#4 for the day...

i love eating a delicious dinner my hunny made me
while cuddling up on the couch watching jeopardy & wheel of fortune.
really. i love it.

ps r is awesome. he drove to TWO different redboxes just to find "case of benjamin button" so we can watch it tonight... just because i wanted to see it. he is wonderful.

another one for kt

... since i last posted i have...
watched a tiny bit of night at the museum... and finally fell asleep.
took an hour or two nap.
took a shower.

and now am waiting for ryan to come over.
we are going to get a movie from redbox.
and maybe some food from harris teeter.

thats about it.
lovely.

wish come true.

this is for you KT.
i am posting more today... because i have nothing else to do.

so far i have...
laid on the couch for 4 1/2 hours.
watched several shows about murder cases and them being solved.
watched 3 episodes of gossip girl (and i plan on watching 2 more)
coughed a lot.
sneezed several times.
and made a killer awesome egg, cheese, bacon sandwich for lunch.

i am most recently drinking a mountain dew and contemplating what movie i may want to put in for the afternoon. not really sure. all i know is laying on the couch is the plan. thats all i want to do. ughhhh. sick = no fun.

ill keep you posted.

sleep.

you know babies fight sleep?
thats how i feel right now.
im sooo tired.
but i can't sleep. woke up at 730 and couldn't go back to sleep.
just laid there. restled around and had to get up.
so for the past 2 hours ive been laying on the couch trying to fall asleep.
no luck.
its crazy.
im so sleepy... and feel beat... but i just can't fall asleep.
darn this congestion and cough.

oh well.
peace & love.
d

cough, cough

well. since last thursday ive had a sore throat.
since then its progressed and taken over my whole body.
i thought it would get better.
i was wrong.
it got worse.
my whole body aches. i have some nasty congestion. a gross cough. sore throat. and some dizziness.

diagnosis: bronchitis (i was tested for the flu. it was negative. ill know in SEVEN days if its the swine flu. but since its not the flu. its most likely (99.9%) not that) so please no jokes. ive heard them all.

anyway. im bundled up on the couch with my hunny. drinking OJ. and laying around. i can't do anything for a few days, but i sure as heck dont feel like doing anything.

so yeah. ill be here. watching soccer, gossip girl, and other movies while i try to feel better. but man. this is ROUGH.

hope you are well.

Ill be back in ga in a week!! (of course as long as i dont come down with the swine flu, and these drugs kick this infection)
my bff S graduates college, along with a million other of my close friends. S even happens to be giving a speech because she won basically the coolest senior of the year award. because she is awesome. (actually its the highest award for service & leadership. woohoo her. she rocks)

anyway. back to soccer and rest.
love & peace
d

funny story...

... but first. remember that job interview i had today?
i got it.
i HAVE A NEW JOB!!! in an Emergency Room! to say im excited is an understatement.
the current job is just not where im suppose to be. but it was a good experience.

so now on to my funny story... which also has to do with my new job.

last week ry & i went to barnes and noble. since im in a very "educated" "academic" town we have a pretty large "local author" section. i think its cool to read local authors. support them. and read a story that may just be based in the town you live. anyway, i picked up a book written by an ER doc about his life and times in the ER. I thought it looked great. so i picked it up. ...it even happened to be signed- so i was like cool. added bonus.

flash-forward a couple of days. my friend A & I were at work chatting in the hall. I was telling her I feel inspired to write a book about my first year as a nurse. about this time one of our favorite cardiologists (heart doctors) walks about and jumps in our convo. he said, "danielle, if you are serious you should read Paul Austin's book: Something for the pain " (thats the link to the book). ... i was like WOAH! i totally am right now! So we started chatting about the book and just so happens that this Doc is friends with Dr. Austin. whats even crazier... Dr. Austin works in MY hospital. in the ER that I just got a JOB IN!!!!!!!

i mean its pretty crazy. at least i thought so. and you would think- duh. if he is a local ER doc of course he does... but no no. there are 6 BIG hospitals in this area (and those are just the ones of the top of my head) so its pretty crazy that he happens to be at mine.

anyway if you are interested in emergency medicine it is phenomenal! at least so far. one of the best books ive read. its very simply written, just true life stories of life in the ER. His life ouside work and inside work. and med school stories and all sorts of stuff. its great.

anyway. i just took some nyquil and am heading to bed. i have one nasty head cold... that is wearing me down.

peace & lots of love.
d

ive been busy.

thus the reason i have not blogged.
since ive been back in durham i have worked every day.
had a sabbath (which included lounging around with my NOT busy fiancee! YAY!!, and going to church, seeing a movie, and eating good mexican)
i have also started packing and moving into the new hizouse!
wahooOO!
im hoping (and this may be too much wishful thinking) but Im hoping to rent a Uhaul and move all the big furniture this weekend.
we shall see.

anyway. today was BIG. i had an interview for a new job....
wish. hope. and pray with me it works out!

it went well id say.
now its just a waiting game.

anyway. im going to pack more and maybe take a load over.
then cook dinner and relax with my hunny.

(: yay for summertime!