see something new every day

today, i did something i've never done before.  i touched a penile implant.  in a penis. 

nursing is SO weird.

jury duty

you know your life is lame when you look forward to jury duty.  i got called.  for the third time.  on may 7th.  and sadly, i am not scheduled to work as a nurse on the 7th.  if i was, my employer has to pay me for my civil duties.  but i am scheduled to work on the 8th and the 9th.  if they put me on some trial that lasts days and days, perhaps i will get a little respite from nursing.  oh and they give you a whopping ten dollars per day as a juror.  woohooo!!!  i just worked 60+ hours in the last 7 days.  i need a break.  one that jury duty might provide.

compliments

a new nurse gave me a compliment yesterday that i really appreciated.  she said this - "i've been watching you precept that student and i'm really sad that i didn't get a chance in my orientation to be precepted by you.  you seem really smart and calm.  like i would have learned a lot from you."  it was nice.  i enjoy teaching.  and i think i am decent at it.  but to have someone recognize it.  to compliment me.  well, compliments always feel nice.

need another vacation

time flies.  i've already been back from vacation for more than 2.5 weeks and i feel like i could already use another break.  how does that happen?  i only work 3 or 4 twelves per week and already, i want more time off.  do all adults feel this way?  is constant vacation the only way to be happy?  better not be the case because the way i see it, at almost 33 years old, i have at least 30 more years of work ahead.  good god.  that seems a bit depressing.

since i never shared any photos from my trip to guatemala, let me do that.  this trip was not health related.  i did NO volunteer work.  i didn't save any children.  or cure cancer.  i didn't even build houses.  i simply toured all the sites, went to church on palm sunday, witnessed jesus parades for easter week, and enjoyed my boyfriend.  we went to tikal to see ancient mayan ruins.  and to lake atitlan for a hippy retreat off the grid (that means they used only solar power and our shower was frigid).  we spent only one day doing nothing - sleeping in, taking naps, and eating street food.  it was divine.  all of it.  guatemala.  cole (hospital hunk).  adventure.

without further ado...

baby "priest" sleeps through parade

 jesus and the telephone pole cross

 at the cemetery

 feet on cobblestone streets of antigua

 view from hippy hotel on lake atitlan

 colorful streets of antigua

umbrella sellers

 sweaty kiss at tikal on tower four