This spring I took three courses in my pursuit of my Masters degree and with my jobs and other commitments - well this blog fell to the wayside. In April, I had minor surgery. The kind of surgery that is performed every day in this country. I had no complications but because I am an ICU nurse and have to lift heavy weights in my work... I got six weeks of recovery.
Tomorrow, I return to work. I am ready to go back, to care for patients and to see my fellow RNs. Do I wish I had a few more weeks to play in my garden and take long walks with my dog and to catch up with old friends? Sure. But I am so grateful for all the gifts in my life, one of which is my work, so I am ready to go back.
During my six weeks, I had the great pleasure to see my sister and my nephew TWICE!! Talk about gifts. My sister lives way to far from me and I love spending time with her. One of our favorite things: Swirl-a-ritas. At On the Border they serve frozen margaritas swirled with sangria... dangerously delish! It's kind of a special thing that we do when we are together in a place where there is an On the Border. Silly, but these are the little moments for which I am so grateful.
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| Swissie Swirl-a-ritas!! |
Yesterday, May 21st, the world was supposed to end (according to some wack job). I awakened to a crystal clear, perfect California morning. Maggie and I went for a walk and the wind was blowing soft kisses. I thought aloud, "I am grateful for this day." It had nothing to do with the prophesy and everything to do with the whisper of the wind and the blue sky overhead, and my Maggie and I spending time together.
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| Miss Maggie May (12 years old on May 8th) |
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| Cooper and his cousins, Henry (Hen-a-ry as Cooper says) and Anna on Easter. |
Happy to see you back online... hope the reentry to work goes well!
ReplyDeleteooooh Swissieee! I love it..love you... let's get a lake house & a swirlarita machine all our own. :o)
ReplyDeleteI love your lovely post. we are sooooo lucky. xxo
PS - that's "too" far away, not "to" far away... I do know the difference. Oops
ReplyDelete"Hen-a-ry the eighth I am, I am....Hen-a-ry the 8th I am!"
ReplyDeletetoo darn cute! all three of them!
and, as for the "to" vs "too", maybe there was one "too" many swirlaritas!
Hope y'all are all good and happy ...
Margo, did you get through all those storms okay?
Thought about you.....
xoxo
Jone
ps. Hope to meet you one day, Shelley!
pps. My Kipper - Dog is 11 this year....with a 2 1/2 year old Lab to "play" with - keeps her young!
xo
Ah, Jone... Maggie came into my life to keep my older dog young. The problem now is that she doesn't play well with others... I think she'll be solo til the end. She is, however, very active and still has the spunk of a 4 year old!
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