Where did the time go?

Today seemed to fly by. We got  new equipment in the hospital kitchen, which was very exciting, since the original equipment was probably close to 40 years old! Definitely time for an update. The renovation/installation required a change to the menu, which led to the weekly hamburger day being moved to Thursday. Hamburger Day is [...]

Random Day Off = Fun

Happy Thursday afternoon! I thought I’d write a little about vacation days today. Next week will mark my one year anniversary at work, my first “real” job. I have been told that the number of PTO days I received was very “generous”, compared to other of my new-grad friends. Still.. anything less than 30 seemed [...]

1 year RD-versary

Today marks my one year anniversary of passing the RD exam and officially becoming a Registered Dietitian. Thought I should dedicate a post to the occasion. People always often ask “What made you decide to become a dietitian?”. Not that I’m complaining; I frequently ask others (or at least wonder). The stories behind anyone’s career [...]

Turbo-Charged Day!

Greetings! I started the day with my free sample of Dunkin’ Turbo this morning. 2 cups and I was wide awake!! Also… my writing today at work may have looked a little like this, and I hope everyone was able to read it! I felt somewhat like a physician with illegible handwriting, haha. A little [...]

I am happy to report that:

I finished off my brownies that I baked last Thursday. Yes, that means the brownies lasted a full week. Maybe the pre-portioned method of baking in muffin tins was smart after all :) I got caught up on patients today. Between a patient who reportedly can only eat 5 foods (hamburger, pork, oats, grits, rice) [...]

Today’s Lesson

I’ve been doing lots of reading/researching today on nutrition news, partly for my high school presentation that I’m still working on. Some really interesting things I’ve come across: A study out of Austria has shown that young adults with beginning signs/symptoms of schizophrenia might benefit from taking fish oil, possibly prevent psychotic episodes. That would [...]

Bake4Haiti

There’s a great bake sale going on online by a bunch of prominent food/health bloggers. All the proceeds go to the Red Cross. I’ve already found myself bidding on double chocolate brownies, espresso hazelnut truffle cookies, and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. I hope I win something! Work today was good. It’s always nice when you [...]

Netflix is fast!

So… I joined Netflix Sunday morning with The Boy, picked a couple movies… and I already got my first one today! Wow! I think I might really like this service. Only problem is that my TV will be tuned into the Australian Open for the next 2 weeks :) Work is going well. I have [...]

A little doga this afternoon

Greetings! Work was fairly simple today. Had a nice morning at the Knox County Health Department, listening to the Tennessee Commissioner of Health, Susan Cooper (of Vanderbilt fame!) address the state of public health here in TN. Some good stuff we’re doing here, moving on up to 44th in the country for health. Hey! It [...]

New year… new opportunities!

I’ve been in a super good mood this afternoon! I met up with some staff from the local school district’s Coordinated School Health program. A few months ago I had emailed them, offering my services as a Registered Dietitian, since my job left me with a lot of time and brainpower on my hands. Little [...]