Weekend update

After clinicals on Friday I was pretty well exhausted, but we had our usual Friday night dinner at Sarah's planned. So I took a nap, relaxed for a little while, and then rode over there to hang out with Sarah, Ronen, Paul, and the babies. The babies were particularly fussy that night, but it didn't stop us from having a fun evening that included a good game of Settlers.

At some point during the evening Sarah and Ronen asked me if I could babysit for them that Saturday night. Of course I said yes, they've been such wonderful friends that it's the very least I could do for them. Besides, they weren't going to need me until after the babies were put to bed. At some point after that plan had been made, someone suggested that Paul should come over and keep me company while I was babysitting. He said maybe. At some other point in the evening, I asked Paul if there was a good way to bike down to David's Bridal so I could try on dresses for Matthew and Leah's wedding. The only direct route is along a road that is decidedly unsafe for bikes. He not only told me there was a route, but offered to show me personally some time this weekend. I, of course, said that I would really like that (even though the route seemed straightforward enough) and so we planned that I would give him a call when I knew what time would work best.

Fast forward to Saturday. I had a bat proofing company come at 8am to inspect the house, give an estimate, and make arrangements for them to come back and do the actual work. After that I went straight back to bed and didn't get up until noon. Then I went about my usual Saturday grocery shopping and did some minor stuff around the house and homework. Around 5:30 I called Paul and told him that Sunday around noon would be a good time to go for that bike ride. He informed me that his possible plans for that evening had been cancelled and so he'd be coming over to babysit too, which was a pleasant surprise. I then called Sarah and asked her for a ride to her place, since I knew I'd be too exhausted to ride my bike back home at midnight. She then informed me that Paul would be coming to babysit too, at which I laughed and decided that we should just do conference calls. Around 7:00 Sarah and Yasmine picked me up (apparently Yasmine was really excited that they were going to get m and insisted on coming) and I got to play with the babies for a little while before bedtime. Paul showed up during the whole bedtime process (it usually takes about 30-45 minutes, and involves no loud noises downstairs and frequent screaming from upstairs) and eventually Sarah and Ronen got to go out for their date.

Paul and I just talked for a nice long time, but just before 10pm, Maya started crying. Maya doesn't go back to sleep on her own, so I had to go up there and do my best to calm down a very upset one year old. She finally fell asleep on my shoulder after about 15 minutes, and I got her down in the crib, but as soon as I tried to open the door and leave her room she woke up screaming again. Around the half hour mark I gave in and called Sarah. She told me to just take Maya downstairs to play for a while, and she and Ronen would be home as soon as the movie was over. She didn't realize that the movie was over 2.5 hours (they saw Dark Knight). But, Paul and I managed to keep the little baby content for as long as it took, and she was awfully cute, even though she should have been asleep. When Sarah and Ronen got home they were very grateful and Paul and I were both exhausted. He gave me a ride home, and somewhere along the way asked me if I would like to go to a soccer game tomorrow evening. I said yes, gave him a very tired hug, and immediately collapsed in bed.

Today, I had to go get my rabies shot at 10am, which took almost no time at all. And then around noon, when I'd had some real breakfast and done a little bit of homework, I called up Paul and we went off on our dress trying on excursion. The ride was fun, and quite pretty along the Erie canal. Paul valiantly stuck around while I did the dress thing, and then we rode back. He left me at home so I could get a little more homework done, and a shower, before picking me up for the soccer game. The Rochester Rhinos are not a very good team, but they're a lot of fun to watch. I don't think I've been to any pro soccer games before and I really liked it. I might even have to go again some time. We cheered, and booed, and yelled at the refs, and laughed at the cheerleaders, and generally had a lot of fun. And Paul was a total gentleman and opened my car door for me, held my hand, paid for my ticket, offered me his jacket, etc. I think this might qualify as a first date.

So, this was a very good, but not terribly productive weekend. For the next week I have to write up a nursing care plan for my assigned patient from last week's clinicals, go through a mid-term evaluation with my clinical instructor, verify the transcipt that Nami and Nina put together last week, transcribe my part of this week's focus group session, and work my W,Th,F clinical shifts. It's going to be another long and exhausting week. Only two left.