growing up. in austin.

i should write more.
today, i was reading some old posts and though i definitely thought to myself more than once, “i can’t believe i wrote that!”, i am actually glad that i have some blogged-memories from my time in portland and nursing school. i need to go back through my travels at some point.
can’t wait to see what random events i found blog worthy.

someday, i will need to revisit memories from my time in austin. therefore, i have decided, more writing.
nursing is what i feel i do about 70 percent of the time. the other thirty percent: yoga, bike, hike, climb, run, text.
life is pretty uneventful and very predictable right now. but i am enjoying it, and wouldn’t want it any other way.

i take deeper breaths,
walk a little slower,
gaze at stars more,
and enjoy spending time alone.

my job has been really good (it was a gradual process). when we were done with residency they cut us loose. as in they cut us loose when we were hanging precariously at the edge of a 100 foot cliff. the first month was hard, but it has become progressively more and more enjoyable as i am gaining more experience and confidence.
some days i love my job and my patients so much, i go to work early just so i can sit and chat, or get done with everything first and save my favorite patients (favoritism- bad?) for last, just so we can hang out, we’ve listened to music or chatted about life. other days there are tears, and lots of wtf-ing (pirate mouth, not good). also, i have definitely bribed another nurse to go into my patient’s room for me because i was that uncomfortable/annoyed. some nights we are so busy that we start charting at 3 am and other nights (rare) we have time for a round of banana grams (highly recommended) so it’s not all perfect in nursing world. but i can’t imagine doing anything else at this point.

okay, more blogs for sure. i believe it was a new years resolution anyway, and those are going very well! (minus the blogging, and cooking at home, and learning to use my camera) however, reading, live music, hiking, biking, espanol…. all coming along slowly but surely.

kisses,
rachel

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