Grass Fires and Swimmin' Holes

Here's our local grass fire. All of Bonny Doon was evacuated!

From our house:
From the park:

It was pretty hot today, so Turnip dragged me to her secret swimming hole! Shhhhh....

Pictures

Mike and I. Where's my money necklace??


Dean Apen immediately after I was hooded.
Here's a link to all the photos taken by the professional photographer at graduation. Kim's picture is particularly cute.

Our Mutt

Turnip is so close to becoming a real live "mangey mutt". Her vet described her appearance as "moth-eaten" and tested some of her bald spots for ringworm and mite-type things. (Did you just hear $100 fly by??) I'm now to anoint her bald spots with vitamin E every day.....and to clean up the greasy mess off the carpet, couch, clothes........sheesh.

Send me your pictures from graduation!

I'll post my favorites here for the whole world to enjoy.

Done!

It's been a long busy three weeks at the burn unit and last night was my last shift. Last night was particularly exciting when my vented, semi-sedated and extremely strong patient tried to flip over in bed. We had to call the hospitals Rapid Response Team to bring in the muscle and good drugs to help us manage the situation. Fortunately his tube didn't dislodge and besides us all being sore and extremely sweaty, it turned out fine.

I just wanted to quickly update that my preceptorship went really well and I had a great evaluation from my preceptors. Graduation is on! So right now I'm exhausted, hot and I have to go work my 19 hour shift in an even hotter part of town. Grrrr....

Last night

My first shift at the burn unit went really well. My preceptor is really nice and actually lives really close to me in Santa Cruz. The most exciting thing that happened last night was that I did my first blood draw! It's a pretty routine and mundane thing, but for me it was really exciting and felt very "nursy". My patient's veins were "highways to success" so I wasn't even nervous. Unfortunately, he was quite the joker and delighted in yelling in pain when I stuck that needle in him. Thanks, dude.

I think I have the next couple days off so I can actually do some laundry and cook dinner! Exciting stuff.

Now we can all relax

I passed my final exam - 0.10% away from an A, by the way! My final grade has been bumped up to a B so I'm just thrilled.

I'm exhausted and looking forward to a stress free weekend. I start my preceptorship Monday evening and I'm really excited. I will be studying my chapter on burns tomorrow, but I'm not going to worry too much about trying to know everything my first day.

Off to the farmer's market on this gorgeous Saturday morning!