Helen & Keith

My friends from highschool got married over the weekend. I remember being really good friends with both the bride and the groom. But due to various reasons, we have drifted far apart over the years. Regardless, it was emotional and exciting to witness them committing themselves to each other.

I love weddings :) weddings are always so happy! Josie used to say that being a wedding officiant has to be the " happiest" job, haha. Probably true.

Some movie taught me that when the bride is walking down the aisle, everyone pays attention to the bride -- how happy, how gorgeous, and how radiant she is. All of which was true for Helen. However, it is sometimes equally, if not more, emotional to look at the groom while the bride walks down the aisle -- to see their expectant and admiring smiles.

Though we haven't kept in touch in the last few years, it doesn't take much to know how perfect Keith and Helen are for each other. All the best to them :)

Pictures to come... maybe XD

Orange

This past year has been crazy. Both good and bad. 

Work has been more mentally exhausting than ever. I remember finishing my final preceptorship was an exciting time. Everyone had all sorts of advice and tips to give me, amongst which were often negative -- "it'll be a roller coaster", "you'll never get used to the hospital politics", "you will get so bitter so quick being on a regular ward"... etc etc. Despite everything, I was excited to finally be done. I always knew I would miss school, but I never realized it would be because I would get so sick of work. 

There are no easy solutions to an aging population. I don't have an answer, but I do know that what we are doing just isn't working. Our practices are becoming so unsafe, and are causing people sicker quicker. It is heart-breaking sometimes, and I often question HOW am I expected to work. Fighting to deliver decent patient care against hospital politics is the most disgusting.

Picking up a full-time, paid training, position in the emergency room is like a dream come true. I can only wonder who to thank for such blessings -- less than a year out of school, and already been given such a great opportunity. It is exciting, scary, reassuring, frightening, encouraging, humbling... ... all at the same time. Though at the bottom of my heart, I wonder if, again, it'll only a matter of time before I'm bored and want a new challenge again. I'm so "orange" and I need new and shiny things all the time, that it sure gets slightly annoying.

Finally, I love Allen. He is simply the best guy any girl could ever ask for. Just a thought. :)

Yes, we are always this happy when we are together :P