http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/ Overflow from my brain. Copyright 2007 Sat, 08 Jul 2006 03:42:43 -0700 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.35 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss the world is a vampire, sent to drain secret destroyers, hold you up to the flames and what do I get, for my pain betrayed desires, and a piece of the game even though I know-I suppose I'll show all... http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2006/07/bullet_with_butterfly_wings.html http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2006/07/bullet_with_butterfly_wings.html Better Than I Could Express Sat, 08 Jul 2006 03:42:43 -0700 It's been seven months since my last confession...no...wait, seven months since I finished nursing school. I am getting to the place where I don't get physically ill from the anticipation of going to work. Nursing school I just gutted out... http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2006/07/pete_and_repeat.html http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2006/07/pete_and_repeat.html Out Damn Spot Sat, 08 Jul 2006 02:25:48 -0700 Nursing school has been over for a month. I am completely stripped...of emotion...of compassion...of patience...of my resilience. I remember writing at some point that I felt like Bilbo: "Thin, like too little butter spread over too much bread." The butter... http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2006/01/lost_but_alas_no_dr_jack.html http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2006/01/lost_but_alas_no_dr_jack.html The Most Normal Person... Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:59:42 -0700 My mother left today to drive the five hours back to her home. She calls it her nest. I call it going to ground. My mother wants to have better relationships with her children and grandchildren, but doesn't want to... http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/09/someday_well_be_free.html http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/09/someday_well_be_free.html The Most Normal Person... Sat, 10 Sep 2005 20:55:32 -0700 Say what you want about the internal combustion engine, driving in the car with my children has provided a spectrum of interesting moments. Peace is ten now and it is interesting to listen to him as his brain is going... http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/08/wisdom_from_peace_1.html http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/08/wisdom_from_peace_1.html Peace and Heaven Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:04:31 -0700 Getting nose to nose with a confused, agitated, restrained, pissed-off patient on a vent and yelling this at them: "CALM DOWN. DO YOU HEAR ME?? YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN AND GO TO SLEEP!!!! MR. XYZ YOU NEED TO STOP... http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/08/stupid_nursing_trick_1.html http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/08/stupid_nursing_trick_1.html Comments from The House of God Sun, 21 Aug 2005 06:13:36 -0700 Part of the cycle of my brain since ever I can remember. Fight or flight. Anxiety. Fatigue. Wariness. Fear. Sadness. All at the same time. Why? I feel so deeply hollow and tight at the same time.... http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/08/the_anxious_empty.html http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/08/the_anxious_empty.html The Most Normal Person... Fri, 05 Aug 2005 00:22:09 -0700 You've got your Valsalva maneuver and your Heimlich maneuver. Now, I present the Cortado maneuver, developed by myself in my own imagination to ease my frustration when I see an 89 year old man in ESRF on round-the-clock dialysis who... http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/07/the_cortado_man.html http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/07/the_cortado_man.html Comments from The House of God Sun, 03 Jul 2005 07:04:27 -0700 I became a parent 10 years and about a month ago; May 25, 1995. I hope that next year I'll finally have time to journal through those years and the path of parenthood I've been on. It would be kind... http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/06/a_decade_ini_ha.html http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/06/a_decade_ini_ha.html Peace and Heaven Sun, 19 Jun 2005 06:10:50 -0700 As I drive into work every Saturday evening I enjoy listening to Prarie Home Companion. That evening’s drive is always total enjoyment. The reason why has finally filtered into my conscious brain: it reminds me of the times when my... http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/06/story_shell_gam.html http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/06/story_shell_gam.html The Most Normal Person... Sat, 11 Jun 2005 06:26:25 -0700 My favorite little trumpeters of Spring have pushed up through the layers of dead stuff that I still haven't cleared out from last Fall. I'm always surprised when I walk out this time of year and see my croci. Winter... http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/03/time_crocus_wai.html http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/03/time_crocus_wai.html Just Stuffs Fri, 11 Mar 2005 04:42:54 -0700 Managed to be late for all four Psych Clinicals this semesters. Yes. All four. So, as a result I was given the opportunity to write an extra paper on TIME MANAGEMENT. I'm 47, a full-time wife, full-time mother, work full-time,... http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/03/bad_nursing_stu.html http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/03/bad_nursing_stu.html The Most Normal Person... Tue, 01 Mar 2005 05:03:54 -0700 Just because we can keep a loved one alive, doesn't mean you should. Just because we can keep you alive doesn't mean we should.... http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/02/just_because.html http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/02/just_because.html Comments from The House of God Sat, 05 Feb 2005 00:10:25 -0700 Ever since I can remember I've wanted a mentor; someone I could emulate, someone who could cushion me. Sometimes the urge is stronger than others. At times I've latched onto a particular author or been hooked by a rock lyricist.... http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/02/mentor_and_me.html http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/02/mentor_and_me.html The Most Normal Person... Fri, 04 Feb 2005 04:25:37 -0700 Asked friends and coworkers to let me know some of their favorite books. Some responded with books from their childhood. Some with books that have been life changing. Some with books that just make them feel good. I was suprised... http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/02/reading_list.html http://www.tinypineapple.com/spillway/archives/2005/02/reading_list.html Just Stuffs Tue, 01 Feb 2005 05:25:19 -0700