Whirlwind

*Gasp* I'm coming up for a breath of fresh air...at least hot, humid air! I came home today, looked at my calendar and realized that I've been in Madison for two weeks. Somewhere along the way, I evidently started a new job and bought a house. Ahhh!

Here's my synopsis of the last couple weeks...at least what I remember: Oscar and Luna had a rocky start, primarily because of Oscar being a bully. They have both warmed up to each other since (only took about five days) and are making out on a regular basis. Sorry, Honey...Oscar has a new girlfriend. On the 13th, I visited the house that Joe and I are buying (closing is July 15th). By the 14th, Joe and I made an offer and had the offer accepted. The 14th, I had my pre-employement health screening and finished some of my Meriter paperwork. I spent the rest of the first week running around in disbelief that Joe and I just commited to making the biggest investment so far in our lives and fumbled around trying to figure out what the heck we had to do next. Sara has never received so many phone calls to and from her house....
By that Saturday, we had our inspection--nothing too major came up...at least nothing that will keep us from moving in. Sunday, Josh and our grandparents were in town for Father's Day at my parents' house. Phew! Quite a first week. Although, Sara and I did get to relax a bit by picking strawberries at Carandale's during the week, taking the dogs on a daily walk (including one trip to Warner dog park), and watching "Dancing with the Stars" and "Lost" on Wednesdays on TV.

And last week was my first week at Meriter. So far so good. Everyone is extremely friendly and helpful. Today we practiced inserting IVs. We started with fake arms...my fake arm person gushed blood all over the table. Luckily my fake arm person didn't have a blood pressure, otherwise it would have been all over me. At some point next week, we will be sent on to units to "practice" on poor, unsuspecting patients. I am so very, very sorry to you, my future first IV victim...ummm...I mean, patient. Since I will be working nights, starting in a couple weeks, I get to park in the parking structure (parking is very limited in that area). For anyone going basketball games or other events near the Kohl Center, I would tell you to suck up to me to use my pass for free parking. Unfortunately, employees aren't even guaranteed spots on game days. Oh well. You can still suck up to me, if you'd like....chocolate, dinner, money...

It's been kind of a crazy, tiring couple of weeks. I apologize to everyone that I've not kept in touch with or failed to contact in the last couple of weeks...especially Robyn. How's your 2nd-4th of July schedule looking?? Send me your phone number again too, please. :)

Did I mention that it's extremely hot and humid here?! Sheesh. At least I have the hospital and my parents' house to run to if I get over-heated at Sara's house. Yeah, I know people usually don't run to go to a hospital on a voluntary basis....