Recap of things other than mean old thieves

Hi everyone (aka: those of you who read this blog whose number I can count with one 5-digit extremity. As opposed to all my six-digit ones of course.)
I had one of the best weekends in a long time at Harding. I got to see so many wonderful people that I love!!!!! The only problem was that I didn't get to see any of them long enough and I wanted to cry when I said goodbye to them all. It was really nice to be in my old bubble for a little while. I miss my little comfort zone in Searcy, AR. Mostly I miss the amazing people I like to call my family and friends.
I got to be there on Friday for classes and so got to visit a couple of College of Nursing classes and see everyone. I got to speak in the Leadership class (senior second semseters) and at the Harding Nursing Student Association meeting. Those who are leading this organization by the way are doing such a fantabulous job and wowing me, bye the way. In this meeting it was such an amazing feeling of being home. I loved to talking to all my friends and trying to convey my love of nursing. I laughed, I cried, I wandered of endlessly, and they were so kind to listen to me. Sometimes I think I want to be a public speaker. I love encouraging moral and sharing my love.
I have my first few days with multiple patients since the last time I wrote on this blog. They didn't all go well, but they were all learning expereinces. Hopefully I will get my really bad days out of the way on orientation. Nice wish huh? Here's hoping. :) We got our new schedule for the next 5 weeks today and I almost started feeling sick and thought about hyperventilating. :) Because after the first 3 weeks on that schedule I start my own schedule independant of my preceptor. AHHHHH!!!!!!! (breathe). It is nervewracking but actually very exciting. Today I pulled femoral cathaters in the cath lab. That was exciting for me. One that I observed actally had retroperitoneal bleeding and that was a really good learning expereince. Kind of not good for her though. :) (That means that instead of the blood flowing through the artery like it did before the introduction of the cathetar, the blood was pooling in the stomach cavity. You could feel it and it was really painful for her. The one I pulled myself had no complications thank goodness.) We have to pull the sheaths at night on my unit so I need to know how to do them when the cath lab is closed. These are the caths that are done to explore the heart function and output to determine blockages in the coronary arteries and perform interventions to help open up blood flow. It is pretty much one of my favorite things to watch because when the MD injects dye into the cathetar it flows through the arteries, out lines the heart, and you can watch it beating on an x-ray screen. God is amazing and artistic is all I can say. It is breathtaking. Well, enough about that. I guess if you had really cared you could have googled it, huh. :) Sorry. I think I will stop for now. When I think of more I will add it later.
I had a breakthrough last night thought and slept soundly in my room. I wasn't sure how well I would sleep because I had been falling asleep on the couch and staying there all night every night since the break-in. I think sub-consciously I didn't want to sleep in the room where the thieves broke in. But I finished cleaning up the room and slept soundly in it. I am fine about it know. I mean, I guess it happens to thousands of people. Our landlord really wants us to get a dog though.
I hope you all have a lovely day. I wish I could see you all. I will just have to content myself with thinking about you. If you have time, I would appreciate your prayers for learning at work and for understanding for the lesson to be found in our recent break in.