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My First Covidversary
How a year later, Covid still controls parts of my life and why not being able to smell is both a blessing and a curse. Iâm at the top of the flight of stairs I just climbed, there are a total of ten. They are nothing special. Basic, standard steps that lead up to another…
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An Apple A Day
How My Life Changed When I quit my job and Moved Across the Country without a Plan or a purpose âMust be nice to be able to quit your job and go hiking all the timeâ, âyouâre so luckyâ, âI couldnât do what you did, I donât have the moneyâ. These are things people have…
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From the Archives…
I love to write. I always have. It used to be on âfull scapâ paper behind a blue writing folder and I would press so hard with my pencil it would often break. Iâd have a big âyikesâ eraser next to me that would make countless smear lines through my ârough draftâ as I tried…
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Challenge Accepted
In 2019 I challenged myself to do a monthly challenge for every month of the year. Sometimes they were physical, sometimes focusing on personal growth, some were to help others, some were for my health. At that time I was still using an old school planner and I would each challenge planned ahead for the…
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The Infamous Year of 2020
My Covid Perspective as a Travel Nurse in Canada We are so sick of hearing âstay at homeâ, weâre so sick of the same sign outside of every business saying the exact same thing, (why do we even need them anymore? We know we have to wear a mask!), weâre sick of masks, of isolation,…
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Nursing Garbage
Itâs 10:00 on a Tuesday morning at the hospital I am currently working at. Iâm emptying my first full size bag of garbage from the two patients residing in the same room. Inside the bag are disposable gowns, cereal boxes, milk cartons, coffee cups, trays, plastic utensils, a hard plastic catheter bag, plastic iv tubing,…
Life not as I planned but as I know it.
Up My Alli 