Monday, March 12, 2007

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How can you say "no" to this sweet face??? ;) (This is my 4 year old nephew, Ethan! LOVE HIM!!!)

Sunday, March 11, 2007

New News....

1. I REMEMBERED MY BLOGGER PASSWORD!!! YEAAAA!!! That's a big step! I have not been able to blog b/c I could not remember my password! LOL! With so many passwords/codes in the management role, if I don't write them down, I forget them!! ;)

2. I have a new beau!! He's precious! His name is Adam! He's 28 and great! I met him on 2/5/07 on a blind date. He's absolutely precious to me! I cannot spend enough time with him and he does not get on my nerves at all! That' s a big thing to me b/c usually I can always find SOMETHING by this point that is really annoying! LOL I am not "picky" but I am "selective" when it comes to dating. At 27 years old, I am in the "real deal" dating world. I want a husband - I do not just "date" to "date." Does that make sense?! He met my family this weekend (and he did not dump me yet!!). I am meeting his next weekend!!! :) I am happy as a clam!! This morning in church, I just kept staring at him. I just feel so blessed to have someone so wonderful.... Our schedules are completely opposite but God arranged for us to work close to where the other lives!! He lives about 5 minutes from where I work and vice versa. Therefore, he does lunch with me at night at the hospital and I do lunch with him in the day at his office! It's great and makes night shift a little more bearable for me! Stay tuned for more details.... It's a "good thing" as Martha would say ;)

3. My twin nephews turned a year old! They are precious! Their party was cancelled due to their brother (4 year old) being hospitalized x2 days with probable Noro Virus - YUCK!! He was a sick little guy :( I cried when I saw him b/c he looked awful. I just laid in his hospital bed and held him all day. He was pitiful! He's back into full swing again, though! Thanks to the many prayers of friends and family!

4. I am returning to my Staff RN role in the NICU next week (from my management role). I am sooooo excited and ready. I prayed that God would allow something to happen to get me out of management. Well, He did! Our organization is eliminating all Assistant Nurse Managers and replacing them with "Clinical Managers." This was a fine time for me to "bow out gracefully" back into my old 3-twelve hour night shifts as a Staff RN in the NICU!! I love my babies! It has certainly been an eye-opening experience in management. I doubt it's one I will ever return to (however, I have to know that it could be different with another management team - I will leave it at that). I look forward to having "primaries" again and patient interaction daily. I have really missed it.

5. I can't believe that my Dad has been gone for 25 years in a few weeks. My heart aches for him the older I become (which is why I despise the statement "time heals"). He died when I was 2 years old of complications related to Systemic Lupus. While some say "you never really knew your Daddy so it's probably easier on you than your sisters, huh?!" Not really. Every day I am left to wonder what it would be like if he were here. I wonder: 'what would he think of Adam?' 'would we talk on the phone everyday?' 'would I have been the same person I am today if he were alive?' QUESTIONS QUESTIONS.....so many questions for HEAVEN!! Daddy, I love you and MISS YOU every day! Thank you for giving me life!!! I wish you were here each day! I know that I will see you in Heaven. Thanks for being my Daddy. I love you with all of my heart........

I must get to work. I am glad I am have returned to blogging..... Please leave me a note if you drop by....
Thanks!!! Have a happy day! Remember: 'Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away.......' True, so true.....