Life since Peru

Has been pretty fantastic!!


I think about Peru every night before going to bed, i miss it so much! But coming home meant taking care of business and getting myself prepared for this semester.

First order of business....


Finishing up my volunteer process at BMC. I got accepted and it is such a long process. Im up to date on vaccines, background check and references,...i just have to stop slacking and do my tour and final interview before i can get on the floor. Yours truly got accepted into the Cardiac Unit for pre/post-op patients, and i'm very excited cause i've had good experience with telemetry as an RN-student. My shifts are weekends so I'll be one busy little volunteer. Banner has been amazing! Can't wait to put my foot in there as an RN someday-soon!


Second order of business....

Ah, second block- i am back again and this time Adv-Medical Pathophysiology will not drown me! I failed with a 75%...so mad! but that's okay cause this time ill know more and get straight A's! Re-doing second block sucks but for financial reasons, im doing the block in order to save my scholarships/grants. Im kinda "meh" about doing med/surg again. I was so excited and ready to go on to Labor&deliver, psych unit, etc. But i'll take all the practice i can get on med/surg, ICU (which is where i worked most of the time) and telemetry. I loved it all, dont get me wrong,...but i was ready to float to the other sectors of the hospital. Nursing program is HARD. I hate the reading, but i love the hands-on we get. Heck yah go Medicine!


Those were my biggest "to-do's" to get take care of stat. In my free time, i've been hanging out with my '07 guys that are finally all back from the mission! In a few months Elder Chapman will be home and then it'll be perfect. I love my friends, they are all terrific men and im so proud of their 2 years serving the Lord. A lot of them came back with knowledge of a different language which is terrific- will come in handy when working professionally. It's a compliment to my latin culture when they want to speak in Spanish with me. In my Patriarchal Blessing it mentioned people putting down my talent of tongues, but to never let that get me down and to always be proud of my gift of tongues and use it when given the opportunity and never hide my light. I always remember that specific blessing and I try my best to share that gift when I can. Just like when i went to Peru and found someone that spoke english, it was pure bliss :)

With our '07 dudes we went to the desert this weekend and it was so fun! the boys didn't let us help with anything, which made me feel useless, but it was sweet of them to have prepared everything as we just laid back and relaxed. We made a fire, sat around it as some went shooting, others rode dirt bikes and others cooked some pizza in dutch ovens. It was great talking and catching up, hearing about missions and just having us together again. Way awesome!!








I was thinking a lot about picking up another language. The third most used language in the hospital is VIETNAMESE and it would be very beneficial if i picked it up. The more languages, the more money, the more knowledge ya? I hope i can get into a vietnamese class. I love learning languages, it's beautiful and I know i could pick up a different tongue. So that's my current "hmm what if i did this" thought.


Lastly, i love my best friends. Seriously blessed!