We're all settled in out here with our apartment, Matt's school routine, and my job. In fact, Matt actually had midterms last week if you can believe it! I'm sure he'll explain how school is going in another post but from what I can tell, he's enjoying it. It's been a bit of an adjustment with him at class during the week as I had gotten so used to having him around all the time since he went on terminal leave back in February. However, I must say that I am so proud of him for all the hard work he's been putting in to doing well in the program. :)
We're basically all unpacked in our apartment now. I have to say, living in an apartment has probably been the biggest adjustment. Matt has never lived in an apartment complex while I lived in three different apartment complexes during college. We're on the first floor which is great for Cooper and unloading groceries but it means that we have to deal with all the noise coming from the apartment above us. I've never seen who lives up there but I'd be willing to bet that they've got an elephant up there or they just really love stomping around. Of course, it's not the end of the world and I'm sure it could be worse.
I've gotten into the swing of things at work. I'm working at a small hospital, Avista Adventist Hospital, that is part of the Centura Health system that my previous hospital belonged to. I'm working nights still which is less than ideal but has some advantages. At St. Francis, the surgical floor I worked on had 36 beds as did the separate medical floor. Here at Avista, the two are combined into a Med/Surg floor that has about 22 beds total so it's a much smaller hospital. That means that it can get quite slow and boring from about 1 am until 5 am but at least I'm not leaving work stressed out and frustrated after every shift.
Other than that, there's not too much to report right now. Matt has been doing a few outdoorsy adventures with some of his classmates--I'm sure some of you have seen his pictures atop mountains on Facebook. I'll have him do a post about school and his adventures soon. :)
Hope all is well with everyone! Xoxo!
