Ah, a little phlebotomy humor there for ya! But kind of perfect as it is nearly Halloween.
Sorry it's been so long since I posted. (I should really just call the maybe two people who read this thing rather than act as though an audience of devout readers has been hanging on by a thread after my white water rafting cliffhanger. Did she ever start school!?! How is work going!?! Oh my goodness, what's new with her CATS!?!) Seriously my life is THAT boring.
In answer to those questions, yes both Casey and I started school. And so far it's been quite the ride. Casey bounces between work, school, and the new extended branch location in Moscow. I bounce between work and school but not as crazily. But don't get me wrong, it's been intense. In fact I still don't know if I'm going to be able to hack it. I've had two technically successful draws on the arm. Which means I have taken blood properly from two different
I really do love my class though. My teacher.... not so fond of. She's a great example of someone who is brilliant at something but REALLY sucks at teaching that subject. (reminds me of one of the high school chemistry teachers I knew growing up.) I really hope to start clinicals soon. That's where we will go out in the field and get job shadow experiences as well as learn about different places we can work. We will also get most of our draws and pokes in the field to be certified. She wanted us to start them at the beginning of October but as she put it "I'm not comfortable with where you're at skill wise and confidence wise. It looks bad on me." Well hmph. At least I wasn't singled out. I'd say most of us are in that boat. I'm just nervous because you have to have so many draws, pokes, clinical hours, and class time hours to get certified on TOP of the final test you take to pass. Yikes! I really want to succeed and after my latest draw I feel better on my ability to do this but it's going to be tough.
My big hope is to work at a blood bank when I'm finished. That is where my passion is. Some people are fascinated by the path lab or things like that but I want to draw blood and know that it's saving someones life. It's the same reason why I donate blood myself. I know that pathology is very important but most of those people are ordered by their doctors to come in and find out what's wrong. A blood bank is someone who is volunteering their time, energy, and literal life juice (that sounds a little gross but I couldn't think of what else to call it...lol) for another human being. I think it's noble and kind, and I'd love to be a part of that officially. I also want to do it because I've met people who have had one bad experience with donating and they never did again. My poor brother had that experience. I talked him into going with me once and that girl butchered his arm. I'd love to be able to have someone like him and show them it can be an almost pain free process and that it's so worth it.
Work is okay. Frustrating at times like any job is but not to bad. My favorite days are Thursday and Friday because I actually get to see my husband for more than just a passing glance in a day. Things are rapidly picking up for our family business and it's both a wonderful blessing and a terrible stressor for us all.
Cats are fine. Izzy just had a fun little surgery. No babies for that baby! She was kind of miserable for a few days but now she's over it. Running everywhere and torturing her brothers.
Life has been pretty good. I wish I had more time in the day but I'm not sure what I would do with it if it was there. Probably get on Pinterest. lol (That site is amazing, so many wonderful things I learn, so much time I kill.) But that is pretty much it for me. Hopefully I'll have some fun posts from Halloween. Not sure what I'm dressing up as.... would a vampire be really cliche right now? lol
love,
H
