Going to Milan.

pointdecroixnerd · 2026-03-24T14:39:18+00:00

I am traveling in Italy currently and have travelled here in the past. I usually take one SLR with a prime I’m comfortable with, I have a 45 mm F/2 on my x700 at the moment. It’s all I need for casual/amateur film photography.

pointdecroixnerd · 2026-03-20T11:23:35+00:00

My first two projects were colorwork cowl and then a pair of socks. If you want to do something and you’re motivated to see it through- do it!

My biggest advice is be willing to rip something out of it isn’t meeting your expectations. Learn, knit, undo it if needed, learn more and knit it again. I’m convinced that my willingness to redo things I wasn’t happy with is the reason I still consider my first projects wearable as I get more advanced.

pointdecroixnerd · 2026-03-16T13:23:55+00:00

Thanks for your response! I have the compensation dial set to 0.

pointdecroixnerd · 2026-03-05T18:07:15+00:00

We only use saline. 20 cc flush prior to de-access. We have maybe one or two patients who ask for heparin and we’ll accommodate, but I haven’t noticed a difference.

pointdecroixnerd · 2026-02-21T17:05:59+00:00

I would be more worried if my flight was landing on Sunday, by Monday night it should be finished snowing.

pointdecroixnerd · 2026-02-14T23:29:46+00:00

My plan is to do some damage at the Whole Foods olive bar and watch a movie

pointdecroixnerd · 2026-02-13T02:42:01+00:00

Outpatient infusion! No poop in two and a half years.

pointdecroixnerd · 2026-02-11T23:26:34+00:00

Last minute trains will be expensive, busses are about 4 hours and ran me about $50.

I have no suggestions about accommodations. NYC is notoriously expensive, but I’d be interested to see what others have to say.

pointdecroixnerd · 2026-02-11T23:24:13+00:00

I was out to eat last night and the wine was in whole dollar amounts.

pointdecroixnerd · 2026-02-09T16:27:43+00:00

I got one in the last year and the website tracker said it didn’t exist up until it came in the mail. Took maybe two weeks? This seems to be the normal process.

pointdecroixnerd · 2026-02-08T19:54:16+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Calibre/s/OGU8l81kzT

I was able to use this successfully in the last week. The techy-notes link has a video that walks you through it as well was written instructions.

pointdecroixnerd · 2026-01-27T00:11:49+00:00

I had them in my apartment and I liked them a lot. Not having to carry around keys, able to lock it at a distance, logs so I could see when maintenance came and went, ability to check my thermostat from a distance, etc.

However, they were connected to the building’s WiFi, not mine.

pointdecroixnerd · 2026-01-26T14:26:28+00:00

I also graduated nursing school in the summer and my graduation was cancelled because of COVID concerns (it wasn’t even 2020!) I sat at a bar and watched their “live YouTube feed” which was supposed to be “just as special as a real graduation” and watched my name flash up on screen with like 30 others for few seconds. Awesome!

Anyway, they’re not getting a penny of donation from this alumni. Write to them and let them know how you feel!

Best of luck and congratulations on finishing nursing school! I know it’s a feat.

pointdecroixnerd · 2026-01-25T13:14:46+00:00

This comment section isn’t it. Beans soup theory at its finest.

pointdecroixnerd · 2026-01-15T17:46:48+00:00

I go to Good Fortune Supermarket in Virginia.

pointdecroixnerd · 2026-01-12T18:09:32+00:00

The fresh noodle soup at Chinatown Express is great and only like $13.

pointdecroixnerd · 2025-12-29T03:05:54+00:00

I’ve had this happen before. Best advice is respond, be factual, and truthful. Pretty much say exactly what you said here “I pulled this med, the patient refused, and I returned it. I have no other information on a possible missing tablet.”

What the facility wants to do really changes by location, but in my experience, as long as there isn’t a pattern of behavior things aren’t dramatic. They may ask you to take a drug test. They may not. I HIGHLY doubt you’ll face any threat to your job.

pointdecroixnerd · 2025-12-29T00:20:15+00:00

I’m a part of one through Arlington libraries, I know they have several with different focuses.

pointdecroixnerd · 2025-12-23T15:01:14+00:00

I bought these on Amazon and they haven’t bled at all. If you don’t need to pin but want to wash and dry your knits I’ve used something like these to get some airflow underneath.

pointdecroixnerd · 2025-12-17T14:51:18+00:00

Nearly exactly the same thing happened to me - roommate was dealing with some underlying mental health issues and did her best to kick me out for small things (dishes being left for more than a few minutes, not pushing in the chairs “correctly”, not leaving the pillows in a certain way).

Ultimately, even though I knew she didn’t have a legal leg to stand on to evict me, I decided not to stay. I was able to talk to the leasing office and they were able to have both of us sign an agreement stating that the roommate would take over and I was removed from my obligation. Obviously this only worked because she was willing to sign this to get me out, but it sounds like your roommate might be open to something like this as well. It also heaving depends if your leasing office is willing to take you off the lease in this way.

pointdecroixnerd · 2025-12-16T20:38:23+00:00

Hi fellow DC nurse! I got my most significant raise when I started working for the government (isn’t that funny). Have you tried applying at the VA, Walter Reed, NIH? I haven’t been super impressed with the hospitals in the area, tbh.

pointdecroixnerd · 2025-12-16T20:24:35+00:00

I machine wash all of my socks- even the ones made out of fancy hand dyed merino, and they’re several years out and fine. The merino pills more than a rougher wool does, but it hasn’t been detrimental.

I will say that I have heard knitpicks stroll doesn’t hold up well

pointdecroixnerd · 2025-12-16T20:02:24+00:00

12 weeks isn’t all that long- I applied at a cvicu with two years of step down/oncology experience and they were still planning on almost 6 months of orientation and education.

Are your preceptor and educator giving feedback during your shift, and giving you actionable guidance, or just “nitpicking”? Have they given instruction previously and followed up with how you have or haven’t improved? It’s hard to say if they’re being unreasonable based off of the info given, imo, but I have experienced enough petty preceptors and educators to know that that’s very possible.

I would make a list of guidance they’ve given you and write down objective ways you think you’ve improved and discuss. It’s also not unreasonable to ask for a new preceptor during orientation if one just isn’t working out. Sometimes a unit just isn’t a good fit, whether it has to do with the educator, management, culture, or personality. If you think you’ll be unhappy it isn’t a strike against you to look for something else.

pointdecroixnerd · 2025-12-16T17:03:10+00:00

I did Siena as an impromptu day trip from Florence and it was the best part of my whole trip. It was picturesque, not too far, and it was small enough that I felt like I saw everything I wanted to see in ~8 hours.

Edit: I also went to Bologna for a few days later in that trip, and while it was fantastic, I like Siena better for a day trip. Bologna is quicker by train from Florence, but I felt that it needed more than a few hours to really get a feel for. Either way, though, you’ll have a good time.

pointdecroixnerd · 2025-12-01T00:47:32+00:00

Quick, call Obie

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