The colors of my world, sometimes they blind me with their beauty.
My job, that thing that has been eating me alive, is finally becoming what I had hoped it would be.
For the past few months, I have been running my ass off on the medical surgical floor, going back and forth between it and OB, and trying to remember things that I have done in the past, and learning new things as well. I have felt….stressed to put it mildly.
The fact of the matter is, I am an L & D nurse. That is what I love doing. I am NOT a med surg nurse. Almost all of my experience is with OB. If you specialize in one area, you pretty much loose your skills in another area. Floundering around on the med surg unit SUCKS to put it mildly.
Yesterday, my fellow L & D RN put her foot down, so to speak, and with the blessings of our director of nursing, took charge and made some firm plans for me. I will no longer be doing med surg, and can fully immerse myself into L & D.
I feel like a huge, gigantic weight has been removed from my back. It was just too much to go from having patients on the floor, to rushing to a delivery, then rushing back to the floor to continue care of my patients. Just….too…damn…much.
So, although L&D is super stressful, it is a stress that I want to handle….KWIM?
Okay, so on to some bullet points:
*my husbands cousin was hit by a car and killed while riding his bike earlier this week. We are attending his funeral today. It is very very sad. He was only 24 years of age and an only child. His mother lost her husband 2 years ago. Just devastating.
*Bill’s father has a 90% block in his carotid artery and will be having surgery on in a week or so. Major surgery. They will open him up, cut out the area of the artery that is damaged, and graft in some new artery. Prayers please. His name is Bill as well, and we love him so much.
*Cody got his cast off and is very happy…. and I am too. The stink from it….people. Gah! I got him in the tub and scrubbed the hell out of it. Then I scrubbed it some more. Then Cody said, “Hey! Look! A bone! How cool that you scrubbed off all of my skin and muscle! Thanks Mom!” Now he can stand in my personal space without me gagging from the smell of that cast!
*My house has had a makeover, and I have lots of pictures to share. It all looks so great, and came together just as I hoped it would. Pictures to follow after we return from the funeral.
*If Mia changes clothes one*more*time*today! I will go nuts. This female gender thing….my boys would wear a potato sack and be happy. Mia must have “pretties” on at all times. Oh, and Plip Plops (flip flops for those who don’t speak toddler). Plip plops must be on her feet every second of the day.
*The cat still has hair balls.
*The trailer is still sitting in the driveway…all lonely and stuff.
*I am ready for my husband to start his new job on Monday. Love the togetherness, but it is time. Nuff said.
*I am now going to take a shower and be on time for something! Yea! me!
Here is just a little sample of the colors that brighten my world:
So sorry to hear about Bill’s cousin. What a tragedy!
Sending prayers for your FIL’s successful surgery.
Can’t wait to see pictures of your re-do!
so sad for Bill’s family – that’s heartbreaking.
Will be holding Bill’s dad in our thoughts for his surgery.
So glad your work is what you want to be doing!
Glad everything else is going well. Hope you can use the trailer again soon! LOL at Mia – here we have jags where she wears the same dress for days on end (except for the changes into dress up clothes), I have to sneak it off her to wash it
You have a great attitude Jodi, and you will persevere through the hard times. Our prayers are with your families.
You have my dream job.
Your daughter has hair just like my daughter’s . . . and the same love for changing clothes!
I am so sorry for Bill’s family, I will keep them in my prayers. I’m glad that you finally have some semblance of order in your work life.
Hope you to get away soon
Kids are cute as always
Prayers for Bill’s cousin and the family–how tragic.
I hope all goes well with his dad’s surgery.
Yay! about being full-time L&D! One of my friends works L&D and *loves* her job.
Can’t wait to see the house pics!
you have had such a full plate lately; I had no idea! I’m so sorry for you and Bill’s loss. What an awful shocker. Good luck with FIL’s surgery and i sure hope things slow down a bit. I’m dying to see the house pictures!
I L&D nurse, oh how I need some advice about my daughter’s upcoming experience. 15 and pregnant. I can’t imagine how labor is going to go. Well, actually, I can imagine. She has a very low tolerance for pain–and actually cried during an internal ultrasound.
I am really worried when I hear her say things like “Can’t I just schedule a C-section and get it over with when its time”. Um no, we don’t just do that to avoid the pain of labor–well maybe some people do–but not my daughter.
It’s not as if I want her to suffer, but I don’t want it to be easy on her either. If you could email me with any advice about teen labor that would be wonderful. I am sure like anything, you have seen some new moms handle it just fine and some that don’t.
Ok enough rambling…
My goodness you have been busy. The new look is coming along nicely. The boy’s room has to be the cleanest boy’s room I have ever seen. Can you send a little of that cleanliness over the my 16 year old boy? He could certainly use it.