Miss my babies.....

ONE WEEK DOWN.....7 to go!

Last weekend my cousin Justin got married so we went to Fayetteville for the weekend. It was nice to see all of my family, especially my hubby and my Dad! We got back last night about 7 and started the routine again. Suprisingly today was a good day at my clinical. My instructor is kind of critical of people and today she actually said I did good on something and that I did a lot of work today! Not sure that is the best compliment but I will take it! The weird thing is that I am actually starting to feel like I am a Physical Therapist! That is soooo weird. Today I basically did her job and she watched. Every patient I treated to some degree and it felt wonderful! Some really sad stories today.... probably can't talk about them due to HIPPA violations so I won't! But overall, a really great day!!!

Me and Mom (my mom went with me to KC) are missing Dad and Justin so bad! I really thought that I would handle it better then I am. I am a total wreck everytime we leave them. I have had to say bye twice now to go back to KC and cried both times. It is hard to leave your life and family and friends behind for 8 weeks! I also really really miss by puppies :( it will be 3 weeks that I will have not seen them before I get to see them. That is a really long time, hope they remember me. I am just trying to look at this trip as a positive thing, but it is hard. I try to tell myself: people would love to do this and that I am lucky to have the oppurtunity (I have had to give myself a few pep talks :) ). I am also really happy to have this time with my Mom, we probably will not ever get to spend this much time together again (consecutively), but I wouldn't mind if we did!

Goodnight!!!!!!!

.: Sarah Marie:.

Kansas City

Well I had my first day today at my clinical! It was a lot of fun and a little overwhelming. I love how fast pace it is and how fast the day goes by. Everyone is so nice and made me feel very comfortable. Each patient is so interesting and I love meeting each individual and hearing about their individual stories. The patient's today ranged from a 90 something precious little lady that lives alone in her own little apartment to a teenager who does drugs! I love the variablity in the patients! There are other students there so I feel very comfortable. I even have my own little desk area! I have a computer and a chair that pretty much sums up my desk. But, it was so cute this morning when I got there my computer had a big sign on it that said Welcome Sarah! It was so sweet. I know I have only been there one day but I already feel very comfortable with everyone! I am very excited and I hope my body gets use to the activity of walking around all day rather than being in class all day.

Oh yeah, today we went to the JcPenny outlet mall to look for some shoes for mom and I just figured that there would not be much else to look at. WELL, I loved it! Everything was a great price and the store was huge!!! They had everything! I will definitely need to make another trip there before I leave! I find something new that I love each day! One day when I come back here for vacation it will be great because I will know where all the good stuff is!

Well now it is time to go and veg out on the couch for a little.......

.: Sarah Marie :.