Bakersfield, California

Tenth Assignment: Bakersfield, California
Dates: April 14th,2008-July 12th, 2008
Address: 604 Douglas Street Unit D
Bakersfield, California 93308
Hospital: Bakersfield Memorial Hospital

After hanging out with Brandie and Ry in San Francisco, I drove down to Bakersfield, Ca to move in to my new apartment. It was 90+ degrees while moving in. Welcome to the desert (again). A week after moving in mama flew out to spend some time with me. We went to Sequoia National Park, Kings Canyon National Park, a couple casinos, Los Angeles to see WICKED, and over the the beaches in LA. We had a good time while I was off work. I was able to see Brandie and Ry for breakfast when they were on there way back to Alabama after getting back from China and Japan.

The hospital was alright. The nurses were all nice. I did nights and days there. I was floated to the newborn nursery and SCN a few times, which was a nice change. Nights were very slow and it only took a few minutes to chart since it was all on paper. Days were a little better, but could also be very chaotic.

I didn't really meet any people to hang out with during this assignment, which may have something to do with going off exploring every chance I got! I went back up to San Jose/Palo Alto twice to see Butch. I also went to Universal Studios Hollywood, Santa Barbara, LA a few times and flew to Ohio to see Ann and Olivier. The trip to Ohio was fun. I was able to see a little bit of Ohio and Granville which were Ann and Olivier are living. Granville is a very cute town with a very beautiful downtown with cute little shops and restaurants.