Spring is on its way... at least this weekend.

What a terrific, beautiful, PERFECT day!!!  We slept late (having to ban the dogs to the outdoors to do it but still) then got up and Bryan took me to breakfast at the Range (love their breakfast chicken fried steak with green chile gravy!!) and then to Bernalillo's used bookstore, Under Charlie's Covers for some weekend reading.  After we got home it was so beautiful outside that I got inspired to do a little yard work - Bryan had to catch up on his online math classes (ugh) so he was stuck indoors.


Then the rest of the afternoon was spent lying in the sun in my zero-gravity chair reading a book, sipping a coke. HEAVENLY!!!!!!!!!  I love the sunshine and this great southwest weather.  Tomorrow I will try to get pictures.


Day One of my 5 day weekend has been pretty sweet so far!  

Home Again, Home Again...

Back from my last (this semester) out of town clinical.  It went splendidly...  a nurse in ICU said shed give me a reference if I applied for a job there.  The people at Cibola were just terrific.  And I am now an EKG and croup tent queen!!  :-)

It was great visiting with Mom & Dad while there too.  They were so sweet to bring their trailer out to Grants so I'd have a free place to crash at night.  And they got to do a little sight-seeing too.

Now I am trying my best to get motivated to do the massive amount of homework I have (2.5 papers and a presentation) that is due tomorrow.  UGH!  Bryan is fixing me 'brunch'.  I love him so much.

Hope all my blogger friends have a wonderful week.  I am looking forward to Thursday as I have a 5 day weekend!!  YIPPEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NM Unemployment & Grants, NM

After almost 8 weeks of calling 20+ times a day Bryan finally got through to the NM unemployment office (I think that's why NM has 'low' unemployment - no one can get through to claim anything).  Anywhhooo - they first said that the company reported that he had only worked from Oct to Dec instead of August so it would it have to go into "investigation" and that would take a out 8 weeks.  Then three days later we get a letter saying he didn't pay in enough... and then today we get a letter stating that he DID and would start receiving benefits.  Not much but better than nothing at all!  So WHOOP-WHOOP!!!

Last weekend I pulled 4 12-hour days at Cibola Hospital in Grants, NM.  Because Grants is so small and the hospital is smaller, I thought I'd have plenty of down time and be bored silly.... WRONG!  I did more on that Friday than I had at the three large hospitals in Albuquerque.  They worked my butt off at this tiny little hospital.  And really, I can't say enough good things about it - at least as far as the people are concerned.  I think I met every doctor there, had lunch with one of the surgeons - fraternized with the nurses.  Everyone was so friendly & welcoming - especially to a "lowly" student.  Everyone I met was very excited to have a student there and explained procedures thoroughly and allowed me to try pretty much anything I asked to try.  Very helpful.  The RT's I worked with were stellar as well - very compassionate to the patients and WOW - how they kept up with the work load is beyond me, all four days were CRAZY!!!  I wish I could talk about the patients - I had some interesting cases...  We had three air transports - very interesting to watch them get set up while I was there.

I go back tomorrow evening for a tow day stint. I have to say, 12 hour days are rough, mainly because I am used to sitting my fairly large butt for 5 hours in class and then going home to work on homework...  I'm really not used to 'working'.  :-)  

I do a few days off the first weekend of March and I am going to VEG-OUT and RELAX!!  I am pooped!