spring break

so i'm finally on spring break for this next coming up week (13-17th). it's so nice to be normal for a change. i cleaned, i baked cookies, took a nap and talked to a bunch of friends. i'm excited for school to be over (the class part) and to finally start my rotations. after this week i only have a month and a half left!!!! i have another break in may (2 weeks) but for half of it i will be going to the national PA conference in San Francisco. mike is enjoying his job as a children's counselor working at a crisis prevention service facility or something like that. basically, kids stay there for a max of two weeks to get them out of a bad sitaution, often brought there by their parents/guardians who don't know what to do or if a kid runs away from home etc. mike's actually takig me on a surpise trip tuesday-thursday to celebrate our 3rd year anniversary which was last wed. i'm super excited...he definitely gets mad browny points for planning a trip.

my turn

a tube down your nose, down your throat, and into your belly....fun times.

NG tubes

here we are learning how to put nasogastric tubes in each other....a wretchingly thrilling experience. it wasn't that bad for me but others were gagging profusely, vomitting and passing out. you do end up with a nasty sore throat afterwards. however, if you should need a NG tube or a urinary catheter i'm a proferssional :)

girls night out

here are some of the girls from my program. after a week of exams we decided to go out dancing and have a couple of drinks...we had a blast! mike went with us and it was so nice to do something normal for a change. unbelievably so this was only my 2nd or 3rd time going out since we've been here. we even ordered pizza when we got home.....i LOVE pizza, for a minute i felt like i was back in college or something.