I noticed that last I updated was the dreaded overnights, and now, I just finished my weekend day shifts! It's such a good feeling to finish a weekend at work, cuz it's 24 hours total in 2 days!
I'm not even going to attempt to remember what I've done lately, but I think of something...
Chris started his Augsburg class in Minneapolis! It's a 5 week class, 2 wks left now, that meets 2X/wk. I went up with him twice now and was able to hang out with Megan, Brice, and Jenny, wait, have I already blogged this??? Hmm...well anyhoo, here it is again.
I have been working, trying to work out more, and hangin' out with friends and the fam.
Chris and I went to the movie Ratatouille and Kelsey, Casey, Sharalyn, Mom, and I went to No Reservations. Both movies were very good!!
I went boating once with the Hemmer's, hung out with Sam and Jensen on their weekend here, saw Cara and her new chickens, and succeeded in my mission to kill the ants the surround my house. It took several days of terro and the determination of a warrior!!! yes!!!!
Work was pretty decent this weekend. Today I floated from 11-3 to the "Vent Unit" short for ventilator, which means patients need assistance in BREATHING. I'm like, ok, how am I qualified to work on this floor??? Apparently I am, but they gave me 2 super easy patients who are almost ready to go home.
I had fun with one of my patients this weekend. I had her both days and her daughter was there too. We just joked around, made fun of each other, and got a lot done. It's very rare that I'm sad to say bye to someone, but I was sad to say bye to them. They both gave me a hug and that was that. I'll probably never see them again, since I have Mon-Wed off this week!
Tomorrow, Cara and I are going shopping somewhere in the cities or those whereabouts until 5:45, at which time we will visit cuzzin Megan! We'll get to see her place! Yip yip I'm excited. Tuesday, not sure what I'm doing. Wednesday morning I have an appointment with Casey at 8:30am to be the "certified nurse" that assesses her Tuberculosis test, hahah, so yeh, I decide if she has Tuberculosis or not, hehehe. She gets a little injection and then 2 days later it has to be looked at to see that it looks normal, or not. So, instead of driving an hour to get it looked at for 2 seconds, she can come see me. I'm charging her $50, but she doesn't know this yet, playin'
Today was my Grandpa's b-day party and I had to miss it, sad day.....
Also, tomorrow is Nate Dietzman's big surgery, he's my dear friend Cara's little brother, so he's my friend too and if anyone would like to shout out a prayer for a successful surgery, that would be fabulous!
I'm sitting on my bed right now with my comp, it's kinda fun to take it out of the "office" and type on it elsewhere. Might as well utilize the wireless. I moved in here cuz Chris is talkin' away to Mr. Jeff Chesney about various Culver's issues and I cannot listen and type at the same time. My brain doesn't work like that. Same way how I can't listen to music and read at the same time. Hehehe. Chris just said, "Definetely, there's plenty of other places that'll give him a more flexible schedule." Who is HE I wonder, hahaha.
Welp, I guess I'll end this up here. I hope you all have a good week, feels like my weekened is starting now!
Peace to all, bye bye.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Friday, July 13, 2007
Yay! I can enter a title now!
Last you knew, I was workin' overnights, so I better update you all before you freak out!
Well, as luck would have it, I'm at work again while I write a blog, but this time I'm working a day shift and I'm on break. Today is just fab-u-lous. I only have 2 patients! This is almost unheard of. And, so far, it doesn't seem as if I'll be getting a post-op, so two it is! They are two very dear ladies in 70/80s. They have wonderful families and all is well. One of the ladies has two daughters here with her. They are super funny and have been making me laugh all day. They think all the doctors are "hot" (these women are married and much older than the doctors, ahahha). I told them that I am married and don't care about how the doctors look, (because they're like, "don't you think they're so hot?!" Actually what I notice about these docs is how nice they are. One actually patted me on the shoulder and the other wanted me to show him how to get a dirty sheet under a patient, ahaha! Funny. Some doctors are more serious and some are more talkative, either way, I think they all do a pretty good job around here.
I have another 1/2 hour before I go back so I thought I'd just do a lil' blog while watching What Not to Wear in the break room.
The real excitement starts tonight.... Here the low down.......
*After work, I'm going to work out (well not exciting, but a great accomplishment)
*Having din din with Cara Marie!!!! And hanign out until.........
*9:30 = going to HARRY POTTER V!!! Ahhh, I'm so excited. I get goosebumps thinking about it! hahahah, yayayayay! I can't wait. My brothers already saw it! The 5th book was intense/depressing, so I'm sure the movie will be too, but it'll be awesome and we get to see quidditch again! Whoop!
*Then I'll come home and see my husband who I will not see all day long!
Yesterday I worked too then I made a yummy supper and went on a walk with Chris. He did homework and I went to hang out with Dad and I saw Mom for a lil' bit too.
Backtracking even more.....this past Monday, I went up to Augsburg College in Minneapolis with Chris. He has a 4 wk. class up there Mon & Wed. We eventually got there and found his class, then Megan came and picked me up and took me to a Mexican restaurant in St. Paul! Brice and Jenny met us there too! It was very fun to see them where they live, I'm used to just seeing them when they come to Roch. So, they took me a yummy icecream place and we ate them outside. Before long, Chris called and Megan took me back to Augsburg to meet Chris. We followed her to Brice's place where Brice and Jenny awaited us. Brice toured Chris, who had not seen his place and we just chit-chatted for a while. Our drive home was easy and Chris drove himself up there very well on Wed.
Hmm...what else did I do lately??? I went to Chris' softball game and saw him do very well. He even slid to a base and got bloody, yikes! I also played volleyball, we are still undefeated!!!
This Saturday I will see my cousins Sam and Jensen. They always come to our house (my parent's house) every summer for a few days! It's fun to have them all to ourselves to play with. We're planning on taking them to my friend Cara's house because she has a pool! We took them there last year and we all had a lot of fun and Jensen really likes Cara's little puppies as well as Cara's brother! (Nate's her "boyfriend") So, that'll be fun. Cara's mom also got some baby chickens, so they're be all sorts of fun things to do up there.
Well, I think I'm outta things to say. I hope to have a fun weekend that goes by slow, cuz I have to work Mon-Thurs days, BARF!!! I signed up for a day off on at least one of those days cuz I think I will die if I have to work 4 in a row, I NEVER do that. Yuck. I usually schedule myself 3 on, 2 off, and so on. But oh well.
Have a wonderful day! Oh, and also, I'm getting very little comments from people and I'm very sad about that..........so one LOVES ME!!!! Wahhhh. JK, but c'mon peeps. Bring on da comments yo.
Love, Brianna M. Lewis
Well, as luck would have it, I'm at work again while I write a blog, but this time I'm working a day shift and I'm on break. Today is just fab-u-lous. I only have 2 patients! This is almost unheard of. And, so far, it doesn't seem as if I'll be getting a post-op, so two it is! They are two very dear ladies in 70/80s. They have wonderful families and all is well. One of the ladies has two daughters here with her. They are super funny and have been making me laugh all day. They think all the doctors are "hot" (these women are married and much older than the doctors, ahahha). I told them that I am married and don't care about how the doctors look, (because they're like, "don't you think they're so hot?!" Actually what I notice about these docs is how nice they are. One actually patted me on the shoulder and the other wanted me to show him how to get a dirty sheet under a patient, ahaha! Funny. Some doctors are more serious and some are more talkative, either way, I think they all do a pretty good job around here.
I have another 1/2 hour before I go back so I thought I'd just do a lil' blog while watching What Not to Wear in the break room.
The real excitement starts tonight.... Here the low down.......
*After work, I'm going to work out (well not exciting, but a great accomplishment)
*Having din din with Cara Marie!!!! And hanign out until.........
*9:30 = going to HARRY POTTER V!!! Ahhh, I'm so excited. I get goosebumps thinking about it! hahahah, yayayayay! I can't wait. My brothers already saw it! The 5th book was intense/depressing, so I'm sure the movie will be too, but it'll be awesome and we get to see quidditch again! Whoop!
*Then I'll come home and see my husband who I will not see all day long!
Yesterday I worked too then I made a yummy supper and went on a walk with Chris. He did homework and I went to hang out with Dad and I saw Mom for a lil' bit too.
Backtracking even more.....this past Monday, I went up to Augsburg College in Minneapolis with Chris. He has a 4 wk. class up there Mon & Wed. We eventually got there and found his class, then Megan came and picked me up and took me to a Mexican restaurant in St. Paul! Brice and Jenny met us there too! It was very fun to see them where they live, I'm used to just seeing them when they come to Roch. So, they took me a yummy icecream place and we ate them outside. Before long, Chris called and Megan took me back to Augsburg to meet Chris. We followed her to Brice's place where Brice and Jenny awaited us. Brice toured Chris, who had not seen his place and we just chit-chatted for a while. Our drive home was easy and Chris drove himself up there very well on Wed.
Hmm...what else did I do lately??? I went to Chris' softball game and saw him do very well. He even slid to a base and got bloody, yikes! I also played volleyball, we are still undefeated!!!
This Saturday I will see my cousins Sam and Jensen. They always come to our house (my parent's house) every summer for a few days! It's fun to have them all to ourselves to play with. We're planning on taking them to my friend Cara's house because she has a pool! We took them there last year and we all had a lot of fun and Jensen really likes Cara's little puppies as well as Cara's brother! (Nate's her "boyfriend") So, that'll be fun. Cara's mom also got some baby chickens, so they're be all sorts of fun things to do up there.
Well, I think I'm outta things to say. I hope to have a fun weekend that goes by slow, cuz I have to work Mon-Thurs days, BARF!!! I signed up for a day off on at least one of those days cuz I think I will die if I have to work 4 in a row, I NEVER do that. Yuck. I usually schedule myself 3 on, 2 off, and so on. But oh well.
Have a wonderful day! Oh, and also, I'm getting very little comments from people and I'm very sad about that..........so one LOVES ME!!!! Wahhhh. JK, but c'mon peeps. Bring on da comments yo.
Love, Brianna M. Lewis
Monday, July 09, 2007
Why won't it let me enter a title....so strange....well, this is entitled:
"Awake When I Should be Sleeping Part II"
I'm here on my second overnight. Thank goodness it's the 2nd night, makes it a little easier knowing I don't have to do it for 6 wks! I just have to get through the next 7 hours. It's only 12:30am, all 4 of my glorious patients are sleeping comfortably. I have 4 totally different patients than last night. Usually we get the same ones, but it didn't work that way today, but that' s okay, I like my new ones too. I have an 18 year old, a 60 year old, a 78 year old, and a 94 year old, quite the range there. They're all very pleasant and I think are good sleepers, so far.
Tonight I brought more food in hopes to prevent the nausea I had last night from 2-6am, ick. I have soup and beef jerky, hahaha, it looked good.
I got home a little before 8am yesterday and slept until 3pm (Sunday). Then Chris and I went to Target and Erb's and Gerb's. Yum yum. It's fun to go out and get some food with Chris and just sit and chit-chat before I have to go back to work. Before I knew it, it was 6:15-ish and I had to go!
Now here I am. Yesterday I didn't get the chance to go get food in the cafeteria at 2am, so hopefully today I will. I want popcorn and pop, yummmmm. It's nice to just get off the floor for a while too. You don't get breaks on night shifts, but in a way you do because you're not as busy, but you never leave and leave your patients in someone else's hands, so you never really get a break.
Tomorrow, after I sleep for a while, I'm excited, I'm going up to Minneapolis with Chris. He's starting a summer class at Augsburg. This fall he'll take Augsburg classes in Roch, but the summer class is in Mnpls. If all goes as planned I will get to see cousin Megan and brother Brice while Chris is in class. Then hopefully, Chris can come see Brice's place after his class is done!
Chris is called an Auggie (Aww-Gee) cuz he goes to Augsburg now, hehehe. Today I called him that, I think it can be his new nick-name...Auggie, heehee.
I've had 2 pops so far and I need another one. I bet my breath smells really bad from this beef jerky. I keep thinkin' someone will come around the corner and I'll be tugging on beef jerky with my teeth and have a big chunk in my teeth. hahah, like a dawwwwg. The way my patient's room are postitioned on the floor tonight, I'm kinda stuck at a desk by myself for the night. I just get up every so often and go visit the girls down the hall, otherwise I'll die of boredom and seclusion.
Jeff and Kelsey taught the 2-year old at church for us today, well yesterday now, I wonder how that went......
Hmm.....well, I guess I'll go. Maybe I'll write another blog later....
Adios and God Bless.
Love, Brie
"Awake When I Should be Sleeping Part II"
I'm here on my second overnight. Thank goodness it's the 2nd night, makes it a little easier knowing I don't have to do it for 6 wks! I just have to get through the next 7 hours. It's only 12:30am, all 4 of my glorious patients are sleeping comfortably. I have 4 totally different patients than last night. Usually we get the same ones, but it didn't work that way today, but that' s okay, I like my new ones too. I have an 18 year old, a 60 year old, a 78 year old, and a 94 year old, quite the range there. They're all very pleasant and I think are good sleepers, so far.
Tonight I brought more food in hopes to prevent the nausea I had last night from 2-6am, ick. I have soup and beef jerky, hahaha, it looked good.
I got home a little before 8am yesterday and slept until 3pm (Sunday). Then Chris and I went to Target and Erb's and Gerb's. Yum yum. It's fun to go out and get some food with Chris and just sit and chit-chat before I have to go back to work. Before I knew it, it was 6:15-ish and I had to go!
Now here I am. Yesterday I didn't get the chance to go get food in the cafeteria at 2am, so hopefully today I will. I want popcorn and pop, yummmmm. It's nice to just get off the floor for a while too. You don't get breaks on night shifts, but in a way you do because you're not as busy, but you never leave and leave your patients in someone else's hands, so you never really get a break.
Tomorrow, after I sleep for a while, I'm excited, I'm going up to Minneapolis with Chris. He's starting a summer class at Augsburg. This fall he'll take Augsburg classes in Roch, but the summer class is in Mnpls. If all goes as planned I will get to see cousin Megan and brother Brice while Chris is in class. Then hopefully, Chris can come see Brice's place after his class is done!
Chris is called an Auggie (Aww-Gee) cuz he goes to Augsburg now, hehehe. Today I called him that, I think it can be his new nick-name...Auggie, heehee.
I've had 2 pops so far and I need another one. I bet my breath smells really bad from this beef jerky. I keep thinkin' someone will come around the corner and I'll be tugging on beef jerky with my teeth and have a big chunk in my teeth. hahah, like a dawwwwg. The way my patient's room are postitioned on the floor tonight, I'm kinda stuck at a desk by myself for the night. I just get up every so often and go visit the girls down the hall, otherwise I'll die of boredom and seclusion.
Jeff and Kelsey taught the 2-year old at church for us today, well yesterday now, I wonder how that went......
Hmm.....well, I guess I'll go. Maybe I'll write another blog later....
Adios and God Bless.
Love, Brie
Sunday, July 08, 2007
Ok, for some reason, I can't enter a title. But if I could I would title this blog: Awake When I Should Be Asleep.
WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I wanna curl up in a ball under my covers at home, with my husband next to me. I don't wanna be here!
I will never like this overnight deal. I think maybe someday I'll ask and see if it's an option to never work overnights. It's every 6th weekend, but it comes way too soon.
It's just crazy. It's only 1:00 and I'm about to fall over and sleep. I'm hungry, sleepy, bored, and I have 6.5 hours left and I've been working for about 6 so far, almost to the half way point.
It's weird, I don't wanna be bored, but I really don't wanna do anything either.
Well anyhoo...yesterday was fun, why? cuz I wasn't here and because I went to Valleyfair!
Kellie, Jill, Dora, and I went to Valleyfair from 10:30am to 8:30pm yesterday! We went on many many rides and spent a great deal of the day in the water park. A new ride that is like a giant swing is my new fav. ride by far, how fun. I am not a fan of the new rollercoaster. I do think it's cool that it goes extremely fast, but it hurt my ears and head, too fast and whippy. It's like I got off of it and was like...."ouch." hahaah, but it was fast, whoooo.
Today I tried to sleep in and made it until 10.....
(now it's 3:25am, I got busy for a few hours!)
Okay, this morning I woke up at 10, watched part of a movie with Chris, then we went to Carlos with Dad. Next we went to Susan's house because she found a good picnic blanket for us. We'd been saying we looked all over Rochester for a picnic blanket and couldn't find one, so she found one for us at Khol's. She's so sweet, always thinking of us. Then Chris had to go to work and I hung out for a while and watched TV, tried to take a nap and failed, and then went to see my parents and Gavin. My poor mama hurt her back today, so she was resting and I chit-chatted with her. Eventually I left and got Subway, watched TV for a bit, and then came to work, fun huh?
Now I'm here with 4 hours left. I'm SOOOO tired. This always reminds me of staying up through the night to study when I was in school. It's this sick dreadful feeling where your body is telling you non-stop to go to bed. I feel like I'm forcing my body to stay awake, ick.
BRB, nurse's light is on.....
Bedpan, fun fun.
Well, I guess I'll wrap this up.
Hope you're all sleeping.
Bye bye, yawn.
WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I wanna curl up in a ball under my covers at home, with my husband next to me. I don't wanna be here!
I will never like this overnight deal. I think maybe someday I'll ask and see if it's an option to never work overnights. It's every 6th weekend, but it comes way too soon.
It's just crazy. It's only 1:00 and I'm about to fall over and sleep. I'm hungry, sleepy, bored, and I have 6.5 hours left and I've been working for about 6 so far, almost to the half way point.
It's weird, I don't wanna be bored, but I really don't wanna do anything either.
Well anyhoo...yesterday was fun, why? cuz I wasn't here and because I went to Valleyfair!
Kellie, Jill, Dora, and I went to Valleyfair from 10:30am to 8:30pm yesterday! We went on many many rides and spent a great deal of the day in the water park. A new ride that is like a giant swing is my new fav. ride by far, how fun. I am not a fan of the new rollercoaster. I do think it's cool that it goes extremely fast, but it hurt my ears and head, too fast and whippy. It's like I got off of it and was like...."ouch." hahaah, but it was fast, whoooo.
Today I tried to sleep in and made it until 10.....
(now it's 3:25am, I got busy for a few hours!)
Okay, this morning I woke up at 10, watched part of a movie with Chris, then we went to Carlos with Dad. Next we went to Susan's house because she found a good picnic blanket for us. We'd been saying we looked all over Rochester for a picnic blanket and couldn't find one, so she found one for us at Khol's. She's so sweet, always thinking of us. Then Chris had to go to work and I hung out for a while and watched TV, tried to take a nap and failed, and then went to see my parents and Gavin. My poor mama hurt her back today, so she was resting and I chit-chatted with her. Eventually I left and got Subway, watched TV for a bit, and then came to work, fun huh?
Now I'm here with 4 hours left. I'm SOOOO tired. This always reminds me of staying up through the night to study when I was in school. It's this sick dreadful feeling where your body is telling you non-stop to go to bed. I feel like I'm forcing my body to stay awake, ick.
BRB, nurse's light is on.....
Bedpan, fun fun.
Well, I guess I'll wrap this up.
Hope you're all sleeping.
Bye bye, yawn.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
An Evening at Work
Bored...and 2 hours to go.....
Sigh, that last part of a shift can be so dull. Everyone's asleep, except for one patient who's up and at 'em yet.
Let's see, what's new. I can't think....
This week is not a fav, I worked yesterday, today, tomorrow (the 4th) and then the dreaded weekend overnight. Ick.
But one fun thing is coming up. I'm going to Valleyfair on Friday with Kellie, Jill and Dora, three wonderful friends, so that will be very very fun.
I'm sad to miss the festivities tomorrow. The 4th is a huge holiday at my Grandma Erickson's. Yeh, I'll get to eat, eat and run that is. We usually hang out there all day and everyone's there, then we go to the fireworks at Silver Lake. I don't think I've ever missed the fireworks in my whole exsistence. Wah wah wah. Holidays at work are for the birds, poo.
I signed up to get it off, but I would be shocked into an irregular heart rhythm if that actually happened.
Ok, well what else.....um...... yeh, nothin' else much is new.
Hope you're all having a good week. Sorry this is borderline depressing!!!
Sincerely, Brianna
Sigh, that last part of a shift can be so dull. Everyone's asleep, except for one patient who's up and at 'em yet.
Let's see, what's new. I can't think....
This week is not a fav, I worked yesterday, today, tomorrow (the 4th) and then the dreaded weekend overnight. Ick.
But one fun thing is coming up. I'm going to Valleyfair on Friday with Kellie, Jill and Dora, three wonderful friends, so that will be very very fun.
I'm sad to miss the festivities tomorrow. The 4th is a huge holiday at my Grandma Erickson's. Yeh, I'll get to eat, eat and run that is. We usually hang out there all day and everyone's there, then we go to the fireworks at Silver Lake. I don't think I've ever missed the fireworks in my whole exsistence. Wah wah wah. Holidays at work are for the birds, poo.
I signed up to get it off, but I would be shocked into an irregular heart rhythm if that actually happened.
Ok, well what else.....um...... yeh, nothin' else much is new.
Hope you're all having a good week. Sorry this is borderline depressing!!!
Sincerely, Brianna
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