Since moving to Ft. Worth, we've had the wonderful perk of living close to family. Colby's cousin Dubber and his wife Jody live very close to us and we have had the pleasure of getting to help take care their new baby girl Calleigh. She's been so much fun and we've loved getting to spend time with them!
We want to wish our fathers a wonderful day today and we thank you both for all of the amazing ways that you encourage us, pray for us, and help us through each phase in life. Not to mention how much fun we have with you!! You both model Christ and we can't tell you how grateful we feel to have Earthly fathers that daily lead us toward our Heavenly Father. We love you both so much!
Well, when they call it the graveyard shift, they really weren't kidding. Last night was a great first night on the floor and I really enjoyed all the precious kiddos that I was with. But I tell you what, I've got major respect for those that work all night long. It's the weirdest thing because when you arrive at work, you are busy like crazy trying to get all of your assessments, meds, linen changes and anything that will be therapeutic done with the patients before they go to sleep. Then it is bedtime and the whole hospital shuts down, so to speak, and you still have to sit there of course and watch the clock pass by until the next required thing comes up. Of course the clock watching could go faster if there were something wrong and things got busy, but that would be awful and no nurse wants that to happen. And then I felt so weird having to go into all the rooms every 4 hours in the dark to do my vitals, change diapers, and then draw morning labs. I feel so intrusive to the patient and parents and feel like the hospital is anything but restful. But then again, the kiddos are so sick that you just have to check to make sure everything is ok. So anyhow, it was a good first shift. I really like my preceptor and she is a great teacher, so I'm looking forward to learning more from her. The only downside is that my sleep schedule is obviously way off and I've already had my first migraine from the transition. I'd definitely appreciate prayers for this as it will be hard to go back and forth and try to uphold some normalcy in the mean time. So one shift down and many, many to go!
Last night we had a wonderful dinner with our friends Andrew and Kristin Stein and Justin Banta. Andrew, Banta, and Colby were roommates together at Baylor so it was so fun to catch up. For us, it was definitely a breath of fresh air to be able to spend time with friends, since we don't know too many people here in Ft. Worth yet. We had an amazing time and thank you guys for driving all the way here in traffic just to come visit! :) It just dawned on me that we should have taken some pictures, but here's some old ones...
Today was my very first day of work as a new nurse. Ok, so it was only orientation and will be orientation for another week and half before I actually get to my floor and then more orientation, but even still it was a good day. I was able to learn many things about Cook Children's and am very excited to actually begin my job with the kiddos. It's been pretty hectic trying to get things organized at the house and work will only complicate things, but hopefully we can begin getting things on the wall this weekend. Well, that's all for now, and not much of a post, but I had to comment something about my first day punching the clock!! :)
JB
After graduation, we headed to Abilene to be with my family and then spent a couple of days at the Lake in Breckenridge. We had a fun time on the boat with the kids, got eaten up by chiggers, but had a great last weekend of fun before the "real world" of work began.
