I have started working as a registered nurse this year!  I work on a very very busy floor in a great hospital. It has been a whirl of information and learning.  I really do love my job (it helps that the people I work with are normal and nice).  My body also has gotten use to the brunt of 12 hour shifts, and waking up at 5am and returning home at 9pm if I'm lucky.

I've had many interesting experiences and met lots of different patients so far.  Just fresh from yesterday was a patient who was pretty grouchy.  He sorta complained instead of asked for things.  He also gave me a lot of grief about his medications and our care for him.  Then the last 5 minutes of the shift I went in his room to replace a skin dressing on a long cut he had suffered due to a fall trying to plug his scooter in.  Before I could start he said, "I was sitting here thinking how lucky your fiance is to have you."  I was s t u n n e d.  Really? Really? After all day of making our nurse patient relationship difficult, you're now going to be nice? Haha.  I told him how sweet it was of him to say that and thanked him.  I cleaned up his dressing and told him I'd see him Friday if he was still there.  Crazy huh.

I am sending out wedding invitations TODAY! YO! I will post a picture of the whole ordeal because I am very proud of them.  I did them myself opposed to spending the $500 bucks to have someone else do it.  WOoHoO!

 
FIRST OF ALL... HOORAY for me!! I am a registered nurse. 


so lately things have been no joke around here.  i seriously had a lot on my plate.  there was an incredible about of stress when studying for my nursing license.  i have had to juggle a lot of different roles and plan my days to the minute to accomplish anything.  that sort of lifestyle can quickly run anyone down.  it's no wonder that during this holiday break i have slept in till noon everyday.

now that i have that exam out of my hair i am focusing head strong on finding a  j  o  b.  there are tons of jobs out there for nurses, but as a new graduate i need a hospital setting to get my skills sharp.  new graduate internship programs are competitive.

aside from all that unfun stuff... i can now focus on our wedding! it's not till june, but i have little actually planned.  i have the reception location set and the ceremony site.  we have a rough sketch of the guest list and have our photographers and DJ booked.  sounds good, but i feel that the little details that make a wedding personal are still all untouched.  we're having a small small wedding, so i don't think it will be too hard to make things intimate.

first on the list... try to relearn some photoshop skills and create our own wedding invitations.
and make a serious guest list and send out invitations this january.
 

2009 goals:

volunteer
save money!
get my face lasered -- (fraxel)
whiten my teeth with those strips
change my car tires
work out and get some muscle mass!
join a badminton team (HECK YES!)
organize the closet
buy a good fitting pair of jeans
italian honeymoon
have a job i love
have many long great conversations over dinner with the fiance
learn some more go to recipes

and uh... there's a lot more.  will add as i think of them.

Merry Christmas!

i took some melatonin 20 minutes ago, and this stuff is stronggg. damn.

i'm writing quickly because i need advice.

i'm packing all of my life into my car.  i've been sorting through everything like crazy because i don't have room for garbage in my 4 door car.

so the question is: or rather the scenerio is...

i have pictures (lots of them) from my old relationships. they are in a way memories of myself and the people at the time in my history (high school and college).  however, i sorta know that i need to downsize the volume and select a few that are appropriate? (for a soon to be married gal like myself)

OR

am i totally inappropriate and i should chuck the whole batch of them?

i thought about what i'd want my fiance to do in a situation like this, and i'd want him to keep his memories.  he could weed the lovish ones out or something, but whatever. right?

THEN... where do i keep such pictures? i have a photo album right now with them in, but does this really need to be in a photo album on the self of our new apartment together? weeeird.

gimmie your feed back. pronto style! thankssss.