4th Week

It's hard for me to believe this is the fourth week of school that we're finishing up already. Everything is moving ahead at blazing speed. Today I went for clinical orientation at the hospital I'm assigned to. It's pretty exciting! Last semester we were in the lab preparing for 9 weeks; this time for 3 weeks. It'll be pretty great to get out there are start doing nursing stuff. A little scary, too.

I also had a math test this morning, which we have to pass with 100% to proceed. I'm not particularly worried about it because I have passed all of the math tests so far without a hitch (it's mostly basic math, but it's a little tricky setting up conversion factors and we've had to memorize things like how many milliliters are in a teaspoon).

It is quiet in the house for once. Porter is at work and Aftasie went to sleep (she skipped her nap today!). She slept really late and I figured she wouldn't nap, but I had no idea she'd go to bed at 7. If she doesn't wake up in a few minutes I'm going to be holding my breath to see what time she gets up tomorrow. Probably at the crack of dawn :P

Aftasie is wonderfully social. She has been going to daycare 1-3 hours a week because of our schedules overlapping in the afternoon and she has had such a fun time playing there. Today she didn't want to leave! We hung out there together for probably 30 minutes before I insisted we move on home. Then we went to school on the way home to pick something up and we were there for at least another hour. She talked with people, looked at rocks on the ground, ate some food, picked some flowers, and just hung out. She is a fun little girl :)

Well...I'm "free," so homework calls. Just wanted to give a quick update, since I know it's been a while since I've written and it'll probably be a while till I update again :)

Hello, Goodbye!

The first week of school has flown, as usual. Yesterday we headed to the coast and visited a new place, Cape Kiwanda. It was absolutely beautiful! You had to walk past a beach full of cars (yes, they drive on the sand and it was like a parking lot!!) and hike up a huge sand dune to get away from everyone. It was like an anthill on one side, and the people really did look like ants, making their way to the top. The water was absolutely gorgeous and the whole thing was great. It was like the southwest mixed with the ocean -- red sedimented rocks, scrubby brush, etc. I don't know if that's the right way to put it, but that's what it reminded me of. I am flabbergasted almost every time we go to a new place on the coast. I had no idea there was so much variety on the coasts of the US, let alone just a small stretch of Oregon coast. The best part of our coast is that none of it is privately owned. All of it is public access. There are not many places with high-rise condos, either, and the hikes lead you through pristine forest (yes, rugged forest right next to the coast!).

We all came down sick yesterday. Aftasie had already had it, but Porter and I really got it. Runny nose, coughing, lots of yucky dripping in the sinuses and throat :( Poor Aftasie, she has had a difficult time nursing at night. We haven't quite spent all night in the rocking chair yet. Hopefully she'll be a little better tonight. It's been so hard to watch her not be able to latch on properly! I can imagine that this sort of thing puts her at risk for dehydration so we've really been pushing water, and I've been thinking about pumping so she can at least drink from a cup. Thankfully it's a lot better during the day when she's up and about. She is so cheerful.