It's April!

That means spring can come.  Any day now!  We had a small glimpse of it for about a week and then winter snuck back.  I am so done with winter!  It's really gotten to me this year.  I am ready for warmer weather and sunshine.  The girls really enjoyed it a few weeks ago.  They spent a lot of time in the backyard playing with bubbles and running around.  I am so glad we were able to put our sod in last fall.  It will be nice to have the yard this year.  

Life is busy, but it is good.  This semester has been hard.  What am I saying, it's all been hard.  The good news is that I am doing just fine, and as long as I can get past Monday's EKG test without totally flunking, I should be able to breath fairly easy the rest of the semester (which ends 5 weeks from today!!!).  I have learned a lot this semester.  I really liked my med/surg clinicals.  I am also feeling more comfortable with my skills and the things I'm learning at the NICU.  I had the hardest day to date there last week, but it was a good opportunity to see how much work (and prayer) the doctors, nurse practitioners and nurses do to try to keep sick babies alive.  

I have strep throat right now, and that's made it hard for me to do much of anything.  It has zapped all of my energy and made me feel like dirt.  Fortunately there was a scheduling issue with our EKG lecture last week so the test was pushed back a week.  That meant I didn't have a test to study for over the weekend.  Of course I was feeling fine until about 9:00 on Friday night.  I was able to sleep and rest most of the weekend, and called the doctor first thing Monday morning.  The fever, aches and pains are gone for the most part but the sore throat is staying strong.  I have been on antibiotics for a little over 2 days, hopefully the sore throat will go away soon!  I cancelled my shift tomorrow, which I'm bummed about, but I am just not up to a 12 hour shift when I feel like this.    

Maddie is looking forward to her spring break because it means she can go to Chuck-A-Rama with her Grandma Nina.  She is very excited about that.  She also has no idea she's going to Disneyland with Aaron for a couple days at the end of the week.  He's going as a chaperone for his brother's HS band tour and got permission to take her with him.  

Aaron and I are going to Florida in May for a week.  Just the two of us!  We have a trial timeshare week to use and the options were kind of in odd locations.  I was leaning towards Richmond, VA so that we could drive to some of the surrounding areas including Washington D.C. but Aaron didn't want to drive in D.C.  So, we decided on Orlando (found a great deal on airfare!).  There's a lot to do there and it will be nice to just get away for a week without the kids!!!  We haven't done anything like this for more than 8 years.  

Cami and Brie are funny, funny kids.  They are so animated and expressive.  Most of the time they appreciate having a built-in friend that's always here to play.  Brie has mellowed out a bit the last few weeks.  They idolize their big sister and that's okay with me, she's a great kid.  :)  While the days are full of things that challenge my patience, I am trying more to take things in stride and just enjoy them.