Spring Break

Been a crazy few weeks! But the end is near. Just got home from North Myrtle Beach, SC where I spent the past five days enjoying my spring break with family. Probably the best spring break I've ever had! It was so very relaxing and it was good to get sun and fresh air and to get away from the normal view of the inside of my house. Here are a few photos from the week...

I had no idea until this past week what my spring nemesis looked like. We went on a short walk one afternoon and I was noticing these yellow flower like things on some of the pine trees. Never seen them on a tree before...so I reach out to touch them and the craziest thing happened... they practically disintegrated into yellow powder that blew away in the breeze. Yes. Pine Pollen. This is the stuff that coats our cars in the spring. And I am so allergic. Thankfully I'm already taking my allergy medicine (despite risk of back pain---see previous posts from April/May 2011), so I wasn't adversely affected by the experience. Most of the pine trees in SC are covered in pollen, but for the most part the pollen is still on the trees. On the drive back into town, I kept looking on the pine trees here and I couldn't see them. I'm hoping that means we are still a couple weeks out from pine pollen season. It's been so warm (in 70's and 80's) that we know the pollen is coming!

One afternoon we went for a walk through a nature area during low tide. There were signs along the path and boardwalks identifying creatures and plants etc... At one point, we were walking along a wooden overlook and saw two signs in the same vicinity. Both are in the water below us. One sign is facing away from the dock- we assume it is pointing out something interesting (we can't read it) and the other sign (see below) which we can read says "Please stay on path." We aren't really sure who the intended audience is. Maybe a boat? Weird.

I'm a natural disaster freak. So before we had even parked our car at Broadway at the Beach, I was completely drawn to this structure. Fun huh? Looks like this building crashed upside down on another building. The inside and exterior are similarly designed. We didn't get too far inside as it's some sort of HUGE play area for older kids/teens/adults??? I'm sure my nieces and nephews would've had a great time had they been with us.

On Friday, we headed down to Myrtle Beach to see the goings on there and took advantage of the off-season to ride the Ferris wheel. What a beautiful day to do so. Spectacular views!

...it was so exciting that we caught my dad napping on the ride. haha!








Full week ahead, OB test (got an A on my Peds test right before break-yay!), working on an event for the student nurses association at school and back to clinicals. Wednesday I'm a student leader for our Peds clinical. That will be interesting...and thankfully no patient prep--just have to know about everyone else's patients!

Lots to do tonight (unpacking, laundry, school work..). Although I'm still in denial that school starts back tomorrow with clinical! Tomorrow I'll be in the NICU (baby ICU), so it's probably going to be a bit sad.

Gotta run.

P.S.  54 days until graduation (47 days until final exams are over).