Sean started clinicals this week which, to me, feels like school is finally on a roll. He has had to travel to various locations around Springfield this week and the day starts at 7:30 AM. I am not super certain on the number of times Sean has seen 7:30 AM unless he's on the tail end of a long night. We have had FOUR alarms set in an effort not to miss 5:55 AM so we both have time to get ready. It's been rough! But it's been nice to spend a small amount of time together before the day begins and has been the best part of my day more than once this week. Sadly for him, he's at the hospital from 7:30 AM until 11:00 PM on the three days he works during the week. That has to get old so fast.
The after school job has been good. I'm working slightly more because they are so short staffed, but even a few more hours seems like such a load with everything else going on. Thankfully, the people are so great to work with and my sales are improving!
The other job has just been so busy. Remember that week I took off at the beginning of the year? Yep, still not caught up from that time off. This week I have had a deadline for both health systems (along with a name change which is just such a hassle...) and an audit to prepare for. All the work had pretty much been done for the audit but the anxiety was a lot of added stress. I got so little sleep Wednesday night worrying about it. Come to find out, it went great (for me, anyway) and I got some great ideas to improve where I am lacking. The phone call from a friend letting me know of the compliments I had recieved as she drove the auditors to the airport made everything worth it and was so, so appreciated.
Last night was my big night off with Sean. We had dinner at Bairs with some friends and then I "watched" Sean play volleyball while beginning my February read. It was a great night OFF. He works tonight and I work all weekend before the week starts over (and I am pretty sure he is due to work next weekend) so I have to hold on to the night off together for a little while. Meanwhile, I should have plenty of time alone to get into my book!
February {A Friend Request - Book}
The Loch, Steve Alten
According to Amazon, here is a synopsis of the book:
Loch Ness holds secrets, ancient and deadly. Does a monster inhabit its depths, or is it just myth? Why, after thousands of reported sightings and dozens of expeditions, is there still no hard evidence? Marine biologist Zachery Wallace knows, but the shock of his near-drowning as a child on Loch Ness have buried all memories of the incident. Now, a near-death experience suffered while on expedition in the Sargasso Sea has caused these long-forgotten memories to re-surface. Haunted by vivid night terrors, stricken by a sudden fear of the water, Zach finds he can no longer function as a scientist. Unable to cope, his career all but over, he stumbles down a path of self-destruction...until he receives contact from his estranged father...a man he has not seen since his parents' divorced and he left Scotland as a boy.
Angus Wallace, a wily Highlander who never worked an honest day in his life, is on trial for murdering his business partner. Only Zachary can prove his innocence - if he is innocent, but to do so means confronting the nightmare that nearly killed him seventeen years earlier.
This book has been the only read that my good friend Lisa has talked about since, like, day 1 when I met her, I think! It's kind of long book (for me) and I am not totally sure that it's going to be my type of book but I am willing to give it a shot because it's a friend request! Lisa doesn't usually have bad taste in too many things so we'll see.
I was actually really excited to read another book this month (requested by my friend Marri), but then found out it was on the Oprah book club and thought there weren't probably going to be too many other books that I'd find as much enthusiasm to read so I will wait!
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