The First Day of the Rest of My Life

Tomorrow is the first day i will be starting my career as a nurse. I passed my boards 2 weeks ago and have been hired by the practice i have worked at for the last 7 years. So here it is, the culmination of 7 1/2 years of college. I have spent the better part of the last decade dreaming about what this day would be like and where i would be. I want to remember this time of my life, i want to remember this exact day. I am not burnt out or desensitized (as so many nurses say will happen if you stay in a place too long), but rather i am estatic and anxious to start working, to start helping people. I want to be that patient advocate that i've been molded to be for the last 7 years of my life. I want to be that person that can calm a new frantic mother or reach out to a depressed teen. In study after study nurses are named as the people that are trusted the most in this society. I want to earn that trust and live up to my title. I vow here and now to never forget the simple things, the things that make all the difference; a backrub, a hand to hold, a person who will sit with you in your time of need. THIS is the reason i became a nurse. Sure, i will hand out meds and spend the majority of my time doing paperwork and triaging ear infections. But the important part, the patients, will always get 110% of my effort and my support.

But thats not the only part of my life that is worth reflecting over. My family is amazing and changing before my eyes. My little man is learning to crawl. Hubby says he looks like an inch worm; he gets up on his knees, thrusts his chest forward, falls on his belly and then scoots his knees up to inch forward. He does it pretty darn fast too. Time to bust out the baby gates! He's been sleeping on his belly for the last few weeks and sleeps much better that way. We are signing him up to start daycare one day a week while i am working, and while this saddens me like you have no idea, we know he will be safe and loved by the teachers at his daycare. Our muchkin K has been going there for 2 1/2 years and the teachers are like family at this point. She will be there too and be able to keep an eye on her little brother and give him some kisses if he needs them.



Munchkin is blossoming into a wonderful little lady. Can you believe we are signing her up for Kindergarten next week?! She loves to talk to people when we are out and tell them EVERYTHING, and my mother swears her personality is just as mine was at her age. She is witty and clever and i am so proud of the little person she is becoming. Last weekend we were shopping with some good friends and D was holding the baby when someone pointed out a tie that he might like to wear to work. He explained that he could wear "this" (meaning his jeans and t-shirt) to work and no one would care. Without missing a beat K busted out with, "You can wear B to work?!"



D and I have been looking at houses and mini vans and talking a lot about our future and where we'll be in a year. This is such an exciting time in our lives and I love spending it with my best friend. The Olympics are on, the weather is warming, i am doing Bikram 3-5 days a week and we have started to incorporate a new cleaner diet into our lives.

Life is good!

Holy Snow Batman!

STILLLL Winter....

I dont know why this has been such a hard and long winter for me, but i am just so ready for Spring! Poor K wants to go out and play all the time, but with B still being little we cant spend too much time in the cold with him. Its just been really hard for all of us and I often feel stir crazy in our house! Thank goodness for the mall, library and scheduled activities!

Per the request of Great Aunt Lois, here are some shots from our last snow storm!