2 months

It's been 2 months since I've been here, and it's been interesting. I'm liking my job more, maybe because I'm getting used to the routine. Most people are nice but there will always be a handful of people that are mean and rude. I LOVE my job.

Today I met my friend Wendi, CRNA colleague and her hubby at this 7 mile flea market that has a farmer's market portion as well. I was not impressed with the farmers market :-) Oh, well it was fun trying. Otherwise, I've been a bum today, cause i'm on first call today and tomorrow. Haven't been called in yet, but just you wait... Wendy and Howard and others are meeting at this restaurant/bar tonight. There's a mechanical bull and live band. I'm hoping to go, but the hospital may be paging me....

Marla will be having her baby in less than 2 weeks and i'm excited to be an auntie. Can't wait to meet her. My weekends are filling up this summer so i hope i can go visit. I'm taking week off in July to take my parents on vacation to door county. Mom and dad are coming July 4th weekend. I'm flying to Myrtle Beach one of the weekends. Heather and little Adeline want to come visit too! Maybe August will be better :-)

What else am I thinking about? I'm wanting to look into different organizations I can volunteer for in this area. I want to give back. I don't want my life to be just about me. I'm praying for a great guy to come into my life. Someone who loves God and is committed to his faith. I wonder sometimes if I will ever fall in love? I meet these guys and something is missing...Am I really that picky? :-) I don't think I am....hmmm....

Life is good. Had some rough days. Had many great days. I have been truly blessed. Thank you, my God for keeping me rooted in you.

one month

It's been a month since I've been here and it seems still unreal that I live here. I'm adjusting to my new job. There's definitely things about it that I don't like, but there are things that I like. It's been interesting adjusting to working with different people. Very interesting.

I've been thinking a lot this week. Relationships take time and effort. Relationships with your family. Relationships with coworkers. Relationship with friends. We take our family for granted because we know that they'll love us no matter what we say or do. We don't make effort to be more patient with them. We get angry quickly. We take advantage of who they are. What does it matter that we make one another angry several times per week? several times per day?

Our attitude with our coworkers are the same. We only see our own view point. We look out for our own interests. Our team work mentality is always seem to be lacking. We talk about one another behind their backs. What does it matter anyway, we only work with them 8+ hours per day, right? It takes time and effort to bring people to work and think as a team. Sometimes it takes throwing our pride out the door in order to work together as a team. We are so task oriented sometimes, we don't see the whole picture.

Relationships with our friends. It takes effort from both sides in order to maintain a good friendship. There are friends that when you talk with them, it's all about them. Good healthy friendships that lasts a long time require both people to put time and effort into it. I think I'm one of those people that really invest in my friendships. I must admit though, I sometimes get tired of trying sometimes. I have friends from all walks of life, married, married with kids, single. It seems that I've always been the one that did more traveling to see them, did more calling, gave more of my time. Honestly, sometimes I get really tired of making all the effort. When there is little effort to return emails, phone calls, etc., I do get frustrated.

Relationships with family, co-workers, and friends take work. Not just on your part, but theirs.

My head is FULL! I've been just thinking direction of my life, goals, etc. I'll share more later.