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Jun 19, 2009

Haiku Friday: Canine Zen

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Ears flapping in the
wind, the dog smiles at me from
the car beside mine

A picture of pure
bliss riding down the highway,
head out the window

Sometimes I wish I
could be as happy as a
dog in a fast car

I drove past this car and its canine passenger this evening, and I was immediately mesmerized by the happiness and peace coming from this dog. I don’t know if there’s anything happier than a dog with its head out the window, tongue out and eyes closed to the rushing air. It’s probably as close as a dog can get to flying.

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Filed Under: daily life, Haiku Fridays, random ·


Jun 12, 2009

Haiku Friday: Counting

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A surprise talent:
Mira can count to fourteen
Where did she learn that?

Although she is hard to
understand, the numbers are
clearly there for her

My only guess is
she is watching TV more
closely than I thought

Mira has apparently known how to count for awhile, but didn’t feel the need to share it with us. But when walking down the stairs the other day, she counted each step, going all the way to 14 without prompting. We were stunned – who taught her to count? I’ve done a little bit of counting with her in the past, but nothing more than 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. And then I hear aaaaii (8), niiiii (9), ehn! (10), eeeveeen (11).

She must have had pity on her poor dumb mother, enduring my elementary lesson while already mastering the intermediate levels. I can only guess that she’s paying close attention to Sesame Street and Noggin each day.

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1. Write your own haiku on your blog. You can do one or many, all following a theme or just random. What’s a haiku, you ask? Click here.

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Filed Under: growing up, Haiku Fridays, Mira ·


May 22, 2009

Haiku Friday: First Harvest

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In just one short month
my garden experiment
has produced results

This brown thumb has now
somehow coaxed from the earth a
bunch of broccoli:


And those are just the
first of the season – more will
be coming later

My first garden is already a smashing success as far as I’m concerned. I love broccoli, and these were transplanted in mid-April to the fledgling garden. I didn’t expect to see results so quickly, but we had to take the heads off of each plant today to make room for the new stalks of broccoli growing underneath.

We also planted carrot, cucumber, and sunflower seeds today. I already planted sweet peppers, lettuce, and some herbs a few weeks ago, and I still need to plant zucchini and green beans. I don’t know if they’ll all be as successful as the broccoli that even I can’t kill, but I hope we’ll have plenty of our own veggies this summer.

To play along for Haiku Friday, follow these steps:

1. Write your own haiku on your blog. You can do one or many, all following a theme or just random. What’s a haiku, you ask? Click here.

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Filed Under: daily life, domestic zero, Haiku Fridays, me me me ·


May 15, 2009

Haiku Friday: Nearly Done

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An accomplishment:
one hundred twenty eight long
hours are complete.

My clinical time
for my final quarter is
done – well, almost so.

Sixteen hours are
left to shadow in other
areas we like

Today, I will spend
eight hours in a place I
love: a birth center

For my final eight,
I’m hoping to observe on
a NICU unit

Graduation is less than a month away, and I’m finished with the bulk of my clinical hours, or at least all the hours that require me to jump in and do something. I’m a little bummed that I have to be completely hands-off for my shadowing experiences, but I understand why.

Today I’ll be at a small hospital observing their labor, delivery and postpartum unit. It’s actually the hospital in my hometown, a hospital my mom worked and still works at, and a place I spent a lot of time at as a child. I’m excited to not only be visiting an area I’d like to work in, but also my hometown hospital.

To play along for Haiku Friday, follow these steps:

1. Write your own haiku on your blog. You can do one or many, all following a theme or just random. What’s a haiku, you ask? Click here.

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Filed Under: Haiku Fridays, me me me, school ·


May 8, 2009

Haiku Friday: The Sickness Strikes

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After a long day
at clinical, the phone call
came: Cordy is sick.

No one wants to come
home to find your child has just
thrown up on your couch.

Another bug, caught
from preschool most likely. I
hope we don’t catch it.

Some kind of stomach bug has been spreading across Columbus, and some ill child at Cordy’s school was kind enough to share the virus with her. She’s normally a very healthy child – it takes a lot for a stomach bug to slow her down. Yet tonight she fell asleep early and refused to eat, worrying it would hurt her stomach. This kid never turns down a meal, so she must feel pretty miserable.

Now I must pray to the stomach bug gods to spare me from her germs. There are plenty of bad Mother’s Day gifts out there, but I think that might be one of the worst. Actually, I seem to remember this entire Mother’s Day virus scenario playing out like this last year. Damn.

To play along for Haiku Friday, follow these steps:

1. Write your own haiku on your blog. You can do one or many, all following a theme or just random. What’s a haiku, you ask? Click here.

2. Sign the Mister Linky below with your name and the link to your haiku post (the specific post URL, not your main blog URL). DON’T sign unless you have a haiku this week. If you need help with this, please let me know.

3. Pick up a Haiku Friday button to display on the post or in your sidebar by clicking the button at the top.

REMEMBER: Do not post your link unless you have a haiku this week! I will delete any links without haiku!

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Filed Under: Cordy, Haiku Fridays, plague ·