life and vacuums

all right, my friends...i know i have been conspicuously absent. first and foremost...

51 DAYS LATER, I FINALLY HAVE THE VACUUM!!! yes people, i finally got it TODAY. i think i'm going to declare July 23 a national holiday...we'll call it "Purple Beast Day." I picked it up from the apartment office this morning and then went to Sea World to hang out with Becca and her family...what fun!

Life has been good the last month or so (with the exception of fighting with the movers...but I'm done with that, and not just because the vacuum is here...I have expended so much emotional energy on them, and I'm just done. I have other things to spend my emotions on!).

I have learned so much at the Rosa. There have been a few days that I've come home overwhelmed, but I don't think there has been a moment that I have regretted it. Things are very different here...I think the two biggest things have been the boxes (incubators) and the fact that there are so many different doctors and nurse practitioners. The incubators didn't take long to learn, and it's really nice to be able to control the baby's environment more. Little bit harder to start IVs, but you just kind of turn the baby sideways and do it that way and it's not so bad. I still have yet to figure out how the schedule works with when different doctors are on call and when to notify an MD vs. an NNP. All the nurses are telling me that I'll get there, though.

I've visited a few churches, and I'll probably check out at least a few more, but I found a great Bible study and some fantastically sweet girls that I'm excited about getting to know better. I do miss my friends in lubbock, but life is good, and i am content!

Much love!