Suzzzie.

All nurses are underpaid and underappreciated. THe responsibilty is HUGE and we're constanly having to pick up after the doctors errors, or WE get blamed! Lol. (I work in a teaching hospital, so we have to be VERY careful and always second guess the docs!) Also, Turler, you said you need Union- we ARE union at my hospital! Doesn't help much though. LPNs and CNAs are in a different union than RNs and Docs. We're "nonprofessional" ha! Oh well. I'll have my RN by the end of this year - come hell or high water!

I don't get attatched. I think that helps with the job really. Maybe you'd want a nurse that gets more emotionally involved... but I just feel like I am here to do a job. Get in, get out. I feel like if you name the puppy then you'll love the puppy then you'll miss the puppy... I never name the puppy. All of my patients are either Mr or Mrs so and so, or I love to use the term "Kid" or "Kiddo" which they love cause you know I'm 30 and they are usually 40s-90s. Lol. I do admit to getting attatched a few times, but I'm very accepting as death as part of the circle of life. Death isn't really that sad for me, more like I'm happy for them that they've moved on and gone 'home'. In my personal life though, when someone I love dies I get sad but I mostly greive cause I'm selfish and want my loved ones with me forever. Lol. BG - RNs make the big money. LPNs get shit on. The CNAs in my hospital make about the same as I make - some make more.

It's like a love fest in here! I LOVE Onc... I'm an LPN now, once I get my RN (hopefully by the end of this year!) I want to get back into Hospice. It's my first love.

Stef should really be a personal trainer! SHe's great!

THIS made me laugh sooooooooo hard!! You're a nurse? How cool. I'm all nursey too... But I work Onc... not nearly as much fun as ER or OR. Lol. Ya'll are a hoot. I love yous and all of your lack of PCness. (that kinda sounds like penis)

I have it here somewhere... haven't read it yet though. See, I'm too lazy to even READ about exercise!! Winter can bite my ass. We've had more snow this year than we're supposed to. I'm done with it. And it's going to be in the 40s here today, drop into single digits overnight and then only be in the upper teens or low 20s tomorrow! Ugh!!!!!!!!

My hair falls out DAILY. So annoying. My hair is still thick, but much less thick than it was. Keep the ends trimmed up - not sure WHY but it does help it to fall out less if your ends are healthy. Weirdness.

Daily!!! Lol. I still sleep in mine.

Aww Stef! We love you!!!

You look geat!

I'm 5'10" and wearing my SPANX for the first time today. I love them.... but they DO come down in the back. As soon as I sat down the back rides down, and my butt isn't THAT big. Lol. The only thing on my thats not fat is my butt! Ha! So yeah, I do notice a difference in my pants with the SPANX on though... but I'd like more suckerinner power in the belly region.

Beckie, Thats awesome that he is trying to lose weight with you! Ya'll will rock and feel so much better cause you've done it togethr!

Stef, we all hate you and your 50F weather! So, I spent the weekend at my moms... good news is that my restriction is so great that my mom accused me of being anorexic, haha! (she doesn't know about my Band.)Bad news is that while I could only eat 1/2 cup of her famous white chicken chili... I still easily managed to eat about 10 cookies, and a large bowl of ice cream. Oooops! But damnit! i'm a volume eater, so if all I can eat in volume is the bad stuff.. THAT'S what I'm going to eat! Ugh! My Dog is doing good, for those of you who remember he had surgery a couple weeks ago. He is healing well and when I walked him he could go about 5 blocks before he showed signs of being tired. Mom said that one trip around the house made him tired the first few days, so he is doing better. :wub: Still waiting the final reports about whether is was cancer or not. And he has to be on special food and special medicine for the rest of his life... expensive! Thank goodness my mom love me and my dog! Haha! Have a good day alll!

I just bought a pair of Spanx from Torrid for $28... they go from below bust line to mid-calf. Haven't worn them yet though, thinking about it today. Sooooo sick of the muffin top!!!! And those Tummy Tuck or Not your Daughters jeans sound awesome! What sizes do they come in?!?!?

It snowed here this morning, but was mostly melted off by 4pm - THANK GOODNESS! Lol. I'm so sick of snow and cold!

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Aww. I need a good friend, as Stef said... I really really like the one I got, but things are moving as if we were both stuck in drying cement. Yeah, 90% of that is my fault, my insecurities... I need therapy. Haha. But THANK YOU. :cheers2: THANKS BG. I love the compliments

Thats awesome. YOu rock!

Aww thanks J! My avatar pic is me sucking on a grape making a funny face, so I hope it isn't a good rep of me. Lol. I admit that I miss being able to grab my long hair and twist it into a loose knot behind my back to get it outo f my face quickly. Lol. I guess I'll get over that. My 'friend'. when he saw it, was like "DId you not know that I prefer long hair?" I asked him if he owned my head. Ha! I'll grow it back out when he decides to marry me. :eek:

Bah. It;s pretty much the same cut I had 3 years ago. Lol. I feel like I"m in a time warp. Its short for ME, but some people at work still say its long. and one of the top of the head so you can see the highlights better. Of course these were taken with my cell phone, in my car right after getting it cut. So excuse the quality...

BigBaby - I love what you said about change starting in the miond - I'm ALWAYS telling people CHANGE YOUR MIND and you will CHANGE YOUR LIFE! It's soooo true!! Dan - GO FOR IT! Go get a fill, go get the girl. You deserve nothing but the best, and as far as you saying you're not bad looking - Hell - You're friggin HOT! Stef - Ambien is BAD. Luckily I"ve not had sleep issues that last more than a week or so, and mine are usually associated with my ADD (who me? Lol!) But yeah... don't take Ambien. My hospital only uses it in extreme cases, usually we use Trazodone (Trazodone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) as first line and Temazepam (Temazepam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) as second line. Jusp my opinion. :eek:

Wow Stef! YOu rock! My mouth is watering! Lol. - And the fact that it took you 2 hours is good! I can eat a Jr. bacon cheeseburger from Wendys in about 45 mins. Lol. I had Indian food tonight. Sooo good. ANd then I had Cold Stone Creamery ice cream. Yummo. Lets not discuss the M&Ms and other random chocolates I ate today. If it wasn't made of chocolate then I didn't eat it! ha!

OMG ya'll is just too chatty today! I did read all the pages and pages of posts though. :thumbup: Happy hearts day to you...

Thanks. I know I could have done better... it's the chocolate that gets me! Doh! I'm down for St. Pats or Easter. Whatev. Just post a link here for me when you get the thread up.:thumbup: I'm too laszy to search it out.

Hey all. Happy Singles Awaerness Day! Lol. I've been around, just kinda quiet. Computer time seems to have decreased a bit... I"m TRYING to get more focused on my self study program to finish my RN degree... I really want it done by December this year, so I have to FOCUS, which is hard with ADD. Seriously thinking about talking to my PCP about some sort of focus medication. Lol. Adderol, though I know I just spelled that wrong I'm too tired to look it up, it's a great medication for adult ADD... I mean, I even space out or will start off doing something completely different when I'm in the middle of making out with a super hot guy that I'm completely smitten with. Lol. He has to turn off the TV and sometimes make me re-focus on him. ha!! Oh... so sleepy. It's been such a busy week at work. I was dying of thirst the other day and the phone at work was ringing off the hook. I couldn't decide to take a drink or answer the phone... so I very tiredly pickked up my cup and proceded to speek into it as if it were the phone. I didn't even realise when I'd done until the CNAs started laughing at me. Oh the joy of it all! As for weightloss - Ha! I need a chocolate and ice cream proof band. Luckily I'm about to fall into a chocolate coma and then this dreaded valentines crap will all be over with tomorrow. :thumbup: I'm going to my moms for teh weekend, and she is diabetic, so no naughty sugar foods there! AMEN! You all are doing so great! Keep it up and continue to INSPIRE me!