Little Reminders

Today at work Dr. Z reminded me to critically think. You know how easy it is to be on auto pilot? In anything really...it can be easy to lose awareness of what we are doing, simply because we have done it soooo many times before. 

So today I'm grateful for moments that shake me loose and remind me to use my noggin.

I had a patient with a fever today; and tylenol was ordered. I thought about it quick and questioned Dr. Z, well, maybe we should give the patient IV tylenol. 

Dr. Z says, Why? Why are you going to give IV tylenol? I say it is faster acting. He says, Now how much is IV tylenol? Good question. IV tylenol is much more expensive than PO tylenol, I realize. And the patient will not die in 30 minutes while his fever comes down with a PO med. 

Thank you Dr. Z for not just giving me the answer to my question, but helping me in the process to critically think problems through, even if they are small. 

1/17/2012

Oh I am just loving the Soph! Sophie and I got to spend some quality time together today, I took her for a walk on a beautiful Logan day, bath time to clean the dirt and grime she swiftly collects playing outside, and of course some good cuddle time.

Luke and Hunter were good sports and tagged along to Deseret Book while I bought some stuff. It wasn't too bad for them though...they scored some good Lion House rolls. Yum!

Dave and Doggies

I went home to Logan last night and I'm staying up here for a few days, to be with my family and our new puppy, Sophie. She is adorable! She is another Australian sheepdog. I hadn't even heard word one of another dog, and then about a week before my parents found Sophie, Mom started texting pictures of dogs she was looking at. Within a week, she heard of a new litter, from the same breeders that Ned came from. And Sophie is soooo adorable, she has one blue eye, one brown eye, and such a sweet, happy temperament.

Ned, however, will have nothing to do with Sophie. Nose stuck into the air, he is dead set on zero friendship. He'll bark and bark when Sophie comes up to him to play. And that cute Ned though, he is still faithfully defending the yard perimeters from 'command post' at the back door! I want to think that last night he snuggled up to me in bed just a little closer, feeling the need for a little more love after all the Sophie excitement.

Well, it is official....I'm beginning the Dave Ramsey Total Money Makeover, I'd love to kick it with my student loans. And I'm so all over his idea that the need to have credit cards, loans, and 'build credit' are all consumer myths to support the banking world. And that it is in fact possible to buy a car and a home, and pay for higher education in cash.

Snow!

Snow......We miss you!! Please come back, we really love when you blanket us with your goodness here in Utah!!

I finished!!

I finally finished my painting that has taken me half a year...so excited to give it to my parents' for Christmas!

Today was a relaxing, adventurous day....

I woke up, went to work for an hour...

Then I drove to the car shop to take the poor Green Bean in for a checkup. He's needed quite a bit of work.

While waiting for the Bean to be done, I ate at Costa Vida's, then read my book in Costa Vida all afternoon while watching a surf video they have....I think I watched it 3 times....

Then, I meandered up to the BYU library and looked at the collection of old Bibles they have on display right now. Amazing. The King James Bible came from basically a compromise between the Puritans and the church of England. I also learned about William Tynsdale who initially translated the Bible from Greek to English. He lost his life over his convictions to widespread knowledge of the Bible.

I called Mom to make an executive decision about the Bean's repairs...should I? or should I not? At this point I pretty much have to because it has to pass emissions and safety.

The poor Bean spent the night in the shop.

So, I walked up to campus to start my job at BYU as a lab teacher in the nursing department. Being in the lab, it brought it all back. The feelings of stress, anxiety, commrodorie with my class mates, the desire to learn, the excitement of change and direction. For a moment, I envied the girls in the lab because they are in such a wonderful experience in their life, unbeknownst to them. The girls' questions are honest, with a sincere desire to learn. That is sooo refreshing.

I'm excited to learn about these nursing skills again. I know I'm going to learn so much from doing this, I think it will help me to be a better nurse. I hope I can offer the nursing students' the information that will best help them.

Katie Powers and Justin Meiers picked me up from campus. Sooo nice of them. And now here I am back in my bed.

An overall good day.