2011

A new year, and new things to accomplish.  I have been working as a Registered nurse for about 6 months now.  Happily, it is going better than I thought it would.  It can be somewhat stressful, some days moreso than others, as is life. This year Dave and I are hoping to start a family soon and move into a larger place in the spring. Not so sure about buying quite yet.  We had a great Christmas, and got to spend some time with our families! I don't really have many pics I took to post right now, my camera has been broken, I guess after 5 years I need a new one.

 Devon, Lexie, and Dylan

 My sisters and I at our Christmas party

 My minnie-me

Lexie and I trying to ice skate together!

The kids at our Christmas party



RN BSN

Yay. I havn't blogged for awhile, I need to work on getting some people other than Jordan, no offense, as my friends! :)
I have begun my career as an RN. I like it so far, but I am no where close to being on my own yet. It is very intimidating to be solely responsible for the nursing care of any number of people. I cannot wait til orientation is over, and I feel halfway competent. Also, I am looking forward to being on nights. To heck with this up at 545 am to be there at 7, crap. Sooo happy to be done with school and that scary Nclex. Dave is casually looking for a new job as well.

Graduation and such

Dave and I have finally graduated! We are very happy about this, and now we are presented with other challenges. We now need to find jobs, myself moreso. I have scheduled to take my NCLEX exam for the beginning of July, and still have no job offers. I am kind of nervous because when I pass, if i pass, I can no longer work as a nurse extern at Barberton hospital. So, I was hoping things would fall into place within the next 3 weeks job-wise. I need to have some income so I cannot be without work. I could always reschedule my Nclex for a further date, but some employers want me to be licensed before applying for the job, so it is frustrating. I probably have at least 20 applications out for jobs right now, and am applying for more today. I am now applying for nursing homes/extended care facilities. Not exactly the job I want right now , but we will see...
On a happier note, Dave and I are celebrating our 4 year anniversary with dinner out tonight! The family is relatively healthy, my nieces and nephew are entertaining, and all is well.

Countdown- 8 weeks til Graduation

So Dave and I are both very excited for graduation. 8 more weeks until graduation, May 8, for myself. Unfortunately Dave's ceremony is on a different day than mine, May 9! My last rotation of nursing is Critical Care which starts next week, with my clinicals at Akron City, Summa hospital. This is the nursing rotation I have been looking forward to the most! I am so excited to finally graduate and bed done with school for a while. I want to move somewhere to with a bathtub I can soak in, (we just have a shower now), laundry facilities in the place, and no screaming hillbilly neighbors. haha. the last one will be the most difficult to achieve.
I am sooo proud of my mom right now! She hasn't smoked for a month or so now!! So yay mom!

Senior year underway...

So this week is the 4th week of the semester already, and I had my midterm for one of my 8 week classes today! (got a B, but don't care at this point) My last year of undergrad, thankfully. I am so ready to be done with school for awhile and be an RN! This semester has to be the most boring of all. My clinical is so boring, doing hospice and home health -home visits with another nurse two days a week and all I do is watch her do paperwork, observe and do assessments of the patients. The 2 classes I have are not interesting at all...tons of reading and stupid information... is it Christmas break yet?
Davey is sick with a cold or something right now and is grumpy, lays around, and quiet. well, you know men... they think they're dying when ill. haha
One thing I am pretty excited about right now is that I have been starting to run. It makes me feel awesome and my legs don't feel like they are going to fall off anymore after a run! I hope to do a 5k or more by spring for something to do. My right knee has never been that great but I have been doing elliptical a lot and I think that has made it stronger, and has given me no problems. My nursing friend, who is almost 40, (and in great shape) encouraged me to start running. So those are my updates! caio

Summer updates

The bigs boys playing with the foam light sabers
Lexie

Lexie and Devon

Happy Birthday Dylan!

So I decided to blog again. We are having a great summer so far. It's halfway over now. To kick off the summer, Dave and I accompanied my sister Maggie and fiance Jason to Las Vegas. They got married in a sweet little chapel, while my family watched from home on the web! It was a fun time and was awesome to get away, especially by plane! None of us were very good partiers for Vegas... we probably gambled $15, drank a couple drinks each, and we were in bed by 11 or 12 most nights. haha.
My nephew Dylan's 5th birthday was last week and we had a small family get together for him on Saturday! He loves Dinosaurs and Legos right now. I can't believe the baby is 5! Meanwhile, Devon is 7, and Lexie 6. They're all so fun and smart.

I am in a Science of Nutrition class right now two nights a week, working at Barberton hospital, and Ritzman's on days that I can pick up. 10 more months until I graduate. Ya-hoo.

My friend Becky's wedding is coming up Aug 22!Grandma just put the straps on my bridesmaid dress today.