Thankful Thursday | goodbye, weekends!

This week, I am thankful:

that we finally got our clinical assignments

We all have been anxiously waiting to see our clinical fates for the semester and at last, we got our assignments two weeks before the first day of class.

I am grateful I’m not trying to arrange childcare or anything; I can only imagine how hard the last-minute style of this is for my fellow students with young kids!

that I got 2/3 of the things I wanted for clinical

Ideally, I wanted:

• a day shift
• clinicals at the hospital where I work
• weekday assignments

I did get the day shift.

I did get assigned to the hospital where I work (woohooo for a ten-minute commute!).

But (womp womp) I got weekends.

However, I figure 2/3 wishes is pretty good! I am so so so so thankful I don’t have to drive into the big city and also so thankful I don’t have to do clinical late at night.

I’ll be on the heart and vascular unit (so not the med surg unit where I work), but I’m delighted to be at “my” hospital where I feel so at home!

that a weekend assignment is not a big deal at my stage of life

For 10 weeks straight, my weekends will be taken up by clinicals.

But honestly, it’s not that big of a deal. My sole housemate (Zoe, obv!) often works weekends anyway. I’ll adjust to having days off midweek, and all will be well.

(Though I will say that this is going to make symphony adventures a bit challenging…)

for the snow

I know some people hate it, but I love it when we get snow. It is so so so much more beautiful than the drab gray/brown that we deal with almost all winter long.

We will be having cold temperatures for quite a few days now too, so the snow is sticking around instead of melting right away.

for how bright the snow makes my house

The light reflects off the snow and into my windows and it makes SUCH a big difference in how bright my house is. I love it.

for our cute kitties

that a classmate got a job on my hospital floor

One of my nursing school besties got a job on the unit where I work! I’m delighted.

for the extra minute before sunset each day

Right now, the sun sets about one minute later each day. That’s not a very noticeable gain, but like I always say, at least we are moving in a direction that I like. 🙂

that I found some cottage cheese in my fridge

I thought I was out, so I stopped in at two nearby Aldis only to come up empty-handed.

My best guess is that everyone has made a New Year’s resolution to eat more cottage cheese. This feels like the dietary equivalent of having a very crowded gym in January. Ha.

Happily, when I got home I found one more unopened cottage cheese container in the back of my fridge. Woohoo!

What are you thankful for this week?