It's M, Like it or Lump it

So my name is Mariel. Like the mermaid, but with an M. This is how I introduce myself to strangers, because people are idiots and will mangle my name beyond recognition until it sounds like some mutant gurgle instead of a name. For the purpose of this blog, call me M. I like my sword collection, reading books about the apocalypse, writing my own twisted fiction, and swearing profusely (it's like a tourettes most of the time, but I censor myself around authority)

I'm excited to start this blog up, collaborating with my 3 best friends
(Together, we are.......The FOUR AMIGOS!!!!! *cue mexican fiesta music*)
randomness aside, I'm pumped to get this thing started, and share just how awesome and frightening and inspiring it is to finish this odyssey we started a mere two years ago. It feels like it's been an eternity, annd sometimes it just feels like a year passed in the blink of an eye.

I am so proud of what we are studying to be, the things we have done and have yet to accomplish. But one of the best days of my life was when I looked up and realised that the 3 girls sitting around me were my best friends, and we were going to be spectacular when we finally leave the classroom behind for the last time.

My posts, like me, are not going to be sunshine and rainbows. I see the uglier side of life that people like to try to ignore. Some people see the caring family member feeding his sickly grandfather; I see the arrogant asshole shoveling food down his relative's gullet while staring impatiently at his watch. I have seen and done things that would make a priest cry, but it has only made me a stronger person, and hopefully a better nurse. I'm not the nicest kid around, and I don't dance around an issue. Trust me to be blunt.

I'm M, and I'm not fucking around. This is serious business kiddies, so buckle in and get ready. Health is definitely not a joke; with what we do, every day lives are on the line due to decisions WE make. We can change a person's life, their health outcome, but it's one miss-step away from turning into tragedy. We walk a fine line every day, face moral and ethical decisions that make lesser people shake, and become stronger because of it, better able to do our jobs. So strap in and get ready because this isn't a Grey's Anatomy kids. Shizz just got serious

M