6 month anniversary.
I have mentioned my good friend Melanie on this good ol' space before {here}, but this weekend Melanie, Steff and I all celebrated Melanie successfully completing 6 full months of full-time RN employment on February 9th, 2014. Back when we graduated and passed our boards we promised each other we would take time to celebrate, relax, and enjoy time away from the pressures of working as a nurse on a routine basis. Whether this was with going out for dinner, on a vacation, or a simple overnight in our lovely city we call home. So it was decided that we would start out by celebrating our 6-month anniversary's of our official start date at our jobs. Melanie was hired as a full-time public health nurse, working for a non-profit organization that sends nurses to work in the homes of patients that have a psychiatric diagnosis and need skilled nursing visits, weekly/ bi-monthly/ or monthly. In her role as a field nurse, she has the demanding job of being part care-coordinator, advocate, and bed-side nurse. She works hard and puts 100% into every patient, they are long days but she also knows she's where she wants to be. She has a heart and passion for her patients and that's evident in how she talks about her job, even on the bad/ crappy days..because yes, they exist.
So we planned an awesome overnight in downtown Minneapolis. We stayed the night in Minneapolis' Hotel Ivy, enjoyed facials & massages at the Ivy Spa Club, and ended the night with a movie on demand and wine. All things that allowed all three of these nurses to take full advantage of relaxation and respite from the demanding jobs that we are learning to love. Next will be Steffanie's 6 month anniversary on April 21st, so please feel free to pass along recommendations of hotels/ spas/ accommodations in the twin cities we're all ears!
Here's a few iPhone photos from our girls overnight :-)
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