Its a new year!

Happy New Year to you all!!!

So far its been a busy start to the new year but I welcome it! I've now started school. Work has been interesting. And social life has been kinda slow but good.

So I was totaly not happy with having to come back to Oklahoma after Christmas. I never get to spend enough time at home and lately it would seem that I miss being there more than normal. I'm not sure why but I guess thats part of growing up and being out on your own so much, you miss not being at home and you miss all the things that go on there. It was tons of fun to be there though! Cooper's surgery was...lol..memorable! And for all those that weren't there I have a video on my phone that ya'll can see when I see you. (which is a subtle hint that ya'll need to make arraingments to see it...and come see me!) Spending time with Beast (she's so tall!) and mom and dad was good too! Its nice when you get to be home and you don't have to worry about the crap that is going on every where else.

Anyway, I started school this past Saturday. HOLY CRAP!! Man I have so much work ahead of me but I'm so excited too! We have class all day Saturdays and then some days it will be lecture in the morning and clinicals in the afternoon and evening. But here's the break down of my program. Spring semester: 1st 8 weeks is Bridge, 2nd 8 weeks is Psych; Fall Semester: 1st 8 weeks is OB, 2nd 8 weeks is Peds; Spring semester 1st 8 weeks is Advanced Med Surg, 2nd 8 weeks is transition into the RN clinical role (or something to that affect). But in the Spring I'll be a level for, right now I'm at level 3. And the other crazy part is in the Spring its like clinicals all the time! Like these are the 12 hour ones! Its going to be so crazy! But I'm excited about it. Well ok so I'm like scared out of my mind after how they put everything on Saturday but it was the first day and they were explaining everything so it was a lot of stuff. I have to have the first 5 chapters read for class on Saturday, which isn't that bad cuz the book is like so skinny.
Its all part of a new chapter in my life so I say bring it on!

Work....well I had to let my case manager know that I'm concerned about my little patient. I came back and he had lost a tooth! Now normaly this wouldn't seem a problem but the kids 4! We brush his teeth everyday..or well I do at night when I'm there, and we are giving him the feedings the doctor said to...oh wait no I am but mom is either refusing or forgetting the over night feedings and then wondering why he gets upset because he's hungry! I told my case manager and she's going to have his doctor do some blood work and then call a meeting with the family and people involved in his case. I mean seriously! How do you let things get this bad at home that you neglect to watch or take care of your son!? UGH!!! Anyway, she's wanting nursing on the weekends now to and is mad because the office isn't able to staff it. Well guess what the office doesn't have the ability to staff everyone! That plus nurses don't want to work 10 hours on Saturday and Sunday! Every school I've ever seen offers all their classes on weekdays so why can't she do it then? She doesn't work she doesn't do anything except sleep and eat! Anyway, she's upset to because the office is staffing me out on Saturday after I get out of school and she's like I should get you on Saturdays I need the nursing! Man whatever!
I'm done talking about it.

The rest of life is good. Just the usual with studying, working, hanging out with friends and chillin on my own. Apple and I are thinking of taking a dance class together to get some exercise and have some fun together. Jemari is starting NSU and working two jobs...we're both a little lost as to when we'll see eachother but we'll make it work. :) I know you guys don't want me to be with him and want me to move somewhere else to find a man. But what you guys don't see is how happy I am with him and how much we love eachother for who we are. I know he isn't a member and I know that is a dissapointment to you all but it isn't to me. And as much as thats going to hurt and shock you all...I'm sorry. I don't know if he and I have a future together or not, but I'm willing to see if we do.
I know you all now want to talk to me, yell at me, whatever but I don't want to hear about it. I know the consequences, I know that you all are mad that I'm doing this, I know that you all want whats best for me but, whats best for me right now is to be happy and I am. So if thats not what you guys want for me then I don't really want to hear it.

I love you all! I hope you all had an awesome New Year and are making new goals and plans to fulfil this year!

An update

Ok so for all who have been asking me to update and post a new blog here you go.

So as for work things are interesting but getting better. They've pulled me from working from the house for all 5 days so now I just work 2-3 days during the week and the rest of the days they send me to other houses. The nice part is that I trained another nurse today so she can work the days I'm not there. So mom finaly realized I was not coming all the time anymore yesterday. My scheduler called to let her know there would be an orientee coming and she asked where I was and Jodi (my scheduler) said no and mom was like oh I didn't even know she wasn't here till the aide from school knocked on the door to drop Christopher off. Seriously! What the crap! And then today when I got here she asked me twice why I was cutting my hours and I was like I'm not cutting my hours I'm just working in other houses to cover some shifts and they needed a place to put this new nurse. Why would I cut my hours! Hello! I'm actually trying to be responsible and take care of my things! Granted my friends and I have decided that college is the most broke time in anyones life but nonetheless we make things work as much as we can.

So other than that not much is going on. Its started to get seriously cold here. I'm so excited though! I love winter and fall! I just can't wait for it to snow! :) I'm really excited though to be going home for Christmas. I'm ready to go home and be with my family and relax without any real responsibility for at least a week.

Well lets see...I don't think I have anything funny to say that has happened or have any wierd trains of thought in the last few minutes...nope but I'm going to go to bed now so I'll see all you people later.

Odd Things

Ok so I'm having a random day I was thinking of the things that people tell you will happen is you do something and either they don't really happen or they actually do.

For example:
My mom always told me not to lick the knife because I would cut my tongue...I'm 24 now and I've yet to cut my tongue on the butter knife.

Your not supposed to eat raw cookie dough because it can make you sick due to the raw eggs...again I'm 24 and I've been eating raw cookie dough my entire life and I've yet to get sick from it.

If you keep bread in the fridge it doesn't mold like at all!

Even if you don't open a package of meat it can still get freezer burn if you don't put it in foil and put it in the freezer.

Chocolate can go bad..it gets that white stuff on it and it tastes funny.

That not matter how many times Christopher Robin falls or gets into water he never gets hurt or wet! I just watched him fall off a hill edge and he just gets back up with no problems! If I had done that I would have broken something and had a million scratches!!

Those are just some random things that I've been thinking of this morning.

Its going to be a good week! I can feel it!!

Hello everyone! Sorry its been a while since I've posted anything but somehow there is always something that is more important and needs to be done at the time that I finally find to sit down and do absolutely nothing!! UGH!! Can I not have a moment to chill and waste my hard working brain cells on something as mind numbing as playing on the internet!

SO...the amazingly good news that I have to tell everyone is that I got my term paper back this morning and I got all 200 points!! I had a perfect paper! I worked hard and I aced my term paper!! YAY ME!!! LOL!! Yeah so I did the cute 5th grader thing and called my mommy and told her and that was fun for me! Its funny I know but I like sharing the good things like that with mom. Thats what you do. It gives her something to brag about again..its not amazing but to me I'm so bragging about this! I worked my butt off!

Anyway so I promised an update when the dad of my patient came home. Well things have gotten amazingly better as far as life. He is cleaning up the house and getting the cars running and he works! He works so hard and takes time with both his kids. However the mom is like wierder. I have a few pet peeves with her at the moment. Here they are:

1. She spends tons of money on clothes for her and her step daughter but she buys nothing but diapers and wipes for her son. Then the other day she complains because we were gone all day and I didn't get a chance to do the kids laundry so he has nothing to wear. No granted I didn't do his laundry that child has a closet full of clothes that he never wears but they all fit him, plus his chest of drawers is full of clothes that he doesn't ever wear! Ok now he has clothes right..well lets talk about his pajamas situation. He has flannel footie pjs that probably don't even fit him but he has nothing to wear to sleep in during the spring, summer and fall when it isn't freezing cold outside. What mother spends so much time on herself that she doesn't even supply the things that I need to take care of her son?

2. She used to be a respiratory therapist at St Francis hospital and for some reason she stopped and then out of the blue she decided to renew it which is costing tons of money but the kicker is she has no intention of using it. What the crap!!??

Ok so there are only two but it bugs the crap out of me that someone can go from having it together and doing what she needs to to support a family and then suddenly give up. I know so many women that have life long illnesses and disorders with that support familys on thier own without fathers because they simply know they have to take care of their kids. It makes me sick that people use things like disabilities and help as a crutch to do nothing.

Alright I'm done venting. I do feel that this will be a good week. Last week was kinda sucky cuz I was in a funk and then OU lost to CU which was not supposed to happen and then I didn't get to go to church because my stomach was giving me issues. It sucked. But this week, this week will be better! Its already off to an amazing start so I'm going to be an optimist and try and make it better. Oh and by the way we are going to beat the crap out of Texas in the Red river shootout this weekend make no mistake about that!

Cya all later!

Here we go!!

Well its now the first day of the fall semester and I have very high hopes for it! I have the same teacher that I took US history with and he's so good. The funny thing is though you wouldn't think that unless you've had him before because he's really kinda crazy. But the nice thing is he doesn't sugar coat anything and he doesn't take crap! He's a retired Brigadier General and he works for the Tulsa Police Department as an interigator for gang memebers! He's one freakin tough cookie!

Anyway, not much else is going on this week. I kinda work some wierd hours but its just for this week. Next week I start my 3-11 shift so that will be nice. I can come home and chill or take a quick nap if I want before I go to work. The dad came home last Friday! Its been great! He's working on fixing so many things when he's home. Its been nice and the kid loves it!

Ok so I have something really wierd to explain to ya'll or whoever reads these things. Ok so last night as I'm sitting in bed talking to my friend Annette I look down at my knee on my left leg to start scratching my bug bit yet again and I notice something very very wierd. My bug bit is pulsing! Not like jumping off my skin pulsing but the color is going from red to white very subtly. I can only assume its sitting on a vien or something so I was just fascinated by it for a while. The wierd part is I just looked at it again because I was thinking about it and its not doing it anymore. What the heck! Its so freakin wierd! Its like the bug bit from mars or something! Its alive! Anyway, if anyone has experienced similar symptoms with a bug bit let me know because I'm a little wierded out about this.

Anywho I hope everyones week is off to a good start! Stay cool in the heat and don't get into trouble!
TTYL!

My goals...I'm reaching them slowly

Ok I've decided that I'm going to start working out like I should and I'm going to cut the pop out or at least stop drinking so much of it. My vice will be broken!!!
So my goals are as follows:

1. I will work out at least 3 days a week if not everyday, and if I just walk the treadmill then I will use my 3 lb wieghts to I can work on strengthening my shoulder too.

2. I will only drink Dr.Pepper 1-2 times a week, and pop 3 times a week. If we go out to eat then I will only drink one glass of pop and then drink water.

3. I will only eat out 2-3 times a week.

4. I will only spend money on neccesary things until Christmas that way I can buy presents for my family with no problems.

5. I'm going to try and get a new job at the St Francis Childrens Hospital that is being built.

I'm doing good at the working out and no pop thing so far. I did my workout this afternoon and in the last 3 days I've only had pop once and it wasn't Dr. Pepper! YAY!!! I'm very proud of myself! I just hope I can keep it up. I'm trying to do different things for the workout so that I don't get bored and stop working out. I am hoping to save up to buy boxing gloves so I can take the class at the fitness center but we'll see what happens.

Anyway, I'm all set for school to start next Monday and I am actually really excited about it cuz I'm starting to get bored with just work. That plus I'm determined more than ever to get past this class and start the nursing school program. I'm taking it with the teacher that taught my History class so I'm excited about that too. He's an awesome teacher! We call him The General cuz he used to be one in the army and then he retired. He's fun but he's kinda mean to but then not really but he definitly challenges you.
Work...well I told you all it would be interesting to see what would happen with the mom I work for and this new schedule she wanted to get into...well its not happening. They still don't get up till like noon which I guess is better than early afternoon but yeah. He is supposed to start school either next week or the week after and he still gets so mad when you try to wake him up and then he just tries to go back to sleep. Its a mess! I told her step daughter that she had to make sure that they were up and out of bed and moving before she left for school cuz I can't be there till 3pm and he needs to go to school on time. It'll be interesting to say the least but again I guess we'll see what will happen in the next few weeks.

I hope the rest of you are having good times and are all happy!
Luv ya'll!

So many things

So much has happened since I last posted. I'm so not very good at this kind of thing, even though I do better at this than writing in my own personal journal...hmm go figure.

So let me see what is there to say. Well I've moved into my own place again and I'm starting to remember just how nice it was to have quiet when you sleep instead of a dog barking at 3am because it saw a leaf blow into the yard and goes all crazy over it because he's loosing his mind due to the infestation of fleas upon his (now quickly becoming hairless) back. Or how nice it is to not have to share the laundry facilities with 3 other girls and get caught in the tangles web of bras and shirts and skirts hanging up to dry on hangers. I'm telling you that laundry room could rival a Victoria Secret catalog! It was that crazy at times! Plus I have my own food and leftovers aren't cluttering and stinking up the fridge and counters....did you know that mold can spring up on some very unlikely things in about 12 hours!

School is a mess! Holy crap! Ok I would like to share with you all my insanly crazy story about my government class that I tried to take this summer. Ok so I had to take this class so that I could actually start nursing school (oh yes by the way I was accepted!) so I had to hurry and enroll. Well it all started and I didn't do so well on my first test so for the second my friend Jay helped me study and we read the chapters and he quizzed me on every section in the chapter and then we did the questions at the end and then we reviewed on Sunday and I reviewed a little more before class that Monday. Ok I got a 57 on the first test....I got a 57 again on the second test! What the hell! Someone please explain how this happens! Oh and it gets better. So I tried to go talk to my professor, and he wasn't in his office when he was supposed to be and he never returned or answered his phone! Again what the hell! So I had one test left to get a C or better...yeah wasn't going to happen so I had to go drop the class and now I have to write a letter to the acceptance people and pray that they'll understand. I just am so mad about this! Ugh! Jerk! Anyway so I'm taking it again this fall with a guy that I took my history class with whom I really like so hopefully it will all work out.

Work...well thats all just an interesting trip no matter what. I'm interested to see how things work out when this kid starts going back to school in a few weeks. I mean he doesn't get up as it is till like 1! And the scariest part is that mom is going to have to get him up and ready because I won't be there till in the evening. So stay tuned for future updates. The only part of this whole thing that I will be enjoying is that I don't have to work Sundays anymore! YAY!!!!

Anyway, I hope you all have an awesome rest of the week! TTYL!
Luv ya'll!