hello.

i've been quite the busy bee this week. i cannot believe thursday is almost over. here is some of my week:

 

(image via here)

on tuesday night we had an all church celebration. the church we go to has several different locations so it was really neat to have this whole community together for one night. i am so beyond grateful for our church and its heart for missions and for this city. ryan and i are really excited about their vision.

church met at the lincoln theater which is in an area of dc we have really grown to like. it was the first neighborhood we have been in that excited both of us. we're hoping to find an apartment there and i just can't wait.

wednesday i had clinicals. things were going great until i got a migraine. i get a migraine like once a year. i threw up in a church parking lot. it was really frustrating. 

today i had clinicals again. they were going great and i did not get a migraine. my patient was alert and able to have a conversation with me (which was a first!). i liked her and i think she liked me. she got to go home today so i think she liked everyone.

one other exciting thing about today - it's above freezing, the sun is shining and the snow is melting! i think spring might actually come. 

-kelsie.

snoweekend

(a lot of phone camera pictures so they're not the best!)

 

our pleasant blizzard walk.

 

virginia's snow removal system...

 

shadow puppets when the power went out.

 

church at home.

 

grocery store trip.

 

healthy super bowl party.

 

driving ryan to work this morning. 

no school for me today. and they're predicting another 5 inches tomorrow. yikes.

-kelsie.

fern friday.

 

friday! yay! 

this weekend is supposed to be a doozy. dc is expected to get 16-24 inches of snow.  last night the mayor said it will be the biggest storm in dc's history. yikes. people here are stressed. it hasn't started snowing yet, but schools were canceled today. the news told us to fill our bathtubs up with fresh water, just in case. we're supposed to stock up on groceries. should be interesting. ryan and i were remembering the 2006 winter storm in colorado where this amount of snow fell every weekend. we're trying not to be smug coloradoans 

: )

so, clinicals started and they went ok. sometimes it's hard to feel like you're helping a patient when they feel terrible and are confused. apparently people don't like being stuck in hospitals. but, i have many more weeks ahead of me. many more patients to help and, hopefully, make their hospital stay a little more bearable.

in other random news, dc's national zoo had to say goodbye to a cutie pie yesterday. people were heartbroken. 

 

(image via here)

tai shan the panda had to go to china. he was born in dc, but was apparently on loan from a china panda commune. there was an article in the newspaper about tai shan's trainer. she has been with him since his birth. she's taking him to china. she is very sad and i cried reading about it. i've never even seen this panda. i'm obviously very emotionally stable. anyways, there was a big going away party for the little guy. 

well, i'm off to the grocery store to stock up. if i don't blog for a while, there's a possibility we ran out of bathtub water.

whoa nelly.

it is cold cold here. mr. punxsutawney was quite right about the weather. 

it's awfully pretty though. and apparently there's more on the way. i like the snow but i've never been able to put a finger on exactly how it makes me feel. i like it when i can sit in my warm house and watch it, but i do not care for it when i have to be outside longer than 3 minutes. this was my revelation: snow makes me feel cozy when i can be inside. otherwise, it tends to frustrate me.

i'm off to my first clinical of the semester! i'm excited to get started! my goal is to make one patient feel loved and cozy.

-kelsie.