Ouch...

Okay, this week has either been crazy or insane. My sister and her four kids have moved in with my mom and I temporarily until their trailer will be ready to move into. This is going to take about two weeks. So, it has been a little busy in my house.

Today, I threw my back out somehow. I don't know what I did. I was just reaching for the blanket on the back of the couch to straighten it out and got this excruciating pain. I have to work tonight and tomorrow, so I hope it goes away soon!! I haven't felt this much pain in awhile. The sad thing is I cannot really take anything for it because anti-inflammatories are out and I cannot take narcotics and go to work.

I was thinking and I really want to go on a vacation someplace warm...okay, enough of my ramblings. I have to get ready for the doctor appointment for my sinus infection.

UPDATE: I went to the emergency room and found out I have a lumbar sacral strain in my back. The doctor, whom I'm familiar with, said that I should be doing exercises to strengthen my pelvis and that will prevent these occasional injuries to my back. Makes sense to me. Some muscle relaxants, pain pills, and a few days off work later, and I was feeling better by the time I left.

This week...

This week has been a crazy one. I got low census on Monday at 11 p.m., which normally would be a good thing because that means that I get to go home, right? Well, it threw my sleep schedule all in a tizzy and then I got headaches and a sinus cold. Not fun!! I'm still a little sick, but I got some Tylenol cold and sinus and things are looking better. It hadn't had a headache, the med room hadn't smelled like plastic balloons, and the kitchen hadn't smelled like sewer, I probably would've stayed on Monday because I had really good patients.

I just don't know what to think about the weather here. They say (and I don't really know who "they" are) that Michigan weather is hard to predict. I don't know if it is the same as other places and they just like saying or what. We are supposed to be getting a severe snow storm today. When I took the dogs out at 2 a.m. (yes, I was up at that time), it was raining. I just don't understand it. Maybe it's the going from warm to cold in a week that gave me my cold in the first place. (When I say warm, I mean above freezing.)

My mom got seven teeth pulled on Monday, so she hasn't exactly been feeling the greatest either. In four more weeks, she has to get nine more pulled and then dentures after that. It's a good thing though.

We had the dedication for our new building in church this week. It was pretty neat. The Stake President was there to do the dedication. Our branch has been waiting for a new building for a long time, so it was nice to finally get it. It is a beautiful building.
I took this picture from Brother Osbon's page. I haven't taken one myself. :) They had mentioned how during the construction there was a sign that said the future site of the "South Haven, Michigan Ward" and how that is a possibility. It was pretty neat.


I hope that everyone has a good rest of the week!!

Work...

Okay, so I was officially on my own on Sunday night. My third night working. The third night is always the most tiring and exhausting. I was wondering why my boss chose that night as my first on my own, but oh well. It was a good night overall. Half of my patients were confused and trying to get out of bed. Okay, only two of them were trying to get out of bed...Thankfully, the rest were actually able to rest. (I do work the night shift where people never sleep.) Anyway, I don't think the night went all that badly. The good news was that I wasn't too tired for 45 minute drive home and nobody fell on my shift.

Other than that, nothing new has happened except for that it is unusually warm. It was over 60 degrees today. Wahoo! It was nice. I'm waiting for spring to come! :) The other thing that surprised me was that I got my state tax refund deposited today. It only took a week. That is crazy! I went to Sam's Club and stocked up on some much needed supplies. So it was an exciting day.

Yeah for February!

Today is February 1st and we were excited because we had church in the new building. They were talking and some of the members have been waiting over 20 years to get a new building and now we finally have it. It is so nice. Especially since we don't have to wait to get into the Relief Society Room. That's really nice because I'm always early.

Tomorrow is going to be a busy day for my family. First, it is my aunt JoAnne's birthday. She will be 46 tomorrow. My mom, aunt and uncles would not let her by windows when she was younger to prevent the "groundhog" from seeing it's shadow. :) It is also my nephew's Alex's birthday. I think he's going to 11 tomorrow. Also, my grandmother is having surgery on her shoulder, so I'm sure that the family will be up at the hospital waiting for her to come out and eating grilled cheese sandwiches from the coffee shop. (It's a Danczyk family tradition that everyone who goes to the hospital and waits for someone else having surgery gets a grilled cheese from the coffee shop. They're delicious!!) It is supposed to be outpatient surgery, so she should be able to go home tomorrow. Lastly, my cousin Ronny is having an echocardiogram tomorrow. So, busy, busy, busy.

I'm not sure if I will be joining the family up at the hospital tomorrow because tomorrow is my first time working on the night shift. I work from 7 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. I am technically still on orientation. I am a little nervous. Not really, but a little. I have interacted with the night shift and they seem really nice and work well together, but I always get a little antsy when working with new staff. I'm sure it will be fine, it will just take me a few days to feel comfortable again. I'm going to try to stay up as late as I can tonight, so I'll sleep tomorrow. So, wish me luck!!