Morning

My mom is a nurse. She has been working at the County Hospital pretty much all her life. Often, she tells me stories about her and her patients that she cared for the day before. Working at the County Hospital does not mean that you get patients who are upper-class YSL-wearing "Oh I have a cold, can you cure me?" type. No. She gets all kinds of patients from everywhere. I have been to work with her for volunteer hours, and I am completely amazed at what kind of stuff she has to deal with. Drug addicts, alcoholics, and many more often spend time yelling mindless things at her. I ask her "how do you put up with it?" and she tells me "it's all a part of work. Once you go home, you go home. Don't take work home with you."

She often tells me stories of the patients she has (no, not the alcoholics). Last night, she had a patient who was 32 years old and she had a autoimmune disease. The problem with her body was beginning from the age of 10, her calcium basically started "eating her up", thus causing her to shrink in size and make her the current weight she is today: 40 pounds. But it wasn't pity that made me want to post this up on my blog. It was inspiration. Although this patient has been suffering from the time she was young, she has received a bachelor's degree and she is currently writing her own novel about her disease. Although I have never met her, I have felt that her story should be an inspiration to everybody; this woman who can comfortably fit into 2 year old baby clothes has managed to achieved what she has wanted to achieve and she continues to live to tell the tale. Although I will probably never fulfill my mother's expectations of becoming a nurse, I realize that no amount of AP Biology can ever teach you what my mom learns everyday about people.

I've been seeing a large amount of frilly-type clothing nowadays. I'm going to call it what H&M calls it: Folk Romanticism, but I'm going to mix it in with a bit of Greek-ness.

Alberta Ferretti's Spring/Summer 2008 collection seems to perfectly match with the gladiator shoe-type going on right now. I love how the dresses bring back the idea of "elegance" and "Roman-like".

I adore this Juicy Couture watch that I found at Nordstrom. (Juicy Couture 'Tallulah' Watch, $255). It reminds me of an excellent day to go sailing or walking around on the sandy beach. Not to mention the time symbols are in Roman Numerals, bringing back a sense of classic and timelessness- (is that even a word?).

On another note, my senior photo is at the beginning of July and I really need to get a haircut ahead of time. My internship starts on Monday, but I have been hired to take pictures at a dance performance Sunday night, which means I have to know exactly what I will be wearing on Monday ahead of time. In the mean time, I have to email my teacher a part of my Internal Assessment for my History HL class for the International Baccalaureate Programme, which I have been slacking off on for the past three weeks since school has been out. Oh, dear.

Anyhoo, on a COMPLETELY unrelated note, I am very angry that I could not attend the Remus Lupins show at The Knitting Factory last night in Los Angeles. If you're as big of a harry potter fan as I am, you should understand.