To spend a Saturday morning!
I’ll try to post a longer update soon, and tell youns about my friend’s Etsy shop. For now, I’m going to relax and enjoy stitching while posting in my boo boo bus :) I hope you are all well, and I have missed you! Enjoy your Saturday morning!
Happy Stitching!
Emmy
I am sorry for the delay for posting. Working night shift combined with all that comes with learning a new job has been kicking my behind lately! I wish I could say all was fantastic, but there are a few things causing issues. I do love the environment, as well as the patient population. So many of my coworkers are absolutely incredible! One of my preceptors tends to disapear, and they have been amazing about checking on me and helping me out when things start going south with my patient, or if I have a question! I do wish a few things with orientation were different. Honestly, one situation I am put in a lot makes me want to quit. I'm planning on talking to my educator about it soon, in order to provide the best care possible for my patients, I need to learn a lot now. A large barrier to that should be able to be resolved, so heres hoping!
In other news, my sister has a doctor's appointment on Wednesday. We are hoping for good news, but she is definitely scared, as is the rest of the family. We would definitely appreciate prayers!
My schedule is weird this month; I worked Saturday night, was off Sunday, and work the next three nights. The nice thing is that I was able to attend the singing at my church Sunday evening! The down side is staying on a night shift schedule on a day off. I am hoping that next month will be better. And, honestly, as much as I love how much calmer things tend to be on night shift, as well as my night shift peeps, I am hoping that I'll get to move to days. It will be a lot different, but I think I will feel healthier again with that move.
How have all of you been? Anything new in your life?
Happy Stitching!
Emmy
Happy Stitching, and if you’re asleep, know that I’m jealous and living vicariously through you!
Emmy
I made Nala so mad, that her ears fell off!!!! Now I gotta figure out where they went, and how to reattach them! (All I did was pet her, but she wasn’t ready to be “caught” yet.)
Happy Stitching!
Emmy
P.S. I did stitch yesterday, but forgot to take photos. I’ll try to take some tomorrow!
I hope you are all having an amazing day!!!! After starting to dig the trench for my electric line (and quickly giving up due to the heat), followed by finishing my PALS online stuff, I do believe it’s time to stitch!!! I don’t have any exciting new pictures or memes, so how bout a few throwback pics?
And of course, for those that do not like the loud booms, and probably drunk people yelling, heres Baby Daisy! She also has the same look I do whenever I hear of someone drunk driving or shooting off fireworks, or anyone dumb enough to hold a lit firework in their hand (spoiler alert: it never ends well.)
Have a fun, safe, and happy 4th!
So, the three kitties were laying on the living room floor, while I lazed about in my insufficient sleep fog (seriously, basically every other day was spent switching from night to day or vice versa this past week. It was brutal!). Smokey was acting like he was going to fight Lady (they are siblings after all), and as I told them to behave, Lady just briefly glanced at me before she looked at him like, you want a piece of me?!? She then, very cautiously, as she felt my eyes upon her, lifted up her paw, gave him one last chance to back out, then slapped him in slow motion. To her credit, she did barely touch him, and her paws are super fluffy (!!!!😍). Smokey, ever adept at playing his part in the show, flung his head to the side as if the sheer force imparted broke his neck, then flung himself onto his side a small distance away, feigning unconsciousness. Meanwhile, Nala started to shout "Bravo!" as she quickly clapped her paws together, and then consulted her play bill to see when Act ll would begin (she needed popcorn). It was so convincing, I had to hold back my paramedic and RN training to keep from performing a sternal rub on the distinguished actor. Seriously, a Shakespearean play does not have anywhere near the drama these kitties have!
In other news, I took the NCLEX on the 15th last month, and passed!!! I was set to start as a GN in the ICU on the 12th, but they allowed me to wait to actually show up until the 16th. I am still on orientation, but officially a RN now!!!!
In sadder news, Kirstie's barn kitten, Milky Way, tiny buddy of Slinky passed away. We do not know why, but a couple of other kittens from her litter had passed away over the past few months as well, according to the family that gave her to Kirst. Slinky is incredibly lonely, and has been taking chances coming close to the dogs to inform us that he requires attention. Fortunately, a couple of kiddos from Kirstie's church are planning on giving her a kitten on Wednesday!
I hope you all are well, and enjoy Independence Day!!! I'll try to do a stitching update soon!
Happy Stitching!
Emmy
The furry brats are helping me cook supper as I type this. Normally, I would have already eaten, but I had to run errands after clinical, and then lay on the floor in despair for a considerable time after Smokey ran away from me. But, on to the main topic! Today was my last clinical. I have mixed emotions on it; there were portions that could have gotten better, like my normal preceptor not having to call in, but I still learned a lot. As someone that was overwhelmed by a clinical with one patient not so long ago, it was almost surreal that I was bored with the four that I took today. To be fair, they were very easy patients, med-wise, and only one was truly a challenging individual, likely due to fairly recent drug use. Still, its just nuts to me that this is all coming to a close. I have a job lined out in the medical ICU, and sometimes I see people from there, and they get so excited that I am close to graduating. But then I see my classmates or instructor and feel a pang, because they have become a huge, amazing, cherished part of my life, and I do not want to go our separate ways. They are some of the most supportive and encouraging people I have ever met! There is no way I could have made it through losing my grandparents and the job issues without their encouragement and presence. This all feels incredibly surreal. I am so excited about pinning next week, and the future, but I gotta admit- I wish the fun parts and time with my peeps wouldn't have flown by so quick! That's all for now, my food is done, and as much as I love youns, we both know I have a hard time turning down food! ;)
