1st fridays!

tonight i went to my first, 1st friday :]

it is a big art-ish thing in downtown.

lots of jewelry making, painting, dancing and singing.

every 'first' friday of the month.

my floor went with our 'brother' floor, and it was a blast.

here are some pics to show.

oh....and my patient today went to get an TEE (transesophageal ecocardiogram) and i got to go with her.  such a cool procedure.  and margaret was a trooper. 

she is my gma's age and i just kept thinking about my grandma.

margaret was here without any of her family {she told them not to come cause she just had in infection...but on top of ESRD}.  she told me at one point that talking to me made her miss her daughters.

and she told me that when her daughters were pregnant, she would have a thing called 'tea and sympathy' when they would call all upset about life. how awesome is that?

she was such a sweet woman, and i feel beyond blessed to have spent the day with her.

after her TEE, we went to get her permanent cath for dialysis taken out.

she was about to have a fistula put in, but we ended up waiting too long and i had to go.

she asked if i would pray for her to get back on her feet and home again.

you got it, dude.

like i was saying....first friday. so fun.  enjoy!

{we totally crashed some AWESOME drumming session.  all these younger kids were dancing.  it was incredible.  i don't know if they enjoyed us dancing with them.  but it was fun!}

 {this guy was a mini justin beiber.  he sang 'baby', 'somebody to love', and 'without you' by chris brown.  we stood in the front row and sang at the TOP of our lungs. his dad video taped us.  yep.  pretty much made our night--and his :] }

{some dinosaur thing}

{whole group!!]

{how many people can you fit on a couch?  the answer is 6!}

{all the ladies}

{inside some fish sculpture.  sean dared me.  it was a bit tight around the hips. LOL}

{all the ladies on the fish....and seans butt}

{me and rach}

see?  so fun.

i am (yet again) feeling so overwhemled with school.
had to go to bed early last night cause it was taking every ounce of me not to cry about everything.
staying awake was getting me no where. so i slept--or tried to.
i need fall break....and it is still a few weeks away.
oh man. lots to do.

i'm off to bed! fund raiser in the morning.
enjoy the weekend!