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Lifes Challenges

I worked a nursing home clinical yesterday in their Acute care section. The work is hard and its non-stop, but I am learning alot. With all the work C.N.A's do they just dont get the respect that they deserve. But one of their oldest patients past away that evening and my CNA I was shadowing wanted to see her one last time.

It touched my heart to see how some of the CNA's develop relationships or have a closeness with their residents. My CNA was so sweet, she kissed the residents forehead and whispered some words to her and said goodbye.

It was a bit hard for me as I watched because seeing the resident lay peacefully under her covers, it reminded me of the moment when I saw my Dad one last time in the hospital. I could feel a lump in my throat at the memory but I just swallowed it, and moved past what I felt. I leaned over and brushed the residents hair from her forehead and wished her peace.

The only thing I knew about her was that she was 107 years old, but I find it amazing how she touched my heart by just laying in her bed.

I start my hospice clinical today and I hope I have the strength and kindness for the people I will care for today and their families. This will be a good test to see if I am really meant to become a nurse. Yet I feel I have alot to give and offer today.

I just hope I dont cry, but they say its very normal to cry and not to worry about it.

And to be my sick and morbid self, I remember a favorite Sergeant of mine that I worked with at EPSO. He always called me "The Goddess of Doom", because every time I worked his shift I always seem to bring a couple of DOA's or death calls to the shift.

Lets hope I have lost my Doom powers.

Happy Halloween

Trick-o-Treat on Tennyson Street went pretty well this year. The Boy was more independent and walked most of the way. At first he was shy and didnt know what to do. After watching a few of the older kids, he started to march right up to each store front and took a piece of candy. Now we just have to work on him saying "Trick-o-treat!" and "Thank you!"

Witches Hat and Pregnant Bellies

I added finishing touches to the witches hat that I reconstructed. I never did get around to getting more purple fuzzy boa stuff but maybe next year I will add the boa to the hat. What I ended up doing was hot gluing some black plastic spiders to the hat. And added some purple tassels and beads to the tip of the hat. I still feel Its missing something, but Im not sure what the hat needs.

Here are a few photos of the finished hat, but in person the hat looks more sparkly than it does in the photos.




















In baby news, Bubba is really kicking my butt. My "morning sickness" gets worse in the evening with even vomiting. With The Boy, I just had mild nausea with no vomiting. But at 10 weeks I am beginning to show:




I think this baby is going to give me a run for my money.

Babies

I know I have been lacking in the blogging realm. Lazy? Could be.

No. Im just tired, exhausted and a bit overwhelmed right now and just dont have the time for anything. As I type its 05:18 a.m., everyone is asleep and I am up because I have a nurse aid clinical today.

But the good news is that I am pregnant again!





So far everything is on track and the baby is doing well. As far as I can say about Mom! This time around the pregnancy has been rough with hormones and morning sickness but I am plodding through.

Happy 3rd Anniversary

Today is DH and I's 3rd wedding anniverdary. We've dated for two, so that is a total of five years together. I cant figure out how he has survived me! Let alone having a baby almost a year after we got married!



I love you, you big furry lug!

Witches Hat In Progress

My sewing machine has been crying out to me in the night while everyone slept. Well that is my excuse for constantly waking up several times a night lately.

I have an old witches hat that I swiped from my Mom a few years back and would wear it for Halloween. Last year I tied some ribbon for flair on the end of the hat when we took The Boy to trick-o-treat on Tennyson Street last year. I reminded myself that I would someday add some embellishment to the plain black hat to jazz it up a bit.

So back in August JoAnns Fabrics had some of their tulle on sale and I bought black and lime green tulle with sparkles and plain purple tulle. I had a crazy idea that I was going to sew on the tulle and somehow make a "Glamour Witch Hat". Then of course school started up again and I was either busy chasing after The Boy or doing school work.

My MIL bought me a matching Halloween earring and necklace set from a craft show, so I thought I should at least finish my hat so I can wear it all together when we take The Boy trick-o-treating this year.

So during The Boy's nap today, I hid in my craft room studying the construction of the hat. I knew I would have to take apart the hat inorder to sew on the black tulle. And make sure I measured correctly so I did not short myself on fabric.



















After sewing the tulle to the hat pieces, the biggest challenge was trying to attach the "Cone" part of the hat back onto the "Brim" of the hat. I think I just sat and stared at the pieces for a good 20 minutes before figuring out how to pin it and machine sew the pieces back together.






I feel the hat is still not quite finished and I need to add some more bits and pieces such as spiders, or maybe some moon or stars. I do have an idea to add a metal hook at the tip of the hat and either hang a moon or spider from it. But I may check out the local craft or bead stores to see what they have.

I may just stick to green and black tulle, considering I did not like how the purple tulle barely stood out against the black fabric:






But here is another photo with another possibility with a purple feather boa.



I'm a few inches short on the boa material, but Im not sure if seems like it adds to much decoration to the hat. Im open to any suggestions! Maybe by adding some black crow feathers too?