Rascal Vs Rabbit

Who do you think was better at staring???

Rascal or Rabbit....

Thermopolis

To experience the wonders of Wyoming, Jay and I decided to have a mini trip to Thermopolis, WY. Which claims to be the largest mineral hot springs in the world. It was pretty big; I never

really saw the open natural pools like that before. It was great autumn weather with the trees changing and the beautiful scenery of Wyoming.

We stayed at this hotel that had a safari dining room that can all kinds of dead trophy mounts all over which I’m now use to.

It was a pretty classy joint with Carlos Rossi as their house wine.

I guess it was fitting. J The next morning Jay and I walked around the hot spring fields and river. There was this suspension bridge that I was deathly afraid to cross and took me forever because every step it would swing and rock back and forth and I was also afraid the wood walk

way would break every step. Jay thought I was hilarious. I’m such a baby when it comes to heights and the fear of falling. Next we went to the Star Plung… one of the natural mineral hot springs for some old fashion swimming. It was an indoor and outdoor swimming pool with pretty warm water. Plus the extra hot tubes that were wonderful.

There were also water slides that Jay was a 5 year old about and super excited to go down. With the thanks of my waterproof camera that is actually waterproof we were able to have some under water fun. All in All Thermopolis was a nice little get away and experience a different part of Wyoming and the company was great.

This town was very different then the hot springs of Colorado. Not nearly as touristy, which is surprising since it is the World’s Largest Hot Springs J Ahhhh…...the attractions of Wyoming…

This and That!!!

Sorry for the non blogging lately. This month has been kinda busy. My schedule at work is horrible this month.

The last 2 weeks I have worked Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Not giving me anytime to recover in between. I also had ACLS training in the middle of it that I wasn’t getting paid for because my floor doesn’t require ACLS certification. But the good nurse that I am I wanted to further my education. I passed and now one of the only ones on my unit that is ACLS. Which I’m happy for, I will probably never be the “team leader” and give the instructions but at least I will understand the emergent and Code blue process and the purpose of the drugs that are being used. Plus I have had more exposure to rhythm strips and finally understand heart blocks and junctional rhythms.

One thing that really made me upset the last week in the ACLS class was how other nurses project that they are better then others because they work in a different part of the hospital. So I’m a Medical Nurse, I get a pretty broad group of patients that are pretty stable and dot require heart monitors and close supervision. Which is a great place for a new grad to start. But then you have the nurses in more critical areas that have this bubble/attitude that since they get more critical patients that they are a “Better” nurse then others. It makes me mad because we all essentially have the same training. I have friends that work in all these

areas and it seems like even them are judgmental towards me. I sometimes find my self saying I’m just a Medical Nurse. But you know what I can do my job, assess my patient and give medications to a patient all without a monitor always attached to them. I am proud to be a Med/Surg Nurse and happy where I am! And when I’m able to look at my patient and know when something is wrong in a second I know that I’m an excellent nurse anywhere I work. So its now where you work that makes you a good nurse its yourself and how attentive you are!

Ok enough of that tangent.

I’m soo happy that my friends cam

e up the last week and visited me here in Casper. I had a great time as always and feel like no matter the amount of time in between seeing each other we can pick up and joke around and have a good time. Thanks guys for coming and visiting me it made me feel special J .

Update: I’m continuing to go to the gym. I haven’t gone nearly as much as I did before I was so busy but slowing becoming more toned. It is hard to eat good when you have a boyfriend it just makes it harder for some reason.

The other day Jay and I went to Alcova Lake and just hung out and for those of you so patiently waiting for a picture of my mystery boyfriend here is a picture—it is a really bad one of the two of us though so no first time judgements.