Oh my gosh I've not written....

Take serious note of this! For I am a writer.

I sit here, on a chilly Saturday night, with really not much else to do or think about. Ok I lied. There's a lot on my mind. Not sure where to start, exactly.

Since my last entry in July, so much has been going on. We'll start with school. In July, I was newly vested in pediatric nursing. I had clinicals at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, which is a nice 6 story hospital dedicated to the lives of children. There were so many areas of the hospital I never knew existed...nor really wanted to know because the thought of sick children just pulls at my little heart strings. I can't bear to see my own little one sick, and I didn't like the thought of seeing others.

I was on a small unit, T6 (Tower 6) which is an infectious disease unit. The thought of "children" and "infectious disease" all together made me a little queasy. But it ended up not being that bad. I really liked how the nurses interacted with the children. All of them were VERY good...I could sit here and go on and on about how great of care these youngsters were receiving from these great nurses...some new grads and some were seasoned professionals. I actually ended up enjoying my time on T6, and then, it was gone. Time to take my ATI and my final and call peds done. Then on to OB.

Between Peds and OB, my husband of 6 years and I decided it was time for a getaway. I must admit, I was hesitant to go because I haven't been away from my daughter for more than a night ever. EVER. And I know her grandparents take good care of her, but still, she's my baby and I missed her so.

We went 400 miles away to Niagara Falls, Canada. It was absolutely amazing. Bill and I have been on a quest to help our marriage out, and this did the trick. The first night we were there, he surprised me with rose petals on the bed and Dove chocolate! He also wrote me the SWEETEST poem I'd ever read. I presented him with a watch. We went out that evening to the lookout over the falls, and around 10 we watched the fireworks. Then we decided to go to Fridays where we unknowingly spent 90 dollars on what? A beer, a margarita and some fajitas and a burger. SHIT! We were NOT expecting to go broke! So we went back to our hotel and enjoyed the hot tub before bed.

The next day we had a buffet breakfast in the hotel...the Marriott Fallsview. Breakfast was delish! Then we ventured out to see about tours. After scheduling a 6 hour tour, we took a little walk around the casinos and gambled a little (we both don't get into it, but had never done it before!) and then shot some pics of the falls. Then it was time for the tour. We did Journey Behind the Falls, the Maid of the Mist and went to a butterfly conservatory. It was AMAZING! Then back to the hotel where we got cleaned back up and went out again to the Hard Rock Cafe' and strolled around a shopping district that reminded me of a stationary fair!!! That night Bill gave me some earrings I'd been eyeing for a while and I was shocked!

The next morning, we had breakfast again, and discussed either staying one more night or heading home. We decided we'd head for home since we'd spent more than anticipated and I had clinicals Tuesday. On the way home, we stopped at some wineries and bought some wine. Again, a first for us because Bill's a Bud Light man and I'm more of a Margarita Mistress! But we got some wine we both like and some memories that will last forever at the vineyard!

And now on to work: This part is a little shocking!

Monday I called to see about my work schedule. I work at Springfield Regional Medical Center....SRMC, formerly known as Community Mercy Health Partners. I worked at the Mercy Campus for 6 months and then we all moved over to Community. In this transition, my floor got a new nurse manager. We had gone from a Coronary Care Stepdown unit to a med/surg with tele. No one was happy at all. Well, in the midst of all this, I had gone from working 2 12's on the weekends to 2 8's because of a knee injury that was bothering me again. My new nurse manager didn't want to work with me about it. She decided only to schedule me 3 days a month. With this, I will lose my medical insurance and what's the use of working 24 hours a month? yeah, not much, so my husband told me to quit. And I am.

It's hard to think of myself as a non-working person. I know it's the best thing for now, but what else do I do! I have applied for a casual call position at another hospital knowing darn well I don't need it. The cool thing? I have an ER internship waiting for me at Good Samaritan Hospital when I graduate. Yeah, I'm excited about that one.

So while there's been so much going on, there's a little sort of update. Keep praying all works out for us in the next 5 months...I'm just a little nervous.