In a fit of ambition yesterday, I managed to not only sign up with paypal, I actually completed my first etsy listing. Here is a link to my shop... http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7193207 . It has one whole item in it - a very exclusive shop. You will notice that it has had viewers AND someone hearted it already! I was so excited that all night long, I kept checking to see how many more people had looked at it. I wiggled a lot. I think that this listing thing could become a drug for me. Think of it - every time someone looks at your listing, its like a little shot of love. And a heart! That's like the first kiss - no commitment but definitely an infatuation.
It seems that I should introduce my job a bit. I like my job - a lot of the time. I just think I'll like hiking through an alpine meadow and sleeping every night much better. I am a nurse in a mid-sized hospital. I'm not a very serious nurse. Last night, I managed to convince one of my patients, a little old man with a bald head, to put a temporary tattoo on the top of his head. I've got some nice biker tattoos I'm donating for the occasion. I've got purple hair and I've been known to sing lullabies to my patients as I'm sticking a tube up their penis. It seems to help. They respond to my brand of nursing. This week, my patients have been especially affectionate. One (the bald one) tells me he loves me at least once an hour and when I was bent over him, giving him an injection, I felt him pat my purple spot and whisper "pretty". Another one insisted on patting my face every time I came close. I wasn't sure whether to hug him or go scrub my face. I've grown used to looking up and seeing one of my colleagues laughing at me interact with my patients - or just with myself. Frankly, it makes me rather paranoid. So, I guess that means I'm getting used to feeling paranoid. I'm a little fearful of quitting my job and going around to other hospitals. I don't remember patients at other hospitals being as much fun. But I need the freedom and flexibility of travel or agency nursing. Do you know about this wonderful thing? As a nurse, you can work a day at a time, get paid at the end of your shift, and only work when you want to - that is agency nursing. Alternately, you can choose to go somewhere for 13 weeks and they pay for your housing and your salary. Imagine, a paid vacation in say, Oahu. The trick is (and the reason for saving money ahead of time) is that I don't want to have to work continuously. Nursing can be incredibly stressful, physically demanding, and exhausting. I'm getting old. I can't keep doing this at this pace.
And so, I blog.
It seems that I should introduce my job a bit. I like my job - a lot of the time. I just think I'll like hiking through an alpine meadow and sleeping every night much better. I am a nurse in a mid-sized hospital. I'm not a very serious nurse. Last night, I managed to convince one of my patients, a little old man with a bald head, to put a temporary tattoo on the top of his head. I've got some nice biker tattoos I'm donating for the occasion. I've got purple hair and I've been known to sing lullabies to my patients as I'm sticking a tube up their penis. It seems to help. They respond to my brand of nursing. This week, my patients have been especially affectionate. One (the bald one) tells me he loves me at least once an hour and when I was bent over him, giving him an injection, I felt him pat my purple spot and whisper "pretty". Another one insisted on patting my face every time I came close. I wasn't sure whether to hug him or go scrub my face. I've grown used to looking up and seeing one of my colleagues laughing at me interact with my patients - or just with myself. Frankly, it makes me rather paranoid. So, I guess that means I'm getting used to feeling paranoid. I'm a little fearful of quitting my job and going around to other hospitals. I don't remember patients at other hospitals being as much fun. But I need the freedom and flexibility of travel or agency nursing. Do you know about this wonderful thing? As a nurse, you can work a day at a time, get paid at the end of your shift, and only work when you want to - that is agency nursing. Alternately, you can choose to go somewhere for 13 weeks and they pay for your housing and your salary. Imagine, a paid vacation in say, Oahu. The trick is (and the reason for saving money ahead of time) is that I don't want to have to work continuously. Nursing can be incredibly stressful, physically demanding, and exhausting. I'm getting old. I can't keep doing this at this pace.
And so, I blog.
It just keeps getting better! Love the violins. Etsy's looking good, although I know your things look better in real life than in the photos. I'm behind you a thousand percent...
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