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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Work Life

I have been working at the VA for a month now and things are going great. I really love the unit I am on, which is a surgical/telemetry unit. Everyone is so nice and helpful which makes all the difference. It is a full time job and has been quite exhausting. The past few weeks I have been on day shifts, but next week I will start on evenings. Because I won't get out until midnight, we needed to get a car so that I can get home safely. So, on Saturday we went car shopping with our friends Angel and Dan, and we got a 2011 Subaru Legacy. It has all wheel drive which was what made us so interested. We wanted a sedan with AWD, but they are hard to find (especially ones within our budget). Brian picked the car up on Monday while I was at work and it was such a great feeling to drive it to work on Tuesday! I am able to sleep in an extra 1.5 hrs and get home 1.5 hrs earlier - I was taking 3 different buses to/from work! So, the car is going to make working much easier, especially with my 4 jobs.

Last weekend I was off from the VA so I worked at Whidden to start my evening shift orientation. Therefore, tomorrow will be my 11th day of work in a row!!! That's insane in my book. (Although, I think I did 12 in a row a couple months ago). I really like having the variety of nursing experiences among my 4 jobs and I am trying to keep them all for the time being. Soooo thankful for these opportunities!!

Recent Visitors

Brian's mom came to visit us and stayed with us for 10 days. The day after she arrived, our friend Daniel came for the weekend. The first day I was working, so Brian took them along the Freedom Trail, and then we went to our first Red Sox game that night. On Saturday the guys went to the Samuel Adams Brewery and I wandered around town with my mother-in-law. We met up with the guys and toured around some more, stopping by Harvard. Daniel left the following day and we just went all around the different areas of Boston with Brian's mom. We had such a great time with them!! And the following week I received a message from a friend back home saying he and his girlfriend were in Boston for a few days, so they came over one night for dessert. It was such a nice, unexpected surprise visit! As I am sure I have mentioned before, we have met some really wonderful people here, but we also miss our California friends and family a LOT! Thus, it was so great being able to spend this time with them and we look forward to having more visitors this summer!