...and I just read my horoscope out of the local paper:
"This week and month everything should be about you. You should be tended and cared for, loved and cherished, listened to and drawn out from the depths of concern and worry. As the future unfolds you will be more aware of your purpose and direction. A new sense of self-esteem will evolve along with compassion."
Now I don't usually read or care about my horoscope, but this one is creepily spot on. Especially the last 2 sentences. Shivers!
Friday, February 15, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Just when I start missing Michigan....
Santa Cruz starts pumping out 70 degree weather with the smell of freshly cut grass in the air! I am so happy to be here right now instead of the -10 degree weather with 45 mph winds like Pat was telling me about. No thank you.
These morning clinicals are killing me. It's so hard to get up at 4:45 am and then be coherent enough to drive 20 miles along a treacherous highway, stumble up to the fourth floor of a large hospital, figure out which patients I'll take care of for the day, do my head to toe assessments on 3 patients and give loads of pills to the correct patient - all by 10am. By that time my charting still isn't done and I'm about to faint from low blood sugar and dehydration. The rest of the day always gets better with gangrenous feet inspections and tangled chemotherapy IV lines. However, it's all worth it when my patient cries because I'm leaving and says I'll make the best nurse ever when I graduate.
*weird coincidence - I might be related to this patient because her aunt married a man with the last name Graziano who is from Pennsylvania!
So once I come home I have a roaring headache and then I have to walk the dog (the weather made that worth it today), wash my uniform, feed the dog, assemble some random things in the fridge to call dinner and finish some paperwork I have to do for my instructor. I'm pretty much out by 9pm and have to start the whole thing over again on Wednesday. Jake has evening classes this semester which is making this pretty hard, but it would be much worse if neither of us were home to take care of the T.
Anyway, tomorrow I get a "break" with an observational experience at the burn unit. With my luck I'll probably be thrown into the pediatric burn unit. I'm not really looking forward to this, but Valley Medical has a world renowned burn center and have even flown people in from India to be treated there. I thought I should see it at least once. Fortunately, I get to sleep in an extra 45 minutes........
These morning clinicals are killing me. It's so hard to get up at 4:45 am and then be coherent enough to drive 20 miles along a treacherous highway, stumble up to the fourth floor of a large hospital, figure out which patients I'll take care of for the day, do my head to toe assessments on 3 patients and give loads of pills to the correct patient - all by 10am. By that time my charting still isn't done and I'm about to faint from low blood sugar and dehydration. The rest of the day always gets better with gangrenous feet inspections and tangled chemotherapy IV lines. However, it's all worth it when my patient cries because I'm leaving and says I'll make the best nurse ever when I graduate.
*weird coincidence - I might be related to this patient because her aunt married a man with the last name Graziano who is from Pennsylvania!
So once I come home I have a roaring headache and then I have to walk the dog (the weather made that worth it today), wash my uniform, feed the dog, assemble some random things in the fridge to call dinner and finish some paperwork I have to do for my instructor. I'm pretty much out by 9pm and have to start the whole thing over again on Wednesday. Jake has evening classes this semester which is making this pretty hard, but it would be much worse if neither of us were home to take care of the T.
Anyway, tomorrow I get a "break" with an observational experience at the burn unit. With my luck I'll probably be thrown into the pediatric burn unit. I'm not really looking forward to this, but Valley Medical has a world renowned burn center and have even flown people in from India to be treated there. I thought I should see it at least once. Fortunately, I get to sleep in an extra 45 minutes........
Monday, February 4, 2008
Quick Update
Sorry about not updating! I'm very busy the next few days and I know I owe a lot of you phone calls! I will get to you at some point.
Anyway...
1. Birthday weekend in SF - rainy but still fun
2. First week of school - daunting
3. Dog - upbeat
4. Jake - good
5. Can't believe I'm 28.....
That's all I have time for!
Anyway...
1. Birthday weekend in SF - rainy but still fun
2. First week of school - daunting
3. Dog - upbeat
4. Jake - good
5. Can't believe I'm 28.....
That's all I have time for!
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