The making of protocols, policies, and dinners

January has been a busy month, and so has the beginning of February.  Taylor has been studying for the MCAT a lot, and I have been doing a lot of "Nurse Supervisor" work. <--That's my new title at work:  Nurse Supervisor Kelsey Drake!   It's not that cool, it just means a lot more work and writing up protocols/policies and making sure everything is up to date, listening to everyone's complaints when something goes wrong in Infusion, trying to schedule meetings, and understand new infusion drugs coming out.  Never thought I'd spend a whole day of work on the computer writing things up/researching new drugs instead of patient care.

Look at that fun, huge Tysabri drug insert paper to help me type up our Pharmaceutical Waste and Destruction Policy.  This month I'm working a on protocol to infuse the new drug Lemtrada.  I spent all day Thursday typing up my stuff like a machine; I even got to use a computer on the second floor!  That view was really bright and hurt my eyes.  I'm use to working in dark cubbies, I guess.

Tannin doesn't like when we are busy.  We've felt bad she always wants out, but we don't have time to always take her out, so we've been putting on aquarium movies for her.

She's hooked.  She even manages to look horrified when she sees the waves come up on the shore and get things wet!  She hates baths.

Can't keep her eyes off the screen.
See how she bulges out her neck?  That's when she's mad.  She was mad at that water.

 Taylor and I went to the Jordan River Temple and decided he's going to Med School.  Studying for the MCAT is so time-consuming, he's been too distracted to notice anything else...like that he put his dirty socks in his desk drawer....and it was there for a while.

 Taylor got some new shoes.  While shopping, we saw these shoes he use to wear all the time in high school.  The big tongue flap always in front of his jeans...Yup, he was a cool kid back in the day.

Taylor managed to take a picture of me one Sunday when we were bringing the Sacrament around room to room.  I was getting dressed up to go into a precaution room.  Also, notice my new skirt!  Taylor said I could buy a new skirt since I just paid for his semester at school.  $4000 tuition = 1 cute new skirt, right?  Just kidding, I also got 2 new shirts.  So we're equal. ;)

When I'm at work, Taylor sends me pictures of him studying....or not studying, and playing with Tannin.

He used this as an excuse for studying "biology".

Also worth mentioning, on our third game of Monopoly I won...finally.  And so it was decided we'd play a new game:  Risk!  Which I've never played but totally creamed Taylor's armies and ruled the entire world!  Australia was the last to fall into my reign.

Taylor and I have been having fun making up new recipes.  Every so often we get tired of the same ole same ole (since we can no longer change it up as much now that we're cheese-less and ricotta-less....I miss you Manicotti).  We decided to make a lactose-free Chipotle-type burrito, and another dish, vegan-quinoa-lime-cilantro-black-bean-salad. <--Working on that name.

The chicken burrito.

Next new recipe I will be a "copy cat" is the yummy lemon, olive oil chicken I had at Apple Bees with my Mom.