All you need is love

These last couple of weeks have been full of new adventures! Here are a few highlights:

I started clinicals two weeks ago and it has been a blast so far. We go to a bunch of Catholic schools and do health screenings on the kids. They're so cute in their little uniforms! The second school we went to...the kids were so nice and polite...I just had to give them a hard time. My favorite was this cute little 5th grader:

Mal: So, how's today? Tell me the truth?
Boy: Today is fine.
Mal: You gotta give me more then that, good fine, or bad fine?
Boy: Well...good fine I guess.
Mal: Are you telling me the truth?
Boy: Okay okay, it's not going good!
Mal: I knew you were lying!! Why not?
Boy: Because I have to present and I lost my presentation!
Mal: Don't worry, it's all up here (pointing to his head)
Boy: You're probably right...

Then I was testing a 3rd grader's vision. I had her cover her left eye and read the letters. Then I had her cover he right eye and read the letters. Then I said "Okay, now let's try it with both eyes", and she covered both of her eyes and turned towards me and said "what do you mean?" I just burst out laughing, and she uncovered her eyes and then said "whoops!" That was the cutest thing I've ever seen.

Last Tuesday in class we learned about antepartum and intrapartum pregnancy. The professor that was teaching, Holly, is absolutely hilarious (not the penis grabber)! She was talking about how at the first appointment the new mom wants to know her due date first thing. She showed us the EDC Wheel that will give you the due day if you line it up with the first day of her last menstruation. She passed out a couple of the wheels for us to play with and said, "If you put in your birthday you can see what day you were conceived on!" That is an example of something I do not want to know...sick...but curiosity got the best me. I know, mom and dad...I know. =)

A couple hours and a different professor later, we were talking about preparing certain muscles for the whole process of labor. Our professor asked us, "Do you know what Kegel exercises are?" And Mark, a 37 year-old ex-chiropractor with 2 children blurts out, "Yep...I'm doing them right now." I don't think he expected his voice to carry throughout the whole room, but everyone burst out laughing. Our professor looks at him and says, "Well, most people prefer to do them in a more private place, like at stop lights in their car. Another added bonus is that they enhance sexual pleasure. Please continue Kegeling!" That poor guy was so red.

Last weekend I got together with my friends and we were all discussing the highlights of our clinicals. We were all giddy because we hadn't seen each other in 4 days, which seems like a really long time when you are used to seeing each other every day, all day. To their horror, my friends Clete and Chris were schedule for OB for their first rotation. Neither of them want to work with vaginas or babies. Their clinical leader is Holly, the hilarious one. She was telling them about how sometimes the woman's uterus will prolapse and that fortunately we now have the knowledge of how to fix the problem. Back in the day, however, they used to stick potatoes up there to keep everything in place. Can you even imagine??? What kind of potato, I wonder. Yukon Gold? Sweet Potato? Did they peel it first? Nursing is not for the weak.

This weekend we had another giant snowstorm. I think we got about 8 inches on Friday. We had planned to go to Chris' house that night and relax in the hottub. He turned the temperature up a little bit for the occasion. We had to walk through the snow in bare feet to actually get to the hot tub. Chris apparently turned it up a little too hot...because it was definitely 110 degrees! We weren't about to turn away though! My poor body was so confused. It was too hot to be in the hottub and to cold to be out of it. We threw a bunch of snow in to try to cool it off. When we got out everyone had a clear line as to how far in they submerged their body. I'm pretty sure I have permanent damage for that one...but it was totally worth it!

I have discovered a new love (sorry, Nick). Pharmacology!! I cannot get enough of it. It has gotten to the point that I read about drugs before I go to sleep a night. You know, some light reading. =) It just blows my mind that they have figured out how exactly each drug affects different cells and pathways. I absolutely LOVE it!

I am actually starting to like Nebraska more every day. My favorite part of the day is driving to school in the morning, because the sun is just coming up behind the city and it looks so pretty and peaceful. Maybe God really did create this place... =)

My darling Nick sent me flowers for V Day. =) Highlight of my week, for sure.