2018: Graduates
2018: Starts job as a surprise float in subacute rehab
2018: Cries a lot
2018: Learns what happens when you don't properly adhere a patient's ostomy appliance
2018: Learns about sediment from foley catheters
2018: Learns the panic of a needle stick injury
2018: Learns that management will give out M&Ms when you desperately text them for extra staff
2019: Starts BSN
2019: Learns how fun it is to remove staples
2019: Learns that this bullshit is not sustainable
2019: Discovers it is well time to find a new spot
2019: Gets in touch with adolescent psychiatry
2019: Gets interview with adolescent psychiatry
2019: Waits four months and then starts adolescent psychiatry
2019: Deescalation is a super power and PRNs are a utility belt
2019: Please wear sunscreen
November 2019: "What's up with the splash page talking about screening patients from Asian countries?"
2020: O shit
2020: Yes, it's bad
2020: Explaining on the internet that it's bad
2020: The internet gets mad at my explanation
2020: Adolescent psychiatry becomes Psych COVID
2020: Isolates in guest bedroom to much personal emotional distress
2020: Stress bleaches hair but it actually looks rad
2020: Sharon's five years cancer free!
2020: Begins kickboxing as a way of managing rage and extensive takeout orders
2020: Finishes BSN, considers MSN because what's another degree
2020: Steps off curb and breaks a goddamn ankle
2020: Brief foray into pedi fencing in which I get way more invested than she does and I'm reminded of how terrible I felt after every gymnastics practice where my biodad made me feel like shit for not being good enough
2020: Unpacked my own shit and allowed my kid to do her own thing, which included not needing anyone's permission to say no
2020: Became the oldest Xennial on tiktok
2021: "This is going to be a much better year"
2021: Trip to Europe is postponed
2021: Trip to Europe is canceled
2021: Started MSN
2021: "Maybe there's something else I can do to utilize my psych knowledge"
2021: Applies to pediatric emergency department
2021: Starts pediatric emergency department
2021: Decides to prioritize happiness
Aaaaaaaand...we're caught up.
