Word of the Day

squirrelly (skwûr'ə-lē, skwŭr'-) adj. Slang
1. Eccentric.
2. Cunningly unforthcoming or reticent. 
(Source: 2006 American Heritage Dictionary)

It wasn't the first time I'd heard this word, but I was recently reminded of how awesome it is by a patient I was helping to admit a few weeks ago. He said that he had a drug allergy to morphine. When asked what, exactly, happens when he takes morphine, he replied, "It makes me get real squirrely." This made me smile. And vow to use the word "squirrelly" more often in my everyday conversations.

The Stylish Nurse

I'm sure this post is relevant to almost no one but me, but it's my blog, so I don't care!!

With that being said, as a recent graduate of nursing school, one of the things I am most excited about is ditching my school uniform of a white scrub top with maroon pants for something with a little more style. Keep in mind, the use of the word "style" is relative, since we are talking about scrubs here, not runway couture.

Pretty much all of the cool nurses wear Urbane scrubs. They come in lots of different solid colors and have contrasting trim on the scrub tops. As much as I am one to not follow the herd just for the sake of it, some of the color combos were just too cute for me to resist. My favorite is Arctic Ice with Chocolate trim. Plus, they are super comfy. The main downside to Urbane is that they have only one measly pocket on the scrub top. Where the heck am I going to keep my phone, PDA, alcohol preps, scissors, cash, pens, etc? Fashion comes with sacrifice. I have also noticed, however, that all the cool nurses don't carry a lot on their person anyway. Note to self: Must learn to be cool.

I bought 8 sets of scrubs, i.e. my entire work wardrobe, for under $300. Jealous?



I am also excited to ditch my filthy, scuffed-up white Danskos (I dubbed them my Smurf shoes) for some shiny black patent ones. Yes, yes, yes! And the shiny patent surface will guarantee that any and all bodily fluids will just roll right off.

I initially ordered some MBTs, lured in by their promise of comfort, and more importantly, toned legs and backside. Even though I told myself that my vanity would not win out over the possibility of having skinnier thighs, I just could not get over how huge these things were. They looked like big, dorky moonshoes. Needless to say, vanity won this battle.


Once I have worked for a while and have established myself as a cool nurse, I am going to rock everybody's world when I show up to work in these bad boys:

Yep, that's right. Leopard-print patent leather Danskos! How I covet these shoes. But for now I am going to lay low and not draw too much attention to myself by wearing the black ones. Good things come to those who wait.