Early morning musings

As i sit here in my nice desk chair, having been recently re-energized by a refreshing little pot of fruit after having indulged in far too many sugary substances over the course of the night, my mind is wandering and filling up with random thoughts here and there. Luckily I don't have too many holes in my head out of which to lose my deep thoughts which only come along on a rare basis and therefore are difficult to replace once missing. But here we are at the end of 2006 and peeking over the edge into 2007. In a mere 4 days it will be the New Year and i will be ringing it in the land south of our borders. Indeed, i will be attending and participating in my friend Nancy's wedding. By participating, i mean walking down the aisle in a fancy dress, keeping both of my feet on the ground and not managing to trip and embarass my poor friend who is marrying a nice boy from Colorado Springs on Saturday. I am excited to be going down there, to hopefully be supportive to her and to encourage her in this huge new part of her life. Congrats Nance! I wish you the Lord's blessing in this stage of your life. May you always walk with Him as your guide.
But now, as for my other deep thoughts, hmmm... they seem to have hidden round some cobwebby corner of my cranium and vanished from plain sight for now. Grrr... just when i thought i could wax eloquent at 5 am after an extremely busy night shift. Oh well, so much for impressing you all. I'll have to slink back into the ennui of mediocrity. I was recently told that i was a good writer. I hope for all of my dedicated blog readers that you do manage to derive some sort of entertainment from this little piece of cyberspace that i have staked a claim on.
This entry also goes out to my co-workers who have been dealing with so many frustrations and hardships in the last few weeks and months and despite it all, can still laugh and give awesomely good care to their patients. Short staffing, crazy mixed up patients, lack of supplies, lack of communication and many such things. But they develop strong relationships with the patients, win their trust in a very vulnerable time, listen to them, care for them, help their hurts, medicate their symptoms and provide such support that is so needed. There are times when i don't want to be a hematology nurse... but there are rewards too... just difficult to measure in quantifiable terms. Thanks girls for all i've learned in how to be a good nurse.
Happy New Year to all!!!

Christmas is in the air...

Well, i sit tonight curled up on the couch, having finally obtained another phone cord so that i can sit on a comfy chair to type my blog entries... and i am basking in the cozy warmth of our little fire place and am listening to Charlotte Church warbling away and am smelling the wonderful smell of a decorated Christmas tree.... wow, it's Christmas time again! How fast the year spins away and around and back again to this season. I was so glad to see snow the other day and to have some really cold temperatures...i know that sounds odd, but i love snow and cold (talk to me again at the end of January and i'm sure that i will retract that statement so fast your head would spin!!) I think listening to some carols, and singing a few of them together with friends the other night at our bake exchange, the spirit is finally starting to worm it's way into my previously numb little soul. I just am a little slow on the draw to feel Christmasy! I am now trying frantically to complete my shopping, coming up with some types of inventive Christmas gifts, making and writing cards (because i was raised a daughter of my mother and i can't buy cards!! I just can't... i've had them in my hands in the stores, but have put them down after wandering the whole store feeling guilty!!) and generally trying to get ready without going kinda crazy!!
I wish you all a Blessed early Christmas and peace in your hearts as you prepare your hearts for this wonderful time of year. Christ has come, the fulfillment of prophecies and the bearer of good news for all and forgiveness of sins. The best Christmas present ever!!!

A Cornucopia of words

A cornucopia of words outflow from my mouth and brain and thoughts onto the virtual page and create confusion and interest. Words which roll off the tongue with delectable sweetness and enjoyment. Words which inspire and excite and frustrate... so here goes nothing. This post goes out to my youngest sister who inspired this little adventure...
cornucopia plethora magnanimous frustration chrysanthemums keep the aspidistra flying pneumonia Sunfire transatlantic flights zip codes Clydesdales long distance plans msn SISTERS France vestigial emotional female Princess Bride humbug cookies sucking the liquor out of brandy beans chamomile tea Hunt for Red October me you oceans Eiffel Tower I love you! sucking the marrow out of life poetry Pride and Prejudice friends enemies creativity sunsets nasturtiums and i will buy a pickup truck and raise rabbits and she will cook them for me nursing needles Haiti the Netherlands the little boy with his finger in the dyke shish kebabs nasi sapphire blue baobab trees treetop walks brown cows confusion classic novels sleeeeeep chocolate new carpet smell gasoline cursive writing gingko lacy .... rooiboos scissors postcards from the edge Hamilton mawiage is what bwings us together today persay flowers the alphabet airline tickets passport stamps the number eleven fallen crunchy leaves asphalt green waves Moeder bakery smells hugs little kittens stamps contrails stupid fall fairs pizza fuzzy socks fun underwear vacuuming orchids life is good God Daddy swimming pools Christmas lights paperclips computers quilts pens my favorite things Kakabeka Falls as you wish alarm clocks sleeping in Mars bars silver jewelry ice cube math bar codes footsteps who am i? church pancakes firemen what am i doing here? rain hotel rooms film camping star light, star bright mailboxes freight trains cargo hold why? can i help you? The Spanish Steps cobblestones history

Midnight Ramblings...

What do i think about at midnight? at one thirty two? at three o'six am? my mind is spinning a little and my eyes are burning and my head is trying desparately to nod off and i'm not allowed cause that's not good... and i missed my little treasured nap this afternoon due to my own folly... so now i'm paying for it. Argh! I'm thinking of how clutzy i have been the last day or so... yesterday coming home from Fortinos i had an inkling that something was amiss, and indeed there was wrongness existing in my trunk for my bottle of Vim had uncapped itself and spread its cleaning power all over my trunk... Grr.. now my car smells like Vim on steroids.. my poor car doesn't have much luck staying clean with me around, last winter windshield washer fluid, now Vim and to top it all off, it now smells like onions as well since i had to cut up an entire bag of those tear-jerkers for our work bagged lunch. I'll tell you this much, i'm not volunteering to cut onions again next year, some other sucker gets to do that one!
Other clutzy things include dropping salt on the kitchen floor yesterday, forgetting to do a million and one things, scraping my finger on the paper towel dispenser and a multitude of other small things that add up to a mountain of odd things. Oh well, keeps life interesting and full of stories for others to smile and laugh about right?
I'm sitting here, trying to ignore the frantic little calls of the cookies helplessly trapped in the cookie tin on the counter in front of me, i suppose i really should be a nice person and release them from their dungeon but then this would create additional problems for my clothings which would then not be so accomodating to my figure. And so the cookies stay put... for now!!! Wish me luck in an hour or two when the calling gets really raucous and my stomach is pleading for some sustenance!!