Replicants are like any other machine; they're either a benefit or a hazard.
Got the Hannuka bush up this weekend, our first in seven years. At last count, I’ve broken two ornaments, Jeff has broken none, and the cats were circling the tree this morning like they were going to have a long day of amused destruction. I’ve felt less bad about the horrible rash of dutch-ovening that’s been happening in our family bed now that it’s cold in the house and the cats nestle around our legs under the covers at night.
“Um… excuse me. I’m Student Nurse McFarland. If there are any men in the bar that need breast exams, I’ll be right over there. MEN! Men.”
Jack from “Will and Grace”
Say what you will about W&G and really, about the only two people on earth who find all the student nurse gags funny are probably me and Hottie Homoesque Thomas, but Jack as Student Nurse McFarland just cracks my shit up. Not because it’s so awfully funny but BECAUSE as a nursing student and nurse, you’re bred to BELIEVE you have the power and authority as a nurse and encouraged to wield that mighty unpowerful sword unabashedly. Needless to say, it’s EXACTLY like Jack walking up to the maîtred’ last night expecting to get his table because he identified himself as a student nurse only to find his declaration a bit underwhelming.
On the drive in this morning with my thoughts meandering in they way they tend to do on the commute, I suddenly came to realize that this week is my 10th anniversary of graduating from college with my Bachelor’s in Nursing. I’ve been a fucking nurse for 10 YEARS! It’s been a most interesting road to hoe, starting in inner-city St. Louis as an ER/Trauma nurse which gave way to what was suppose to be my Great Adventure as a traveling nurse but which landed me squarely in Jeff’s bed the day I moved East and was an even greater adventure than I planned on. As the whole Jeff Thing worked out marvelously for me, I moved from the ER to the Angioplasty Lab to cardiac research to administration of research to whatever it is I do now which I’m not exactly sure has a name but it has a lot to do with building infrastructure and evaluating research systems for the University. And I’m still a nurse which is totally weird.
I whole-heartedly encourage anyone who’s interested in taking it up as a profession. We’re always going to have jobs and be in demand and make an amazing salary and have an endless supply of stories that start out with,
“Have you ever seen a wound full of maggots?” which can be a really good ice-breaker in the right company. Yah, RN’s!
This is the 14-pounder we made for our Thanksgiving last week. The official word from my mother-in-law was that it was the moistest turkey she’s ever eaten.