smile. life is good.

let's be honest for a minute.  each day right now is tiring/long/busy/exhausting..... etc.  {i haven't mentioned that before on the blog before, right? ..... right? ok, so maybe i have.... but, whatever}  it is the end of semester for me, and the ten-day countdown to john's gmat test is underway.  each day is 30-hours long and by the end of the night, ponies are prancing around my head and i pretty much look like this.  

so, life is busy.  but life is also incredibly wonderful.  for instance:

1.  i played soccer outside today.  outside people!  how happy is that?

2.  john gets home in 1.5 hours.  {that sounds like a long time, but i'm thrilled anyways.}

3.  and grey's anatomy has a new episode tonight.  {madison is coming over to watch it with me, obviously.}

i mean really, isn't life just great?  i have a great husband who loves me.  i have worthwhile things to do with my time.  i have direction.  i have family and friends to rely on.  i have couch to curl up on and drink hot chocolate.  i have something to live for.

in clinical today, i met a patient who lost her kidney function.  then lost her husband.  then stopped taking her anti-rejection meds.  then her body started rejecting her donated kidney.  i didn't know what to do for her and how to help her.  {after looking at my nursing diagnosis book, i found some interventions for her.  but really, some of the interventions seemed rather futile.  what can i do to really help her?  frustrating.}  i couldn't talk to her about her problems or depression, because i have never been depressed.  i have never even been really, really sad!  not for very long anyway.  okay, well now i feel like i'm just bragging.  but that's not my intent, i swear! 

in a nutshell: 

i am blessed,

and i am thankful for it.

so very, very thankful.  

smile.

life is good.