(Almost) Wordless Wednesday

Isn't he lovely. :)




So, it's almost wordless Wednesday, but I wanted to include my GiST--I'll make it short since it is supposed to be wordless.

1. That face above...seriously, how could that not make you smile.

2. Cooper randomly saying "I love you" to me today while he was playing on the couch. He isn't the touchy feely one in the family so it is nice to hear that especially since I am rarely around anymore.

3. All these crafty blogs inspiring the inner DIYer in me. I want to do projects!! Yay.

4. To find the silver lining in the clouds...Robbie getting a cast today. If he didn't then we wouldn't have gotten milkshakes from Steak and Shake today and it was wonderful!

5. That I got my butt out running again. I came across something not so pleasent on the run, but we'll pretend like I didn't. Besides that though, it was great to get out and sweat again, all you athletes know what I'm talking about.

:) Good night!

Grace in Small Things

I think that this is a wonderful idea. The premise is to write down five things you are grateful for each day...I can do that! I think this will be an excellent way to keep me looking at the present instead of only the future.

#1. I am grateful for getting up at 0615, because when I took the dogs out it gave me a chance to see the sky in that color that only exists before dawn actually breaks. It is that sapphire blue, it isn't dark out but it isn't light out. It's perfect. That is probably my favorite time of day and has been since I was a camp kid! (Oh yeah, waking up at 0615 allowed me a chance to make cinnamon rolls for me and the boys, yum!)

#2. I am grateful that Jackson has stopped yelling. Apparently he thinks that if he yells he is going to get whatever he wants, oh Jackson, clearly he wasn't for warned on who was going to watch him this week, because that definitely does not work for me. After a rather loud breakfast where the boys and I were all finished before Jackson even got his fifth bite of food, he caught on that signing please was going to get him some food, not yelling at me. It is amazing how selectively my hearing can be. He's catching on and like it or not he is going to be a polite little boy when his parents come home on Sunday.

#3. I am grateful for target...who isn't. Jackson and I went there this morning and I got lots of $1 goodies for the boys, cool Lighting McQueen socks for Coop and a bug for Jackson. I also bought Robbie the book "The Giver," yesterday he told me that he didn't have any more chapter books to read, so voila, now he does.

#4. I am grateful for Mexico. Without Mexico there wouldn't be my fabulously handsome chihuahua. Roman Noodle rocks my socks and since chihuahuas are Mexican, thank you Mexico. Oh yeah, it's also Cinco de Mayo. Oh Las Margaritas sounds wonderful tonight...to bad I have to be responsible or something like that. I'll take a rain check on the margarita. I'll probably need it come Sunday.

#5. Lastly, I am grateful for Phillip. I know things have been rough between us, but fingers crossed it starts to get better. I am grateful for his constant support and the constant knowledge that someone is there. It is so hard to be success for in anything now a days and having someone who you know is there to back you up regardless if you've had a good day or a bad day is truly something to be grateful for.

Not Me Monday

Yay...it's back!

I did not just get a call from Shelley to let me know that Robbie is in a cast...so much for swimming this week. I did not get up today a bit after 1000 after going to bed last night at 2300. I did not wake up numerous times last night to check my cell phone to see if PP text messaged or emailed me. I did not come home yesterday afternoon to my lovely kitty cats and climbed into bed to watch DVRed recorded shows as well as read while snuggling my ginormous kitties!

I did not realize last night that I have packed nothing and done nothing to get ready to go to the boys. I did not realize just now that I did not wash Roman Noodles blankets or his bed...whatever. I did not just decide that blogger needs to go away and I need to pack.

Until later everyone!

Ha, a night early!

I'm back and I'm twittering.

How cool is twittering....it is much cooler today since I've figured out how to use it. I am still trying to figure out how to get other people's updates but I'll get it. Anyone who has any tips shoot me a message...or a twitter. :)

I'm trying to think of the best way to do this post, I have so much going on (especially since I'm a loser and I haven't posted). School...boyfriend...The Chuch...the boys...life...etc. You get the drift. We'll go in that order and I'm sure I will throw more random side notes along the way.

NP2 is DONE...D-O-N-E...done, done, done!!! I ended up with a B in the semester, not too bad. I really want an A, but we actually lost a lot of people this semester-so I'll take my B and proceed onto NP3. I was dying towards the end of the semester, it was so freaking long and tedious. It was awful. I am excited about NP3 though. I really like nursing school but was burned out from NP2, and now NP3 is a clean slate and another chance to earn an A. I can do it...please cheer me on (I'll need it). I am going to be very proactive this summer. I am going to get my reading for test 1 together tomorrow to get a jump start on at the boys this week. Enough about school.

Oh the boyfriend...oh the boyfriend. We were doing so good for so long. Everything was knock on wood (not like it matters now) perfect. We were blissfully happy then this weekend happened. I am not going to get into all the nasty details of it. We had two and a half good night out of four nights and I left today mid fight. I couldn't take it anymore, so I left. I know that I contributed much if not most of the issues with this weekend, but I don't know what to do. I want things back to the way it was. I've asked for advice before, I'm asking for it again.

Roman Noodle is wonderful. He is with me under the covers right now, he will be coming with me to the boys house tomorrow. I need to wash his blankets and bed to bring with his crate...I'm not sure I'll bring his real crate or just a cat carrier. The boys love him...I love him...he's fabulous.

I go to the Collins tomorrow. Shelley and Bill leave tomorrow and they are actually going to Key West. Because of H1N1 virus, Mexico changed to Key West. I am sure they will have a wonderful time just spending it alone together. I know I will have a wonderful time with the boys. I'm excited. I am trying to mentally prepare myself because I know this week is going to be so tiring. I am going to try to sit down tomorrow and plan out our weeks worth of dinner as well as a weeks worth of crafts. I need to see how much money Shelley leaves for me to determine everything that I'm doing with them. I know there are so many Mamas out there, so if you have any fun craft ideas shoot them my way!

I think I'm going to leave it there for now. I am going to definitely get on tomorrow, share some pictures and all that jazz. Love you all!

Tomorrow

Tomorrow, Monday 5/4 I will write a post after the boys go to bed!

I am done with NP2 and will get back on the ball about this.

Sorry to those who keep checking. :)

Ouch, 12 days.

I know I haven't posted anything in 12 days...this month has been so busy it's unreal. I last posted the day before my final clinical day. Final clinical day went well, I had 4 patients, got my semester review which was beautiful!

Then went on to enjoy my weekend. I spent that weekend in Orlando. Spent some time with Phillip's family which was nice and studied. We went to Sea World that Saturday which was awesome then had a wonderful dinner at a restaurant called Hot Olives, we are taking our parents there to meet one another for the first time on June 13. Dinner was fabulous and we spent Saturday night playing Wii with a bit of alcohol and Sunday laying around and studying.

I went home on Sunday night and studied my rear off Monday after class...I also went to visit my fabulous boys. I loved spending time with them, and with Shelley and Bill. It was great. I miss seeing them all the time. I need to get over there sometime this week...maybe Wednesday of next week after my final, I will then be watching them for a week from May 4-10.

Tuesday I skipped class (I know, end of the semester, my bad!) solely to study. I went in for the test at 12:30 and ROCKED it!!!! I got a 90, which is my highest grade of the semester (I got a 90 on test 3 but it was nice to get it again). I then went home and packed for nationals, I actually went to see the boys on Tuesday, not Monday, but whatever, it's all the same.

We were up at about 0345 to leave at 0415 for the airport. It was so early. We landed in Nashville at about 0800 their time and went to the hotel/convention center. We stayed at the Gaylord Opryland hotel. It was beautiful. We were there from Wednesday until Saturday, nationals was awesome. I believe there were 3000 nursing students there, it was cool. Some of the breakout sessions were lame, some of the breakout sessions were amazing. It was worth it; however, when Saturday rolled around I was very ready to go home.

Phillip and I went to dinner with his parents on Saturday night, we went to yummy Las Margaritas...yum! Then went home, he has had a really bad sinus infection, we were both asleep before 2300. Then Sunday morning I got up and went to get the Super and putzed with Gail a bit then went back home to see Phillip. We decided to go to the mall for lunch and then we went and looked at engagement rings! It was quite fabulous, we looked at them for a bit over an hour. Sparkly sparkly!! Since then we've been talking a ton about weddings and getting married. He is trying to save money for a ring but has given me the go ahead to start planning. We are looking at June 26, 2010. Nice even number. Yay for weddings...yay for a hubby. I love him so much and cannot wait to be his wife!

That's about everything. I don't have much time to be all up on blogger until after test 8 and my final next week. I'll be back though...promise.

1 more clinical day...

Can you believe it, tomorrow is my last clinical day of the semester! Tomorrow I will have finished my clinical experiences for the first two semesters of nursing school. I am so excited. I actually love clinicals, but one more last day means one day closer to graduation.

Today I had my three patients, two of them were post ops, and one was waiting to be discharged on hospice's service. They were good patients, easy patients. I think I'll have all three of them again tomorrow which will be nice, it makes my life a lot easier when I have the same patients again the second day in the week. I am really going to miss this floor, miss these nurses. Today I had a nurse named Teresa and she graduated from SFC's program just last May, so she's a newbie on the floor. She was actually a LPN for something like 12 years before she bridged to get her RN. She's good.

I just don't know how long it is going to take for me to get good. I feel like I am just not there, there is so much for me to do, to learn. My nurse today, pulled up lab values on a patient and she asked me what I saw...I don't freaking know! I was able to identify which lab values were off, but I had no idea which ones mattered. You know some of the lab values can be off by a point or two and it doesn't matter and this patient's sodium was 128, apparently that's a big deal...when will I get it?!?

Tomorrow my focus is going to be on physical assessments, I, if I'm being honest, didn't do a single thorough physical today. I mean I listened to things here and there, changes dressings other places, etc, but never did a head to toe on a single patient. I need to make sure I start getting that done. That is my goal for tomorrow, let's keep our fingers crossed that I start to get my bearings, start to put all the pieces together.

Tuesday.

I am writing this post while watching American Idol from tonight that I have DVRed (is that even a verb? It is now, lol). Today I had class, way for finishing up our liver lectures, I am about sick of yellow people and ascites. I went straight from class to get my hair cut, oh how I love Ciao Bella Salon. All I did today was get it trimmed up, I am trying so hard to keep it long. I every now and again get the urge to cut it short, but I resist. Just being able to tie it up when I'm running or in the hospital makes my life much easier.

When I got home this afternoon I took a bitty nap and then headed to Shelley and Bill's to hang out with Max since they are in Disney for the week. I did most of my case study while hanging out with her and then putzed for a bit. I came home, had Moses dump an entirely full bowl of water all over the kitchen...thank you sir Moses. I also uploaded all my pictures from this weekend and I will post them below. I guess that is all that I have going on. I might skip my urinary lecture tomorrow and get an outline together for my test this coming Monday...we'll see. Anyways, here are some pictures.

The first set is my Jackson boy when I was watching him last Friday night. He is such a sweetheart! I love him!


Then, without further ado...here are some pictures from my fabulous birthday zip-lining!

Birthday!!

It's my birthday!! Well, yesterday was my birthday but I am one of those people who thinks April is my entire birthday month. :)

I am going to give a super quick synopsis because I have major studying to do.

Friday night, I started celebrating by spending time with the boys. I had a great time. Like I wrote earlier, Brooke took the big boys out for a bit and the baby and I got to just spend some time together. We had so much fun and had a long bath time so he played and we practiced kicking. He had fun. I had fun. (I have some cute pictures that I will post tomorrow). Then the big boys came home, the baby was in bed and I gave the big boys a bath and played some Mario Kart with them. We had fun, I had fun. I then spent about an hour and a half just hanging out with Bill when he got home and we just chit-chatted. It was nice, I miss being able to just talk to him and Shelley. I miss them.

Then Saturday morning I drove down to Orlando. Phillip and I had a wonderful day. We got there and headed to lunch together and to the mall. Phillip got me some super cute flip flops from J.Crew, panties from Vickies, a new running shirt and running hat from New Balance. We just enjoyed spending time together. As soon as we got home it was a turn and burn, we had to get dressed to meet him parents to go to Macaroni Grill. It was nice to spend time with just Phillip's parents, just the two of us and the two of them. After dinner we headed back to Jessica's house and played taboo, it was fun. We had fun together.

Then Sunday...we went Zip-lining. It was awesome! I can't really describe it, I'll post pictures tomorrow. Yay for birthdays!

Thousand Word Thursday

I really am in a better mood today, well, I'm at least trying. I thought searching through my billions of pictures would bring a smile to my face, and it did. :)

Here is my Roman Noodle, growing up! (Some of the quality is crappy, but they are still super cute!)