So I've only got a few more to post and then all entries will be fresh. I have a camera so there will eventually be pictures. Here's what's been happening lately: Holly and I have had hospital orientation so we are off the floor for the week. Monday and Tuesday were General and W-F have been nursing specific. It is pretty boring, but last week on the floor was stressful, so it was a nice break. I am definitely ready to go back.
We are volunteering at a St. Francis community health fair Saturday. We'll be taking blood glucose and cholesterol levels, height, weight, blood pressure and bone density scans. I will put more info up about our hospital later. Oh, and hopefully a picture too. It is a new building that is gorgeous. It looks like an angry face on the front though the way the glass is aligned. I'll point that out again when I post it.
Laura made quesadillas tonight. 4 family dinner of the week! We are going out tomorrow (a once-a-monthish occasion) and then doing movies and games at the house. We are calling it Mammaz and Pappaz friday. Sweet. Here are the old entires:
8.15.10
Today was our first community Sunday Funday! We went to the Beach at Santa Monica with the Boyle Heights crew. I am finding that I really don’t mind driving here thus far. 4-6 lanes on average for the many interstates of traffic moving 50-65 typically. Not too shabby. The weather was overcast at first, but after about 45 minutes it got nice and sunny. Alli and I walked the pier and then to the third street promenade. We saw break dancers, a guy tutting and the really cool dinosaur sculpture fountains! There is so much creativity and life!
The various groups met up and went to frozen yogurt before splitting up. When we got back we did some serious work on arranging/cleaning of the house. There is a lot to be done to make it more of a volunteer house rather than a convent. We’ll get there.
8.15.10
Holly and I both have not yet been cleared to start work. We also won’t be on tomorrow. If we don’t get a call tomorrow morning we are going to get our site supervisor involved. We still don’t have our internet access code, which really puts a damper on things. We spent a portion of the day trying to figure out where to bring out recycling. That was an epic fail.
We did have a few victories today. We got groceries, Holly did some yard work; We cleaned the recycling bins which were left NASTY from last year and I opened a checking account.
Hopefully tomorrow my scrubs will be in, internet will be obtained and we will be cleared to go in Thursday. Hopefully.
8.20.10
Holly and I had a very frustrating Friday Morning. We spent three hours at the hospital to get a few things done that in total took about 20 minutes. We basically arrived early to wait. Ridiculous. Long story short is that there are some communication issues that caused us to not start work until a week after everyone else.
That night our house and the Boyle heights house (minus Adrienne and Catie) went to a Dodgers game. Laura got us free tickets through her service site. It was a lot of fun. The Dodgers lost, which really didn’t matter since most of us didn’t follow that team. It was just a lot of fun to get out of the house and do something fun (and Free!)
Saturday we went to the Library to access the internet for the first time in weeks. A few of us, myself included, needed to access some information. It was rather slow and we realized getting the information for deferment is not easy. We were very stressed to say the least and still have to work out some of the kinks.
Saturday night we went to the Boyle Heights house for a dual birthday party for Adrienne and Benhan. The Santa Barbara house came as well. It was great to see them and spend time together.
Laura, Jess, Alli and I went to Malibu Point Beach today. Traffic was HORRIBLE but the beach was worth it. There were beautiful mountains, the ocean, palm trees, sandy beaches and a clear day (which all days have been). It is a big surfing beach. We followed one of Laura’s friends there who surfs. It was really cool to watch
I’m hoping to snag some pictures from the roommates to post on here since I don’t have my camera with me. I’m not entirely sure where it went.
Hate, HATE deferment. Once you can find the paperwork you need to fill out, though, and where to send it, it's not too hard.
ReplyDeleteIf you need any help, let me know; sent out two of three already, got one approved and one told me to wait another month. The third has to wait, as well. I think I'm starting to figure out their stupid system a bit.