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I haven’t blogged since Shannon’s passing because I’ve just been so exhausted ~ mentally & physically. To try and divert my mind, I’ve been working extra hard at work. It doesn’t help, though; I literally look for her everywhere. I just can’t believe that I’ll never be able to see her beautiful smile or give her belly rubs again.

On a more positive note, I found out that the hospital I’ll be going to for my clinicals is the one just a few blocks from my house! This is great news, because I wasn’t looking forward to driving long distances in the snow. School starts back up January 12th.

I’ve been trying to convince the management at my work to keep me on part-time once school starts. I think they’d be more apt to if it was more than 2 hours a day. My clinical day ends at 3:30 and work closes at 6:00. It sucks that I’m going to have to quit a job that I really like, especially when so many people can’t find work now. I like the people and I like what I do. I put a lot of time and effort into re-organizing the entire Respiratory Dept. pharmacy, and I know the next person is going to come in and muck the whole thing up! I guess I just can’t think about that, though.

Happy New Year to everyone ~ I hope you’ll all be doing something fantastic tonight. Vic & I will probably do the same thing we did last year ~ watch Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin on CNN and struggle to stay awake until midnight. I hope we all have a better 2009!