Today is day five of a heat wave here on the East Coast, and seriously, I think I am melting! 90 degrees is not the typical September weather. Trying not to complain, but it sure is uncomfortable.

Received my name badge this morning, and begin orientating on the floor next week at my new job, four shifts remaining in my present position…

In pictures: Ugh. School begins tomorrow for me as I begin the journey towards my Masters Degree in Nursing. Oliver and Shiva both saw the vet today. $197.00 later, vaccines are all up to date, and Oliver is now sporting a microchip to safeguard him [and to make me feel a little bit safer if he ever ran off during one of our day excursions]. Oliver, Shiva and Pyro trying to survive this heat…and one of the many fans in the house that are unable to keep up with this heat.

Per usual, time is ticking by quickly, and I have to work tonight so I am going to attempt to get a bit of a nap in before I have to hit the road. Until later…

-Jenny

Received an email the other day and I had to laugh at the subject line: “Jenny, are you still ALIVE?” Guess, I have not been a very good friend as of lately.

Work, exhaustion, huge fibromyalgia flaring, exhaustion, work and huge fibromyalgia flaring are taking over my life right now.  But, on the way home this morning I drove past my exit, went to the mall and shopped. I always feel so much better when I take the time for some ‘therapy’.

This is my weekend on at work, and I seriously need to attempt to get in a quick nap as I have to head out in 4 hours, so for here I’m going to run along…hope your Saturday has been a beautiful one! Until later…

-Jenny

You’ll meet more angels on a winding path than on a straight one.  -Terri Guillemets

I’ll be the first to admit at times I am flying by the seat of my pants. I personally feel that this is an important characteristic of a lifetime member of the procrastinators club. But, with that said, I never take for granite my personal Angels that walk beside me.  They have helped me thru some difficult moments in my life, offered me strength, and sometimes have just given me that little extra nudge for me to just close my eyes and jump in.

And this moment in my life is no different. I have been blessed to work as the Night RN Supervisor. Unfortunately the night shift, and the one-and-a-half hour drive each way has proven to be too much on me, while the sacrificies have been enormous during the past 7 months. I recently sat for an interview for a facility closer to home and yesterday morning was offered a position, which I accepted, so last night I put in my two week notice. I am nervous, and hope I haven’t made the wrong decision, but I feel confident my angels will be walking right beside me as I begin my new journey…

Loved my postman today! Slowly working my way thru the series and wondering what is going to happen [I'm afraid to think about this, as I 'think' I watched the very last episode accidently this morning on A&E...ugh!!] Coincidentally I peek into my facebook and the Sopranos page I belong to had this on my wall; POLL: What do you think really happened to Tony Soprano? Ugh. This series was so well written, and there are so many symbolisms thrown in to each episode I am going to hold strong that Journey’s don’t stop believing was playing for a reason…

The changes are not complete on my blog…and I’m still playing with a lot of new ideas, etc. I really want to keep my blog streamlined and visually appealing so I don’t overwhelm my visitors, let alone myself. At the same time I don’t want to appear one dimensional, or narcissistic, [too] whiny, or [too] negative. So, anyways, I’m still creating my list and working things out to change things up a little.

Link LOve…because sharing, and inspiration are good things!

• If you know me at all, you know that my dream is to visit Paris. We are about a year behind on our plans, but like everything else that I set my mind to, this will take place [eventually...just hope I don't need to be pushed around in a wheelchair, or worse have dementia when it finally takes place! haha]. Came across Karyn’s blog: French Charming recently. You can totally get lost in her gorgeous french theme.
• To go along with our weekly attempt to recreate and test out a new recipe Endangered Recipes has caught my eye to order.
• Common Ground makes me want to shut this laptop down, jump in the car and head to my favorite antique store!! Thank goodness it is pouring out, and the smell of chili in the crock pot and corn bread in the oven is keeping me sensible [for the moment, tomorrow morning could be a different story].
• Netflix movie time: Blood Creek

Until tomorrow, happy Wednesday friends!! The weekend is this much closer…

-Jenny

…because this is a pretty normal occurrence…

Post It Note Tuesday

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. -Joseph Addison

A few rain showers today, but overall a beautiful Sunday. I was able to sleep in until 9a then a quick trip to the city to pick up a few essentials. Now kicked back waiting for my zucchini bread to finish baking. Scary thought that I was in the kitchen [again], I know.

Here’s another new recipe. Campbell’s Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings. It was delicious.

A few Sunday loves…found an awesome cross stitch pattern, bought the aida cloth today…problem-the aida cloth isn’t big enough for the project. ugh. Found these two great books at Goodwill. Root beer barrels candy. Amazing how a little candy can bring me back to so many wonderful memories with my nannie and grampa. Love, love, love netflix. Was so surprised to see that Dairy Queen came out with a mini blizzard!! So awesome for those of us who use ‘portion control’. This was my first blizzard in years!! No lie. And of course, love looking at this little creation in my front garden.

As usual time is flying by at full-steam ahead, and I have a few more things I need to do before I call it a night. Hope your Sunday has been a beautiful one! Until later…

-Jenny

[for certain]

• Night shift sucks.
• Hostile people and Hostile environments, suck.
• Driving 1 1/2 hours one way to work, sucks.
• Loosing time with my family and friends, sucks.
• Fibromyalgia, sucks.

There. That’s just a few things that I know for certain that suck. And seriously. UNCLE. UNCLE. UNCLE. During nursing school we were told that Anger/Aggression are related to a person feeling a loss of control, insecure. All I can say is I work with a lot of people that are feeling a loss of control, and are insecure. And it’s only because of the residents that I am able to find the strength needed to continue each shift.

Maybe homemade pizza and a good night sleep will make life a little better…Sorry for the rant. I know a lot of people prefer not to read negatives…but seriously, this is my Perfectly, Imperfect Everyday Life, and sometimes sucky stuff happens! Have a wonderful remainder of your Saturday friends, catch you all tomorrow with hopefully a fun, picture full Sunday post.

-Jenny