New Stuff

For anyone who's a follower of my blog (I stopped counting at three, which is slowly approaching a crowd...), you have already seen the obvious difference. For the rest of you, I have a new template and picture, as of today. The scene depicted behind my title bar is that of Petra, Jordan at night. If you don't know about the historical (and future) significance of Petra, I would highly recommend researching it. I find this area of the Middle East, along with the entire Holy Land of course, to be fascinating and, if the situation were not so volatile, would love to visit there someday. However, I believe that by the time a peace treaty comes to pass in Israel, I will be in a much safer and more beautiful place. But I digress....

I will also keep you all posted about my recent application to the ICU at our newest hospital in the north end of town. I feel that a change in venue is essential for the health and well-being of myself, my family, and every angry and spiteful patient that visits my ER. While not having taken the Hippocratic Oath myself, I still subscribe to the mantra "first, do no harm". And unfortunately, as of late, that has become more and more challenging to adhere to. So, a lateral move in said nursing career would be, I think, a more intelligent choice and a better use of my critical care skill set than would, say, a leap into a totally different genre of care. We'll see how that goes. (Yes, I know that I said I would stay in the ER because it keeps sucking me back in....green grass....fences. I know. What can I say?)