Bees, bees and more bees; and also quilting

We have had a problem with bees for the last couple of weeks. Apparently, there is a nest in our bathroom wall in which we have heater in the wall and they would keep coming in the house. We would average about two bees a day. Well, today after church, I got a message from mom who says that there were about 40 bees in the house today. It has been cold recently and today was relatively warmer. (By warmer I mean 57 degrees instead of 45). I have never seen so many bees. Geesh! My cousin and mom killed most of them before I got home from church. Here are some photos:

You can see here how many bees were on this window. This is the window that was farthest from the bathroom. All these bees were dead. I took some close up pictures because I love taking pictures. :)


More dead bees...













Even more dead bees.














I started a quilt this week. I had some material and had started on another pattern, but it didn't look right with the material I bought. So, I started another one called pinwheel. I like the patchwork quilts much better than applique. This is the second quilt that I've worked on. This is the first square. I think it's going to be awesome. I also have red, pink, and purple in the stained glass pattern that I'm going to use as the main colors and a black stained glass that I'm using for the border. It's going to be pretty! I'll put more picture up as I get more. My last quilt, I had to applique tons of fishes! My mom helped me a ton. This one is more my speed and EASY!

My interview...

I had my interview today and I think it went pretty well. They said that they would forward my information on to the nurse managers and they would contact me if they think I would be a good fit. So, we'll see what happens.

On a good note. My sister Jennifer said that they would take the cats that we have since it is their turn. (Two of the cats are theirs and we've had them for four years now.) So, that is a relief off of my mind. It seems like things are coming together nicely. :)

The week in review

This week has been an interesting one. First, I got my Florida license in the mail. At first, I only got a letter with the board seal on it. I was thinking that was the most expensive piece of paper I ever bought! At least the nursing license in Michigan comes in a thicker paper. Then as I read it, it was my temporary license and it said that my permanent one would come in the mail in 2-4 weeks...well, I got it in 2-4 days. How cool!

I spent one whole day doing CEUs for both my Michigan and Florida licenses. They both have specific requirements which you have to have in order to renew your license. Florida has more...by far. In Michigan you only have to do an approved pain management one, Florida has like four that you have to do. I normally like to GO to seminars, but since I was enrolled in school for my BSN and you get "credit" for college credit, I haven't really needed to go to anything recently. It was a headache! Reading and answering questions. I hate tests! Then I had to do more tests for one of the agencies. :P

I got a call from a hospital near Tampa, FL who is going to do a phone interview with me on Tuesday, so wish me luck. I wanted to try to go through some of the hospitals down there because you can sometimes get better deals than going through an agency. (Because then the agency has to get paid). I'm hoping to hear from at least one more before I make my final decision. I don't really know much about the one that I am interviewing with, just what I could find on their website. I will post how I think the interview went afterward.

I finally got all my shots and blood work done. YEAH! No more pokes for awhile. All my titers look good, so I don't need any more vaccinations. That makes me happy. I don't react well with something that is in vaccinations. When I got my Hep B series, I had a welt from the shot for like 3-4 months!

I read in a few other blogs how Reuter's has stated that singing "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees will help maintain time while doing CPR on a patient. There is another article which says that singing "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen will do the same thing. I guess which one you sing depends on how you think the code is going? It was interesting. In most codes that I have been in, I was trying hard to save the patient and couldn't think about anything else. Interesting. The other article can be found here.

I decided to change my layout again. I was getting bored with simplicity! I got this from "The Cutest Blog on the Block." I really like it. I hope everyone has a great week!

Getting stuff together...

I have been working this past week or so to get things together in order to do travel nursing. It has been a pain in the neck...or arm, I should say. I did not know that a company could want so much information about you. Worse yet, I didn't realize that they could find new ways for health care workers to get poked. Yes, I'm talking of vaccinations and titers. I thought I had them all, but no such luck. So, I'm getting poked...again. More shots and more blood drawn. The good thing is that needle pokes don't bother me, but geez.

I also got the flu shot today. If I wasn't a health care worker, I wouldn't even bother. I have gotten the flu shot for the past two years and that is when I had the worst cases of the flu. I got sick each year. Not that I think the shot GAVE me the flu. I just think that my body got upset and my immune system revolted because of it. The first year I got both Influenza A & B. Not fun, let me tell you. I decided to give it one more try because they said last year's didn't work (ya think?) and this year's is supposed to be "better." If I get the flu, I won't get the shot again. I'll just take my chances.

On a good note, I checked today and my Florida Nursing license was issued yesterday! (October 8th) YEAH! All the waiting is coming to a close and I can finally see light at the end of the tunnel. :) Now, just to find an assignment! I'm getting really excited about it now.

Tomorrow is my best-friend's (of 19 years) birthday and I'm excited for the upcoming October birthdays!! Hopefully, it will be a good month!

I've also been playing Harvest Moon on the Wii. This is one of my favorite games and I have become addicted. For those of you who don't know, it is a farming game where you have to take care of crops and animals. Yes, a time waster, but a fun time waster. This year is the 10th anniversary of the game and they have released a TON of HM games. So, it's off to the Wii...

Traveling...

So, I read Steve's blog (who was reacting to something that Lori wrote) and decided to finally take the bull by the horns and do it. I applied at a few travel nurse companies. I had some that were calling me, so I started with them. It has an interesting few days around here. Deciding where to go and talking with the companies. What I didn't expect was how fast the assignments that I picked would fill up. My recruiter would call me and then have to call me back saying that they were full. I'm trying for a few walk-through states, where I can literally walk in that day and get a temporary nursing license.

It would be nice if it was in one of the Nursing Compact states because then I could practice nursing in like 20 or so states without having to get another license. Not only are they time consuming to get, but costly as well. I'm still waiting on my Florida license and I applied for that one in the beginning of August. I was also kinda hoping for something in the south, because that would mean that it would be warmer for the winter. I like warmth. :) Well, I haven't gotten anything concrete so far, but I'll keep you updated.