How many sticks?

Do you remember the commercial for Tootsie Pops? How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop? Well, how many sticks does it take to get good at IV's?
I got another opportunity to start an IV today. I missed. It was a hard stick though. There were patients today, but we were doubling and sometimes tripling up on them. That made today a SLOWWWWWWW day. I'm so tired. I just want to go home and go to bed. But I have Micro tonight and another test in there. So here I am, waiting for 5:00 to roll around.
It's too hot outside to try and take a nap in the car.

1. Election--no comment, except--the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, Gives it to whomever He will, And sets over it the lowest of men (Daniel 4:17). Praise God that He is still on the throne.
2. Why do people think that if they dislike someone that everyone else should too? Today someone tried to convince me to dislike another person. Her reasons for disliking this individual had NOTHING to do with me. They were very personal. I have my own reasons to LIKE this same person. Why do we feel wronged if another person disagrees on our personal likes and dislikes? I honestly think she was offended that I didn't jump on her bandwagon.
3. For whatever reason, I have been losing sleep lately. It seems like a different reason every night. It's getting old though. I'm ready to just sleep until my little heart is content.
4. My dogs are getting big! Trevor is big enough to jump into the bed of the truck on his own now. Bama has stopped crying all the time. Now he just cries most of the time. Trevor still thinks Bama is his toy, but Bama has started fighting back now.
5. When I leave the hospital after clinical, I smell hand sanitizer in my nose all night. I'm tired of that smell.
6. Dave's sister and brother-in-law are in Canada (Fort McMurray, north Alberta, specifically) doing mission work. They are ultimately trying to start a church there, although right now they are focusing on relationship building. Clay told a story in his mission report that I want to tell you all. A head-on collision took place on the 2-lane hwy that runs into their town. The driver of one car was killed instantly, the two people in the other car were pinned in. For 90 minutes, no one would stop to help them. The way his report read, people passed by, but no one stopped. I take for granted living in the Bible belt and around all the "good 'ole boys" who would immediately stop. Last year, we had tornados in our area and I (stupidly) was out on the roads. I hydroplaned and ended up in the ditch. I wasn't hurt, the car wasn't hurt, but before the wrecker could get there (about 30 minutes), so many people had stopped to make sure I was okay, I was mad. Every time they stopped, I had to get out into the rain to tell them that I was fine. I was drenched. I feel grateful now--they could have just driven by. Apparently there are people who would have.
Incidently, there are Good Samaritan laws in almost every state (possibly every state) to protect you from lawsuit if you are the first on the scene and stop to help in an emergency situation.

Stay tuned....