Home Sweet Home

I made it back to Vegas safe and sound. I left cold/snowy Utah for 70 degrees and sunshine. Not to bad.  It's been a tad hectic already trying to get organized and running a bunch of errands for school and my sweet nephew David had surgery today. He was a brave little 2 year old and all is well now.

So I went to pick up my books today. Are you ready for this?? 

 $965.16 and 37 pounds later here are my books for just semester 1!

On a happier note, I've been really excited about something for the last few weeks and I'm sort of embarrassed about how excited I've been. A few months ago my Mom and I were shopping and we stumbled across some cute bedding and we both fell in love. And the sweet Mom that I have surprised me with it for my birthday! I found out a few weeks ago that she got it for me and I'm been really anxious since. Who knew some pillows and a duvet cover could make me so happy. Isn't it cute??

PCMC

 Today was my last day of work at Primary Children's. Definitely a bitter sweet day. I worked as a Patient Care Tech on the Children's Surgical Unit for a year almost to the day, where I took care of a lot of post-op kids and cardiac kids.  I have absolutely LOVED this job. Working here has definitely solidified my decision to go to nursing school. I have had some amazing experiences and seen some awesome things. I have definitely come to appreciate how blessed I am. Maybe it's because I'm surrounded by sick kids every week but it truly is a miracle when a healthy baby is born into this world. My absolute favorite was taking care of the little heart babies. They are just so special and so tiny and sweet and I always jumped at the chance to hold and feed them. Everyday I'm amazed how resilient kids are and the good attitude that they have (most of the time). There is nothing more heartbreaking than to see a little child in pain but I'm so thankful that I played a small part in their healing process.  Talk about a rewarding job! Everyday when I left the hospital I felt good about myself and happy that I was able to serve others.

Some things I will miss: holding and playing with the babies, getting to know families and their stories, my co-workers, night shift sugar rushes, searching the hospital for wagons, busy days when I barely could squeeze time in for my 30 minute lunch and my feet ached by the end of my 12 hour shift...I could go on for awhile.

Some things I won't miss so much: waking up at 4:55 am for a day shift, going to bed between 6:30-7:00 am after a night shift, messing up my days and nights, hearing about kids that I've taken care of that have passed away (definitely the worst part of my job), 1:1's,  and I could get graphic but I'll just leave it at that. I am a CNA after all, but not for long :), so gross stuff comes with the territory.

But all in all, I can't say enough good things about my experience's at PCMC and I'm just so appreciative that I was given this opportunity to help and serve those who needed it.

Monopoly

I'm a sucker for advertising gimmicks and my latest is McDonald's Monopoly. Let me just say that never in my life...well minus when I was in Europe...have I ever consumed more McDonald's than I have in the last 2 weeks. Some how I've convinced myself that eating a large fry, spicy chicken sandwich, and a medium diet coke is ok to have a few times a week.(the diet coke is daily :/)  BUT...the large fry comes with 4 monopoly pieces and the diet coke is only a $1 so how could I not get the fry and the dc right? The spicy chicken sandwich is just a guilty pleasure. Yes my cholesterol I'm sure has increased significantly and I'm pretty sure I'm addicted to diet coke now. But how could I miss out on a fun outing with the roomies and depending on the night Bowen (our favorite McDonald's employee) takes our order. Only a few more weeks to enjoy the monopoly soooo I hope I win big to make up for this unhealthy streak.