Here is another one of my short updates and "memory dumps."

Mattie couldn't find her "heel ups" the other day. She kept asking me for them and I was so lost. "What are heel ups?" Well, she found them and put them on her feet....her high heels! Sweet girl.

I'm working PRN at a nursing home in Andrews. Some of my medical friends are a little upset that I'm not in L&D or Med Surg. Maybe not upset, but they have voiced their confusion. I really like almost all areas of nursing. Everything but surgery...I'm too much of a clutz to ever get at ease around sterile fields. Deep down, I know that I'm an OB nurse. However, right now I'm so grateful to be right where I am. I'm very at peace with it. It's not forever, but it's perfect for right now. It is also a whole lot more work than I anticipated. I've also had my eyes opened to how sometimes other medical professionals view the ederly. Almost like they are all hospice patients, *sigh*. I've made mental notes not do that if I ever go work med surg. I do not like certain aspects of it, though. Staffing is very short and the nurse's aids have terrible attitudes. Almost every time I've politely asked for a nurse aid to help someone I've had serious attitude thrown at me. I don't like the confrontation. I wish there were about twice as many aids because I know they are stressed and very underpaid. I worry about what things will be like in a few years when the baby boomers really put a stress on LTC facilities.

I've been making quite a few cakes lately. I made one this past weekend for my precious Aunt Butchie & Uncle Charle's 50th wedding anniversary. We made a flying trip up to Wheeler Saturday and back Sunday. It was wonderful and but all too short. It was really wonderful to celebrate two people's love and devotion...especially when you love them both to pieces!

We stopped in a McDonald's on the trip home for the kids to potty and burn a little energy in the play area. On the way out, near the cash registers I spied a penny. I pointed it out to Caden. He ran and grabbed the shiny new penny. Before I could say anything, he was running to the front of the lines with his coin. He promptly dropped it in the Ronald McDonald House coin collection box and said "I gave my penny to help the poor, sick children." Holy cow, I was and am so stinking proud. For all of our parenting screw-ups, we're still managing to get a few things right. I pray my babies will always have such big hearts.

We are going to start working on moving to Andrews. The future seems more certain for Wesley's career now and all signs point to Andrews for our family.

I better jet now, maybe I'll add a picture post later. Love to all of you happy people!