“We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.”

~Stacia Tauscher

I’m sure you have all heard of the band Bush. If not, you must have lived under a rock or not been born in the mid 90’s. Anyway. The lead singer was, Gavin Rossdale. Bush had a few albums and they were quite popular about 10+ years ago. Haven’t heard much from them since. I digress.

Gavin Rossdale married Gwen Stefani a few years back, they have babies now, blah blah. Recently Gavin decided to embark on a solo career. Good for him, right? There was a lot of talk on radio stations etc. What I kept/keep hearing is Love Remains the Same” by Gwen Stefani’s husband, Gavin Rossdale. It makes me so angry! When did he suddenly lose his fame and have to fly on his wife’s coattails?

In fact, I head two Milwaukee radio peeps talking about how upset he got when people brought up him being married to Gwen when they were interviewing him to talk about his new album. Gee, I wonder why. Maybe because all you assholes introduce him as Gwen Stefani’s husband? I dunno, not sure why it makes me so angry but I would be pissed if I had lost my identity and was just someone’s wife. WTF? The man was famous before or around the same time as his wife. It is not like she made him famous or something. Why can’t they say, “Here is (insert song title) by Gavin Rossdale, former lead singer of Bush.” I guess that would make more sense to someone like myself.

The song is pretty good, btw. I enjoy it. And now you can take a moment and enjoy a picture of the handsome Gavin Rossdale.

Last night on our way home from the Brewer game (sad they lost), Monkey and I smelled skunk 4x in a 30 mile stretch! I thought maybe it was mating season or mama just had babies. Upon further research of these stinky creatures, I discovered that is not the case. Mating is February-March and mama carries her babies for just over two months.

Does anyone know why on earth skunks would be out in such force this time of year? They are cute, but man are they stinky!

So cute but so stinky!!

“We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself. ”

~Lloyd Alexander

As you all know, I’m a nurse extern right now. Basically, I do all the work a licensed RN does (with a few restrictions for liability reasons and because of our special patient population), but under the supervision of an RN. I don’t want to brag about how I’m doing, but I have been pretty much on my own since the 3rd week or so. Both of my preceptors think I am doing a wonderful job and they trust me to care for my patients, ask for help, and ask questions as necessary (I usually have 2-3 of my own patients).

Well, I just got sent an email and in said email, someone said, “Is this job your doing going to end in fall, go through school, or be permanent?” Uhm? The job I’m doing? WTF? I’m sorry but this is not just some ‘job’ I’m doing, this is my career and of course it is permanent. I am not going to school to get my BSN to see if it’s something I may like doing. Duh! Who would do that?

My externship has been a wonderful learning opportunity for me. I guess it just struck a nerve. I felt as though the comment was condescending. Like this was some silly job taking up my time this summer. Granted, I may not work at the same facility when I graduate, but this ‘job’ I’m doing, being a nurse, it’s a pretty permanent thing. I LOVE my career (even though it is just beginning)!!

I often wonder when I deal with certain people, “How can you seriously believe that every single thing you do in your life is the fault of someone other than yourself?”

I don’t hear these people blaming someone else for their successes, only for their failures. I wonder what it is like to live life under that umbrella of blaming and shaming every but yourself. I can imagine that it would feel very good to never have to take responsibility for your own actions, but wow. What a mess your life must really be.

Do these people ever grow up or do they live in denial for all eternity? Either way, I do not like being the one that gets blamed for actions that are well beyond my control. Trust me, I blame myself enough for things I cannot control! I really don’t need someone else pointing their fingers and blaming me, trying to make me feel shame for something I have no control over.

You had to know I would throw a quote up with this one and here it is:
“If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.” ~Unknown

I just finished a book called The Tender Bar and I just thought I would tell you all that it was a good book. Good story about a man and well… a bar. It truly was a good story and makes me thankful for what I have. More than that, I am thrilled that I now have time to lose myself in a good book!

Did you know that you can get some steals at Barnes and Noble.com? I ordered 7 books last night and only spent like $34. Oh and one of the books was almost $13 because it was not on sale. I am just so excited that I have 6 new books coming in the mail (the 7th is a gift).

Yes, I have been a huge slacker when it comes to my website. What can I say, I have had a busy summer thus far. I have a new job that is treating me very well and the Monkey has baseball a few nights a week. I know, you have missed my mindless mutterings….

What to say? There are several things I have been pondering over the past few days and right now, I cannot think of a single one. I had many things to write about and should have written them down on paper so I was able to remember them for a time like now when I am available to write something.

One thing I will say. My son played some really good baseball this weekend. His team still lost and did not get to advance in tournament play, but he played his two best games of the season.

Oh. One thing I ponder while sitting in the stands. Why is it that some parents are unable to resist the urge to ridicule the other people’s children? Seriously, if you are in the stands with all the parents and there are only 12 children playing, chances are you are near one of the parents of the child you are talking shit about. Anyway.

I will try to do better and keep posting. Hopefully another month won’t pass before I type something else on here.