So Wednesday there was a charity kickoff to raise money for toy drive for children at the hospital. I attended the event for a little while. There were children from a bunch of local schools, the mayor or LA, and you know... AARON CARTER! haha it was so funny to see him up close. Then Sister Paule dragged me and Tricia into a photo with him. I didn't even like him growing up, but I am pretty sure 4th grade Christina would have thought that was pretty cool.
Then after that I continued with the WORST 12 hour shift I have ever had. Things were just really busy and I was working with a nurse who is really thorough. She had given me 4 patients. I have only just moved up to having three patients on Monday. I could handle 3 normal patients ok. However, these 4 patients were not normal. They all had some problem going on and I just didn't know how to handle them. My nurse was also on top of me checking to see if I had done a whole host of things I had not only not done, but didn't even know I had to do all day. It just made me feel inadequate and totally unprepared. I got out of work an hour late, which meant that Tricia was an hour late/I forgot to call her and let her know I was running late, so she ended up sitting outside the car (I had the keys) for an hour. I felt so rude. I also felt like I had failed that day.
Today was better. I had only 3 and it was a little less hectic. I actually felt like I made a difference in my patients' lives, like I taught them things. So that's good.
So tomorrow I am chopping my hair off! I have been looking forward to it all week:) I am going to a local beauty school because it is only $5 for a haircut:) I hope they do a good job! Then Saturday we are having a Gratitude Dinner. We are inviting 2 other VSC houses and Tricia's boyfriend Jimmy's house. It should be a good time. We are having Thanksgiving themed. I am pretty pumped! It should be tons of fun.
Please pray for my grandmother. She has cancer that has to be removed, but she is on Coumadin (a blood thinner), so she has to be weaned from Coumadin, onto Heparin, have the cancer removed, get weaned back onto Coumadin, and then be done. So just pray she is safe and that all goes well. I love her lots and can't imagine life without her. She is pretty spry, so I have no doubts she can handle the surgery, but just in case something goes wrong.... please pray!
So I hope that little rant was not too terrifying. I also hope my haircut is not terrifying. It better not be, I want it to look like Whitney Houston's hair in one of the pictures from her new album cover. And we all know Whitney is fierce, so my hairs should be fierce too!
