Block 3

On Tuesday I started Block 3 which is the beginning of my last year of nursing school before I receive my degree! I was so happy to be back with my school family again! I have missed every one over the summer. A few I was able to visit with during the summer either through school or just hanging out (k one person, one time) but it was fun regardless. Tuesday was an ever so fun filled day of skills. IV piggy backs, pushes, central line dressing changes- all that fun stuff. For me, I really felt like these skills are not that hard at all. I felt like putting in a Nasogastric Tube or a Foley Catheter was harder than what we are practicing right now. I was at school from 745 AM til about 415 PM and we even got out 45 minutes early!

Anyway, after that long day, we went out to dinner with some friends from church, Jeannie and Jason. They are pretty dang hilarious and I enjoyed visiting with Jeannie, since I never see her! We went to Mangos and it was awesomely good! I love that place. Kody is having a hard time with strangers. She hides her face and she gets super quiet. She hid her face in Kole's neck and then mine and it was hot and sweaty with her breathing all over me! Finally we had her sit in the chair and she just sat there looking out the window. She could see the reflections of our peeps inside and she would make eye contact but then quickly look away. It was pretty funny. I don't know why she is sooo timid. She is especially timid with the guys!! If she doesn't know you, she will hide. When people come over to our house, she hides behind the couch. I can't think of anything that has happened to bring this fear upon her, but it's there. I was shy too as a child, but I don't know...

I have my clinical schedule too and I am so happy about who I am with. I know it's going to be a great experience this block esp since we are focusing more on the specialties now: advanced MedSurg, OB, and Pediatrics. I start my rotation with medsurg, then go onto Peds, which will be at the new hospital at banner desert- the Cardon facility. I am excited to be in a new facility and I am excited to be working with the little ones. I know it will be hard, but I am only there for 3 days, which kinda stinks cause I don't know if that will really give me the full experience. Then I end with OB. I'm excited for that too. Just focusing on different things will really expand my knowledge and give me a better understanding on what i want to do when I graduate because at this point in time, I have no idea. I'll probably be with medsurg for at least a couple years to gain greater understanding and knowledge, but who knows. I may just have to go with what I can get! With the dumb economy- my "dream job" may not even be available.

OOh little side note- I bought Phantom of the Opera tickets today and I am sitting in 3rd row!! The tickets were only 78 bucks which to me is super super cheap because normally that close is around 150 bucks or something like that!! I have never sat that close before so I am super excited. I am going with my friend Misti. She and I went to wicked together last month, so this will be fun too. This was our original plan to see Phantom since she has never seen a musical. Wicked was a spur of the moment, last minute type of deal. So fun!! I love musicals. But only Les Miserables, Phantom, and Wicked. I really have no desire to go see any of the other ones, although, I bet Mary Poppins would be fun to see!

I wish I had more to talk about. I do have some things that I need to post about, but I have yet to do them. I will say that an interesting thing about blogs is that people really don't post how they truly feel about everything. Some people will sound angry or whatnot, but no one really posts the negative stuff like you might in a private journal. I only know of one person who puts everything out there, and I give her props for doing such a thing. I am not totally comfortable posting all my thoughts and feelings on here, but hey, this girl is the real deal. There's no coverups to sound like life is all glamour. Will I ever come to talking about everything- probably not. I do need to write in my personal journal more though... I used to be so good at it and there are stories in there that make me laugh because I don't remember them at all, even reading about them I only get the faintest glimpse as to what i was talking about, but some memories are pretty much gone, and I'm so glad I have those things documented. I need to write in Kody's too. We started a little journal for her so that when she is older we'll give it to her and she can read about all the funny things she did or said and all the progresses she has made over her lifetime.