Work Work Work...

Well, I thought I would update you all on how work has been going.

As you know, I work 12 hr days. This has been really nice because it means that I get long weekends sometimes. For example two weeks ago I had a 5 day weekend and next week I have a 6 day weekend. It is nice to have so many days off to relax, do chores, and have fun.

As you also know, I am supposed to be working in pediatrics. However, kids just are not sick right now. I have worked a total of 3 days in pediatrics since I have started work. I have spent a lot of time working in the nursery though and also in OB. This has been nice. I hope though that I get to spend more time in peds soon. The time that I have spent in peds I have loved. The last day I worked there, I got to start an IV on a 1 year old. I did it on the first try with no problems. That is pretty hard to do since kids veins are a lot smaller than adults, and kids dont like to hold still when you come toward them with a needle.

Overall, I am very pleased with my job and am glad that I have a job that I am excited to go to work , even when I wake up at 5:00 am to get ready.

Back to School

School started up again today. I am so glad that I didn't have to go back to school. Kyle on the other hand now has classes all day and homework all night. He had to put away his video games and open up his text books instead. He says that the classes here are more difficult than those at WWCC. This semester, Kyle has 5 classes and they are all very time consuming. He goes to class all day and then comes home and locks himself in the office to study until dinner. He then comes out, eats, and goes back to study more. He keeps saying that he can hardly wait to be done with school (2.5-3 more years) so that he can wake up, go to work, come home, and have his evenings to have fun instead of doing homework. I have to admit that I can hardly wait for him to be done too so that I can see my husband again.

Welcome Home Wicket

Wicket is finally home. He stayed with my dad and Sara while Kyle and I moved over here and got settled down. Then the week that we were going to come get him, he wobbled right in front of a car and got ran over. He fractured his pelvis and had to stay in the kitty hospital for a couple of weeks. But now he is out of the hospital and is at his new home. He can't walk yet, but is still getting around the house about as good as before the accident. He still shakes and whines and sleeps a lot. I think over all, he has adjusted well to his new home and will be as good as new soon (well as good as a wobbly Wicket could ever be).

Sorry I don't have any pictures of our new place yet but I lost the cord to download pics off of my camera.

I'm a real nurse now!

After 2 years of hard classwork, tests and stress I graduated from nursing school; but that didn't mean that I was done studying or being stressed. I continued studying everyday until I took my boards last Wednesday. I also continued to stress and everyday that my test got closer I got more stressed. So I just took my test on Wednesday that says if my past 2 years of hard work was worth it and that I get to be a nurse. I then had to wait two days before my results posted online. That meant two more days being stressed wondering if I put the right answer on enough questions to pass. Thoughts kept running through my head about well, maybe I should have given that medication instead or maybe I should have done this first rather than what I said I would do first. AAAAH I wanted to scream. Then finally Friday came and I could check on the internet and see if I am good enough to be a nurse. I waited patiently as the page loaded and....I DID IT!!! I passed the test and am now officially a Registered Nurse. :) That is very good since I start work Monday as an RN in pediatrics. I guess all of my hard work did pay off, and maybe now I can relax a little bit.

Kyle has been working very hard with the forest service. He works ten hour days and hikes between 10-12 miles every day while carrying a 40 lbs chain saw. His only relief comes on Thursdays when his crew spends the day mowing lawns at camp grounds. Here are a couple pictures of him hard at work.

I love how color coordinated he is when he works. His friend said that he looks a little like Bob the Builder, and I think I have to agree.

This tree is 3000 years old. It is a good thing he didn't really cut it down.

Our new adventure

Now that I am done with school, Kyle and I have to move on to our next adventure. Kyle moved to Moscow, ID on Saturday; Wicket and I will be moving there in a couple of weeks. Kyle and I both have new jobs and Kyle starts school at University of Idaho in August. He will be working on earning a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

I will begin working at the hospital in Lewiston this July. I will be working as an RN in the pediatrics department. After I have oriented and worked on the floor for a while I will be crossed trained to also work in the neonatal intensive care unit sometimes. I am so excited about this and can't wait to start.

Kyle also has a new job. He now works for the forest service out of Potlatch, ID (this is the closest forest service department to Moscow). He is excited to get to spend his summer in the forest again.

As for Wicket, I am still not sure if he understand that we will be moving soon. I have tried to explain it to him but every time I tell him that are going to leave he just looks at me, wobbles a little bit and begs for food. I guess that he will find out soon enough.

I will try and keep the blog updated more often so that all of our fans can stay informed on all of the wonderful and exciting things happening in our life.

Graduation

I finally Graduated from Nursing School. After 2 years of prerequisits and 2 years in the nursing program I finally finished. It felt like this day would never come, but I am so glad it did. It seems strange not having lectures to go to and no more tests to study for. I still have to take my boards before I can officially be called a RN but the hard stuff is already done. Here are a few pictures from the pinning ceremony.

Preparing to light my Florence Nightingale Lamp for the candle ceremony.

Listening to one of my classmate's father sing a song for our class.



Getting a hug from one of my favorite instructors after getting pinned.

I'M DONE!!!