Goodbye Station 77

I went to my old place of employment today, Station 77 at Fairview Southdale hospital for a baby shower. Even though it has only been a few weeks since I moved to my new job at Riverside it was really hard. I worked there for almost 4 years and just love the people I got to know. It is always weird to return to a place that you don't "belong to" anymore but this was the hardest time for me. St. 77 is full of kind, empathetic, and fun people. In the time I worked there I got married, went to graduate school, and experienced my first pregnancy. Major life events. my co-workers became my friends and a source of support to me during these important times. To be honest they were there for me when other people in my life I thought I could count on weren't. To them I will always be grateful.

Station 77 baby shower

On the other hand they told me all about recent events on the unit which includes staff finding a potential overdose before it happened and another patient sneaking a knife past a very experienced nurse and slicing her arm open.

That I don't miss.

So I move on as we do in life hoping that the old gang doesn't forget to invite me to parties and other celebrations as they occur. Thank God for facebook.

When we put the nursery together I wondered how long it would take for the cats to discover the crib. Well it took a couple weeks but Steve finally realized there was a new place to sit.
After I took pictures I kicked him out and haven't seen him in there since. We'll see how long that lasts.

I am officially 37 weeks which is considered full term. "Belly" can be born anytime now without worry. I was trying to convince him that the sooner he was born the sooner he would turn 16 therefore the sooner mommy and daddy would buy him a car. That is a pretty good deal right? Well baby remains in my tummy so I guess he didn't think it was that great. I'll let you all know if anything changes. It could be any day now or in five weeks. Boo. Derek and I will be celebrating our nine year dating anniversary in a few weeks. We'll probably be at Figlio (the site of our first date) in uptown to celebrate. I'll post some new pictures then.

Love,

Mama Panda