in the fucking crosswalk with a walk sign.
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Used a t square to scrape the ice off my car this morning. Because I have a 4foot t square in my car but not an ice scraper.
November 2011
23 posts
Oyler School Based Health Center / my first brief... →
I wasn’t aware they were still taping. Very brief appearance with about 30 seconds left in the video.
it is so much harder to do your job when the media...
kicked off the Flu Clinic today. had to trip over/bump into camera men and anchors from 4 different stations trying to get kids into the nurse’s office for flu shots.
also, 20 something public school officials from nyc decided to stop in for the day, so of course they wanted to watch the frenzy.
universe, thanks for listening.
the free package of cookies from the vending machine guy and then free coffee from Taza definitely makes up for the disaster the day had been before these events.
The way it is possible to scream into a pillow at home to muffle the noise needs to exist in some form for the work place.
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vegan/vegetarian turkey day.
this is my least favorite holiday of the year, mostly because it’s modern basis is the consumption of way too much meat.
and often, for my family, things soaked in butter and covered in marshmallows.
this year, I’m sending my mom recipes that I’d like to help cook & see on the table.
[which, lets be honest, all of the things in this list sound great.]
working from home today,
means I mostly likely will not get dressed until lunchtime.
and even then, it’ll only be because Ali’s gonna be around clifton today.
Sometimes kids are the best.
Nurse Practitioner: So I think you have strep. Do you know what strep throat is?
2nd grader: You mean like Shrek?
NP: Ha! No, you aren’t a big green ogre, you just have a sore throat.
2nd gr: Oh. I like Shrek.
