This is what I do all day...

Ever wonder what it’s like to be part of a trauma team? Well...

Wed, 15 May 2013 10:01:00 -0400

Ever wonder what it’s like to be part of a trauma team?

Well here you have it!

This was my first job out of nursing school

It truly is like a scene from mash

When you approach that helipad to receive the patient

Your hair is blowing

Your heart is beating out of your chest

Because you never really know what’s coming out of that helicopter for you

Well .. You do..

But.. You don’t..

I mean, at the end of the day it’s someone’s son, daughter, mother, father, sister, brother and so on..

Caring for that life is just as important as holding together those that are at the bedside hanging onto every minute.. every movement..

Here is a pic I snapped of the the state police about to depart from the helipad on my way out today

Even tho I’ve since moved on to a different kind of adrenaline rush these days

Don’t think for a second this scene didn’t bring me right back

Got offered a temporary new position at the hospital where I’ve...

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:04:00 -0400

Got offered a temporary new position at the hospital where I’ve worked since I was 19

I’m almost 36

I’ve waited my entire nursing career to have my own office and a big desk

Look guys! I even have my own tv!

Life is good

Sometimes when you’re a nurse you have to pretend to be the...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:37:00 -0400

Sometimes when you’re a nurse you have to pretend to be the patient.

The 10 year old is obsessed with doing card tricks...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:08:19 -0400

The 10 year old is obsessed with doing card tricks lately.

“Ben don’t you love having a brother that’s a magician?”

What? Doesn’t everyone get to hang out backstage with Michael...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:11:00 -0400

What?

Doesn’t everyone get to hang out backstage with Michael Strahan?

Ben the seven year old just came running down the stairs in a panic: “Mommy Adam just said a...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:13:00 -0400

Ben the seven year old just came running down the stairs in a panic:

“Mommy Adam just said a curse! I heered (spelt wrong intentionally) it! He said C R A P - The C word!”

I’m laughing so hard I can’t come up with something witty to follow this up

I’m also terribly relieved “the C word” didn’t mean what I thought it meant!

C’mon you were thinking it too!

Just finishing my son’s my fourth grade project/book/report on...

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:44:00 -0400

Just finishing ~~my son’s~~ my fourth grade project/book/report on Queen Elizabeth I.

C’mon teachers!

You know at this level the parents do most of this nonsense!

Are all you spectacular, wonderful, stellar moms of the year just doing the whole thing for them?

Because I refuse!

Sure he knows a little about her after I made him scale the internet and write his findings freehand

Why?

Because I’m *The Meanest Mom EVER* that’s why!

Or so he tells me.

Every. Single. Day.

Oh yeah, and I wanted to be able to type it (for him, while he slept and I sipped wine) in his words so it looked like he did it all by his lonesome…

That may or may not be a partial lie

It’s also because not only do you want ~~him~~ me to formulate this nonsense into a “book” but you want him to present it too!

You’ve got to be kidding me!

I wouldn’t be so mad if you weren’t teaching him how to add, subtract, multiply and divide from right to left.

Stupid.

Need me to repeat that?

S T U P I D

I thought I knew basic math, but my antiquated way can’t help him!!

Anyway,

Throw ~~him~~ me a bone in the name of Everyday Math

And give ~~him~~ me an A on this project

Because you KNOW I included a reference page

In APA format

What?

I’m teaching my son at an early age not to plagiarize!

This is the husb’s way of letting me know he needs new...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:21:35 -0400

This is the husb’s way of letting me know he needs new slippers

Poppy died one month ago today. One Month. Please tell me how...

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:11:00 -0500

Poppy died one month ago today.

One Month.

Please tell me how that’s possible?

Because sometimes it feels like a lifetime ago

Yet others it feels like no time has passed at all.

Because a death just isn’t something you’re ever able to “get over.”

It’s something you just learn to live with, I guess…

On the outside you’re a happy husband, wife, grandson, granddaughter, father, mother, daughter, son, sister, brother, nanya, meema.

But on the inside you are leading a double life.

A life that started one month ago and has woven itself so neatly and thoroughly throughout your old life.

A life that you now try so hard to remember, and at the same time realize you took for granted…

This new life — the one you never asked for, didn’t see coming, weren’t prepared for — is one that is now punctuated by a series of nostalgic pangs, bittersweet milestones and random moments that sneak up on you, seemingly out of nowhere, and force a sudden rush of tears to your eyes.

It could be four weeks, two years or even ten years later.

And you can be in the middle of cooking chili, playing with a duncan yo-yo, watching a sunset or out celebrating your birthday at your favorite restaurant surrounded by your favorite people.

Or you could hear a song on the radio, see a bird, stumble across a quote online, or even see 11:11 on the clock

And then Bam!

It’s like it just happened one minute ago.

Not one effing month ago.

Do we miss him?

Only as often as we blink.

I arrived at my patient’s house today She presented me...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:16:00 -0500

I arrived at my patient’s house today

She presented me with this picture and gift

Then proceeded to tell me that her family modeled their Purim costume/theme after me

I had absolutely no words

You really just don’t ever know when your actions, words or even your day to day will mean the world to someone else

I won’t ever take that for granted

Time number 6 of telling her to get off the furniture and it’s...

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:52:01 -0500

Time number 6 of telling her to get off the furniture and it’s not even 8am

This dog’s mission is to wear me down but it’s not happening

Me: “Ben I’m so proud of you, you always get O’s!” Ben: “Mommy...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:25:38 -0500

Me: “Ben I’m so proud of you, you always get O’s!”

Ben: “Mommy I cheat. My teacher leaves the words up on the board and I look at them.”

My nine year old now wears size 8.5 men’s sneakers Did I...

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:50:21 -0500

My nine year old now wears size 8.5 men’s sneakers

Did I mention he’s 5 foot 3?

Need me to repeat that?

HE’S NINE YEARS OLD!

(He’ll be ten in 1 week)

Time- please effing stand still.

Ummm The seven year old tells me repeatedly that he hates my...

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:25:00 -0500

Ummm

The seven year old tells me repeatedly that he hates my home-made pizza

Like, HATES it

Because it’s not Charlie’s, that’s why!

So what happens while the husb was out of town?

He specifically requests MY pizza for dinner!

And I move heaven and Earth to make it happen, duh!

So what if he was on his second slice at 9:10pm

I’m so getting fired from this parenting job aren’t I

My two favorite people on the same show at the same time Too bad...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:13:00 -0500

My two favorite people on the same show at the same time

Too bad I had way too much to do today

You KNOW I’d be first on that standby line!

“Cousins are those childhood playmates that grow up to be...

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 19:07:00 -0500

“Cousins are those childhood playmates that grow up to be forever friends.”

Nervous to see a new doc today Walk in her office and spot this...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:28:00 -0500

Nervous to see a new doc today

Walk in her office and spot this on her bulletin board

Instantly knew I was in the right place

“Mommy they’re playing classical music here!” Oh you know- just...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:40:00 -0500

“Mommy they’re playing classical music here!”

Oh you know- just a typical Thursday at the Navesink Country Club

Yes THAT Navesink

Think Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi

I don’t know… too stuffy if you ask me

Did I mention every lululemon clad mom for the other team is happily sporting a full glass of free SauvBlanc while waiting for their sons to don themselves in their hockey attire - in the most pristine, best smelling, carpeted locker rooms I’ve ever seen

Because you know..

They’re “paying” members…

Don’t think for a second that I didn’t ask one of those moms where my glass was..

She smiled, laughed and told me she thinks there is a cash bar upstairs “somewhere.”

Little did she know I already made friends with the snack stand lady

Because Ben eats french fries in every fine establishment, that’s why!

So not only did we discuss her love for nascar but I now know lulumom pays a 51k initial fee then another 15k a year PLUS a food/alcohol tab for that great big glass of Thursday hockey night happiness

Ahem- mine was $6.99

And Ben got extra ketchup

Rich, snooty housewife = 0

Mom with a minivan and champion warm up pants from target = 1

What? You mean everyone’s day doesn’t begin like...

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:40:00 -0500

What?

You mean everyone’s day doesn’t begin like this?

You know whats worse?

I just realized I can’t call poppy to come help me.

Some days life punches you in the face and knocks you flat on your ass Forcing you...

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:59:00 -0500

Some days life punches you in the face and knocks you flat on your ass

Forcing you to be so freaking grateful for the before pictures

In a way that you never really were

Because in that very moment

You just cant bare to imagine what it’ll be like in the after ones

Know why?

Now with every smile comes a constant reminder

That someone is missing