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I have successfully completed my first week of work, and I have determined that new nurse orientation is way worse than school. Except for the fact that I am getting paid good money for it, which makes it bearable. Basically I have been sitting in lectures. They cover a variety of topics, from why Methodist is considered a magnet hospital, to wound care, to cultural competency (as if I haven’t had that drilled into my head a million times by now), to operating an AED. I have also been doing a thousand computer-based training modules. These are better than the lectures, but after the 999th one they get pretty old. (You may notice that I’m prone to hyperbole today.) Next…
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This is a light switchplate that I bought for my room a long time ago. I got it at Anthropologie for like $20. I love little details like this, and hopefully David will humor me with our room and just let me have a little bit of cuteness in it.

My good friend Carmen’s mother painted this for me, and I just love it. She has paintings in this same style up all over her house, and I wish I could show you pictures of all of them because they are oh so pretty.

Check it out: Hopefully soon I’ll be able to get those initials changed from “GN” to “RN”. But first, I have to pass a test on medications tomorrow or else I’m fired. NO BIG DEAL, right?

I have begun the moving process. See that space up there in the upper left? It used to be occupied by a Tub of Things. The Tub of Things is now at my parents’ house, where I will be living for three months before I get married.