New Horizons...

It seems that my time as house-husband is coming to an end. This Wednesday, at 6am, I will begin my new job as a Patient Care Assistant (PCA, aka CNA) at Alvardo Hospital. I'm pretty excited about this. As soon as I found out that I would be starting I received a big sense of relief. Having little to do save for house cleaning and preparing meals was beginning to gnaw on me. I had little purpose but adjusting to married life (which is a good purpose to have). But now I feel almost rejuvenated. At the same time I feel a bit scared too. I will be taking care of as many as 11 patients at a time. By care I mean to say taking vitals, assisting in ambulating (walking), emptying bedpans, and giving bedbaths (oh, what fun!). It's not a glamorous job, but it is the very basics of nursing and it's also the thing that any nurse who is a good nurse would like time to do because these are the times when you get to know your patient and are better able to care for them on more than just a physical level. So I'll start at 6am and leave work at 6:30pm. Crazy, huh? My first 12 hour shift right off the bat. I guess it's the new standard for nursing; 12-hour shifts.

I checked out some computer projects that a friend has been working on: Wilson Saunders. His website has the current games that he is or has been working on. I have to say that I'm very impressed. He brings a lot of elements to his creations: creativity, artistic precision, good interactivity, realistic animation, a fun experience and a challenging scenario. If you go to his site, definitely play "It's Raining Orcs." "Mallard Massacre" has really nice graphics too if you want to see his coding ability.

This weekend my parents came up from El Centro and had lunch with Shannon and me. We went to the Olive Garden and had some nice conversation. Here's a picture of Shannon with them with their Jeep Liberty - Freedom Edition. ~Michael