It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Kate and I enjoyed a little R&R in the sunshine today by sitting at the pool at the Pegasus hotel.  After a long week, some sun and suds were greatly appreciated.  It's hard to realize that Christmas is only about a month away when you have palm trees surrounding you, but everyone is decorated and the christmas music is playing :-)

 "The only ice here is my ice cold beer" My Facebook post today, in honor of all the Ohio people dealing with the ice today

View from the Pegasus pool

           

                                    Christmas with sun and palm trees- this Ohio girl doesn't know how to react!

View from the front of Pegasus hotel

Tonight we attended the awards banquet for the 7th annual medical conference.  Our 16 nurse training program graduate all received their certificates.  We also gave out 4 awards- best academic to Michelle, best clinical to Janelle, most caring to Rachel, and best overall to Terrance.  The students all looked great and we had a lot of fun taking pictures.  The students also gave Nationwide Children's a trophy from their class as a thank you for sponsoring the program. Guyana Help the Kids was also honored with an award for it's continual dedication to medical and nursing education.

Guyana nurse educator, Cenise and me

Guyana Help the Kids' award

Dr. Nar receiving an award from Michelle on behalf of Dr. Nelin and Nationwide Children's Hospital

Cenise receiving an award from Michelle for her dedication to the class

Kate, myself, and Aruna (our program coordinator)

Some of the students with 2 of the residents

Christmas Tree Selfie at Pegasus after the awards ceremony