Nursing School

I am almost through my second week of school. I can't believe how much I have to read every day. I have at least 4-5 chapters every day. I have learned quite a bit in the last week and a half. For instance, you can put a tube in pretty much every hole in our bodies. I have practiced on our poor gender confused mannequins in the nursing lab. We've done nasogastric tubes, Foley catheters, enemas, feeding tubes. I have learned the right way to make a bed, to roll people around in bed and bathe them. I am pretty sure that the real patients I have will want me to be much gentler than I was to the dummies! Jason allowed me to practice vital signs on him last night, he said I was rough too. I am going to work on my bedside manner! I promise!

San Francisco

Sunday my parents took Jason, the boys, and I to San Francisco to celebrate our 12th anniversary. We took the Amtrak from Davis to Emeryville and then a bus to Pier 39. It was seamless, I recommend this trip for everyone.

We had lunch at Bubba Gump's, it was surprisingly good, I figured it would be all style and no substance. Jacob and I managed to embarrass Mark by reciting all the ways you can cook shrimp, per Bubba.

We browsed at all the cool shops (especially the ones with televisions so we could catch peeks at the Patriots game) and Jacob bought a really cool hat.

I was finally able to ride a cable car. Isn't that funny, all the times I have been to S.F. I have never ridden a cable car. I think that was my favorite part, when the car finally cleared out, I was able to jump out of the inside and run up front with Jason, who was standing on the the side.

Another really good part about taking the train is that you can have a glass of wine on the way home!

Thanks Mom and Dad, we had a wonderful time!

Check it out!

Can you believe it? One week from tomorrow! I am so flippin' excited!

The Storm

I am finally getting around to posting about the big storm that came thorough last Friday. I had a front row seat at work. My desk faces the ambulance doors, so I got to watch the wild weather all day. I felt so bad for all the police, fire, and ambulance crews, going from one problem to the other. The clinic was closed due to the power outage. Some of the doctors came over and opened up an impromptu clinic in our fast-track area. They even brought over their own staff. I was very impressed with the IT department, they were there quickly, installing all the programs the clinic would need to use on our computers. The ER was relatively slow for the whole day.

I went home to see what damage had been done. Jason had gotten off work that morning and had prepared me for it somewhat. I was very sad to see that my ivy "tree" had been blown over. This is an ivy plant that grew on my clothes line post. It has to be as old as the house, about 93 years. Some of the branches were 10 inches thick. What surprised me was not that it had blown over, but that the metal post that was holding it up bent.

Weight Loss Shakes are Stupid.

I have come to the conclusion that weight loss shakes are stupid. Since I have been on the wagon, I have been eating oatmeal for breakfast. This morning I grabbed one of Jason's shakes because I wasn't really hungry, but I knew that if I didn't eat/drink something I would pig out at lunch. I popped it open and had a couple sips...mmmmm chocolate for breakfast, yummy! Then I started reading the can. A can of Kirkland Weight Loss Shake (Costco Brand) has 230 calories, with 38 grams of sugar and 360 mg of sodium.

Here is what a cup of oatmeal has:

Nutrition Facts
Calories 147
(Kilojoules 616)

% DV**
Total Fat
2.3 g
4%
Sat. Fat
0.4 g
2%
Cholesterol
0 mg
0%
Sodium
2 mg
0%
Total Carbs.
25.3 g
8%
Dietary Fiber
4 g
16%
Sugars
0.6 g
Protein
6.1 g
Calcium
18.7 mg
Potassium
131 mg

I think I made the wrong decision for breakfast this morning!!!