The boy, Senior Year...and some other thoughts.

This last week I took the boy to get all registered in preparation for starting his Senior Year of high school. Walking through those impressive front doors of the most bad-ass high school in the state, West High (yes, I am a Panther as well, class of 93, woot-woot), I was having a lot of mixed emotions. First: Disbelief. I truly can't believe that he is a senior and that he will soon be 18 years old. I'm so excited for what this year holds for him, because I remember having that same feeling as I started my senior year of high school. Now for those of you who don't want to do the math, yes it was during my senior year that my life forever changed and I found myself pregnant with this little miracle in my belly. So, my second emotion that gripped me was fear & apprehension at all once. I can only hope that I have taught him the importance of responsibility and why I want his story to be so different from mine. Once I reminded myself of that, the last emotion that calmed me down was that of happy anticipation. The memories and stories he'll build for himself this year will be ones that I hope he will carry with him forever. And I'm so excited that I'll be in the position to do everything I can to make those stories great.

I also had the supreme opportunity this week to see "my boys" 311 in concert once again. That will make 17 shows for me. I know a lot of people don't get it, but simply put, it makes me happy. So rather that trying to explain, I'll let the expressions on my face do the talking.

"Be Positive and Love Your Life!" 

Umm, August how did you get here already??!?!

I seriously believe that the older I get, the faster time goes by. And not just years and decades, because they do! I'm still claiming that it is some weird space-time continuum mix-up that The Boy will be 18 in September. Lately, I've just been amazed at how quickly a month, a week or a day can go by. It only seems like a few days ago that I was still in school, worrying about exams or doing yet another completely useful care plan. But now look, here it is the first day of August and I'm worrying about my patients last lab results and I'm filling out yet another completely useful Plan of Care. (Fellow U nurses feel free to laugh here). I think it must be my Aries nature to be so excited for the next thing in my life, that I forget to fully process the events before the next one comes along. It is only when some guidepost comes along, like the last "summer" month, to realize how much time has really passed. This summer really has been spectacular so far. For all the reasons and events that I've talked about here, but for so many other ones little ones that I should not let pass without recognition.
So here is my summer memory list so far, in ode to my friend Jarah and her many lists.

Nurse party IV's

Hammocks in the dark

Napping while floating in a lake

Homemade chili cheese fries

A/C with a remote control

Blue lights at the Larkspur Lounge

City Creek at dusk

Impromptu dance parties

"Alan, Alan, hey Alan, oh my, that's Steve"

Kenny Powers

Live music on a summer breeze

Breakfast for Dinner

Fireworks in the rain

Feeling freedom at 40 mph on a bad ass scooter

Now if you know me at all, you know that I will squeeze every drop of satisfaction that I can get out of summer, so I think this list is only half way done.

CCI update: Finished my shifts in the Emergency Dept and I loved it!!! I was really surprised that I liked it so much, I guess I just really had a different idea of what it would be like. So the rest of this rotation includes Huntsman Special Care which is also awesome. I did my Med-Surg rotation on this floor and the staff that work there are special angel nurses. The Oncology ICU is slated to open in October (I think) and will be a really amazing place to work and grow as a nurse. Here is my one fear: I'm going to love everywhere that I go. Maybe I should count that as a positive.