week in review

sunday - participated in my first fashion show
monday - first test. passed.
tuesday - met first patient. learned to make coffee
wednesday - spilt coffee all over white scrub pants, put in an NG tube, hung IVPBs, cared for a dying man, said goodbye to my darling friend hannah b
thursday - learned how to start IVs
friday - second test. passed
saturday - decided on an interview outfit. cute.

three new recipes attempted: fudgy mocha toffee brownies, hot mocha fudge cake, oven-roasted butternut squash in garlic and oregano sauce. all successful.

stood in the coffee aisle with a complete stranger as she helped me pick out good coffee - five minutes of bonding and we didn't even exchange names. four pots of coffee made - we're still working on that. decided i like it black best. good call on the coffee choice - wish i could thank her for the help.

week in numbers: 1 running blister, 2 meg ryan movies, 3 clean rooms, and 4 loads of laundry.

life lessons: study friends are sanctifying. in the most hopeless situations, there is hope - even in the midst of death Jesus is ever present. anxiety is not a benign emotion - it is the sin of unbelief. it's possible to have a really good day and a really bad day simultaneously...handling it by baking and crying is a good way to process it if you give the brownies away. Jesus always heals and restores - He's got it. there's a reason paul said he'd "learned" to be content - still working on that one.

discovered i commonly handle stress in 3 ways: 1. trying new recipes 2. reading childrens books and watching animated movies 3. dying my hair. The downsides- my hair gets dry and i eat all the food. The upsides: CS Lewis is rocking my world with the Chronicles of Narnia (round 2), I'm getting better in the kitchen, and my cute red hat covers any hair mistakes.

currently watching Kung Fu Panda....