I wonder if this still works, sending txts to my blog?

I have failed at the blogging scene.

Why did I think I could do the blogging thing? I don't have enough time to blog, or when I do, I can't find an interesting way to say it. I have even failed at staying caught up on my two favorite blogs. Apron Strings, and Bethany's freelance life. If you have never stumbled upon these two blogs, you should. I discovered them both quite by accident, and now I read them obsessively. Okay. I used to. I have been lacking on the blogger skills lately.

I started night shift at the hospital. I love it. 7pm to 730am. LOOOOVE IT, as wheezy would say on "dragon tails". haha.



Time to catch up on some blogs then catch a few zzzz's before work tonight.

I should probably feed my kids, as well.

Headache. Sleep deprived. What's new?

Wow. I suck lately. Well, Since like November. I have not been writing in this. And blogging is like my favorite thing to do! I just worked 72 hours this week. Holy Crap. I still feel sleep deprived. Altho, I suck at sleeping, either way. I start my first night shift Thursday. I am terrified. ha.

Grandpa is in the hospital. St. Joes of all places. His cardiologist is there. ick. He has pnuemonia and I believe he is in a CHF exacerbation. He didn't say that, but I can tell. They may not have told him, who knows. He has CHF, and is def. symptomatic. :-(


I love my job. I am so thrilled to be able to say that. I look forward to going in everyday, and I love my pts. and I love helping them, and being able to explain things to them. I really hope I continue loving my job. It's a difficult floor. Hence the 56% turnover rate. Opposed to the hospital goal floor turnover rate of 17%. haha. I am getting so much experience already. It's nuts tho. At shift change people are still running around in mass chaos. But it is (usually) a controlled chaos.


We are going to AZ for next years spring break. I am pretty thrilled.

Mom will be here soon.

Sorry about my sucky blogging skills lately.

Well.

Well. It has been some time since I have blogged. I have been busy with work. I don't remember the last time I blogged, or what I wrote. I am to lazy to go back and look so I will just start from getting my job. I got my job at Upstate on 5b. It is a surgical/trauma/transplant/GI/GU/medical floor. We get everything. Literally. In the past few weeks I have had such a wide variety of pts. Ranging from post op bariatric and kidney surgerys, to cervical and spinal fractures, accident victims (snowmobile and car) to CHF exacerbations and failed kidney transplants. It is such a busy floor and very exciting. Altho. I get the "look" from ppl when I tell them where I work because it is literally the hardest floor in the hospital. Floats have to train on our floor, because "they" say if you can work on our floor you can work anywhere. It has a 57% turn over rate, because no one can last. A few 'good' nurses have been there for between 3 and 8 years. I like it a lot, and haven't decided if I do want to continue on to the NICU (which would mean moving to Crouse, unless I wait for Upstate to buy Com. Gen.) or over to Peds. I work the 6 and 1 sched. meaning I work 6 12's and 1 eight in a 2 week period, with as much overtime as I want! I can't pick up overtime until I am done "orienting" in 10 weeks. Their weeks are Wed to Wed. Meaning that I can work 2 days of our regular Sun to Sun week one week, and then 6 12's the next week. Yeah. I am on my only day off today on my 6 12's that started Monday and end Sunday. Then I go to nights on Thursday. At least I get 3 days off first!! For the next month I work 2 or 3 12's and have two days off. Whew. lol.

Madalyn and Gracelyn are getting so big. It's crazy. Gracelyn is such a  big girl. She was sick for about 6 hours tho yesterday, after being at my mom's since Sat. and then woke up sobbing from her nap today with a bad dream that I died. poor baby.

Potty Training. Not going so well.

I've run out of things to say. I haven't done much but work. Altho I was uber excited to order a bunch of new scrubs/accessories online!

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Wow. It's been absolutely ages since I have wrote in here. Maybe because I have been busy trying to graduate. Yep. I did it. I graduated!! I have sent in all my paperwork and now I am just waiting on the state to tell me I am legal or whatever to take my boards!! THEN I start working!!! YAY!!! I have an unofficial job offer at Upstate on a transplant/trauma/surgical floor. Unofficial meaning, I have the job, but can't come in and do any paperwork until they hear back from two references. Being the holidays, they have only heard back from one out of the 6 I gave. haha. Great. Talk about me being anxious. I just want that official offer so I can relax and know I have a job. Altho, with the state taking their sweet time, idk if I will make the Jan 20th start date. Another thing I forgot to mention....it's overnights. 7pm to 730 am. Makes for fun times. haha.

Rolo has a torn Cruciate Ligament. Makes her hop around on 3 legs. She's no small dog either. 69 lbs. All of her hopping puts her at risk to tear the other ligament. Then idk what happens. I talked to the vet yesterday. We can't afford the surgery right now (1700 dollars), but he said he knows dogs that have hopped around for 4 years and were fine, and even a dog with both ligaments torn. I feel bad for her, but better knowing that we don't have to do anything drastic because we can't afford it right now. maybe after I am working and we are settled and stuff. like 10 months to a year. I thought it was going to be 3-4k, but she is under a 100 lbs so he said they can just put a rod in there to stabilize it and it will heal.

New Years Eve. wow. Almost 2011. Holy Crap.

We are working on potty training Madalyn. It's going ok. If I ask her every 15 minutes we go all day without accidents. She even got up a couple times before she had fallen asleep to go (altho she went, i think that was more her wanting to get out of bed than wanting to use the potty. haha). She will be 3 in Feb, and I just want to be done with diapers. haha.

Gracelyn has been on a stealing scissors/food rampage. I don't get it. She stole a can of pringles off the counter yesterday and ate them in her room. I asked her why, she said she was hungry. well. I KNOW i feed her, so what the heck. She always says she is starving, but it is because she is so darn picky. I made her a whole pb&j, and she only ate part of it. No wonder she was hungry. sheesh. She needs to learn to eat what is given to her. She has an unlimited supply of apples that she eats day around, but she is soo picky when it comes to meals. sigh.

well. TTFN.

And I'll be by your side / Wherever you fall / In the dead of night / Whenever you call / And please don't fight / These hands that are holding you

I am at school working on my case study ppt. Okay. So, I WILL be working on it. I have yet to even open the Keynote ap. lol. It has to be a 15 to 20 minute long presentation on my pt. that has many many things wrong with him (and, who also left AMA.--but I'll leave that part outta my presentation....).  I also have my interview at 1. OMGosh. Eeekks. 

Oh yeah. My brother comes home next week for a week and a half. WOOOOOOOOTTTTTT.

eeeekkkkkkkkk!

Interview tomorrow. That's right. A. Real. Job. Interview. OMGosh.