There may already be a similar post :-) seems to be a theme for me! Over the last month I worked the inpatient floor which I like a lot but it's long hours and hard work. Christmas came (on the 26th for us since I was working) and was wonderful. Annabelle had a blast ripping paper and sticking it in her mouth! She was such a good girl the second part of this year that santa really spoiled her and she had to take lil nap break in the middle of opening all her presents.... all of course carefully selected to help in one area of therapy or another ;-) that sneaky santa. The new year was fun too, I had new year's eve off. We watched the east coast ball drop (10p our time) and I called it a night, haha how cool am I?
Now I'm working the NICU which is a call month which kinda sucks 'cause I'm away from the fam for at least 24-hrs then need to sleep for at least a few hours so I'm away for a few more. I also have some PTSD or something from our birth. Not so much because Annabelle was in the NICU, she was only there for a half of a day, but seeing the families like we were- expecting a healthy beautiful new baby to take home to have all that shattered. See their hurt just takes me back and I tend to have the constant knot in the pit of my stomach again (it was starting to only be there once in a while, bah).
Only 2 weeks left though, then it's on to a string of easier rotations! And other things to look forward to- our 5-year wedding anniversary and we already have a sitter, vacation to the grand canyon, time to look for a job (eek! more stress), and annabelle's first birthday- yes I'm already planning!!!!
One last thing, we have 2 "toofies" :-D YaY annabelle! growing up so fast!
