Happy New Years!

So I got a little slow with the picture posting, because I left my camera at my aunts house on Christmas Eve and only got around to getting it today. In my defence I have been working everyday since then. And I've been lazy...but what are holidays for?

Anyway we had a good time at my aunts house on Christmas Eve, then had a nice Christmas day at home attempting to play Clue with French checklists. Yikes! I also worked, which was nice. I liked being a part of the resident's Christmas.

Tonight I'm going to the big fiddle in Sydney to a New Year's party with Gordie Sampson and a bunch of other bands whose names I can't remember. I never heard of any of them but they should be good anyway. Below is a picture of my dad and my uncle Ron (and Mira) on Christmas eve, and a pic of Heather getting ready for work tonight. She's going to her boyfriend's house after work to ring in the new year.

Because You Asked

I took the cats out in the snow and took some pictures. The cats weren't very happy with me but the pictures turned out pretty cute. I also got my marks back and they were good so I was happy with that. Another step closer to being an RN. Merry Christmas everyone!

SNOW!

So last night it snowed, which of course meant I got called in for a shift. One of the RN's called and I could see it was work and that it was 0545 so I picked up the phone half asleep, "hello?"
"Hi Beth"
"Seven?"
"Sorry?"
"Do I need to pack a lunch?"
"WHAT?"
"The shift, is it seven to three or seven to one"
"Does that mean you're available? Seven to one for now."
"Good enough I'll pack a lunch just in case"

I didn't end up staying the whole day anyway so it all worked out. My plan for the rest of the day is to finish "Tuesday's With Murrie" and maybe have a rest. Down below are some pictures of the dogs romping in the snow after I got home from work. Yes in some of the pictures they look like they're sitting really good, but I actually had to hold up a treat for it to work. *sigh*

Getting Ready For Christmas

Well it's about time that we get ready for the holidays and the animals have been helping in this matter. Alex decided to take the boxes down from the attic, Louie got the bows ready for the railing on the stairs, and Lily and Susie got out thier christmas bows to show off.

On other news, my med surg rotation has officially finished...I had my evaluation with Debbie on Tuesday morning. She said I did a really good job and had a good rotation. That was good because it felt really good anyway. I'm glad she noticed it though. After the holidays I start mental health clinical with Kim, who I never had before but heard good things about so I'm looking forward to that as well.

Stuck In The Middle With You

I now find myself directly in the middle of exams. I wrote three between tuesday and today, and now I have two more left: Maternal Nursing and Nursing Ethics.

I'm very tired.

My Nursing of Adults (aka MedSurg) went well today though. The questions were really good and they really made me think. They were almost all in a situation type format so the whole time I wrote the exam I felt like I was actually in a hospital. If you could have seen what was in my head...it was me floating around the hospital to each different "Client" with the exam paper and pen in my hand dealing with whatever was wrong with them. It was funny, although only to me because I was the only person who saw it.

Anyway I studied for ethics today when I got out of that exam, I'm going to have a nap and then study for maternal nursing.