Idaho Adventuring and Tom Seleck

Well these last few weeks have been... Interesting. Long. Busy! Stressful? Not Ideal ...I'm sure there's others that fit, but that's probably good for now.  I move ahead now to the tale of a girl who dreamed  of an easier way.  But alas, it just was not meant to be...

This girl is in a class right now that requires some intensive and critical patient care training (ICU, NICU, ER type stuff), and when she found out that she and her husband would be in Indiana for five months, she started the paperwork required to do the training in a different state.  Something about legal affiliations and law suit coverage... I don't know, but she figured the super impressive intensive care unit here in Indianapolis would be just the place for the experience.  Little did I... I mean she know that this legal stuff can take quite a bit of time, and as the weeks marched forward and time wore more thin, it became apparent that she may need to try to make some other plans.

Then came the fun....

After some morning sickness, a nice cold, and a bit of a sinus infection finally got under control, I jumped on a plane to Idaho to get those hours.  The plan was to begin Monday, complete the 60 hours by Sunday, spend some family time in Boise, and come back rested and accomplished.  Instead I spent the first few days in bed with an advanced urinary tract infection and kidney inflammation (worst pain ever!), did five 12-hour night shifts at the hospital in six days, wrote a 10 page paper, taught a few classes at the elementary school about hand washing and infection control, and went back to Indiana exhausted.  But... I do feel accomplished!!  Better to be busy than bored, right?  And I did get some awesome family time, including a trip to Downtown Boise to see my brother before work where we went out to a delicious dinner with him dressed as Tom Seleck for 80's night... totally made the trip!

Huge thanks to my wonderful grandparents for letting me bunk there for a week!  And dad and Dianna for the awesome comfy bed, the car, and movie and food... sorry I ate all your Milky Ways.  And mom for all the delicious meals and use of your classroom!  Can't wait to come spend some more time!

Poor Tim was left a lonely man for two weeks while his wife and growing baby journeyed afar for some kind of not-so-fun but still exciting and definitely needed adventure.  He's a trooper... but let's just say we'll probably try to avoid planning on those arrangements again any time soon.