Babies, Babies Everywhere!

Its fun to see as a group of people go through the same stages of life at the same time. I say this because a couple of years ago it felt like everyone I knew was getting married, and now it seems like everyone I know is pregnant and having babies. Don't get me wrong, I love weddings, and I LOVE babies! I love the pretty wedding dresses, and the love that you see in the couple's eyes. And I think babies are so cute with their exploring eyes, and how cuddly they can be. I also even love them as they get bigger. These three little ones are especially dear to my heart!

Annalisa 12/5/2008

Calvin 06/19/2010

Livianna 08/01/2010

My husband jokes that I have baby radar, because when ever we walk into a room I almost instantly know where half the little kids are (I think its just because most of the kids are in my nursery class). But if it is true it is definitely going to start coming in handy, because this baby will be joining the Snell family in March 2011 :)

Baby Snell (Coming Soon!)

My Overflowing Tea Cup

My first day in a doctor's office was CRAZY! I have been to the doctor's office before, but I have never experienced it like I did today! It is one thing to be a patient at an office, but it is completely and totally different to be working in one. First off, I should explain to those of you who don't know that I am currently externing at a doctor’s office so that I can finish up my medical assisting program. I have 7 hours down and 145 to go. I'm working at a family practice that treats mostly people who do not speak English. Out of the however many patients we worked with today none of them spoke, wrote, or even understood English. Not one of them understood me, and all of them needed a translator. Have I said it enough ways that no one understood me?!? To be honest this really didn't bother me too much, I just felt inadequate when trying to help them and can only imagine how they felt when working with me.

I felt like a tea cup today, they were pouring out all this information that I had to learn and most of is was just pouring out the sides of my pour little cup. Things like locating files by DOB, and others by last name depending on what kind of insurance they had didn't stick. While things like blood draws, injections, answering phones and making appointments took up all the space my poor little cup could handle. Luckily, I think my tea cup was big enough for the lead MA and the Doctor because at the end of the day they both said they liked me and that I was one of the best externs they had worked with. Phew! Maybe I will be able to make it through the next 145 hours alive! :)

I know that this next month is going to be so hard, but it is giving me good experience that I can apply to other places I work.  Can I also mention, how much I love the fact that I get to help these people. Who knows maybe I will learn Korean, or Cambodian after interacting with our patients so much, or then again maybe I won’t, but it was a cool idea anyway, huh?