A day in my life...

April is here!  Can you believe it?  Here's how my April 1 went.

It's been so busy at work lately! Our new unit has kept us all running.  We have patients that are more difficult and require more time, which has been showing in longer days.  This will improve when we get more nurses, but until then it's crazy.
I knew I would be on that side this weekend, so I got permission to start early, hoping to get some things done right at the start of the day, hopefully making things a little calmer.
So:

 I was up at 4:30 in the morning...

 I usually walk for 30 minutes on the treadmill, but this time I just did 20 minutes to save myself from getting up any earlier!

 I got ready, had breakfast and was on the road by 5:45 am.  It was cold  ...  29 degrees! 

5:55 am - I'm at work.  It was a quiet drive.  I think most of Michigan is in Florida for Spring Break, plus it's early.  I only saw one other car out till I got to work.

This is Kelly.  She's one of our night nurses.  Shortly after I arrived I heard an "aaah" followed by crazy laughter.  She was getting a glass of milk for one of the patients, when she somehow mis-stepped and slid onto the floor, splattering milk all over, including on herself.  She has a good sense of humor and laughed about it - no injuries!


It was a busy day.  I had to send someone in to the hospital and we had another patient who is on comfort care that was not doing well.  I ended up leaving at about 4:40pm, but I felt like coming in the hour early really helped!

It was a beautiful day - the kind that remind you that it really is Spring!  When I left work it was 51 degrees and the sun was shining!  I took the back roads home, so I could enjoy the countryside.  This was a field of pumpkins that didn't get harvested.  This is how they look after winter!

I drove past this old barn and enjoyed the scene of it, against that blue sky.

When I got home, I started a load of laundry and then got on the treadmill to get my last 10 minutes of walking in.

Then I went out to the barn to see what Bob had been working on.  We are working on our main bathroom and he is in the middle of making new cabinets.

In the back yard the crocus are blooming!

 Heather and Andrew got a new car of Friday - their old one died suddenly.  They were happy to get this one! They came over at about 5:30 to show it to us.

 They brought Jett's pizza along for supper.  It was good!

After supper, they went out to Bob's barn to work on a dresser they're refinishing.

They left shortly before 9.  Bob and I just relaxed for about an hour before heading to bed.  I have to work again tomorrow and am going in at 6 again.

PS - I may not make it to visit you a lot this week.  As I said, half of Michigan has left for Spring break, and most of them are nurses I think!  :)  I am working a double on Monday and also have several other long days.  I must admit that I'll be glad when this week is done!