Monday, January 10, 2011

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.

1 comment:

Elise A. Miller said...

I am DYING to learn all the rhythms! can you turn that into a party game? an iphone app? love the dresser. Oona is one fortunate girl. love and kisses.