girl in greenwood

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thankful 2009
Thankful 2008
Thankful 2007
Thankful 2006
Thankful 2005
Thankful 2004

This has been a tough year in a lot of ways. We were stressed and worried and exhausted and frustrated for many different reasons... but still, I have a lot for which to be thankful.

My intact and functional body that pretty much works exactly like it's supposed to - unlike so many of my patients' bodies.

My mental health, which permits me to function in the same world as everyone else and doesn't cause me to see and hear things that aren't there.

My wonderful smart talented silly hard-headed husband, who has made the best of a very difficult year of unemployment.

The job that my wonderful etc. husband landed after that year!

My job, along with the wonderful coworkers and friends I have there. My job would be unbearable without them.

My other job, where I go do temp work at other hospitals and they pay me lots of money. It's stresseful to work more than full-time between the 2 jobs, but I am so thankful that I have the option available to earn more money for my family.

My lovely funny parents and their continued generosity and encouragement in our adventures of home-owning.

Our good friends who have made us laugh and offered hugs and wine and dinner dates when they were really needed.

Our fantastic house that makes us happy on a daily basis.

Our trainer who is slowly but surely kicking our butts into shape and continues her positive attitude and encouragement no matter how much we whine.

Mostly I am grateful that our lives are so ordinary. I know that may sound silly but I see so many people whose lives are extraordinary in some awful way - being normal and boring seems like a gift in comparison.

I hope your Thanksgiving was warm and filled with love.

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# posted by girl_in_greenwood @ 1:32 PM 3 comments

Thankful 2008
Thankful 2007
Thankful 2006
Thankful 2005
Thankful 2004

It has been a very busy year, with lots of good things and lots of bad things too - and yet I have a great deal to be thankful for.

As always, I am beyond thankful for my smart, funny, creative, thoughtful, strong husband. We have held each other up this year in countless ways and I can't fathom life without him.

And equally important, I am thankful for my fun, loving, generous parents who provide unconditional love, handyperson advice and labor, and more laughs than anyone else's parents I know.

I am super-duper thankful for our new house! Moving, painting, and the millions of other projects we've taken on have been hard work and lots of money, but I think it's all been worth it - every day I look around and think that I can't believe I live in such a nice home.

I am thankful for the chances I've had to reconnect with old friends this year - between Facebook, Google, and some fortuitous travel plans, I've gotten in touch with quite a few people who were important to me in the past and that makes me happy. (Keith, I'm looking at you as one example! And Emilie, you & Derek are another!)

I am thankful for the friends I've stayed in touch with after nursing school, and for the new friends I've made at work, because both groups are available for nurse talk whenever I need them.

I'm thankful for all our excellent friends from various other backgrounds who are fun and loving and help us see the world from different angles.

I am thankful for my continued employment in this lousy economic time - and I am even more thankful that my coworkers are so excellent and fun and loving, and that I am proud of the work I do at Big County Hospital.

This may sound strange, but I am thankful that I have had the experience of helping several people pass from life into death this year - because it has strengthened my belief that hospice nursing is the right path for me.

Finally, I am very thankful for the good health that my family and I have. I care for people who are sick and broken in thousands of different ways and I am profoundly grateful that my loved ones are not fighting those battles.

Now I have a request for you, my dear readers. In honor of our beloved friend who died this year, please do one small thing - think of a friend or relative or someone who you've been meaning to call but have been putting off for no good reason, and call them just to say you love them and are thinking of them. You'll both feel good afterwards.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

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# posted by girl_in_greenwood @ 10:25 PM 3 comments

Thankful 2007
Thankful 2006
Thankful 2005
Thankful 2004

I am thankful for a lot of things this year.

I love my husband and my mom and dad a whole lot.

I graduated from nursing school!

I passed the NCLEX!

I got a job at a terrific hospital, and it turned out that I love it.

And I also seriously love my coworkers!

R* and I are in a financially sound place even as the whole world's economy goes down the crapper.

Time for having a baby is any time now. (No, I don't have an announcement at this time.)

None of my loved ones have any of the horrible problems that I see at work: head injuries, diabetes, addiction problems, colostomies...

In just a few more weeks, Barack Obama will be our president!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I hope you're all happy & healthy.

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# posted by girl_in_greenwood @ 8:41 PM 4 comments

Thankful 2006
Thankful 2005
Thankful 2004

I'm at my parents' house where there is snow outside. My tummy is full of turkey and stuffing and mashed potatoes and I'm eating a piece of pumpkin pie that I made with my mom last night. R* is here too and we're all hanging out together in the living room. I am thankful that I have my family all together for the holiday. I'm thankful that I am almost done with 5th quarter of nursing school and that I only have one more quarter to go before graduation. I'm thankful that we have our new Kismet kitty in our lives, which has helped ease the pain of losing Booshka and Kadydid last year. I'm thankful for my classmates who continue to rock in so many ways. I'm thankful for the blog readers out there who offer support from all over (especially SN Moxie who came all the way to Seattle to have coffee with me! Okay, so she was also present for the birth of her cousin's baby...) I am thankful that we sold our house before the housing market crapped out. I am thankful that R* has a good job and continues to support me while I finish up school. I am thankful that I have a job that is allowing me to get some experience in nursing before I find my first job. I am thankful that the time for having a baby is getting closer (but not quite yet).

Happy Thanksgiving!

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This is becoming a holiday tradition.
Here is my list of thankfulness from 2004.
And here is my list from 2005.

This year I am thankful for:

My husband R* who is endlessly supportive of me, especially during this incomeless time of being a student.

My parents who are fantastic as always.

Being in nursing school and making progress toward doing what I really want to do for a living.

Our little house, which is keeping us warm and dry during the wettest November since 1953, even when the power went out for 6 hours Tuesday night.

My wonderful nursing school classmates who are the opposite of competitive and backstabbing, but instead take care of each other in a million tiny ways (a piece of chocolate when you're feeling down, an extra dollar for parking at the hospital, a phone call to see how your difficult paper is coming along, a funny email to keep your spirits up, a hug when you need it, and so much more).

The time we got to spend with our sweet Booshkaboo this year.

My various friends and loved ones all over the world.

Spending time with other people's babies since I'm not ready to have my own yet.

All my imaginary friends in the computer - you know who you are.

Living in such a great place, even though it has seemed slightly less great during the Great Deluge of 2006.

And if it's not too shallow, I would like to point out that I am grateful for eggnog lattes at this time of year.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

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