Week Three in the "Burgh

This is the start of week three in Pittsburgh. It feels as if my summer is going by slowly...very slowly. So far I have had one interview, and have been studying for NCLEX, so there have been moments where it is busy. I'm not working anywhere and it feels kind of wierd. The job interview that I had was kind of a surprise. The minute after I got pinned as a graduate nurse at our pinning ceramony, I got a phone call from UPMC Presby, saying they wanted to talk. By the time I called the lady back, she was out of her office not only for the day, but for an entire week. So after a week went by, she called me back and asked me to come in for an interview. The Trauma Step Down unit at Presby is currently looking for GN's to fill a couple of positions. It was probably the best and the nicest interview I have ever been on. They even let me come in for a few hours on a seperate day to shadow a nurse and do some work. It's a good unit...well actually it's a great unit. It has everything that I could possibly want, except for the fact that it's not an ICU, but they work closely with the Trauma ICU and they told me that since I'm interested in critcial care that this is a perfect place to start and they are willing to work with me to reach that goal. I also would be enrolled in a GN residency program, which means I would take extra classes at the hosptial, and since it's a telemetry floor (where everyone is on a moniter) I would take an advanced cardiac dysryhtmia class as well. Combined a 37.5 hour work week completed in three days, plus going back to school to complete my BSN it all seems exciting and wonderful and it is, except for one thing: if I get offered the job and take it (which I would take it if I got offered it) I would not be becomming to Erie in the fall. Ironic as it is, I didn't want to come to Erie my freshman year and even though I may gripe about the weather and how ghetto it can be at times, I love it. Living thre for three years, I'm not ready to give my life up that I made there. So I basically don't know what to do exactly...I potentially have this amazing opportunity in front of my and I would be stupid not to take it, but I also feel that I would giving up alot for this as well....I'm not a big fan of change nor a huge fan of making decisions that do create change....I guess all I have to do is see and wait for what happens.

Rainy Days and Polish Prayers

I am a huge fan of rainy days., especially when they happen off of Lake Erie. The cool thing about living off a body of water is that you can see the thunderheads roll in and if you are really lucky and happen to be near the bayfront you can watch the storm on the lake. I love the rain, I love the way it makes things smell and I love the feeling of just curling up in bed and reading a good book or watching a really good movie. I just love it...

Jezu Ufam Tobie ( Jesus I Trust in You)
If you ever see the painting of the Divine Mercy of Jesus with those words underneath it, you have come across one of the most simplest, yet most powerful polish prayers ever. Jezu Ufam Tobie or Jesus I Trust in You, was what Saint Faustina was told (yes told) by Christ to have painted. Jezu Ufam Tobie....The reason why I am so preocupied with this is becasue I must say this phrase at least 50 times a day...I trust that my day won't be crappy, I trust that even though things are not what I want, they are given to me for a needed reason....I trust that I can pass this test...I trust that I won't kill anyone in clinical....I trust in myself....I trust in Jesus...Next week I will be going on retreat with the Sisters of Mercy...I need some time to myself to recoperate and relax, and just think about things more important than college...more important than life itself...and then it's off to Pinning and Graduation (for the first time) and then I will be somewhat of a grown up...Jezu Ufam Tobie times 1000....