Ack...what a terrible blogger I am!

Well. I'm back. I find it amusing that my very last post promised more reliable blogging, and I then proceeded to post absolutely nothing for 7 ish months. Ah well, I guess that is the way it goes sometimes. That being said, I am not convinced that I will be blogging as much as I previously did, but I do intend to post now and again when something interesting happens, rather than forcing myself to come up with topics every couple of days. It wasn't a good method, and it made blogging much more of a chore than it should be. Blogging should be fun, a way to share interests and news without feeling guilty about not posting every other day. Anyway, enough of that...

Since last summer, a lot has happened.

Summer was a whirlwind and when it was over I headed back to Sudbury, ON to begin my 2nd year of midwifery training at Laurentian University. The semester went well, it was lovely to see all of my friends again, but a little bittersweet knowing that in January we would all be farmed out across Ontario to our various 'placements' where we would be working along side practising midwives to learn - gasp! - BY DOING. (an absolutely terrifying prospect for most of us!)

In the end I passed my final exams and discovered that I would be placed in Southwestern Ontario at a small practice with only 3 midwives. I have been placed here from January until May, and so far it has been a lovely experience. The learning curve was hard at first, but I'm really getting the hang of things now. I have attended over 10 births, with many more planned, and have even caught a few babies!

Once this placement is over I will be very excited to be heading back to the Maritimes for my last summer off during the program (3rd and 4th year run together with not much of a break in between), and my plan is to spend all of 3rd year at home as well, since the placements I will be doing are able to be done anywhere in Canada. Let me tell you, I CANNOT WAIT to be going home for a year. Ontario is fine, but there is no place like home, and to have the opportunity to break up the 4 years of the program with a year home is a wonderful gift!

And finally, the only other bit of news, is that my partner and I are fortunate enough to be expecting a baby of our own, due in late summer! We are very excited about it, as are our families, and it is just one more reason I am thankful to be at home this summer. This is my first pregnancy, so the last few months have been filled with new experiences as my body changes to accommodate the growing baby inside. I don't intend on letting it slow me down this summer tho! I only get one year at home, and I intend to enjoy every minute as fully as I did last summer!

Now that I've gotten the big events updated, I can hopefully keep the future posts more externally relevant. I don't particularly care for bloggers who just go on and on about their personal lives, I feel that it is better to let your interests inform your posts, but day-to-day life should be mostly off limits! That being said, I'm tapped out for now...