i wish i had some friends or family.
also, i wish i could spend some time meeting new people without sweating buckets (so gross) and having to keep my hands over my face/ears because they're all hot and red and uncomfortable.

well, birth control pills were probably the worst thing to ever happen to me.

julian and i made friends with a cute couple - they are vegan tooo and love art and comics and all the same video games as we do! :o :o we met at the regina vegetarian society relaunch potluck last month. they came over to our place a week or so ago and we went to nit's thai food, ate coconut jellies, and played board games. we went over to their ( Read more... )

tonight we showed marc & robynne how to make sushi & onigiri. marc said it was the healthiest thing he had eaten in like a month. the next day he asked to borrow our onigiri mold. :)

yay!

by the end of day 1 as a graduate nurse, i was scared. and unsure of myself.

by the end of today (day 3), i am excited.

i am inspired. :)

and i feel more comfortable in my new roles and responsibilities every day.

there is so much more i want to study to expand my learning (ie. about palliative care, wound care management, etc). there is so much i ( Read more... )

julian's reaction to me studying today (after writing the CRNE yesterday): "i thought you were DONE!"

LOL.

nursing = non stop learning. :)

i've already been offered a full time position on the medicine unit! and i haven't even started yet. wow. after hearing from everyone about how hard it is to get a full time nursing position when you start, i was a little surprised. i feel like i should take it but i already committed to start at providence place first...

decisions decisions. :P

julian and i moved to moose jaw on january 1st. it's so lovely here. :) our cute little apartment is so cozy... it's like an epic treehouse in the middle of the city. complete with lots of ladybug friends. :) we like how small it is because it forces us to be even more minimalistic than we were before. we didn't have a lot of stuff to begin with, ( Read more... )

i just realized that my student loan debt is a LOT less than i thought it would be! i think about half of my schooling has been paid for by scholarships, grants, and bursaries. :) :)

ALSO - we found a cute little apartment to live in! it's on the main street of moose jaw, right on the hill... in between the mall and downtown. it's only $525/month! ( Read more... )

i've been offered two nursing jobs in moose jaw! long term care at providence place and medicine at the hospital. :) i'll be casual at both, which i think will be nice! i'm being put into a mentorship program which i am very excited about.

i start orientation to the health region on dec 13th! and i get my graduate nurse license on approximately ( Read more... )