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PEACE OUT MMH!

HOLD UP...BEFORE I START THE POST!
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It's official...

I just finished my last shift as a Labor and Delivery nurse at Madison Memorial Hospital!

Click {HERE} to learn more

Although I knew Tuesday night would be a very bitter sweet experience,

I decided to go out with a BANG and make the most out of my night!

So without further ado I would like to show you all some highlights of my last shift at work...

and while I'm at it...I guess I will share with you all what I WON'T and WILL miss...straight from the units and hallways of MMH!

WHAT I WON'T MISS!!

{let's start with the negative to end with the positive!}

* Giving a quick goodbye to my family as I run out the door.

We have big smiles this time.

* Writing sappy love/miss you letters to all my co-workers.

It was a sad few hours.

* Last time!

* The computers and I have a love/hate relationship...really I LOVE them cause I don't have to do paper charting but...

* I HATE them cause I have to chart PERIOD.

Dang you CPN, Meditech and MMH intranet.

Curse you password expiration notification that pops up right as I am trying to scan a medication for a patient at 3 AM.

Your blocking of People, facebook and blogging will NOT BE MISSED!

MEMORY: Shout out to miss Kim for placing 10! Count them 10 ammonia packets under my keyboard so that when I sat down to chart the overwhelming scent caught wind and I couldn't see or smell anything for 1o minutes.

* Dirty rooms

Although we don't have to 'clean' them...we do have to clean up all things delivery.

NOPE...not gonna miss that.

MEMORY: Thank you Doctor L for dropping the placenta on the floor. We both glance at it...then back at each other. You dropped it...you pick it up! That's what I wanted to say to him. I already knew he wouldn't and when he gave me THAT look...it confirmed my thoughts!

So I grabbed the liver-like organ off the floor and placed it in the bio container.

Your welcome for picking up the yummy organ that YOU dropped!

He never thanked me...typical.

Doctors...you gotta love em!

I will miss them...for the most part!:)

After all they did give me some pretty sweet nicknames:

Super Sadie Supreme

All-star

Tonto

and many more.

* Coming home with ALL things fluid on my scrubs.

I will tell you one thing we aren't short of up in labor land!...bodily fluids!

We LITERALLY deal with every single kind and not just deal...we get splashed on, sprayed on and peed on...not to mention we slip and slide in...

I am not even going to go into detail about my job description because I am sure you all know!

Don't play stupid...

It was a blessed day when the glove was invented!

Thank you harmful cleaning supplies for sanitizing the chairs, beds and computers!
You may give me cancer someday but at least I'm feelin' clean!

WHAT I WILL MISS!!

Nore and the kitchen staff.

They were my homies!

Making me pancakes at night and hooking me up with some much needed greasiness during my pregnancy.

YEP she IS flipping off the camera...I told her not to...she didn't care.

Bless her heart.

Nothing like carbs and candy at 3 AM!

I don't really know how to explain this photo...so I won't!

The delicious desserts.

* Oh blessed hand sanitizer.

You were truly a gift from the Labor Gods!

* Wheelchair races!

Heidi and I talking smack before the race!

ready.set.go.

She's always playing dirty...little hooch!

We resort to cheating.

Of course I won! Hello I brought the heat...and I may have slammed her into the chairs!

VICTORY.

* Amanda

yes I will miss her...

burps

laughs

talks

and slurred speech

nuff' said.

I'm telling you this girl has been with me through thick and thin...

You keep tellin' it how it is girlfriend!

COPY THAT!

ROGER.ROGER.

Cart surfing...

It's fun and TOTALLY helps you stay awake when 4 AM rolls around and you're ready to throw in the towel!

* Parties with the gals!

Some of the girls I work with bought goodies and through a little party for me...

so sweet!

Bri's baby!! She just had her baby 4 weeks ago! We are all glad they are both doing well!

* I will miss my sweet sadie! Although it was frustrating and annoying and WAY TO COMPLICATED for the doctors to figure out who was charging or who was taking their patient...I will miss her.

Who knew having the same name would cause so many headaches!

* Oh Troy {house supervisor}...there are no words.

He's gonna miss me!

I know it.

Sadie.Sadie.

Some of the sweet precious wonderful ladies I work with.

Bless their hearts!

The labor crew!

Chelsea, Heidi and I would often RUN the L&D unit at night!

Yep a bunch of 23 year olds running around working hard.

I've been through a lot with these girls and MAN do I love them!!

I worked with Bri and Amanda on MBU.

There was NEVER a dull moment.

I wish I could have gotten pictures with EVERYONE I worked with...

There are a lot of amazing ladies that aren't pictured here that had such a strong impact on my life!

The shift was almost over...

Time to go home!

The last thing that I will miss the most more than anything else...

the patients!!

They have truly touched my life and changed me as a person!

It was a honor to be their nurse and I hope they all knew that.

It was a bittersweet drive home.

As the sun started to rise I felt a little uneasy...like maybe I had made the wrong decision

but then I saw this...

and I KNEW it was right.

I LOVE THIS MAN!

...

So with a new sunrise and fresh roses I say farewell to my friends, patients, loved ones and co-workers.

Reagan has a little message for all of you from me!

Can you see it?

I

more than you will ever know!

XOXO

Sadie Jane

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YOU KNOW YOU'RE HARD CORE WHEN...

you do over 100 pull-ups at CrossFit and you don't realize you ripped your calluses until after the workout!

I still have to use a band while doing my pull-ups but I am getting better!

I have been going for 4 weeks now and I've lost 12 pounds so far!

HOLLA

It's pretty hard core and I'm loving every minute of it...well almost every minute...except for the times that I want to throw up everywhere...

yeah it's that hard core.

To learn more about my CrossFit gym go {HERE}

OK I think you have seen enough of my nasty-post-workout-chalked-ripped hands...

onto something more delicious!

I just ordered a dozen of these for work tonight!

WAIT...what's that about workouts and weight loss?...

you better believe I'm gonna indulge on these deliciousgoodnesswonderfulthings!

Just like I indulged in Easter candy yesterday...

I am doing a lot of indulging lately.

To learn more about Cocoa Bean go {HERE}

It is my VERY LAST shift of being a Labor and Delivery nurse!

To learn more about my thoughts and decisions about quitting go {HERE}

I am going to go out with a BANG!

I have made the decision to eat my emotions tonight...maybe that will help me not bawl my eyes out! :)

OH I am going to miss those wonderful, beautiful, strong women!!

*sigh*

For ALL of my wonderful readers check out {Love Stitched} today. I am doing a guest tutorial on my Anthro Knotted Bedding!

AND...

I must give ALL you {Love Stitched} readers a shout out and welcome you to my blog!
I apologize that the first photo you see is of my nasty hands!:)

But don't let that scare you!

Stay awhile, look around and see what my {simply delicious} life is all about.

Hope you all have a wonderful night.

I will be reporting to all of you how my last shift went later tomorrow.

XOXO

Sadie Jane

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FIVE SENSES MONDAY!!

My sista sista who is the author of {Chronicles of Schofield} does a fun FIVE SENSES FRIDAY post every Friday...

recently I have wanted to start doing it with her but today has been ONE OF THOSE DAYS!

So I am breakin' the rules and doing a FIVE SENSES MONDAY!

Before I start I must entertain you all with a story...

yet another novel from Sadie explaining the drama in her life!

We moved into our home about 3 1/2 months ago.

We bought the house foreclosed and since we live in the friggin' frozen tundra the foreclosure people decided that they would fill every pipe, every toilet, every sink and bathtub with antifreeze!

YEP...DARK RED RV STYLE ANTIFREEZE.

AWESOME RIGHT?

Well when we bought the house we had our water inspection which passed with flying colors and the relator simply said, "Just run the water for a while and the antifreeze will wash away."

I had my doubt but since the realtor, water inspection guy and my hubby said that it would be fine I did what they said and eventually the water ran clear.

Well come with me a few weeks later. Life has been crazy since we moved in...working full-time, school, Reagan, holidays, winter, unpacking and everything in between.

I started noticing that I would clean the toilets and that next Saturday it looked like I hadn't cleaned them in 3 weeks! Every time I ran the water or showered or even filled up a little bath for Reagan the water looked clear...and to be honest with you the last thing that was on my mind was whether or not our water was clear...I mean when you have lived with clear, clean water your whole life you don't think to check and see if it's REALLY clear.

A few weeks later I had tried to take bath for the first time in our nice jacuzzi tub. Once the water was filled I notice a fine line of orange film on the edge of the tub where the water rested...if you can imagine I freaked...and I was just a little T.O.!!

Jeff reassured me that it was just because we haven't used the bath yet since running the water and the jets probably had some antifreeze in them...umm excuse me! Awesome I almost took a bath in antifreeze goodness.

Jeff told me to run the water with the jets, drain the water and repeat. With a little bleach the bath water SHOULD be fine.

WELL he was wrong!

Now come with 3 weeks ago...I was rolling up my sleeves and getting ready to do some pretty heavy duty cleaning...spring cleaning if you must and I started running the water in the tubs and showers. I left to do some cleaning in our guest bathroom and came back to a frightening sight.

There was orange gunk ALL over the bottom of the tubs...showers...you name it.

I was livid!

Thoughts started rushing through my head...

Why the helena montana do we still have antifreeze in our pipes?

Have I really been bathing my child in this?

Have we ALL been drinking this?

Why aren't we sick?

Why aren't we DEAD for the love?

I rushed out to Jeff to show him what I had discovered about our water.

THERE WAS STILL ANTIFREEZE IN OUR WATER!

Jeff did some research and found that they used edible antifreeze so it was 'safe' and 'ok' that we were possibly drinking or showering with some of it left...awesome!

Jeff explained to me that it was probably just caked onto the pipes and when we ran the water a long time it would come off the pipes. He then said the toilet water was gross probably because the back of the toilet with all the gadgets {those are my terms I don't know what it's called} had antifreeze in it.

Sure enough we lifted the lid and there it was...like a horror movie I could hear the

music playing in the background as we looked into the toilet tank thing...it was totally caked ALL over the inside of that tank! RED antifreeze!

How could we be so stupid! I am such a clean freak and I don't know how this got past me.

I was annoyed and frustrated at myself.

Jeff rushed to the store and got gallons of bleach...he said that he would flush our water pipes with bleach and we would run the water in all the faucets and that would get all the antifreeze from the pipes.

So we cleaned, cleaned, cleaned and cleaned.

I was really annoyed to be honest that we had to use bleach. Especially in our water. I know that living in the city they put bleach in the water but we have our own well and it makes me nervous.

I don't want to bath Reagan or have her drink bleach water.

I was a little more concerned because I never use bleach while cleaning. In fact I grew up using and still use all natural cleaning products.

It's nice to know that I'm cleaning and sanitizing my home with cleaning products that are free of harsh chemicals.

I know that I can feel safe when Reagan chews on toys or sits on the ground.

But I knew to clean our pipes that what we needed to use and if we let the water run long enough it would flush the antifreeze and the bleach out.

So I was feeling good that the nightmare was over by the end of the day.

The water was flushed and the pipes were clean...at least I thought.

Yesterday I went to give Reagan a bath and while I was getting ready to fill the bathtub with water I noticed there was some film on the shower...

great...it wasn't over.

Although we had seen clear, clean water it was back again.

But I WAS OVER IT.

I wasn't OK with my baby drinking and bathing in antifreeze.

So I ran to the store {I know it was Sunday but this was an emergency}

I grabbed more bleach and a few gallons of water.

We filled the pipes with bleach ran the water until we could smell the bleach and turned off all faucets.

We let the bleach sit in the pipes overnight and I was suppose to let the water run for at least an hour around 12.

So I did...and as our home filled with the smell of bleach I was feeling optimistic.

Then after 30 minutes of water running I went to check the water.

Don't worry there was CRAP on the bottom of the tubs and showers.

OF COURSE.

I called Jeff yet again concerned.

He eased my nerves when he said it was good that we saw stuff...it means that the bleach is working...it's cleaning out our pipes.

He also said we would probably have to do the bleach-pipe thing a few times before we get all the antifreeze out.

FOR THE LOVE.

Thank you relator for informing us that this would be an issue!

So let us look at some pictures and senses from today's events...shall we?

Thank you Sara for coming up with this idea so that I can release some stress through pounding out on my keyboard what I'm tasting, smelling, feeling, seeing and hearing!

so feast your eyes on what I have been sensing today...

WARNING: It isn't pretty!

SMELLING:

BLEACH

Jeff took a shower this morning before we flushed the bleach out of the pipes...he reeked of bleach after his shower...then he sprayed himself with 10 sprays {no exaggeration} of his cologne.

He was a smelly hot mess!

These are my cleaning supplies that I use on a DAILY basis.

I used these to clean the tubs and showers after the water ran today!

To learn more about Melaleuca go {HERE}

SEEING:

Lame water filters that aren't working.

AND...you guessed it...SNOW!

Our poor bikes...

This was today: trying to flush out the water.

This was about 3 weeks ago...yep I AM going to show you a picture of my toilet.

No that isn't what you think it is...

it's antifreeze deliciousness!

I promise the water is clear when we shower!

My old boots with my awesome spandex workout pants.

I had to trudge through the snow to turn on the water outside...lame.

TASTING:

A bit of goodness with Vicki's delicious homemade cinnamon bread.

Purified drinking water.
Easter candy...yeah it was a day to indulge.

FEELING:

Frustrated, annoyed, humbled and BLESSED.

In all seriousness I feel very blessed to have a beautiful warm house to live in.

I feel blessed that we are only dealing with edible antifreeze in our water and not some kind of disease or germ.

I am grateful that none of us have been sick or felt any affects from the water.

I am humbled when I have stuff like this happens to me.

I'm annoyed and frustrated at myself for not catching or noticing this sooner.

HEARING:

Water running and birds chirping.

While I was taking pictures of the horrid snow I could hear those sweet little birds singing their spring song.

Bless their little singing hearts.

I couldn't help but yell out to them...

fly away...fly far far away.

If I had wings I would!

And last but not least...

hearing the precious bebe's talking and singing with me throughout the day.

Can you see her painted toes?

Here's to a new day without dirty water.

Have a wonderful rest of your Monday everyone.

XOXO

Sadie Jane

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