The reason I started this blog...

Two years ago, I was flying on a plane to take my son out to visit college prospects. I'm a nervous flyer, so I started reading an article in a magazine about Cameron Diaz. Now, I had never really thought about her other than being in movies, some good, some not so good. But, after reading the article, I was inspired! She does a lot of fun things! It basically said that she never says no to any kind of fun. I wondered what would happen if I started being more like that. I started incorporating the phrase "What would Cameron do?" into my daily life and I have to say, it has made a huge difference. So this blog is basically about me trying to be a more positive person and do things that initially inspire fear, but make my life more exciting! Kind of like the movie "Yes, Man"...but more realistic since I am somebody's mother and I have to plow through those piles of laundry and unload the dishwasher occasionally...Hope you enjoy my journey!

Friday, July 27, 2012

Breaking down a 12 hour shift...

Hour 1: getting report from your night nurse sprinkled with a little discussion of your latest marital problems
Hour 2: sharing report with your peers while discussing your latest episode of bowel incontinence
Hour 3: getting to know your patient while wondering if your dog has pooped all over your living room
Hour 4: running to the OR propelled by the gas from your bowl of Fiber One cereal
Hour 5: helping your patient to breastfeed while doing your best impersonation of Quasi Modo
Hour 6: continuing breastfeeding education as your plantar fasciitis reenacts a Tony Robbins fire walking seminar
Hour 7: listening to your patient explain how nipple confusion will cause their baby to flunk the SAT's
Hour 8: transferring your patient from a stretcher while wondering if your 20 year old is having a RAVE in your backyard 
Hour 9: trying to explain to your new patient that your ketone breath is not a new brand of perfume
Hour 10: finally going to lunch and realizing that it has been thrown out in the weekly refrigerator clean out
Hour 11: running to the OR for a stat c-section as your daughter texts you that she needs $800. for school books
Hour 12: giving report to your night nurse as you discuss the 5K you'd like to run even though you need a wheelchair to get to the parking garage

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