barnsjukhuset

so, i had my first two days at work. they went well. i like the hospital. i like the people i work with. i like being on the front lines, where the people i'm helping (the premature babies and their families) are right there, not removed from me. it is a very busy hospital, and people are buzzing around like bees, but most people who work there love what they do and think it's very meaningful, and they are respected for their work. there are really friendly folks there. i feel like i am becoming part of a team. i really like that! so, i am the assistant to the director of nursing in the neonatal intensive care unit. i like the director a lot so far. there are resident social workers in the neonatal icu, and i met one of them on friday. she said to come on down and talk to them whenever i have a break. i will love to hear about how school was for her and how working at a hospital is going for her. i think i would want to work in a hospital as my first gig after i get my degree. and i would rather work in a children's hospital. i might even get a gig at the hospital i work at now, and i think it would be really good to have connections through this assignment i'm doing now. yeah! :)

saturday was the observance of all soul's day in sweden. alex's family went to the cemetery and lit candles at his grave and left flowers there. his brother anders lit a candle there for me. his mom sent me pictures of it. that's what the picture at the top of the post is. i really hope that by next summer, i will be in a situation with my credit card where i can charge a ticket to sweden on it. i hope to pay off as much as i can on the thing between now and then. my take-home pay from this temp gig is gonna be more than the take-home pay from my last job! i am gonna get paid more than ever before! yay! so, i really wanna live super-frugally and keep selling stuff on ebay and use that money to pay off as much of my credit card as possible. i don't think i am gonna go work at the doggy gym after all. it's too much work and not enough pay. so, i really hope to be in sweden for alex's birthday and deathday next june. i sooooo want to be there and see his family! i love them!

well, i need to get up and go get ready to leave the house, cuz i have to go do the adoption van event with the animal shelter. afterwards, i'm gonna meet up with my family and we are gonna go to this restaurant that has yummy organic food at a very good price, and has vegan options for moi!!! :)