Monday, December 31, 2012

Today's Smile...

Yesterday I was having serious technical difficulties posting from my phone. Blogger kept telling me to download Google+ in order to post pictures. I already HAVE Google+ on my phone. I tried everything and finally gave up. So no post yesterday. I have decided to post yesterday's post today. I know, I know, only two posts in and I'm already lazy. On the Appalachian Trail, this can be referred to as slackpacking. So I guess today I am slackblogging. Deal with it. Last night's post, enjoy...and no heckling from the peanut gallery! Assuming someone is actually reading.

"I meant for today's post to be more lengthy but this made my day. My niece, whom I adore,  decided  she needed dreds to go with today's Packer game (not a WORD, people!). I showed her how to finger crochet and I did the assembly. The pose is quintessential Madigan. Who has time to dwell on a failing marriage or stress about nursing school with that FACE? Ugh, LOVE her!"

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Where to start...

Should I start with explaining what Nurse Lily is all about? Since I'm not yet a nurse and my name is Donya? Or that I'm likely going through a divorce in less than a week? What this last year of pure HELL has been like? (Nursing school + marital problems + money problems = Satan's 3-ring circus, just fyi. I didn't even use dimensional analysis for that one!) Or that to soothe my wounded and very broken heart, I have set a new goal (new goals make me sooooooooo happy because I can PLAN!!)? Actually, RE-set would be more accurate. I was supposed to eventually hike the Appalachian Trail with the love-of-my-life-soon-to-be-ex-husband but what the hell? If I know anything about myself, it's that I can do whatever I commit to. Graduating nursing school at 46 in 4 months is pretty sufficient evidence, though I have a long history of commitment (should have been LITERAL "commitment" in some cases) behind me. Alas, those are stories for another day. And then a mini-goal: this nursing/hiking blog. So, in the words of an old SNL episode: "Here are your topics. Discuss amongst yourselves."  I'll address one at a time so as not to overwhelm. Nurse Lily: Well, I'm almost nurse...pending any broken limbs or hospitalizations in the next four months (where is wood and/or salt when you need it?). So that's the nurse part. Lily is to remind me to "consider the lilies", which believe me, I have had to do my fair share of this year...and the two before that. Certainly if a beautiful flower like a lily can grow despite it's outer weathering, I can too. Fortunately I have had a wonderful long break in Wisconsin with my parents, sister and her 3 rugrats whom I adore. It's helped me remember who I am, hence the new goals. But seriously, divorce sucks ass. That's all for today.