finally finished nightstand

Because I am CHEAP one of the Christmas present Oona got from me was a nightstand that I finally got around to refinish, one year later. I got the piece for $10 at a yard sale, unfortunately when I stripped it the wood wasn't in good enough shape to stain so I had to repaint it. I love working on furniture, aside from the paranoia of inhaling lead paint fumes which I'm really hoping my green stripper that I use sort of neutralizes. See during my breaks from school is when I start fantasizing about owning a store where I sell furniture I redo and jewelry I make and crafty items I find. I just love crafty stuff and maybe this fantasizing is a good way to handle my stress with school. Good lord we have a test next monday where a good third of the test is understanding various heart arrhythmias (atrial and ventricular) and being able to figure them out from EKG readings and it is a lot to digest, not to mention knowing the medical conditions that correspond to said arrhythmias AND the medications you then use to treat them. My mind just doesn't latch onto this information the way it does other medical stuff, it just feels too abstract to me right now and if I can't contextualize my information I'm sort of a goner AND (once again, the panic inducing all caps and) it's twenty-five different rhythms! So... here's hoping I can make it gel this week. Wish me luck. Just in case you want to try you hand at understanding EKG rhythms you can go here and learn more, I'm sure you're all just dying to check out this site.

I was walking through Highland Park around dinnertime the other day and just liked the way the dormant hydrangea looked next to these puplish black pods thingies. Yes, obviously I am no master gardener. I have no idea what type of plant this is but I liked the contrast of the colors and that it was dark it made the contrast even more vibrant.

Off on running with school. Have had two full days learning to read EKG rhythms. Oh my it all makes sense until we go on to the next section of abnormal rhythms and then I'm like, wait I still have to remember all those ones before that I just learned. Gotta make space in my brain for this stuff to sink in. On the plus side Monday, after our lecture I caught a House episode where the patient went into super ventricular tachycardia and they need to cardiovert her and I understood what they were talking about. If nothing else, it makes my House viewing that much more enjoyable. Oh and one helpful bit of meaningless house gaffe trivia, they almost always put their stethoscopes on backwards on that show.