ramblings...
It’s been a while since I have last updated. A really long while… nope, I have no other excuses but lack of time or maybe just lack of energy…
A lot of things have had happened for the past couple of weeks… since my last update. Time really does flies so fast, I had just remembered celebrating New Year, and now it’s February! We got at least 9 months to go until the BIG day! Wow… NINE MONTHS! I can’t believe this! As I was described once on how I am approaching this wedding planning… very relaxed. I guess I am too relaxed that the rest of the save the dates are still sitting here at home! No, I am not trying to procrastinate, or having second thoughts about things… it’s just that, I was hoping to get all the guests’ mailing address so that I could just send them out all at once… but of course, things happen… people happen… life happens…and I have now resolved to just send them out, in batches! So, today, that’s my goal, put stamps in them and mail them out!
Then of course there’s this thing that I’m planning for my entourage (bridesmaids and groomsmen only) that I have been trying to work on… but each time I get the chance to sit down and work on it… something about it is just amiss and I couldn’t get myself to continue with it… will now have to ask my brother to re-edit the layout (just minor change! Sorry!!). I guess too much for me being relaxed? Actually, I really don’t know if I am relaxed about the whole planning or not… maybe it’s just because we got most of the major things out of the way (reception, ceremony, dj, entourage list)… so, yeah… I am considering the limo, hotel, florist and dresses to be minor ones… hehehe
So far, January has proven to be a bit trying – both personal and work wise. Like I have said a couple times, I am trying. I’m trying to be a better person. I’m trying to walk in the light of the Lord. There are days though, when I couldn’t help but utter words that isn’t nice. When I tend to judge people especially when they get into my nerves… when they say certain things when certain people are around, yet act a different way when that person isn’t around. I know I may not make sense to most of you… but am sure a couple of you get my drift. It’s just hard whenever you try, only to be disappointed or know that they will never see that you are indeed trying… everything in life is a two-way street my friend, the other party should also try… but that’s the bad thing, the other party (I think!) is not willing to try!! But, whatever… like I said…I am trying my hardest. I don’t really plan to expect anything but recognition, I guess.
Work wise… the unit has been a chaos… one day we were general medicine unit, the next day a surge of cardio-vascular patients… then now we are back on general medicine only to for the floor to welcome us with cardio-vascular-thoracic step down patients!! I said welcome, because right now, after the fire episode last week, they had to kick us out from our unit and make it into a “swing” unit to make way for other units to be thoroughly cleaned. So, for the next six weeks we will be all over the hospital… half of us would be in the unit opened just for us (to accept medicine patients) and the other half of the staff would be doing orientation at the cardiac-vascular and maybe intensive care units. I mean, I guess it works out for the better… we get more time to get oriented and learn more about these kind of patients, the protocols… it’s a good growth experience. Like the cardiac nursing director had said “we could see this as glass half empty and glass half full.” I am TRYING to see it as glass half full. And of course… there’s the transition for me to go to days! Yes, I have finally made up mind earlier on the month of January and spoke to our manager. I didn’t know that the transition would be happening soon (March!) but since, a couple of nurses are leaving for other units… the opening is just there to be filled in. I am looking forward to this. Finally, normalcy in my body clock! Or so I hope!!!
This month as well… I have (with horacio) taken a step forward in my walk with Christ. We got baptized on the 25th of January! I have been thinking about getting baptized… and ever since we had spoken to the pastor (who will be marrying us)… I know I want God to be the center of our relationship. I know that there is no stronger foundation but God. Not only that, I personally feel so blessed that I am slowly getting to know Christ better. Learning of His words and understanding them. And because of this, I was able to reach out to a patient and lift him up. One thing is helping patients and making sure they are comfortable…. There’s another thing knowing that you personally lifted their spirits up with words of Christ. I saw the same patient again after few weeks of being discharged (he was back on the unit) and he had told me how thankful he is that I was able to speak to him the way I did, how much I have helped him… it was a nice feeling, but of course, as I told the patient… thank God for making me a vessel.
2009 had just begun… and there are so much things that had happened… these are some of the thoughts that are hovering around me… so… I just pray that as the days come, I pray for strength, patience and understanding. I just feel so blessed and grateful to the Lord. For always keeping me and seeing me through.
Oh, before i go…. Jollibee in woodside is opening on valentine’s day!! Or so I heard… J I can’t wait for this!! I can’t wait to taste that langhap sarap chicken joy once more… unfortunately, I was told that they wouldn’t be serving jolly hotdogs… boo!!!
A lot of things have had happened for the past couple of weeks… since my last update. Time really does flies so fast, I had just remembered celebrating New Year, and now it’s February! We got at least 9 months to go until the BIG day! Wow… NINE MONTHS! I can’t believe this! As I was described once on how I am approaching this wedding planning… very relaxed. I guess I am too relaxed that the rest of the save the dates are still sitting here at home! No, I am not trying to procrastinate, or having second thoughts about things… it’s just that, I was hoping to get all the guests’ mailing address so that I could just send them out all at once… but of course, things happen… people happen… life happens…and I have now resolved to just send them out, in batches! So, today, that’s my goal, put stamps in them and mail them out!
Then of course there’s this thing that I’m planning for my entourage (bridesmaids and groomsmen only) that I have been trying to work on… but each time I get the chance to sit down and work on it… something about it is just amiss and I couldn’t get myself to continue with it… will now have to ask my brother to re-edit the layout (just minor change! Sorry!!). I guess too much for me being relaxed? Actually, I really don’t know if I am relaxed about the whole planning or not… maybe it’s just because we got most of the major things out of the way (reception, ceremony, dj, entourage list)… so, yeah… I am considering the limo, hotel, florist and dresses to be minor ones… hehehe
So far, January has proven to be a bit trying – both personal and work wise. Like I have said a couple times, I am trying. I’m trying to be a better person. I’m trying to walk in the light of the Lord. There are days though, when I couldn’t help but utter words that isn’t nice. When I tend to judge people especially when they get into my nerves… when they say certain things when certain people are around, yet act a different way when that person isn’t around. I know I may not make sense to most of you… but am sure a couple of you get my drift. It’s just hard whenever you try, only to be disappointed or know that they will never see that you are indeed trying… everything in life is a two-way street my friend, the other party should also try… but that’s the bad thing, the other party (I think!) is not willing to try!! But, whatever… like I said…I am trying my hardest. I don’t really plan to expect anything but recognition, I guess.
Work wise… the unit has been a chaos… one day we were general medicine unit, the next day a surge of cardio-vascular patients… then now we are back on general medicine only to for the floor to welcome us with cardio-vascular-thoracic step down patients!! I said welcome, because right now, after the fire episode last week, they had to kick us out from our unit and make it into a “swing” unit to make way for other units to be thoroughly cleaned. So, for the next six weeks we will be all over the hospital… half of us would be in the unit opened just for us (to accept medicine patients) and the other half of the staff would be doing orientation at the cardiac-vascular and maybe intensive care units. I mean, I guess it works out for the better… we get more time to get oriented and learn more about these kind of patients, the protocols… it’s a good growth experience. Like the cardiac nursing director had said “we could see this as glass half empty and glass half full.” I am TRYING to see it as glass half full. And of course… there’s the transition for me to go to days! Yes, I have finally made up mind earlier on the month of January and spoke to our manager. I didn’t know that the transition would be happening soon (March!) but since, a couple of nurses are leaving for other units… the opening is just there to be filled in. I am looking forward to this. Finally, normalcy in my body clock! Or so I hope!!!
This month as well… I have (with horacio) taken a step forward in my walk with Christ. We got baptized on the 25th of January! I have been thinking about getting baptized… and ever since we had spoken to the pastor (who will be marrying us)… I know I want God to be the center of our relationship. I know that there is no stronger foundation but God. Not only that, I personally feel so blessed that I am slowly getting to know Christ better. Learning of His words and understanding them. And because of this, I was able to reach out to a patient and lift him up. One thing is helping patients and making sure they are comfortable…. There’s another thing knowing that you personally lifted their spirits up with words of Christ. I saw the same patient again after few weeks of being discharged (he was back on the unit) and he had told me how thankful he is that I was able to speak to him the way I did, how much I have helped him… it was a nice feeling, but of course, as I told the patient… thank God for making me a vessel.
2009 had just begun… and there are so much things that had happened… these are some of the thoughts that are hovering around me… so… I just pray that as the days come, I pray for strength, patience and understanding. I just feel so blessed and grateful to the Lord. For always keeping me and seeing me through.
Oh, before i go…. Jollibee in woodside is opening on valentine’s day!! Or so I heard… J I can’t wait for this!! I can’t wait to taste that langhap sarap chicken joy once more… unfortunately, I was told that they wouldn’t be serving jolly hotdogs… boo!!!
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