What brought you joy today? - Page 319

imperfect_cupcake · 08-31-2015, 07:36 PM

I worked on the locked ward at the women's hospital today for the first time

I am in full time college for medical massage therapy and its my last two terms. So my outreach is high risk pregnancy unit. One ward is locked because the to-be mothers have MRSA or Hep C or HIV and are with drawing from drugs. Usually herion.
I LOVED it. The women there are incredible. And being able to take some of their physical pain away as well as listen and slowly get them to sleep, when they haven't in a couple of days is pretty amazing.

I love my new career. I'm so, so lucky.

cinnamongrrl · 09-30-2015, 05:49 AM

My Tuesday morning lady...

She makes no qualms about adoring me...and it is truly mutual...

She went above and beyond and is paving the path for me to get a scholarship to finish nursing school...

It turns out she and her daughter are on the scholarship board and can provide me with an excellent reference.

I am beyond blissful.

nhplowboi · 10-08-2015, 07:06 AM

I was torn between posting this in the "What made you smile today?" thread or here, but believe what I was told is more than smile worthy, it brings joy to my sometimes hardened heart. I was at the store talking with one of my distributors. He says "I have to tell you this, I think you'll enjoy it. I was talking to my eight year old and telling him we would be attending a wedding this weekend. He asked who's wedding and I told him his cousin Val's. 'Oh!' he says. 'Are they marrying a boy or a girl?'" Who knew the world would ever be like this 40+ years ago?! Yep, he was right, I loved this joyous little story. PS: My apologies to the grammar experts.

kittygrrl · 10-08-2015, 07:12 AM

nibbling party

Jesse · 10-08-2015, 05:56 PM

Finding a new to me truck topper that not only fits perfectly on my truck but the colors match very well. I've only been looking for the last year or so.

C0LLETTE · 10-08-2015, 06:01 PM

Cleaning up the yard. It's amazing how satisfying mindless tasks can be.

Kenna · 11-12-2015, 12:02 AM

The person I shared dinner with, our laughter and the comfort in their presence. Feeling a total trust in them and knowing the value of such.

JustLovelyJenn · 11-12-2015, 10:10 AM

painting supplies!!!!

SoulShineFemme · 11-13-2015, 07:44 PM

Sticking to my workout even though I didnt want to today.

Kenna · 11-17-2015, 01:31 PM

Cleaning off a plot of land and marking off an outline so the building can begin very soon. :-) :-)
Feeling accomplished!

Bèsame* · 11-17-2015, 10:03 PM

Having the day off, listening to the rain....

imperfect_cupcake · 11-18-2015, 02:49 AM

In my final four weeks of school. The week before I had the last practical midterm I'll ever have in anatomy. I suck at anatomy practicals because someone names a muscle, then you tell your "body" how to position themselves on the massage table, you then palpate the muscle belly, stating: origin, insertion, nerve, artery, and actions. We have to memorize 270 out of 320 pairs of muscles in the body.
We also have to demonstrate how to muscle test each one. For example if you want to muscle test the gluteus medius the body is laying on their back and I bring the leg into slight abduction, and flextion at about 5 degrees and get them to resist further abduction.
Glute *minimus* however, the leg is abducted, flexed to 20 degrees, internally rotated and then I get them to resist abduction.

The examiner tells you a muscle and you have two minutes to demonstrate this.p, while also talking about the palpation quality of the tissue, and the result of the muscle test.

It's repeated five times for five different muscles, for a total of 10 minutes, then they give you a body landmark - like a nerve pathway, an artery pathway, a pulse location, a boney landmark like the radial tuberocity, and you have to find it and show how you know that's what it is and they put their fingers where yours are and double check.

I panick and freak out on these regularly. Singly hecUse someone barking orders holding a clip board and scribbling down everything I do makes me highly nervous. I can tell stories at parties, but I can't do scrutiny. I used to freeze and stammer and sweat and shake. Now I blather like a fucking idiot, and sweat and say things backwards.

But, this last one, I don't even remember it, I was in full panick mode, blathering incoherently, sweat running down my neck and back, and I left thinking "holy shit I failed. That was awful. I actually had no fucking clue what I was doing. I don't even remember what I said. Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck."

And failing isn't really an option five weeks before grad. It means I wouldn't graduate.

I got my test paper result back today. 94%

Apparently, when blathering like complete knob and on autopilot is still know my stuff. It's actually in my skull.

So, I phoned my dad and got to tell him I passed that midterm with 94%

That brought me a fuckton of joy today.

Bèsame* · 11-18-2015, 07:44 AM

after the rain, the beautiful sunshine, stepping out on the back porch to see my breath. Brrrr, it's cold and nice

~SweetCheeks~ · 11-18-2015, 10:48 AM

waking up to so much love from family and friends for my Birthday!

Kenna · 12-06-2015, 10:08 PM

I had a bunch of fun today after I was so happy to get several glass art/wine bottle light projects completed and my pretty bright red shadow box with it's Christmas tree and "snow" scene finished.
Even more fun and jokes about "slurping nutts" ...(peanuts that is!!) as we raced up to the antique mall to display my finished products.
Then went shopping for more light fixtures and SCORED a whole bunch of FREE unique bottles (different shaped wine, "rare" scotch, and vodka) after chatting with a wonderful lady who said she was just going to trash them.
I was so excited to get a bunch of beautiful projects done and even more happy to spend it with the people that mean so much to me.

Kenna · 12-08-2015, 11:08 PM

I made my best friend laugh so hard they nearly tipped their recliner backwards!!!
Admittedly, the laughter came shortly after I seriously set off fireworks in the living room because I was "playing with fire and messing with fate" with a screwdriver and live electrical wires. Even tho my heart stopped and had trouble beating correctly for a while, and I melted the screwdriver, all the laughter was worth it!!

Liam · 12-08-2015, 11:43 PM

Taking care of myself.

Bubala · 12-08-2015, 11:49 PM

a kind stranger... being polite...

Gemme · 12-09-2015, 09:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenna

I made my best friend laugh so hard they nearly tipped their recliner backwards!!!
Admittedly, the laughter came shortly after I seriously set off fireworks in the living room because I was "playing with fire and messing with fate" with a screwdriver and live electrical wires. Even tho my heart stopped and had trouble beating correctly for a while, and I melted the screwdriver, all the laughter was worth it!!

I've done that before, by accident. My house at the time had questionable wiring and even though I turned off the breaker to the kitchen (where I was digging into the outlet with a butter knife), the breakers were not labeled correctly and I zapped myself and the knife.

It definitely gives you a buzz.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Liam

Taking care of myself.

Good for you! Too often, we put ourselves on the back burner to others and to our busy lives. It's nice to take time out to pamper oneself.

I'm experiencing a bit of pampering myself. I am still in my pajamas, which rarely, if ever, happens. I'm either in workout clothes or work clothes on or before 8am every day so this is really nice and comfy.

~SweetCheeks~ · 12-09-2015, 10:10 AM

Knowing today is the first day of my new life and though I am anxious about surgery I know this is going to be the start to an amazing new journey. Taking care of me

09-30-2015, 05:49 AM	#6362
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11-12-2015, 12:02 AM	#6367
Kenna Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Fiery, Sassy, Tough As Nails, Femme Tomboy Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: I am your favorite hello and hardest goodbye. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NC & CO Posts: 4,784 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,613 Thanked 12,108 Times in 3,757 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	The person I shared dinner with, our laughter and the comfort in their presence. Feeling a total trust in them and knowing the value of such. __________________ **************************** She has been through hell, so believe me when I say, fear her when she looks into a fire and smiles. ~E.Corona~

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08-31-2015, 07:36 PM	#6361
imperfect_cupcake Senior Member How Do You Identify?: feminine dolly dyke Preferred Pronoun?: Your Grace Relationship Status: I put my own care first Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: In a gauze of mystery Posts: 1,776 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,426 Thanked 9,727 Times in 1,613 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	I worked on the locked ward at the women's hospital today for the first time I am in full time college for medical massage therapy and its my last two terms. So my outreach is high risk pregnancy unit. One ward is locked because the to-be mothers have MRSA or Hep C or HIV and are with drawing from drugs. Usually herion. I LOVED it. The women there are incredible. And being able to take some of their physical pain away as well as listen and slowly get them to sleep, when they haven't in a couple of days is pretty amazing. I love my new career. I'm so, so lucky.

10-08-2015, 07:06 AM	#6363
nhplowboi Member How Do You Identify?: FTM Preferred Pronoun?: male pronouns Relationship Status: Good question. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 916 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,203 Thanked 3,466 Times in 742 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	I was torn between posting this in the "What made you smile today?" thread or here, but believe what I was told is more than smile worthy, it brings joy to my sometimes hardened heart. I was at the store talking with one of my distributors. He says "I have to tell you this, I think you'll enjoy it. I was talking to my eight year old and telling him we would be attending a wedding this weekend. He asked who's wedding and I told him his cousin Val's. 'Oh!' he says. 'Are they marrying a boy or a girl?'" Who knew the world would ever be like this 40+ years ago?! Yep, he was right, I loved this joyous little story. PS: My apologies to the grammar experts.

10-08-2015, 06:01 PM	#6366
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11-13-2015, 07:44 PM	#6369
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11-17-2015, 01:31 PM	#6370
Kenna Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Fiery, Sassy, Tough As Nails, Femme Tomboy Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: I am your favorite hello and hardest goodbye. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NC & CO Posts: 4,784 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,613 Thanked 12,108 Times in 3,757 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Cleaning off a plot of land and marking off an outline so the building can begin very soon. :-) :-) Feeling accomplished! __________________ **************************** She has been through hell, so believe me when I say, fear her when she looks into a fire and smiles. ~E.Corona~

11-17-2015, 10:03 PM	#6371
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11-18-2015, 02:49 AM	#6372
imperfect_cupcake Senior Member How Do You Identify?: feminine dolly dyke Preferred Pronoun?: Your Grace Relationship Status: I put my own care first Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: In a gauze of mystery Posts: 1,776 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,426 Thanked 9,727 Times in 1,613 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	In my final four weeks of school. The week before I had the last practical midterm I'll ever have in anatomy. I suck at anatomy practicals because someone names a muscle, then you tell your "body" how to position themselves on the massage table, you then palpate the muscle belly, stating: origin, insertion, nerve, artery, and actions. We have to memorize 270 out of 320 pairs of muscles in the body. We also have to demonstrate how to muscle test each one. For example if you want to muscle test the gluteus medius the body is laying on their back and I bring the leg into slight abduction, and flextion at about 5 degrees and get them to resist further abduction. Glute minimus however, the leg is abducted, flexed to 20 degrees, internally rotated and then I get them to resist abduction. The examiner tells you a muscle and you have two minutes to demonstrate this.p, while also talking about the palpation quality of the tissue, and the result of the muscle test. It's repeated five times for five different muscles, for a total of 10 minutes, then they give you a body landmark - like a nerve pathway, an artery pathway, a pulse location, a boney landmark like the radial tuberocity, and you have to find it and show how you know that's what it is and they put their fingers where yours are and double check. I panick and freak out on these regularly. Singly hecUse someone barking orders holding a clip board and scribbling down everything I do makes me highly nervous. I can tell stories at parties, but I can't do scrutiny. I used to freeze and stammer and sweat and shake. Now I blather like a fucking idiot, and sweat and say things backwards. But, this last one, I don't even remember it, I was in full panick mode, blathering incoherently, sweat running down my neck and back, and I left thinking "holy shit I failed. That was awful. I actually had no fucking clue what I was doing. I don't even remember what I said. Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck." And failing isn't really an option five weeks before grad. It means I wouldn't graduate. I got my test paper result back today. 94% Apparently, when blathering like complete knob and on autopilot is still know my stuff. It's actually in my skull. So, I phoned my dad and got to tell him I passed that midterm with 94% That brought me a fuckton of joy today.

11-18-2015, 07:44 AM	#6373
Bèsame* Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Femm Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: ☀️☀️☀️ Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Closer to the waves Posts: 14,777 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 28,404 Thanked 39,539 Times in 10,209 Posts Rep Power: 21474862	after the rain, the beautiful sunshine, stepping out on the back porch to see my breath. Brrrr, it's cold and nice __________________ kisses A kiss is a whisper in your mouth. Can I borrow a kiss? I promise to give it back.

11-18-2015, 10:48 AM	#6374
~SweetCheeks~ Member How Do You Identify?: femme-babygirl-brat Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Justin's babygirl Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: So Cal Posts: 733 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,608 Thanked 3,254 Times in 646 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	waking up to so much love from family and friends for my Birthday!

12-06-2015, 10:08 PM	#6375
Kenna Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Fiery, Sassy, Tough As Nails, Femme Tomboy Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: I am your favorite hello and hardest goodbye. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NC & CO Posts: 4,784 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,613 Thanked 12,108 Times in 3,757 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I had a bunch of fun today after I was so happy to get several glass art/wine bottle light projects completed and my pretty bright red shadow box with it's Christmas tree and "snow" scene finished. Even more fun and jokes about "slurping nutts" ...(peanuts that is!!) as we raced up to the antique mall to display my finished products. Then went shopping for more light fixtures and SCORED a whole bunch of FREE unique bottles (different shaped wine, "rare" scotch, and vodka) after chatting with a wonderful lady who said she was just going to trash them. I was so excited to get a bunch of beautiful projects done and even more happy to spend it with the people that mean so much to me. __________________ **************************** She has been through hell, so believe me when I say, fear her when she looks into a fire and smiles. ~E.Corona~

12-08-2015, 11:08 PM	#6376
Kenna Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Fiery, Sassy, Tough As Nails, Femme Tomboy Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: I am your favorite hello and hardest goodbye. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NC & CO Posts: 4,784 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,613 Thanked 12,108 Times in 3,757 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I made my best friend laugh so hard they nearly tipped their recliner backwards!!! Admittedly, the laughter came shortly after I seriously set off fireworks in the living room because I was "playing with fire and messing with fate" with a screwdriver and live electrical wires. Even tho my heart stopped and had trouble beating correctly for a while, and I melted the screwdriver, all the laughter was worth it!! __________________ **************************** She has been through hell, so believe me when I say, fear her when she looks into a fire and smiles. ~E.Corona~

12-08-2015, 11:43 PM	#6377
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12-08-2015, 11:49 PM	#6378
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12-09-2015, 10:10 AM	#6380
~SweetCheeks~ Member How Do You Identify?: femme-babygirl-brat Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Justin's babygirl Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: So Cal Posts: 733 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,608 Thanked 3,254 Times in 646 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	Knowing today is the first day of my new life and though I am anxious about surgery I know this is going to be the start to an amazing new journey. Taking care of me