Thankful Thursday | I had to clean my car

This week, I am thankful:

that car-pooling gave me a push to clean out my van

I mentioned on Tuesday that we are car-pooling to clinical this semester, to save money on the $25/day parking fee.

A bonus of this setup: knowing my classmates were going to get into my car was the perfect push to make me clean out my car and vacuum it, and I appreciate that.

for the joy of commiseration

We had to do about four hours worth of online training for Epic, the software my pediatric hospital uses for charting (also what my work hospital uses).

It was tedious, overwhelming, and also largely unnecessary for what we will do in clinical (tell me why they taught us how to do outpatient charting??)

But since my whole group was assigned this task, I had people willing to listen to me complain (and I also willingly listened to their complaints!)

It is nice to be able to vent with someone who really understands.

After I finished, I went to Safeway and bought some ice cream because I needed a little treat after suffering through all those modules.

for my queen bed

The other morning I was lying in my big bed, appreciating my pillows and my fluffy comforter and just all the space I have, and I felt so grateful I was sorta pushed into getting a queen bed (because my neighbor had a free queen-size bed frame for me!)

Reader, if you are a single pringle like me, I highly recommend getting a big bed anyway. 10/10. Very nice. 🙂

that my work schedule is getting fixed

When I saw the November work schedule, I was like OH NO. Because somehow, I was scheduled for 48 hours in a row at Thanksgiving.

I knew I was going to be required to work on Thanksgiving, but I couldn’t imagine that 48 hours in a row was required (that’s the kind of crap residents do. Not student nurse PCTs!)

I sent a prompt email and it is getting taken care of (I do have a sinking feeling what I will be left with is the two overnight shifts. But this is Thankful Thursday so let’s not think about that. Ha.)

for lovely fall colors

I have been appreciating the beauty out there.

And I am also grateful that the weather is gonna cool down and feel a bit more like fall because yesterday it was over 80 degrees.

I like a little fall chill with my colored leaves. 😉

that my first peds exam went well

I had 50 questions and missed just two, so, yay!

that after today, there are only five weeks left in the semester

You know how you get to the point in a pregnancy where you are counting down the weeks until the end? That’s me with this semester!

(Ok, well, to be honest, I started counting down to the end of my pregnancies as soon as I got pregnant because pregnancy was a miserable experience for me.)

I’ve done three weeks of peds; I can do five more.

that we had a fun little patient this week at clinical

My classmate and I had a spunky little preschooler assigned to us, and since we have less work as student nurses than regular nurses do, we had lots of time to play with her and go to her therapies with her.

I think we brightened her day (so much attention!), and she brightened ours too. “You guys are my best friends. Can you sleep here tonight? Right in this chair?” Aww.

And she liked my pumpkin earrings. 😉

What are you thankful for this week?

P.S. I meant to add some photos of a painting that Central California Artist Jana did for our friend JD in Florida, of the last tomato her husband grew. So, I’m adding them in here now and you can read more about that in JD’s comment below!