Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there! I hope all of you who are mothers/caregivers/legal guardians felt as loved, appreciated, honored, and cherished today as you should be each day of the year. As my grandmother has always said, "A father's work's from sun to sun, but a mother's work is never done." I didn't understand that until I had my own child almost eleven years ago. It has grown easier to some degree - especially as far as the mindless menial tasks go - but in other ways it has grown more difficult. And I understand what a thankless job it is; at least it is so until one's children grow up and they begin having children themselves.
Soooo... I had an account under a different name, one that is almost impossible for non-Francophiles to remember and spell, and so now I am listed under my actual name. Pondering this point now, I realize that "Critser" isn't easy either; it is a surname that is regularly misspelled and mispronounced. Look, I tried to get my husband to take my last name, but he staunchly refused, being hesitant to have his friends give him a hard time. *Grin* So here I am.
I'm trying to decide if I should import all of my previous posts from the other account to this one. Hmmm... That would require more work than I am willing to do at this moment, but I may change my mind later.
I'm so excited that I have the next week off from school. For those of you who have not heard me whine yet, I am in nursing school. Yep. A 30-something mom & wife in nursing school. I have plans to give the house a good cleaning and to go the to library (in desperate need of a book fix), and I also hope to do lots of dog-walking and jogging. Other than doing these tasks, I plan on relaxing a good bit and reading, reading, and reading. My brain feels so full of care plans, pharm facts, review of systems... I am happy to let my brain "air out." Nursing school is most emphatically not for sissies. Then the next 5 weeks begins and I'll be doing psych rounds. Fun! (No, I am not being facetious! I'm really that geeky.)
On that note, I'll wrap up this inaugural post with a quote by someone whom I've admired since I was a child:
"I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past." ~ Clara Barton
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