so from what ive heard... the weather back home in georgia is delightful. well let me tell you- here it is amazing as well. the air is so crisp. the sky is bright blue. its my favorite season... fall. well as of monday it will be official- but this week already the temps are in the 50s at night. highs of 70s during the day. i have to wear a light jacket in the morning bc its a lil chilly! and... my favorite part.... me and ryan eat dinner outside on my back deck. i love eating outside- esp when it feels so fabulous. man i love it!
ok well... as you may have read i started a new (and my last) rotation. im on the cardiac"heart" floor... and so far its been fabulous. i realllllllllllly like it. i def have lots to learn- but thats why i like it. i have a lot to learn but its really interesting and really pretty busy. (which is important to me). i stay busy- have lots going on- and currently have a great nurse who is teaching me a lot.
so yeah- i am really excited to see what happens in the next few weeks. ill actually interview for a position in the next few weeks and then will start soon after that officially on a floor somewhere. the biggest downside to this cardiac floor is that i may have to work nights... which is not something i want to do. hopefully ill be able to work something out- but i may have to flip my life for a little while.
im going in to talk to the nurse manager of the floor (who would be like my boss) tomorrow to see whats available- etc. so yeah if you think about it- pray something good works out!
anyway im done for now... off to read... im totally obsessed with my book right now... ive been reading "the other boleyn girl" for a good month and a half... its 800 freaking pages though... but now im almost done and can't put it down. such a FABULOUS book. ive really loved it. after this im going to read a harry- im on book 5! (and of course i love it) so ill read that for a bit- take a break from harry then go back. i am doing this alternating thing... harry other book... harry other book. haha...
ok thats enough rambling for now...
ps i will say im realllLLLLY missing lagrange right about now. :( really miss sara. seeing people i know. eating for free without cooking. having hw. walking around campus. its reallllly realllllly been a hard transition away from that. and if i could- i would go back tomorrow for another year of school with all my friends. but oh well as the beatles say so well...
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on!
love and peace
never heard the song? its ok... i found it for you (and me) to jam out too... haha... enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em4fZqtpw70&feature=related
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
the <3
<3 thats a heart... just in case you didn't get it.
tomorrow i start work in the cardiac unit.
its hard to believe i am already on my last rotation!
time FLIES by! good grief.
anyway i am reallly excited to see how it goes and how i like it.
hopefully it will be great- i think it will be.
so yeah- off to learn about some hearts.
sorry i dont have much to say tonight- but i need to shower and head to bed.
so the end for now- but i promise i will update you soon on my new unit!
love and peace-
d
tomorrow i start work in the cardiac unit.
its hard to believe i am already on my last rotation!
time FLIES by! good grief.
anyway i am reallly excited to see how it goes and how i like it.
hopefully it will be great- i think it will be.
so yeah- off to learn about some hearts.
sorry i dont have much to say tonight- but i need to shower and head to bed.
so the end for now- but i promise i will update you soon on my new unit!
love and peace-
d
Friday, September 12, 2008
sleepy head...
not much to say... im exhausted and suppose to be sleeping right now.
today was the last day of my second rotation... can i get a THANK YOU JESUS! no really. i am so greatful to be moving away from that floor!!
next week its off to the Cardiac Unit... which should/hopefully be great. i hope so anyway! im really looking forward to it.
tonight was fun- well started a bummer bc a concert ry and i were going to was canceled... but we explored downtown durham- ate some yummy mexican- went to a superbly aweosome bar- so classy/artsy/ cool... and we sat outside (bc here... at night... NO humidity and its in the low 70's. beautiful!) so yeah- the sad night turned out to be fun.
tomorrow is my FIRST SATURDAY OFF!!! since i started!!! again- THANK YOU JESUS! :) so i am off to a little duke football. should be loads of fun!
so until next time- im out. peace and love-
today was the last day of my second rotation... can i get a THANK YOU JESUS! no really. i am so greatful to be moving away from that floor!!
next week its off to the Cardiac Unit... which should/hopefully be great. i hope so anyway! im really looking forward to it.
tonight was fun- well started a bummer bc a concert ry and i were going to was canceled... but we explored downtown durham- ate some yummy mexican- went to a superbly aweosome bar- so classy/artsy/ cool... and we sat outside (bc here... at night... NO humidity and its in the low 70's. beautiful!) so yeah- the sad night turned out to be fun.
tomorrow is my FIRST SATURDAY OFF!!! since i started!!! again- THANK YOU JESUS! :) so i am off to a little duke football. should be loads of fun!
so until next time- im out. peace and love-
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
today was a day just like any other... sorta
what a day it has been.
to get the full rundown of today... i will have to start with yesterday... which honestly feels like it was a week ago!
anyway- here goes. yesterday. was annoyed at work. just frustrated and flustered and didn't know what to do. so i e-mailed my boss lady. ::who by the way is wonderful:: i went down to her office... had an amazing 45ish minute chat and left feeling so much better. i am SO lucky to have her! we chatted. laughed... and when i left i, not only felt better, but am now going to be a "new grad" representative at this big official meeting... which is pretty cool. i love stuff like that... big important meetings with "important people". no really. im not being sarcastic. i love figuring out why they are so important and talking with them and getting my name out there. i may be a nurse these days... but maybe one day my name will be known. :) haha... and well i just like to figure out what kind of jobs are out there and what i can do with my life...
so blah blah blah... today. well i woke up around 10ish... and it was pitch black- why... bc of the rain. it rains a lot here... and well it rained all day. i spent my morning doing nothing- finally got out of the house this afternoon and went to the grocery and to verizon. because yes- i broke the unbreakable phone. ...well i didn't really break it. but its darn broke as a joke! i can't flip it shut or it turns off... and then wont come on for several minutes. quite QUITE annoying. so i took it in... and they ordered me a new one! yES!!!
after verizon... i got a call from the boss... (luckily my phone was working!) and she informed me of more exciting news... i might just end up working on a cardiac unit! which could and would be soOOO cool. and sorry- hope i dont offend anyone- but def could be better than just the average gen/med floor. ill be rotating there next week and we shall see how that goes. it will be my last rotation. i mean after this rotation im thinking its going to be much better... but i dunno. i can't imagine things getting more annoying... but i guess its possible.
anyway im so excited to see what this last rotation holds... ummm what else. OH BIG NEWS. i cooked dinner tonight. and while thats not too uncommon these days (gosh i miss lagrange college caf) i actually made dinner from SCRATCH. i made REAL meatloaf. and wow it was SOOOOO good. i was impressed. ry was impressed. and then chelsea came home and ate some and was impressed. it was a good feeling. :) so yippPPEE for cooking real food and succeeding!
ok i guess thats enough rambling about my oh so exciting and thrilling life. im off to eat some icecream and watch tv. fun FUN! haha...
love and peace from the exciting life of a nurse in north carolina-
to get the full rundown of today... i will have to start with yesterday... which honestly feels like it was a week ago!
anyway- here goes. yesterday. was annoyed at work. just frustrated and flustered and didn't know what to do. so i e-mailed my boss lady. ::who by the way is wonderful:: i went down to her office... had an amazing 45ish minute chat and left feeling so much better. i am SO lucky to have her! we chatted. laughed... and when i left i, not only felt better, but am now going to be a "new grad" representative at this big official meeting... which is pretty cool. i love stuff like that... big important meetings with "important people". no really. im not being sarcastic. i love figuring out why they are so important and talking with them and getting my name out there. i may be a nurse these days... but maybe one day my name will be known. :) haha... and well i just like to figure out what kind of jobs are out there and what i can do with my life...
so blah blah blah... today. well i woke up around 10ish... and it was pitch black- why... bc of the rain. it rains a lot here... and well it rained all day. i spent my morning doing nothing- finally got out of the house this afternoon and went to the grocery and to verizon. because yes- i broke the unbreakable phone. ...well i didn't really break it. but its darn broke as a joke! i can't flip it shut or it turns off... and then wont come on for several minutes. quite QUITE annoying. so i took it in... and they ordered me a new one! yES!!!
after verizon... i got a call from the boss... (luckily my phone was working!) and she informed me of more exciting news... i might just end up working on a cardiac unit! which could and would be soOOO cool. and sorry- hope i dont offend anyone- but def could be better than just the average gen/med floor. ill be rotating there next week and we shall see how that goes. it will be my last rotation. i mean after this rotation im thinking its going to be much better... but i dunno. i can't imagine things getting more annoying... but i guess its possible.
anyway im so excited to see what this last rotation holds... ummm what else. OH BIG NEWS. i cooked dinner tonight. and while thats not too uncommon these days (gosh i miss lagrange college caf) i actually made dinner from SCRATCH. i made REAL meatloaf. and wow it was SOOOOO good. i was impressed. ry was impressed. and then chelsea came home and ate some and was impressed. it was a good feeling. :) so yippPPEE for cooking real food and succeeding!
ok i guess thats enough rambling about my oh so exciting and thrilling life. im off to eat some icecream and watch tv. fun FUN! haha...
love and peace from the exciting life of a nurse in north carolina-
Monday, September 8, 2008
geo caching...
so paula and chad stopped by my house this weekend... they were traveling back to chattanooga from a week spent in washington DC. it was a blast to have them here. just a night and morning with a best friend... in a city of strangers... is such precious time. i wish it lasted longer!
anyway for an afternoon adventure we went geocaching. its basically using a GPS to go treasure hunting. go to www.geocaching.com to check it out. you get coordinates- plug them into a handheld gps and go looking for something. you never quite know what it is... could be a film canister... could be a big box. but its kept hidden... so people dont run off with it.
anyway we went out and were 1 for 1. found one treasure, but could not find the other. it really was a lot of fun. the one that we did find had a scroll inside to sign our names. the last time it was found was actually last week! tons of folks had signed it... and it had been hidden for over a year! the folks who signed it before us were from canada! so its really cool. and was fun. here are a few pics from our adventure!
our first find...
the second location... but no find....
anyway for an afternoon adventure we went geocaching. its basically using a GPS to go treasure hunting. go to www.geocaching.com to check it out. you get coordinates- plug them into a handheld gps and go looking for something. you never quite know what it is... could be a film canister... could be a big box. but its kept hidden... so people dont run off with it.
anyway we went out and were 1 for 1. found one treasure, but could not find the other. it really was a lot of fun. the one that we did find had a scroll inside to sign our names. the last time it was found was actually last week! tons of folks had signed it... and it had been hidden for over a year! the folks who signed it before us were from canada! so its really cool. and was fun. here are a few pics from our adventure!
paula suiting up...
our first find...
the second location... but no find....
Sunday, September 7, 2008
3 12's....
so the last 3 days i have worked 12 hours shifts.
not the most exciting thing to happen... but that is why i have been away from the blog.
after working 12 1/2 hours... ::which is me leaving my house at 6.30am and getting back at 8:00pm:: the last thing on my mind is blogging. normally i get home... make dinner (or pick it up on the way home)... make lunch for the next day... and then lay in bed. or read. or ry comes over for a little bit and we catch up briefly. not the most exciting thing BUT luckily i only work 3 days a week... so there are 4 to do fun things... or be bored... but still. anyway i did add a little variety to my working 3 days... was a little adventurous and stayed up until 10:30! woaH! i know...
remember now, i have worked the past 3 weekends... UGH. so i was sick of not doing anything on friday nights... so this friday... there was a duke soccer game. duke v harvard to be exact. and it just so happened to begin at 7.30 so right after work i took off to the game. got there at 8. snuck in... and sat in the POURING RAIN to watch duke soccer. i will say though it was a blast! and def the highlight of my 3 days. i was with ryan, colin, and colin's friend ben. those 3 boys were so funny and the game was superb. we of course beat harvard 3-1. so yippee!!
brief rundown of my work week. sucks. dont like it... but will push through. only 3 more days with my current nurse and on this floor then i will be out of there. THANKFULLY! as ben says "ptl" ...or praise the Lord... haha... so yeah PTL that this rotation is almost done and then ill be off to my last one
ill blog again later tonight... about paula and chads visit! yeah... they came and spent the night last night!! waHOOO! it was a blast... but ive got to go make some dinner. ry and i are quite hungry! :)
much love and peace for now... d
not the most exciting thing to happen... but that is why i have been away from the blog.
after working 12 1/2 hours... ::which is me leaving my house at 6.30am and getting back at 8:00pm:: the last thing on my mind is blogging. normally i get home... make dinner (or pick it up on the way home)... make lunch for the next day... and then lay in bed. or read. or ry comes over for a little bit and we catch up briefly. not the most exciting thing BUT luckily i only work 3 days a week... so there are 4 to do fun things... or be bored... but still. anyway i did add a little variety to my working 3 days... was a little adventurous and stayed up until 10:30! woaH! i know...
remember now, i have worked the past 3 weekends... UGH. so i was sick of not doing anything on friday nights... so this friday... there was a duke soccer game. duke v harvard to be exact. and it just so happened to begin at 7.30 so right after work i took off to the game. got there at 8. snuck in... and sat in the POURING RAIN to watch duke soccer. i will say though it was a blast! and def the highlight of my 3 days. i was with ryan, colin, and colin's friend ben. those 3 boys were so funny and the game was superb. we of course beat harvard 3-1. so yippee!!
brief rundown of my work week. sucks. dont like it... but will push through. only 3 more days with my current nurse and on this floor then i will be out of there. THANKFULLY! as ben says "ptl" ...or praise the Lord... haha... so yeah PTL that this rotation is almost done and then ill be off to my last one
ill blog again later tonight... about paula and chads visit! yeah... they came and spent the night last night!! waHOOO! it was a blast... but ive got to go make some dinner. ry and i are quite hungry! :)
much love and peace for now... d
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
my project
so tomorrow i start back work... my next rotation. ive had the past 3 days off- which has been wonderful! i was thinking and pondering some different ideas i had... and then i got struck with a brilliant one. why not reorganize our basement- into a workroom/ sewing room/ craft room/ painting room!
so today. i cleaned up half of our basement (its HUGE!) and organized the boxes all onto one side of the room. the other half i set up as a work area! im so excited about it!!! pictures are the only way to truly describe it... so here goes... before and after!
messs!!
all the stuff against the back wall...
after... my corner nook
a wall of curtains to separate the boxes and stuff...
so there it is. all in a long long lonnnngggg days work! im hoping to get a carpet/rug for the middle. im pretty excited to have a place all to myself to sew and do crafts and make a mess!
:) so off to work tomorrow. hopefully its going to be great!
love and peace-
so today. i cleaned up half of our basement (its HUGE!) and organized the boxes all onto one side of the room. the other half i set up as a work area! im so excited about it!!! pictures are the only way to truly describe it... so here goes... before and after!
before:
messs!!
all the stuff against the back wall...
after... my corner nook
a wall of curtains to separate the boxes and stuff...
my table!
so there it is. all in a long long lonnnngggg days work! im hoping to get a carpet/rug for the middle. im pretty excited to have a place all to myself to sew and do crafts and make a mess!
:) so off to work tomorrow. hopefully its going to be great!
love and peace-
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