bullets before bed
* Tonight I emailed the clinical dean of my school to ask for help and advice about securing another clinical placement. As much as I know I need to do this, I'm resisting the idea of leaving my family and going to the US again.
* Tomorrow I will contact a midwife/practice in SLC and hound ask her for the opportunity to get some primary births. I've already had someone offer me a place to stay there, flights are affordable, so maybe this will be a good option?
* My niece came to visit us tonight and brought a friend with her. I made supper for us all (except Jack, who was still at work) and then I went to see "Twilight" with Kim, my niece, and her friend. It was Kim's 5th time seeing the movie, and my 3rd!
* For supper tonight I made chinese food; sweet and sour chicken, mushroom fried rice, and vegetable chow mein (noodles, broccoli, carrots, onions, mushrooms, and celery). Yum Yum Yum!!
* I've seen very little of my husband for the past week - he's been working a lot of long days and I've been working. We really need a date night :-/
* I cleared my upstairs desk today and finally took down the Christmas tree. My living room is wonderfully uncluttered and I actually feel motivated to open my school books again.
* While my niece and her friend were visiting we had a long talk about Abby. Eventually we pulled out Abby's scrapbook and showed her some of the framed pictures. My niece's friend had a major health scare with her own infant daughter and was quite curious to hear Abby's story. I got choked up a couple of times but managed to get through it all, but Julia ended up in tears. I won't ever stop talking about Abby or sharing her story, but it hurts to see my living children grieve, even though *they* want to keep Abby's memory alive too! Julia and Kim were both more than happy to bring out Abby's pictures and scrapbook tonight - it wasn't just me sharing *my* story. We experienced Abby's birth and death as a family, and as a family, we will remember her.
* Tomorrow I will contact a midwife/practice in SLC and hound ask her for the opportunity to get some primary births. I've already had someone offer me a place to stay there, flights are affordable, so maybe this will be a good option?
* My niece came to visit us tonight and brought a friend with her. I made supper for us all (except Jack, who was still at work) and then I went to see "Twilight" with Kim, my niece, and her friend. It was Kim's 5th time seeing the movie, and my 3rd!
* For supper tonight I made chinese food; sweet and sour chicken, mushroom fried rice, and vegetable chow mein (noodles, broccoli, carrots, onions, mushrooms, and celery). Yum Yum Yum!!
* I've seen very little of my husband for the past week - he's been working a lot of long days and I've been working. We really need a date night :-/
* I cleared my upstairs desk today and finally took down the Christmas tree. My living room is wonderfully uncluttered and I actually feel motivated to open my school books again.
* While my niece and her friend were visiting we had a long talk about Abby. Eventually we pulled out Abby's scrapbook and showed her some of the framed pictures. My niece's friend had a major health scare with her own infant daughter and was quite curious to hear Abby's story. I got choked up a couple of times but managed to get through it all, but Julia ended up in tears. I won't ever stop talking about Abby or sharing her story, but it hurts to see my living children grieve, even though *they* want to keep Abby's memory alive too! Julia and Kim were both more than happy to bring out Abby's pictures and scrapbook tonight - it wasn't just me sharing *my* story. We experienced Abby's birth and death as a family, and as a family, we will remember her.