Life saver

So the past couple of nights at work have been pretty eventful. Saturday night I had a little lady who developed respiratory distress and had to go to the ICU. Her pH (which is a level of blood acidity) was 7.0. That is almost incompatable with life so as soon as I got a bed in the ICU she was out of my unit. It felt good though to be able to catch it before we had to intubate her, although it did get pretty close. Then Monday about 12:30 or 0030 I got a sick little lady whose heart didn't like to beat to the same drum as everyone else's. She decided to have a little six second pause and then beat only 30 times a minute. Which could have been ok in some lifetime, except that she also had a blood pressure in the toilet, or 66/38. It was really exciting! I got the doctor over there, gave a normal saline bolus, pushed some atropine, and then with the aid of an ICU nurse titrated a Dopamine drip. Pretty exciting stuff for a lowly new grad cardiac nurse wouldn't you say?? It's that adrenaline rush that really brings it home. Some days I think that it would be really fun to be an ICU nurse for just that reason.

Life Saver

So it feels really good to feel like you've saved a life, or at least prolonged it, and it did feel comforting that both of my little patients wouldn't have been too bad off to go the other way. It gives you a kind of secure feeling to realize that to lose them wouldn't be in their worst interest, but the fact that you did keep them going to see another day is kind of a pat on the back (and less paperwork). I think I might really like to be an ICU nurse, or maybe even ER.. Although, a lot of my experiences where I interfaced with ER lately have been annoying, but I would do a better job (hopefully). Anyway, life as a nurse is good.

Mission papers in!!

My mission papers have now been submitted. I have now the long wait to see where I will be assigned. I am pretty darn excited. The stake president said that it will be about three weeks until I know. I don't know how I'm going to stand it, but persevere I must...

Mission Papers Submitted

Today I have been so very excited like I haven't been ever before. When it finally came time to go to institute class with Sister Lewis I had a perma-grin. I think I did a pretty good job of laying low and keeping my feelings under wraps, but I was excited to say the least. After getting out of my interview with President Lewis I wanted so much to scream and run about, but I didn't, instead I called Samuel. I had been thinking that he really wasn't very excited about the mission thing, but I think that he is. He said that me turning in my papers had made his night. He really is a good kid. When the stake president asked me all of the worthiness questions I felt very good about answering every one. I really do feel ready to go. He said that his only concern (more of an interest) is seeing how I would be able to interact with people my own age as I normally am friends with people either very much younger or older. I'm also interested how that will turn out, but with the Lord's help, I'll be just fine I'm sure. It will be good for my relationships in general. I have been so blessed!

Losing weight

Another thing that I've decided that I hate is people saying that they are fat, even if they are. It is the biggest conversation stopper for someone to point out, true or not, that they are fat. What are you supposed to say??? The saying of it does nothing to help the fact, and actually serves as a negative enforcer for both hearer and pronouncer. Silly thing to say. What I wish they would say is something positive like that they are starting a new diet or something like that so that I can help them in some way. I really don't care what they look like as long as they are happy. I tend to think that they are beautiful regardless because they really are.

Pottery and Klay

I spent one of the most enjoyable days I've had in a while on Monday with my good friend. We drove around and talked forever did a small hike, walked a couple of miles around a lake, had lunch, and then painted ceramic plates together. It was hard for me to want to go home and take a nap, although I knew that I was going to have to work all night. It ended up that I only got a small snippet of a nap and was indeed pretty tired. However, I managed to feel rested because I had enjoyed such a wonderful time with her. To add to my enjoyment and keep the excitement alive, when I ended my shift, I was able to go out to breakfast with another karing friend and we talked forever. Then again this morning I took off my jackiet at a friend's house, ate french toast and talked our guts out. It was also nice as she is my "chiropractor" to get my back worked on. I have decided that I am one of the luckiest people living on the face of the planet. I have so many people that support me and keep me hopping.

Oh to be four

I had the most enjoyable class today in Primary. My 4 year olds are the cutest things. They say the most crazy things too. We had to pray 4 times so that everyone got a turn to pray and one sweet little one prayed that "Aryah and Ashley and the boy will use my new teacher's crayons nicely because they are precious." I am always amazed by their observations. I am really loving this class of mine. Another great thing this week...I've scheduled my stake president's interview for Thursday. I am so excited to get all of these things worked out. I can hardly wait.

Snow Angels

So we had a very snowy morning all of a sudden. I didn't even realize it was going to snow today until about 4:00 when someone noticed all of the snow. Everyone was late getting to work, and the ones I had to give report to were the very last to arrive. In fact I had started to give report to other people in the interim when they showed up. The drive home was a little bit frustrating. Although the roads really were slick, they did not warrant driving at five miles per hour the entire way. Hello!!! I managed, however to contain myself with promises of snow angels before I got home. I slowly but surely inched my way toward home and stopped with glee at the stake center. The snow was briefly indented, only one car had been there before me, and from the looks of it, a long time before. I calmly pressed on the accelerator and just when it seemed like I might run into the trees on the other end, pulled the emergency brake and threw the wheel to one side. Ahhhh... It was heavenly! I continued in that way, creating snow angels while a bus full of children parked in the corner looked on in dismay. After about 10 passes, I decided that I should make my way homeward. So calmly, with a huge smile on my face, I pulled back onto the road and crept home.

Phantom of the Opera

So I just got done watching the new version of the Phantom. I was stupified. That movie is so _____. I just can't describe it. Anyway, suffice it to say that I left the theater with tears continuing to course down my cheeks. Wow! So someday me and my romantic self will find someone with whom I can watch that movie, but I'm not going to hurry it. They say I'm an orange, but it's times like these that make me wonder if I'm not really a blue. I really am a hopeless romantic through and through. I can cry at anything, except at my own romances, perhaps because I've never really been in love enough to feel as strongly. Someday... So if you happen to be my love...(think of me, think of me fondly...) Ahhh.....

losing weight

So, work hasn't been all bad for me. I think I've decided that since starting work, because of my crazy schedule and all, that I've lost ten pounds.


A couple of my friends got concerned as a result of that observation and tried to give me food to take home. We'll see if this lasts and things, but it does feel kind of nice to have all of my clothes be extra baggy.

musings

It seems funny to me that I am so antisocial while being so social. I have to have human contact or else I get depressed, but if I have human contact there is also a chance that I'll get depressed as well. I think it all has to do with my comfort zone. For instance I just spent an enjoyable night playing cards with my sixty year old friends and then went to a family's house and played cards with the teenage and pre-teen girls and had a wonderful time. Last night on the other hand was miserable for me because I went to a single-adult party with fifty people between 18 and 25. The people I talked to were those who came to be adult leaders to the group. It was as if I couldn't seem to bring myself to talk to those my own age.

I'm an odd duck.

ahhh work....

Another night at work...it was quite short, but I've decided I really do love cardiac nursing, I love the people I work with, and I do love working nights, crazy as that may sound. At the end of my "little" eight hour extra I got an fun admit. This sweet little woman couldn't speak English so I communicated with her in my broken spanish. It is really fun to try and figure out how to say certain things and she understood me!! Anyway, simple minds--simple pleasures. I am also so excited about teaching my little CTR 4's. Everytime I think about it I smile. It's good to feel like that about my calling again, sure beats the frustration I had been feeling in my previous calling. Oh, I also have decided that I really like Moroni chapter 7. There is just a lot of cool stuff in that chapter. It probably helped me to have a good day(night) at work as I listened to it in the car just before my shift. Ahhh uplifting things... So, with no further ado it's off to bed with me. Ahhh.....

Mission papers nearing completion!!!

Hallelujah!! I am now finished with the physical, the dental portion, my faqs, and the bishop's interview. I have only to do the insurance page, get a picture in missionary attire, and schedule my stake president's interview. Then I'll be completed, I'm pretty psyched about that. Yipee!!

New job for me

I recently was released as the primary music leader for my ward. I was sad to leave all of the kids, but now I have a four-year-old class of my own who I can teach music to as well as a lesson. I'm excited for this new venture into the unknown. Four-year-olds are quite something.