*SNEEZE*

I'm currently sitting at home, dying of the flu. Well, at least I'm not going out quietly!!

It's all been very convienient, getting the flu now, as I am only just going into the 3rd week of being in theatres and I think I'm going to have to take tomorrow off. I'm sure the patient's don't really want me sneezing all over them in recovery. I still feel guilty though - :S

Anyway, work has been ok thus far. Having to get up at 6am everyday is taking it out of me though! I used to be a night person but now I'm lucky if I can make it to 9:30pm! I think the mental stress of working with picky doctors is also taking it out of me. On the upside, when it has been quiet in pre-op (which is where I was first), I've been able to sneek in and see some surgery. I still can't get myself to go in and watch hip and knee replacements though - the saw freaks me out!!

I am due to start a mini rotation in recovery tomorrow, but, as I said, I don't think I'll make it. That should be interesting too, once I get there - seeing the strange things people do when coming out of anaesthetic!!

Oh yeah, another, slightly major thing that happened to me last week was that I finally graduated!! YEAH!! I was pretty proud of myself! And yes, we did have to wear those stupid capes and hats! But it was fun looking so silly! So yeah, now I have that oh-so-important piece of paper saying that I have indeed spent 3 years of my life at uni (and you'd think for that they'd make it a little more exciting, but it's pretty plain actually). It was a little bittersweet though, as mine was in the middle of the week, so I couldn't catch up with old uni mates properly as I had to work the next day (and I was getting the start of this blasted cold). But all-in-all, it's a nice feeling just to be able to say that I am a uni graduate!

Anyway, I think that's about it for now. Work is taking up most of my time, and while I've decided I probably don't want to be a theatre nurse now, I can say it's definatly going to be an interesting experience. I'm actually quite surprised at how I'm handling everything at the moment, as I never really thought I'd actually get this far (I always thought of myself as a bit of a quitter, even though I don't think I've actually quit anything in my life...except ballet!). I guess it all comes down to Phillipians 4:13!!