Where do I begin? There's been so much going on! Chris and Grace's wedding was last weekend (ok so there have been 2 weekends since I last wrote!). I hadn't been to a wedding in a very long time, so it was definitely a fun time. I was pretty nervous beforehand since it HAD been such a long time, as well as for some other reasons. Honestly, in retrospect I was being rather silly about it. Nothing to worry about. And I had a wonderful time serving tea with Libby and hanging out with people from Hope. Gave me some ideas about my own wedding someday! Libby was right when she said that no matter how old/young you are, or however far away your own wedding might be, there's something about seeing someone else get married that makes you contemplate your wedding day.
Last week work was pretty rough. Did three 12s Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday... and the days got progressively worse! Wednesday was one of the worst days I have ever had as a nurse. I had one patient die, and then another one code while he was off the floor. And I had a senior nursing student doing her practicum with me at the time... her first day on the floor she got to see some crazy stuff! Day started off with a tour, then we ended up doing a sort-of rapid response, then put the patient on comfort care, had to respond to our patient coding downstairs, then the other patient died, then had to deal with the third patient who I had pretty much ignored all day... It was an INSANE day, and I was glad when it was over. Of course, thanks to my crazy day, I hadn't charted anything, so I was there until 9:30 pm. Sigh.
I was off Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, then worked a random 12 yesterday. Off again today and tomorrow, then 3 more 12s at the end of the week. I can't remember if I blogged about this already, but I am precepting a senior nursing student on her practicum for the next couple weeks. To be honest, I am really honored to be asked to do that since I've only been working there less than 6 months! We've had 2 shifts together so far... the first one was unspeakably awful but yesterday was much better. Hopefully I will be able to teach her some stuff! It seems really strange because it feels like yesterday I was in her shoes, yet it's been over 2 years!! Crazy. Time flies.
Hm. What else is exciting? Not much, really. They came and re-glued my shower tile on Friday, and then came and grouted it today. Then on Thursday they are going to seal it. I should have taken a picture of my trash bag covering the hole before they fixed it... it looked incredibly classy!! :)
Got an estimate on my car. That scrape is going to cost me dearly, unfortunately. But it's gotta be done since it is nice and deep, and there is definitely a potential for rust if I don't. Sigh. I still haven't figured out the logistics of having it in the shop for a week and renting a car to get to work, etc. I wish the bus was more convenient!! So I gotta make that decision this week.
Saturday night was spent at Ingrid and Chad's, drinking white russians and playing Simpsons Life. Definitely a fun time had by all. And I'm not just saying that because I won. :) Jack and Sophie even came out to say hello! I came home just marveling at how cool it was that after meeting in first grade and being friends as kids, here we were, having a grown-up evening together. Even though things have certainly changed over the years, our friendship has evolved to accomodate those changes. How cool is that?No big plans for tonight or tomorrow. Maybe I'll clean out the guest room! Dad is coming in just a few weeks, so maybe I should get moving on that. Ran some errands today. I went grocery shopping, which is very exciting, because now I have food in the house!! Hm. What should I make for dinner? I have some ground beef that needs to be used, so maybe something with that.
Tomorrow I should really go running. Didn't go today, although I tried to do some other exercising. It's been so cold out! I know, excuses, excuses. I am contemplating buying a membership to the IMA at UW... but then I would have to motivate myself to actually go and work out among the young buff undergrads. Maybe I will save the money and just use the sidewalks for free! I've got to get myself jump-started on losing those last 25 lbs. It is getting harder to lose weight, I swear. Pretty frustrating to feel like you can't eat a darn thing, and then after a week, lose only a pound or even weigh the same. Sigh. I'm just so tired of this!
July 26 is rapidly approaching...
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