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A normal day for me.

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Some days I have to pack a life’s worth of things to help me get through the day. Raw broccoli and carrot sticks, washed apples, can of soup and a few water bottles carried along with my bags of books, folders, papers and things. Today wasn’t that kind of day. No books, no cans of soup. Just a folder full of research articles about blood clots and neurosurgery, a bag full of gym clothes and a smile!

This quarter has been such a blur because of all of my night shifts, but we have finally neared the end and tomorrow marks the last official day of the quarter. Just one week of finals week to go and we’re done. Farewell, Last winter quarter of my life..

Despite how difficult it was to stay awake during my night shifts and how fatigued and brainless I felt the days after my night shifts, I was quite lucky to have been chosen for this unit. Now that I’ve moved on to “preceptorship”, I act as the nurse and the nurse who oversees me just watches me from the door. It’s scary! and at times, very overwhelming… but I got to put in 10+ IV’s (whoo!).

It’s weird going to a hospital and not having to clean poop.. I’m growing up :’( sniff* The cool thing about night shifts though is that everyone is like family so they all bring food for each other.

It’s like a huge potluck every night..but being a student I was pretty much out of the loop, so my contributions were always rather disappointing..

Being done with night shifts has allowed me to do 3 things

1) sleep at night - this is SERIOUSLY a blessing..

2) actually cook real food

3) frequent the gym

I’ve been trying to take advantage of the ‘free’ gym membership we get for being students, so this week i’ve tried to go everyday! On Sunday, Eugene and I went to the gym for a bit after our church’s service.. and then I went again on Tuesday:

and Wednesday:

and today:

There’s definitely alot of discipline that is needed in prying my weaksauce self-will to actually go to the gym but once I’m there I love it..  Eugene and I are thinking about possibly running a half-marathon together at the end of this school year and I’ve been “trying” to train myself. It’s really sad how much I loathe running.. and it’s even more sad how pathetic my endurance is.. but regardless, I’m trying to train!

I’m trying to take a picture everytime I go to the gym to keep myself accountable haha!

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The Hoag Job fair I went to on Monday was crazy.

There was like literally 500-600+ people there and most of the people there had already been looking for jobs for a few years now. Seems like the job market is harder than I thought, but all in all it was an exciting experience.

So if you’re wondering about the picture above, that is the line that we had to wait in to talk to

that lady.

There were tables set up around the room that had representatives from each unit of the hospital. For a 2-minute speed-interview slash introduction, I had to wait in line for almost a full hour. I never had to think or talk so fast in my life! But we’ll see how it goes :o) Thankful for the opportunity to trust in God’s sovereignty. Thankful for the peace I can have in trusting in Him wholeheartedly!

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Wedding planning has officially begun.
Eugene and I met this morning to brainstorm and plan things and we made a few phonecalls. I think it will reaaaally feel like we’re getting married once we find a venue and we set a date

Google Docs is my favorite. It has been a faithful friend to us these last few weeks. Nothing’s really set in stone yet…. but we’re slowly making progress. People have begun to call us back, voicemails left, emails forwarded.. now it’s all a matter of time for things to fall into place. Not bad for the first week of planning :) No stress… don’t stress.

I hear horror stories of Bridezilla… and I’m crossing my fingers and toes hoping and praying that the inner stress-out tendency I have deep inside of me wont come out. I don’t want to be like this…

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Today was a fulfilling and restful full of “Indorow” and blisters on my hand,

hot bowls of chicken pho,

vanilla chai lattes and encouraging emails.

Sweet day.

Paper writing & Finals studying tomorrow (o:

Give thanks- anticipation for break, encouraging sisters, a perfectly made latte, time to rest, deep sleep, time with eugene, healthy baby silas, weekends.