You can call me Mom

Hi friends - it's been awhile since I checked the blog, and it's good to know that several of you have new pets. :) Seems to be a theme...

I have no new pets, but I have a new roommate! haha. I'm living in downtown Fullerton in a one bedroom house with my friend, Anna.















I haven't found a job yet, but in the meantime I have been learning how to be a mom. Don't worry, I don't have any children of my own... that would be a little different update! But I have been playing mom for several different families as this new school year is here and parents are going back to work. Here are several of the kids I've been spending my time with. :)



















































































































Life is good.

I've called 40 hospitals in the last 2 weeks. Let me know if you want the info that I've found! God has provided for all of my needs, and I'm convinced that He will continue to do so. Praying that a nursing job is part of that provision that will come soon. As much as I love taking kids to soccer practice, picking them up from school, going on walks, helping with homework, making dinner, cleaning up messes, reading stories, facilitating the bedtime routines, rocking babies to sleep, changing diapers, potty training, playing on slip 'n slides, learning new games, helping siblings get along and forgive each other, disciplining, building lego rocket ships, etc., I'm not a mom. :) I'd love to begin "playing" nurse since I am one!! I'll keep you updated!

The night nurse.

For some reason, Jessica and I started this blog, and then, I forgot to ever post anything here. Oops.

Life really hasn't slowed down much for us, but it's busy in better ways. Dan and I moved in July to La Habra to an apartment we love. It's nicer than our last one but still furnished with hand-me-downs and Saver's treasurers. There is one great new addition, though...Toulouse (from the Aristocats)! While everyone else got engaged/married, had babies or got puppies, we picked up a very silly grey cat who is at this moment attacking my toes. He is stealthy and adorable and hilarious. He also keeps Dan company while I'm at work.



I'm working at PIH on the observation unit, while I wait for a position to open up on the oncology unit across the hall (I'm next on the list!). It's one of the busiest units at the hospital aside from the ER. We do admits and discharges all day long. Seriously. During one shift, I had 6 different patients: started with 3, admitted 1, discharged 2, admitted 2, and discharged another before I went home. Good grief. Patients are generally stable (too sick to go home, not sick enough to be admitted), but we have a few who surprise everybody and code. Lots of code greys, too. Good thing I'm tall and muscular to handle all those violent patients. Luckily, I switched to working nights last week, and I LOVE IT! My sleeping will probably be messed up forever, but I like the flow of nights. It's not as hectic as days, but it's often crazy. My least favorite part: calling docs for orders in the middle of the night. Even if they write an order saying, "Call admitting MD when med rec finished" they don't mean it. Ever.
For now, I have to agree with Tab: work feels like getting paid for clinicals. Oh, and with more responsibility.

One last thing, Dan's surgery has been cancelled because his liver has decided it's done regenerating for a while. He'll be having radio-frequency ablation (microwave on a stick, as the radiologist puts it). It will hopefully only be a 1-2 night hospital stay, as opposed to a month. God-willing.

I miss our class. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad we're finished. But, I really do miss you guys.