Paige Barnes

Reason #25 that I love my husband: He loves what he does and works hard. My husband is a computer engineer. He was still in college when we got married and those were a rough couple of years as he finished up. He studied hard, and worked too as we had our son after our first year of marriage. He has a fabulous job at a great company with good coworkers. Not a lot of people can always say that. He works very hard on projects, often travels and brings work home from time to time, but he really loves what he does. I love that he is happy and satisfied with his career. In my daily prayers I give thanks to God for his job, his boss, and his company and ask God to bless their work. He is a hard worker and a wonderful provider for me and the kids, and we are very proud of him! ~Paige

So, it's been awhile since I posted. There's a very good reason for that. Life!!! I am so tired. Monday, I was supposed to go to work at a local hospital here. I'm going to be working some part-time shifts as a nurse on the medical floor and in the ICU and ER. Monday was to be my first night to orient to the new facility (get to know where everything is and the policies and procedures and all that jazz). However, Monday I had to make a 2 hour trip to get a family member some help. I was called and asked if I would come take this person to an emergency room up where she lives and help her get some psychiatric treatment. She was depressed and somewhat suicidal. We spent the night (well until 2am) in the emergency room for part of the time and then in a lock-down facility for the rest of the time as they tried to assess her and decide what treatment she needs. She was seeking inpatient treatment but that wasn't available to her and they didn't think she was ...