Published on
June 23, 2007 in
Uncategorized.
Tags: school.
So I’m a little late with these but here are Monica’s graduation photos. I am so proud of her. It was a LOT of work, and there were some tough times, but with God’s grace, she persevered and came through with flying colors (i.e. great grades). There is no way I could have done what she did. And she even graduated with honors with a 3.4 GPA!
There’s also some video I took that you can watch below. Some of it isn’t the best quality as I was a bit shaky with the camera. Even with a tiny video camera, it’s tiring to hold your arm up for more than a few minutes at a time. The first clip is from the nursing pinning ceremony, the second clip is from the graduation ceremony that occurred the following evening, and the last clip is from her graduation party the following day. Enjoy!
Published on
June 21, 2007 in
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Tags: travel, work.
We know that it’s been a long time since we’ve updated everyone but I’ll do my best.
Work
Well I’ve started working on the floor last week and it has been a scary, exciting and tiresome adventure. This is what I’ve learned so far:
- 12-hour shifts are very long but somehow not long enough to do everything needed./li>
- Nurses don’t have a lot of breaks and lunch is about 15 to 20 minutes where you eat as fast as possible.
- There is not a lot of sitting. I walk what feels like 10 miles per day and there is also a lot of lifting, squatting, and racing around.
- There’s a lot of diseases, equipment, procedures, symptoms to know for different patients at the same time so lists and very good notes are extremely important.
- Last but not least the most important thing I’ve learned so far is that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE every minute of it! I’m learning a lot and work with some great, experienced nurses who are teaching me so much and I’m very grateful for them.
Fun
We went to Charlotte, NC this past weekend for a beautiful wedding. Congratulations to Jason and Amelia who are now enjoying their honeymoon in beautiful Hawaii! It was fun to see a lot of our friends and have fun dancing to the stereotypical wedding reception music such as “Brickhouse”, “Super Freak”, and “Last Dance”. All the ladies can always count on Pat to dance all the favorites. Thanks Pat! It was my first time in Charlotte and I thought is was very nice.
Summer
Not much going on this summer. Just working, studying and celebrating our 4th wedding anniversary. WOO HOO!
We’ll update more soon.
