Second Week

Hello there one and all. I have survived to write another entry. I went home for the first time last weekend and it was glorious to be home. I must say I am not looking forward to Texas where home is all but inaccessible. I will also be heading home this weekend to help my brother pour some concrete. So while expensive on the fuel end it will be good to be home. My roommate has finished with his cases for the week and has headed home already. Luckily I have cases planned through Friday. So far this week I have done my first labor epidural that could not have gone smoother and my first MAC cases which means that you just heavily sedate the person rather than putting them completely under, like for a colonoscopy. I am absolutely loving every second I am doing anesthesia. My uncle is an anesthesiologist and told me long before I went to nurse practitioner school that I should be a nurse anesthetist but I did not listen, until now. Oh well, live and learn. I certainly do not regret the marvelous experiences that I have had as a NP.
My kids have asked where I live and what I do there so I have photo documented my little apartment so that they could see where dad sleeps and does his homework. The set up is actually extremely awesome. Awesomeness #1 is that it is free. Awesomeness #2 is that we get to eat at the cafeteria in the hospital for free. Under normal circumstances you may not see this as a blessing but the hospital here is small enough that they make all their food daily from scratch. MmmmMmmm Tasty. Awesomeness #3 they have all you can drink soda fountains with a large variety of not so good for you drinks. Truthfully I am extremely grateful to the hospital in Montpelier for providing us with such incredible accommodations. So without further adieu . . .

This is the front of our building. The door on the far left is the door to the Bear Lake Health Department. The door on the far right is an optometrist's office. The door in the middle is obviously the door to our basement apartment. Opening the door leads to a very steep flight of stairs that takes you to our door under the optometrist's office.

If you open our front door this is what you would see. This is my room. Since I am the Soda Springs guy I get the front room and the cot. The Montpelier guy gets the nice bed as you will see in the next image.

This is the larger of the two rooms. The Montpelier guy usually gets this side. There is a lazy boy and TV also in this room.

This is our kitchen. It comes fully stocked with dishes and all the cooking stuff you would need if you actually cooked something. There is a dining room table and a couple of chairs.

This is our bathroom. Enough said.

Well, that is the grand tour. So if you are ever in the area you can pop in and say hi.