As of yesterday, Chris and I have been married for 9 months. I always joke around with him and tell him that I can't believe we have made it this far. We also finalized our cruise plans yesterday as well and bought our plane tickets. We are going to fly down to LA a day early and spend some time with one of Chris' high school friends, Kenny, who lives down there. The plan is for us all to spend the day at Six Flags! Wahoo!
Last night I went on my third ride-a-long with Chris. I t hink I am jinxed because nothing exciting every happens when I ride with him. Maybe that is a good thing though. The last time I rode with him there was a shooting in Springfield, but I didn't see anything and I ended up having John, my brother-in-law, come and pick me up so I wasn't bored the whole night. I did have my first transport put in the back of the cop car. Too bad it was a 13 year old girl who Chris was giving a courtesy ride home to. Oh well. I am still a little scared to have a real criminal in the back of the car.
Last week at work I was able to observe my doctor perform a few procedures. I was able to watch some epidural steroid injections, a discogram, and a radiofrequency ablation procedure. It was very interesting, especially since I might be working over at the surgery center in the future.
Well, that is pretty much it. I am looking forward to going camping in 2 weeks. Other than that, I am still trying to get everything accomplished that I need to for nursing school. I am having a really basic physical this week and I am going to go our to LCC to change my name (since I finally got my new Social Security Card) as well as apply for some student loans. Feel free to leave me comments too!
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
It is already Tuesday. Yessss! Hopefully this week will go by as fast as last week. Last week was great having the 4th of July off in the middle of the week. Speaking of the 4th, we had a blast celebrating at my parents' house. We had tons of people over for a fun-filled day of bbqing and games games games! Although I thought it was too hot outside to play badmitton, we made up for it with board games inside. We started off with Scattergories and then moved right into Cranium. The mother-in-law was on my team by we didn't do too hot. To our defense, my Aunt Susie and sister did get all of the easy questions. After games, we went over to watch the Eugene Emeralds play a little baseball. This has turned into a tradition for our family and after the game, they let all of the spectators onto the field to watch fireworks. Hunter kept saying "There it is" for every firework. It was too cute. This is where I would insert photos if I knew how to. I will have to do some researching on how everything works on here.
Today Chris had to take our baby kitty, Henry, to the vet. We suspected he had a urinary tract infection. Trey got one so bad last year that he had crystals form in his urethra. He stopped eating (which is odd because he loves to eat) and he had to go to the vet twice. We ended up having to give him IVs everynight and now all of the cats are on expensive prescription urinary health cat food. I noticed Henry had been licking himself a lot lately but didn't think too much of it. He does need to be neutered soon so I thought that might have had something to do with it. Then last night I noticed him just sitting in the cat box. Initially I didn't think anything of it either since he used to play in the cat box. Anyway, he was straining to go the bathroom and that is when the lightbulb clicked. Chris took him to the vet today and he does have a UTI, but we just need to feed him wet cat food for awhile and that apparently should do the trick. Whew!
Well, that is pretty much everything exciting that has happened since I last wrote. Maybe something else will happen soon so I have better things to write about than my cat's UTI haha.
Today Chris had to take our baby kitty, Henry, to the vet. We suspected he had a urinary tract infection. Trey got one so bad last year that he had crystals form in his urethra. He stopped eating (which is odd because he loves to eat) and he had to go to the vet twice. We ended up having to give him IVs everynight and now all of the cats are on expensive prescription urinary health cat food. I noticed Henry had been licking himself a lot lately but didn't think too much of it. He does need to be neutered soon so I thought that might have had something to do with it. Then last night I noticed him just sitting in the cat box. Initially I didn't think anything of it either since he used to play in the cat box. Anyway, he was straining to go the bathroom and that is when the lightbulb clicked. Chris took him to the vet today and he does have a UTI, but we just need to feed him wet cat food for awhile and that apparently should do the trick. Whew!
Well, that is pretty much everything exciting that has happened since I last wrote. Maybe something else will happen soon so I have better things to write about than my cat's UTI haha.
Saturday, July 7, 2007
My first blog
After reading other people's blogs for months and thoroughly enjoying them, I have decided that it is time to make my own blog. Not only does it sound fun, but I think it will be a good way for friends and family to stay updated on my life, even when I'm busy. So, here we go!
I am busy preparing everything I need to begin nursing school at Lane Communuty College in the fall. I just ordered my royal blue scrubs that will be embroidered with LCC Nursing Student, bought my own pair of bandage scissors, and applied for my name change through Social Security. Now I know you are thinking that I have been married for almost 9 months and should have changed my name through SS a long time ago. Well, I needed this to kick me in the pants to get the ball rolling. I can't change my name through LCC without a SS card and I also have to have a background check done. I would think it would look a little fishy if I claimed one name and then had a different name listed for SS. I would rather not take any chances. I also have to retake my CPR class. I was recently re-certified for adult CPR at work but I need child and infant for school. So, I have quite the list of things to do but I am still pretty excited.
In September, Chris and I are going on a Mexican Riviera cruise for our one year anniversary. We purposely planned it in September instead of October just in case I did get into nursing school. Good thing! We still have to buy our plane tickets and are trying to figure out if there will be a shuttle to take us from the airport to the dock or not. Chris' friend Jake and his new wife Tiffany just got back from the exact same cruise a week or two ago that they went on for their honeymoon. Chris is planning on racking Jake's brain for more information.
Well, that is pretty much all I have for now. Chris and I just went on a 40 minute bike ride which was fun. I always like to exercise with him. I hope to get some house work done today while Chris is at work but we will see :)
I am busy preparing everything I need to begin nursing school at Lane Communuty College in the fall. I just ordered my royal blue scrubs that will be embroidered with LCC Nursing Student, bought my own pair of bandage scissors, and applied for my name change through Social Security. Now I know you are thinking that I have been married for almost 9 months and should have changed my name through SS a long time ago. Well, I needed this to kick me in the pants to get the ball rolling. I can't change my name through LCC without a SS card and I also have to have a background check done. I would think it would look a little fishy if I claimed one name and then had a different name listed for SS. I would rather not take any chances. I also have to retake my CPR class. I was recently re-certified for adult CPR at work but I need child and infant for school. So, I have quite the list of things to do but I am still pretty excited.
In September, Chris and I are going on a Mexican Riviera cruise for our one year anniversary. We purposely planned it in September instead of October just in case I did get into nursing school. Good thing! We still have to buy our plane tickets and are trying to figure out if there will be a shuttle to take us from the airport to the dock or not. Chris' friend Jake and his new wife Tiffany just got back from the exact same cruise a week or two ago that they went on for their honeymoon. Chris is planning on racking Jake's brain for more information.
Well, that is pretty much all I have for now. Chris and I just went on a 40 minute bike ride which was fun. I always like to exercise with him. I hope to get some house work done today while Chris is at work but we will see :)
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