So confused!

WHERE do my days off go???? It seems I just finished my set...and I have to go back tomorrow already! BOOOO! HISSSSS!  Good thing I like my job...

And on that note, I better go polish my shoes...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Ya right...check out this awesome vintage advertisement! C'mon nursing buddies! Let's go polish!

Actually I think I did polish when I was a student nurse...those were the days!

Wonderful Wednesday!

Good Morning Blog Friends!

What are you up to today? I want to know ALL about it!

My day started off like it usually does...coffee, boys to school...I have the day off...but I had physio @ 0830. Oh the horror. My physiotherapist is actually quite lovely. She always says 'How are you feeling today' and when I tell her, 'blah blah blah pain here, pain there, blah blah blah' she gives me this knowing little smirk, I can't tell if that look in her eyes is one of sympathy or satisfaction...in any case, she went easy on me today. HALLELUJAH!

Along with my ironing obsession (Rosie), I have a small obsession with making sure my fingernails are painted on my days off, and a medium obsession with changing my toenail lacquer colour 1 - 2 times per week...well who doesn't really. I pulled out my box of colours and (back)painstakingly buffed & polished. Colour du jour: Go On Green by OPI for my fingers...kind of a pale minty green and Light My Tiki by China Glaze for my toes, a bright sparkly summery orangey-coral colour.

{Note to self...Do not paint toes and put feet on floor when dogs are running around like crazies.}

Today is International Nursing Day. I'm laying low & resting til the gathering @ Brokeshopaholic's house. Yay! Back to work for 4 tomorrow.

Waiting to hear what YOUR wonderful Wednesday entails...

NOT GONNA LIE!

I could get used to these four hour shifts. I could REALLY get used to them! Oy. Little update...Gradual return to work program, physio, wcb. Everything is going smoothly...still sore, uber tired...takes time I guess.

It's National Nursing Week, International Nursing Day on May 12, which is incidentally Florence Nightingale's birthday.

Good ole Flo. Our "mother" of nursing, the "Lady with the Lamp", a pioneer who laid the very foundation for what we do today. On a related note, National LPN Day is on the 13th. (WOOT) Not trying to toot our own horns but gigiddy, nurses do a hard job. But a rewarding job. I love what I do, I love what my workmates do. The people I work with make my job enjoyable to go to everyday. The rewards of making a patient better enough to go home, or assisting a patient & their family through difficult times are beyond measure. It was easily the best decision/career change I could have made. I learn so much everyday from every person I come into contact with at the hospital & I get to celebrate tomorrow with my workmates...can't wait!

So on that note, raise a glass to nurses this week, be thankful for your health, protect your health, & cherish your family & friends.