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Thursday, June 3, 2010You can see my new blog here:
http://hrichey.wordpress.com/
Well, a lot has happened since the last post (about 2 semesters, I think). Heidi graduated with her BS in Nursing (magna cum laude and was inducted into Sigma Theta Tau, the International Nursing Honor Society) and has passed her NCLEX. That means she is now officially a registered nurse. She also was able to pick up a part-time job at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center as an RN in the PACU. She will be caring for patients that have just come out of surgery. The crazy (yet amazing) thing was that this was the first job that she was considered for and her first interview since graduating. I am so proud of her for all the hard work she has put in and now it's starting to pay off.
As for me, I did not graduate. I still have one more semester to complete my second bachelor's degree. I will be finished with my undergraduate work in December and then will be looking towards my Master's degree. I will be graduating from Bethel with a BA in Visual Art and a BA in Philosophy. I finished the last of my requirements for my visual art degree with a very successful senior show and only have a couple more philosophy classes to complete. I was also named the 2010 philosophy major of the year at Bethel.
I wasn't feeling exceptionally creative for this entry, however, it needed to be done and now it's happening. So that's our meat and potatoes update!
Micah
This is it. We are now in our fourth and final year at Bethel College and we can smell the end of the beginning. Although we have thoroughly enjoyed these undergrad years, we are coming to the point at which we are ready to try something new. Speaking of new, we just had our first (perhaps annual) young couples retreat for our St. Mark young couples small group/sunday school class. It was at Lake James Assembly Retreat Center in Angola, IN. We had a great time getting to know other couples at a deeper level and were able to just chill and have a good time with everyone.
Heidi is doing a clinical rotation in Home Healthcare the first half of the semester. She enjoys it to an extent but gets bored with it due to a lack of connection with the patients. The nurses that she follows have been providing care to their patients for awhile and have built relationships with them, while Heidi looks on from the outside. Other than clinicals she just has three classes. She is also taking a piano class this semester. She still works at both the daycare and American Eagle, but is only able to work a couple days a week.
I am finally done with my Gen Eds and have moved into all my upper level classes. Most of my work is more independant now and consists of projects that span a longer time. There is the exception of my Greek class which was intimidating to get into but now that the class has started, I am really enjoying it. I am also doing an internship for EnGedi Ministries (my grandpa) and working on converting a group of separate blog sites into a fully functioning website. The blogs as they are can be seen at www.letgodlead.us. I am still working a little bit for the IT department at Bethel. I have branched out a little more this semester and am now doing some multimedia work around campus for chapel, events, and home athletics.
Well, I finally got a job! I am currently employed with American Eagle at the mall! I'm pretty excited about getting a discount and Micah is afraid I'm going to spend my whole paycheck on clothes. :) I'm sure I can control myself. :) Micah is working in the IT department at Bethel. AFter next week he can work 40 hours. It'll be nice having something to do during the day.
We're in ceramics right now, which is pretty fun. I'm not very creative, but I try. It's frustrating when my husband, the art major, sits right next to me creating masterpiece after masterpiece. Haha... oh well, I am enjoying it.
We're planning on moving into our new house next Saturday, which is pretty exciting. We haven't really started the packing process yet. Hopefully we can get some things done this weekend. We're looking forward to having a little bit of a yard at least, for cookouts and such.
And the tragedy of the summer is the death of our fish, Benaiah RIP. He had been really bloated for awhile and according to everything we read on the oh so reliable internet, it looked like he was just constipated. But apparently his kidneys failed. I don't really know anything about fish and their diseases. He was so big he couldn't even get off the ground of the aquarium. It was pretty sad.
I'm looking forward to the pool opening in our apartment complex. We have a week to use it before we move! I hope it's nice this week!
Well, I don't think I have much else to report.
God is Good
So I just read Micah's last post and wondered why I even try. He is much better with words than I am. So I apologize ahead of time, this post will merely inform you of the newest happenings in our lives and will not be as creatively entertaining.
I noticed that Micah mentioned the possibility of moving back onto Bethel's campus. We have gone back and forth with this decision but have recently applied and been accepted to move into a house! Our next step is to meet with the director of the physical plant at Bethel (the one who is in charge of all of this) to look at our options. There is one house left on the street that we were hoping to move to. This house would have 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. Which means we can have an office and don't have to have our books sprawled all over the living room and I don't have to do all of my homework on the couch! :) It will be about the same amount a month for rent but will also include electricity (which our rent now does not). We will be saving money in gas as well, because we can just walk to school! Our deciding factor in moving was our scholarships. When we moved off campus our scholarships from Bethel were cut in half. They have allowed us to have those back if we move into one of their houses! This is a major blessing! We were also worried about being able to put a deposit down on the house because it would be equal to one month's rent. We don't usually have that much extra money just sitting around. But the Lord answered our prayers when we checked our bank account to see if we had gotten our tax return yet. We did, and it was much, much larger than we expected!
Speaking of the Lord's blessings, He also provided free groceries for next month!... We get our monthly groceries from Angelfood. We order the "regular" box for $30 online, and then there is a church around the corner that we pick it up from once a month. We went to go pick it up last saturday, and they ran out! They were somehow shorted a few orders. In order to make up for it, the guy that runs it at the church offered to give us our box from this month and next month's box for the $30 that we already paid. The best part is that we are at a point right now (mostly because of our tax returns and me working more hours this semester) that we can actually buy groceries from the store, and next month we will get double the groceries!
Like I said, I've been able to work more hours this semester since I have night clinicals, so that has been really helpful. But this also means that I am really busy. We both are. This week is our spring break, which means I actually have time to update this thing! We don't have too many plans for the week. Micah is working on campus the first two days while I relax at home and do some things around the apartment. :) I would work, but the daycare is closed over breaks. Micah is going to Chicago on Wednesday with some friends. He has to go for one of his classes to visit a museum and do some kind of report. I plan on heading out to spend some time with my grandma. On Thursday, I have an interview for a summer job, and then later in the day we are heading down to Lafayette to visit Micah's parents for a few days. It's nice to have a break, and I'm ready to start new clinicals when I get back to school! I'm going to be starting OB/Maternity (Babies!) :)
My interview I mentioned is for a job at Memorial Hospital. They have alot of openings for a job that is specifically for nursing students. This means that once school starts up again, they will work with my school schedule. They have some openings in some of my areas of interests so I am pretty excited about it. If you read this before Thursday, please pray for my interview! Interviewing is not one of my strong points.
Anyways, I suppose that is all for now.
Love,
The Richeys
Well the little home inside our home was turned upside down tonight. It was messy and the trauma it caused the little ones who live there will be determined by close observation for the next few hours. We cleaned our fish tank tonight. It needed it badly-this yellow gunk was growing on the glass. Now it looks nice and clean but in the process of cleaning it the filament in the tank light broke so now we'll have to get e new bulb...uncool...very uncool.
Heidi and I also went for a light bike ride this evening, after our well balanced meal of spaghetti and greenbeans and breadsticks. Well, I guess its missing a few groups but its got to count for something. You may be saying to yourself, "ahh what a nice health minded couple" but hold that thought for a moment. You see there was a marvelously tempting Pillsbury cinnamon roll commercial on the tele and we just had to have them. Since we live so close to Walmart, that's just what we did. Now you may pass your judgement.
We're just chugging along with our school work, both doing fabulously well-you'd expect that being the geniuses we are...lol. That wasn't meant to be serious, but seriously we are doing well and at least I (Micah) am enjoying it. I think Heidi is ready to graduate and get it over with. I on the other hand, along with the counsel of my wife, have decided to add another major to the mix. I am now going to double major in Visual Arts (with and emphasis in Graphic Design and Digital Photography) and Philosophy. Don't ask me what I'm going to do with that...I'm sorry I just love getting down to the bottom of things...or at least as close as I can...not to mention that I absolutely love to think. If I'm majoring in Philosophy then I'm allowed to overthink, which is precisely what I do. Heidi is almost done with her Pediatrics clinical roatation and will be moving into Psych, not something she is particularly looking forward to.
We've also learned that Bethel is going to rent out the houses on the back side of campus for married housing. We are planning on taking advantage of that and I have a meeting with the director of facilities, or whatever his title is, coming up next week. That should save on having to drive to campus and the rent would be cheaper than the apartment we have now.
So that's what's new here.
So my father reminded me the other night that we have not posted in awhile. And this is true. Nothing too exciting has been happening. We've been pretty busy with school and work and such. In case you haven't heard from us since our last post, I (Heidi) did not get that job at the nursing home. Apparently that "pre-employment test" was pretty important. Even though it said on the front page "there are no right or wrong answers..." blah blah blah... I still failed!
Anyways... so I've been working at the daycare. With my class schedule, I'm only able to get about 11.5 hours in a week. I have also applied to be a tutor at Bethel, so we'll see how that goes. Micah and I try to drive to campus together as much as possible to save gas. It's not that far, but every little bit helps! So that is why I am currently sitting in the BC computer lab, typing this blog. Micah is in class for another 30 min. Our schedules don't match up that well all the time, so sometimes I have to find ways to entertain myself on campus. I try to do homework most of the time, but that doesn't always happen. (as you can see) :)
I am enjoying clinicals and working with the kids. It is really different than what I've done before. 1 because its kids instead of "grown ups" and 2 because its an evening shift (2-11) instead of the morning shift.
Micah and Drew have been doing some crazy research and such to start their new ministry! It all started when Micah had the idea to bike across the country. So then they went crazy looking up the best kind of bikes & equipment, some good trails, etc etc. The whole time I was just wondering where we were going to find the money to buy all this! I think it would be really fun in a few years, but not the Richey boys.... oh no, they want to go next summer! Well anyways, then they had an idea. What if we raised money and donated it to a charity? That would be cool. It kept developing and now, they are working on logos, a website, and figuring out what all needs to be done to get this thing started. The boys are going to be talking to their uncle Doug who has apparently done something very similar. If anyone else has any experience in the area... let us know! :)
Well I don't really know what else to say, so I guess that's all for now.
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