KateNew pharmacology textbook arrived this morning. Sitting at the apartment desk with it open. The recertification is in two months, which feels far and close at the same time. Sit with me while I study 📚
KateLong Sunday walk through the cherry blossoms in the soft trench coat. The trees were generous today. I took a photo I will send you tonight. Earned the slow morning 🌸
KateWalked the rescue Lab through the sunny park this afternoon in the soft cardigan. He chose the pace, I followed. The two of us were the right speed for the morning. Come walk us next Saturday 🐕
KateSunday at home in the pyjamas on the soft couch. The book I am six weeks behind on is finally open. The chair next to me is empty. Come over, do not say much, just be here 📖
KateBrought the unit cupcakes from the bakery on the corner this morning. Gone in five minutes flat. Standing by the empty box looking pleased. I saved you one in my bag 🧁
KateYoga on the apartment rug before the shift. The flexibility helps when the patient is heavy, the small things you learn. Come do the practice with me Saturday, no shift in the way 🧘♀️
KateSunday brunch with the unit at the bright café. We compared survival stories over the mimosas. I won, in the way the worst week wins these comparisons. Wish you had been at the table 🥞
KateTrauma at three in the morning. The team held, the patient lived, I am walking out of the corridor now in the scrubs at dawn. Going home. The first person I want to talk to is you 🌃
KateNew small pink bento lunchbox arrived. Holding it up in the kitchen in the scrubs. The patients will laugh, which is the point. Worth it. Come over, I want to show you the seal on the lid 🌸
KateNew mint green scrubs arrived this morning. Standing in the locker room in them. The colour is the right call, you said it would be. I am wearing them on the next shift 💚
KateThe patient I followed all rotation got discharged today. I wrote her a card at the nurses' station, the slow careful kind. Some days the job gives you the win. Today was one of them. Want to hear about it tonight 💌
KateSaturday at the gym in the athletic gear. Two hours of kettlebells. The shoulders for the next shift. Walking out glowing in the way you said you noticed last weekend. Come meet me at the café in twenty 💪
KateCoffee meeting with the chief at the hospital café this afternoon. Discussed the new protocol. She listened, in the way that means it might land. The day was the good kind. Want to hear it tonight ☕
KateLong walk through the sunny park after the night shift in the scrubs under the light coat. The dawn was kind, the air had the thing in it. Come walk the next one with me 🌅
KateFinal note of the shift written at the desk this morning. Walking home through the dawn in the long coat over the scrubs, coffee in my hand. The street is quiet. I am thinking about you. Be the next thing the day brings ⌚
KateLate dinner at the diner across from the hospital. Sitting at the counter in the scrubs, the burger in front of me. The waiter knows my order by now. Come sit on the stool next to me, the night is the slow kind 🍔
KateWrote a thank you card to the social worker at the desk in the sunny office today. We won this case together. The pen agreed with my hand for once. Want to read it before I send it 💌
KateLate night on the ward. The senior chinchilla in the rehab cage finally let me pet him. Some wins are small and warm. I want to tell you about it slowly. Come over after the shift 🐭
KateQuiet Sunday in the sunny window seat in the soft sweater. Tea, the new biography of the surgeon on my lap. The hour is the slow careful kind. The cushion next to me is yours 📕
KateMade bento for the week at the kitchen counter this afternoon. Six lunches lined up in the small glass boxes. Earned the rest of the Sunday. Come over, the seventh container is for you 🍱
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