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		<title>Reflecting on 2010 &#8211;  a year I will never forget</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, it&#8217;s been almost a year since I posted anything on this blog, and what a year it&#8217;s been!! 2010 has finally said it&#8217;s goodbyes, never to return. I can honestly say it&#8217;s the one year I will never forget, and one that I feel a twinge of sadness and nostalgia for.   As has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remind Me&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remind me again why I&#8217;m trying so hard, because I think I&#8217;ve forgotten all this effort, and seeming futility &#8230;it&#8217;s breaking my spirit]]></description>
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		<title>Themes for the Coming Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2009 is well on its way to being a year full of challenges and changes. Instead of making specific resolutions this year I&#8217;m going more with the idea of themes, and then attempting to do the actions that are congruent with those themes. Because my employer has more or less broken faith with me (AKA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Back at 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post comes a day or two late but it&#8217;s been stewing in my head for the last few days, I just couldn&#8217;t post it because I was either working or sleeping. But here I am. more animals 2008 is over, hard to believe. As we say in my native Kamba&#8230; we are aging even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Totally Fun</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Absolutely totally fun!! This, plus the Wii&#8230; don&#8217;t know how I&#8217;ll ever get anything constructive done!! Am I worried? Nah! heh! Thanks Mary!!]]></description>
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		<title>Tender Loving Advil and the Root Canal &#8211; Take One</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had a toothache for the last six days or so. It hurt. It made me sad. I&#8217;m pretty sure I lost some weight because I was afraid to eat. Yesterday I finally caved in and started looking for a dentist, now that I have dental insurance. I found one who was compassionate enough to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From 0.5 to 1 &#8230;and more updates</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I am finally officially off orientation.  My last day of orientation was Saturday, and it was fun.  My preceptor and I volunteered for the &#8220;Crisis Corner&#8221; assignment which is where you have the psych patients, the OD&#8217;s, drunks, etc.   It can be pretty interesting.  Sunday night was my first night officially on my own, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Year and Two Days</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 16:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s how old this blog is! I started Marys Pad a year ago on my birthday as a gift to myself, a way to chronicle and reflect on life and my journey through it. It&#8217;s amazing that a year has passed since. I have to say it&#8217;s been a fun process, blogging about anything and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I just bought a toy&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 19:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was at the store the other day, and I saw something I had been wanting for a long time, and I pulled out my debit card, and I bought it. It cost me just over $1000. It probably wasn&#8217;t my smartest idea. I probably won&#8217;t do it again!! But damn didn&#8217;t it feel good!! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Perfect Weekends, Childhood Dreams, and Radishes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I had this weekend off &#8211; ALL weekend!! AND, Mary is feeling much much better! She&#8217;s actually eating and keeping most of the food down. I have no response to her poop comment in my last post, at least not one that I want everyone to see. PLUS, the weather was perfect! Nice and [...]]]></description>
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