From my childhood

I was meant to go to nursing school. As a child, I loved nothing more than to lay on my Dad's tummy. I loved to listen to the burps and other noises his stomach made. He would also let me play drums on his tummy. I think he hoped that that I took after him and would become a musician.

I also loved to listen to my Mum's tummy. And I liked to look at my Mum's scalp. My Dad's scalp was there to see (he was already losing his hair before I was born.) Her hair was so dark compared to her white scalp.

And I was fascinated with my Grandma's ears. I spent many days over at Grandma and Grandpa's. After lunch, Grandma would take a bath and then put pincurls in her hair. Once I was old enough to wield a pin, I was allowed to help. Her ears were rather large, and she had these large lobes. Her ears were different from Grandpa's ears that stood straight out from his head. I definitely have Grandma's ears.

So doesn't it sound like I was meant to be a nurse. Who else would care about the sounds someone's tummy makes?

Back from DC

It's been over a week and I still haven't posted about the DC trip. We all had a great time. Dad's only complaint is that we were up from "dawn" to get going and we did way too much. But every time I wanted to do something that was not a museum, Mom would say that Dad's never been to DC before so we have to go to this museum. So we went to pretty much every single museum on the Mall. I wouldn't have minded seeing things off the Mall like Georgetown, but oh well. And I was disappointed that I didn't get to eat Ethiopian food.
The best part of the trip was seeing Spamalot and the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. Spamalot was hilarious and I recommend it to everyone, even if you're not a big Monty Python fan. The Natural History Museum was so interesting. I especially liked the skeletons and other displays where they showed the insides of the animals. With A&P I actually recognize the body parts.

And in other news... I went in for my advising session. The good news is that I don't have to take any other courses than regular nursing classes. I have all the required corequisites and don't have to take any more general education classes because this is my second degree. Yeah!!! That leaves me a lot more time to study for nursing.