Allow myself to introduce....myself.....

My name is Wendy. I am 38 years old. I am a real-live Miami Native. I was born here in 1969, and other than 4 years in North Carolina and one year in Europe, I have lived here my entire life. (Just so you know....real Miamians say "Y'all" not "Oy ye.") I graduated from nursing school 3/13/07. I have been working as a nurse since the day after I took my NCLEX. I work in pediatrics for several reasons:

1. The patients are lighter.
2. Fun pedi-prints!
3. I can handle whining and crying from a kid. Not so much from an adult.
4. Same for pooping, peeing, vomiting, etc. For some reason it is not nearly as bad coming from a kid as it would be from an adult.
5. My original career goal was to be a pre-school teacher. I actually was a nanny for a while (see Europe).
6. I really like working with kids. However, I am very happy to leave them at the end of my shift.
7. I love me some babies!!!! However, I am happy to leave them at the end of my shift, too.

I am married to a Puerto Rican (New Yorican) man. We have been married for nearly 16 years. We had a very rough patch for a while these past two years. But, I think we are going to make it, after all. Husband shall be known as W. or the Husbeast for this blog. He is the most frustrating person in my life. He also makes me laugh more than anyone I know. He makes me nuts, but I love him.

I am a mother of one 11 year old boy, who shall be known as D. for this Blog. D. is somewhere between boy and man at this point. He still loves cartoons, and toys, but girls are pretty interesting right now, too. He has impossibly high standards for girls. I guess that it is due to the fact that the first female he saw was Pamela Anderson on Baywatch as he was exiting the womb. D. is very artistic, sensitive, and funny. I love him more than anything in the world. He is my pride and joy, and the best gift I have ever gotten.

More to come.....