Birthdays Coming From EVERYWHERE!!!!

Well this just happens to be the day to be born on! 3 Very important people to me have birthdays on this very special day!!!First there is this very special Lady! She's my mommy!!!! Her age well we won't say! ; -) But I love her lots and lots!!!! She brought me into this world, so that right there would make her pretty neat but she also put up with a lot from me! And then go figure i go and leave her for Cincinnati!!! I miss her but hopefully will get to see her soon, and I know those that are in MN will treat her right, give her lots of hugs and love and such!!!

Then....There is this little bundle of JOY! Haha I guess she's not really little anymore but she's my cousin and apparently 1 of 3 of my mini me's we've spent lots of time together most of which she will never remember!!! I rocked her for hours when she was in her "coloick (sp?) phase! She is so much fun to be around so sweet! And i just ADORE this picture of her with my little brother, it just says so much about him, and well she just looks so content!!! I love you Brigs Happy 9th Birthday!!!!!

And then...
There is my best friend from Cincinnati Christina!!! It's her birthday 2 it took me like 15 times asking her when her birthday was and going...oh yea thats my mom and my cousins birthday to remember that it was her birthday on that day!!! Sorry!!! I get to go see her later today I'm super excited we are going to eat dinner and such!!!! She has made living in Cincinnati so much better so I'm very happy to have in her my life!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVE you and will see you soon!!!!

A Pickle...

IN A BAG...I know i could hardely believe my eyes. At clinical on Friday one of the PCA's offered me one of my favorite foods in rare form...

Yup folks thats a pickle in a bag...and not just any pickle a GIANT pickle!!! I had to save it to bring it home and take a picture. I still have some of it it was "rich" if thats a word for a pickle and could only eat half of it.

Aside from my exciting gift of the PICKLE on friday my day was rather stressful. I am on my mental health rotation, and this week i had 2 patients. Thursday went wonderfully i discharged one a teenager who just needed a swift kick to the butt and a middle aged alcoholic who was rather pleasant, just well going through with withdrawals. But friday i got a new patient a 45 year old woman with a history of drug abuse, sexual abuse as a child and prostitution, cutting, and suicide attempts she was in for suicidal ideation(had a plan). Well she also had borderline personality disorder...look it up! but in short imagine a teenager, a very needy one that is very manipulative with bipolar but instead of the ups and downs lasting a couple of weeks or days they last for hours sometimes minutes. Needless to say life suckers....just exhausting patients, so at the end of the day all i wanted to do was scream, and shake this woman....but i know she was sick, but still it's hard, and medicine doesnt' help them, and she couldn't get antianxieties b/c of being a drug addict....errrrr but other than that i LOVE this mental health unit, and actually would like to work in psych ...more specifically i think i want to work in adolecent psych!!!!!

Friday night i stayed home, took a nap, worked on my resume, bc i have a job interview this week, and went to bed early.

Saturday i worked all day, but at the end of my shift my friend megan came i hadn't seen her in forever so we got to chat for a little bit. Then I went to my friend Christina's and we got to go shopping, I got a few things nothing exciting well okay a little a jacket for my job interview for 10$ very cute, and then a blue stripped shirt also maybe for my interview we'll see how i feel on wed. And then a dress to wear this friday for Christina's birthday outing it's cute but i'm not sure i want to keep it, maybe i'll post a picture this week and you can all give your 2 sense!!! AFter shopping we went and rented a movie..."Sydney White...and the 7 dorks" it was very cute a spoof on snow white with amanda bynes I like her so i thought the movie was funny...We also got chipotle for dinner yum yum in my tummy!!!!!

Today i checked out a new church, it was okay but i don't think i want to drive that far (1/2 hour) for something that was just "okay". I took a nap when i got home it was glorious. And then headed to a new panera, i like to mix it up! it is currently filled with adolecent boys who apparently just got out of a swim meet all of their hair is wet and has the same "look" to it. But I should probably start studying for that big test i have on tuesday. Wish me luck!!!!!

Here is a fun picture i took of the pickle!!!! YOu know you want one!!!!!

A Cincinnati Snow Day!!!!

Okay so the snow day was really yesterday...but i didn't get out and couldn't get my computer to down load the "snow" pictures!!!!

The prediction of snow started as early as Sunday night which sends the whole city in to a tizzy!!! They don't know what to do with this white stuff called snow....and they certainly don't know how to drive in it!!!!

Well Monday morning several schools were delayed i looked outside and could not figure out for the life of me why they were delayed....as it turns out it was just too cold to send those little kiddies off to the bus stop that early now try not to fall over laughing but it was 13 degrees! Can you believe it 2 hour delays and even some cancellations because it was just too cold to go outside...

Well the snow was supposed to start that evening (monday) and it did by around 7pm our night instructor was sure to make sure we were out in pleanty of time so we didn't have to drive in it...It didn't start sticking till probably around 10 o'clock that night...and although its crazy i coudlnt' help but secretly wish for snow day on tuesday.

NOtice you can still see the grass

On tuesday i woke up around 2:00 in the morning i had fallen asleep with the T.V. on ooops!!! But i stayed awake long enough to find out that school for me was not yet cancelled you have to understand this can take up to 1/2 hour because of the endless list of schools they have to go through for northern Kentucky as well as western Indianna and Southern Ohio known as the tri state area...WEll school had not yet been cancelled

I will say that there was also a wintery mix so ice is probable cause... but really the road weren't bad

WEll I wake up at 7:15 am like a good little girl but before i fully wake myself up i check one more time just incase school might be cancelled...and well folks i see it after struggling to keep my little baby eyelids open..."The Christ School of Nursing" but you see i'm a little anal and thats not enough so i got up and was gonna go check the internet when i decided to check my phone and my good friend had sent me a message saying that school was cancelled and to enjoy my snow day...so back to bed I went until almost 11:00 what a wonderful morning....

I was a little worried i woudn't make it up the steep

drive way but my little civic pulled through

I did have to go to work so my "day off" with all that snow was not as productive as it should ahve been! but aww well...I aint complaining.

YOu'll never guess what was uttered at work that night as it began to flurry just flurry mind you I said "oh it's snowing again" and someone said "oh no" and i said "what it's just a little snow." and he said "but we have to drive" crazy ohio people!!!

This was yesterday while i a was trying to make my crappy computer work...Yea for snow days and hot chocholate!!!!! In my favorite starbucks mug!!!! (thanks nate)

I see Dead People...

Okay so maybe not such a good play on words but i did check out some human bodies this weekend...I had seen Body Worlds back when it was in the twin cities...and my good friend Rachel (pictured below) asked me if i wanted to go the exhibit with her aunt and uncle i jumped at the chance b/c well it's just that cool!!!! The exhibit was different than Body Worlds same movie but differen poses and not so much stuff a lot smaller than Body Worlds...so in the end i think I would recommend that one!Waitin in line for the imax movie!!! The big ol' sign!

You can't take pictures inside but this is a poster outside... yup folks their real...and oops i touched one...oh yea and I chewed gum the whole time i was in the exhibit...and i didn't get arrested!!!! ;)

New scrubs!

Well it's been over a month...I ain't dead just crazy busy!!!!

In this months time I have since arrived back in Cincinnati, had a birthday, we went to dinner and hung out it was quite a blast as you can tell from the pictures below!!! Two of my best girlfriends from school

...went to Winter RetreatMe and Kari the the two Nurses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!My mom and baby sister suprised me!!!! It was wonderful!!!!!!

Last weekend I got to spend the weekend with my other good girlfriend from school!!!!

We went shopping...and celebrated my birthday twice....she got me cheesecake and put fun HAPPY BIRTHDAY candles on it....she couldn't make it to dinner and such the weekend or two before that...but then....We went to her mama's and then had lunch and another birthday cake...they were just tooo sweet to me!!!!



But this week was my first week on the Mental Health Unit...I loved it!!! Not to mention i got to wear "REAL" scrubs!!!! I've included a picture...I owe a big thank you to all of my aunties who got them for me for my birthday!!!! They are extreamly comfortable!!!!! Yes i get to wear my PJ's to work...What could be better!!!!!

My special scrub top...for Valentines day!!!!!

OH the fun cuteness i get to have...yea no white!!!!!!!

following a trend

Randomness has always been a favorite of mine...lets see how random i can be or maybe i'll just gross you out, or yea who knows lets see where this goes...

1. I pick my nose..."there are those who pick their nose and those that lie about it"...hey at least i come by it honestly!
2. I think firefighters are very sexy
3. penguins might just be my favorite animal
4. I crave chocholate...but i don't really like it all that much
5. I can shake my butt like i came from another mother
6. i'm lop sided...take that for what it is...and although others claim they are too, not like me honey
7. I only think johnny deep is attractive as Captain Jack Sparrow
8. i come from a long long line of women who enjoy popping and or squeezing nasty stuff from their faces and consider it enjoyable when it gets the mirror!!!!
9. I take entirley way to many pictures
10. I've known how to change a babies diaper since i was oh 5 years old...prob younger!?
11. breakfast is my favorite meal of the day! (i take after my daddy!)
12. I'm a coffee snob
13. I'm a facebook stalker
14. if i thought my body could handle it and i could financially do it i wouldn't mind having a dozen kids!....lucky you mom!
15. i sing even when i don't know the words to the song....danae hates this!
16. my favorite number is 21
17. new socks make for happy feet
18. my dream job to be a director/producer on broadway or a make up artist...unrealistic and second to being a mom
19. i've never stuffed my bra
20. sledding is a rediscovered fun thing for me...i used to not like it! STill freaks me out!
21. i think i secretly like cats...and just hate them b/c i'm allergic to them...well sometimes there just creepy...i selectivly like cats!
22. this list is getting long and not really random anymore...i'll be 22 in less than 22 days...i feel old...i'm not but it feels weird tos ay that...hi yes i'm 22 years old...

WEll hope this was enjoyable to all and that you had a good laugh! Sorry if i made you puke in your mouth a little bit!

Wow can you believe it!

Just a short little diddy for you...I'll try and keep you entertained over break!!!! My day was a good one!!! I didn't wake up till 11:15 today and I loved it!!! Although i didn't have time to get ready for work. I quickly got ready and ate breakfast (my favorite meal of the day), and then was off for my short little shift...just to learn a few new tricks pretty much.

For those of you that don't know I take care of a 21 year old girl who is developmentally and physically disabled to put it shortly she is about 9mo mentally. She recently had her leg broke so I had to get the low down on how they are taking care of her now...basically we move slower and more careful with that leg. Today she was pretty sleepy she had a seizure during bath time and that pretty much knocks her out the two things together! So long story short i watched t.v. for 2.5 hours! But it was good to see her again! And i'm sure i'll get to spend lots of time with her over break which i'm thrilled for!

After work I had some frozen pizza with my lil brother and then helped my mom paint the bathroom for about a 1/2 an hour and then it was off to work out which felt amazing i hadn't done that since thursday. Then i quickly hurried up and got ready, because Miss Brianna was on her way over!

You know it's a good friend when she'll hug you when your still in your towel and not quite ready to go! Didn't even bat an eye lash gosh i love that girl.

After i was finished getting ready and dressing both of us...she changed her clothes into some of mine...I love that i get to share clothes with her! It's fun! We went to "our" place...Dos Amigos were both suckers for good mexican food! And it was amazing, I may have eaten just a few to many chips though, but what could be better than good food and good friends!!! It was fun to catch up, I'll get to see lots of her over break I HOPE! hehe

After dinner we came back home and then we decided to go say hi to her family but they were gone :( And now i'm home, and really I want to go to bed but I feel it's too early especially since i slept till 11! Oh well!!!!

Where to Begin?

Well it's been a long time...Infact i'm back in MN now but just for Christmas break!!!! Exciting news...I passed semester 3 of nursing. Below are pictures of my fall semester it would take forever to tell you everything i did...so enjoy the pictures with small explanations!!!!This is my clinical group...we had 3, 5 week rotations...we started in womans health (med surge) then went to the Childrens Hospital for a pediatric rotation we were on an adolecent floor which i absolutly loved. We finished up in labor and delivery and postpartum.
Over labor day weekend i went and visited family in Chicago!!! It was fun to get away while school work hadn't piled up yet!!!! I came home for my fall break in Oct. for a wedding we also took some family pictures! Above is just one of many that we took. Below is out to dinner with the family!!!
The first weekend in Nov. I went and visited my friend Mark in Miami it was for sure the best time of year to go...it was tons of fun...we went to the beach, and the marina, and it was just amazing!

For Thanksgiving I went to Chicago and met my family there...I took the Mega bus an interesting experience...very smooth...and cheap! I highly recommend it!
Two of my best girl friends Rachel and Christina!
My Ohio boys over Lukes birthday weekend!
This is my favorite picture of us!!!!

Back in the Nati! :) :(

Well It's all really bitter sweet! I was ready to come back because i missed friends here, but at the same time, I knew i was going and I do already miss home...I just have to not think about it so much. Thats the ticket... I will say the transition was much much easier this time around. It makes it a whole lot better when you get to see a familiar face when you move back in who will give ya a good hug!

But before I tell you about my adventures of the drive down here...I'll fill you in on my last week...and it just wouldn't be the same with out them...yes i have documented proof of most of my last weeks events!

Squeezed in a coffee with good friend Josie on Tuesday I believe it was although I could be mistaken i'm not really sure but we got to have coffee it's a world record for us getting together twice in one summer...We grew up together...Love this girl to death...She moved to Washington State this summer!

On Thursday I had coffee with Beth...good friend and Mentor always so good to talk to her, such an encouragement! After coffee with Beth on Thursday i ran into these boys who were waiting for Kate to get her first clue on her fun scavenger hunt!Kate doesn't like suprises so I traveled with her on her scavenger hunt this is steve reading her an oh so interesting poem outside of fiesta Mexicana!!!I had to quick rush back to caribou to get my car and travel to Cannon falls to have dinner at the McDonalds with this lovely lady Miss. Kristinwho is getting married in under 50 days!!! I hadn't seen her in over a year!!!! She is like an older sister to me!!!! Love you!!!!

On Friday I went to Gold Rush in Oronoco with the Family where i purchased a pyrex mixing bowel in a cool blue color i got it for 8 dollars....which is a steel b/c later that day we saw the same bowl for 30$ I love it i am starting a collection for my house someday...it's the kind of mixing bowls my mom uses!! I love them!!!!

Friday NIght i went out to dinner with Brianna we ate at West fire it was yummy. AFter we were done eating we went and did a little shopping and then...

I went to go say goodbye to miss jackie and she was not home :( tear....so WE called her and left special treats on her camera for her to remember me by...Jackie if you have not yet checked your camera you may want to do so...I hope you enjoy the video...you can use it to remember me by!!!!Then i went home where these good lookin boys were waiting to say good bye...they are just too sweet...i'm not sure if they really came to say bye to me but either way it was fun getting to know them this summer...I have a whole lot of little brothers and sisters now thats for sure...and i LOVE it!

But to my adventure moving back down here....

I left early saturday morning I believe I left the house at 7:15 and was well on the highway by 7:30 had to stop for gas...I had my coffee in hand and was on my way to Milwaukee...why you ask well I was seeing a new friend...his name is Shawn...we met on eharmony and I meet him for the first time a week ago....we spent the day together a week ago as well as two days ago...So i got a tour of milwaukee some good coffee, visited Irish fest had some irish beer watched a movie, and went to dinner at a fun little Italian place. then we went back to his place and hung out for a little bit then I had to go it was already 8:30 by the time we got to his place so i didn't actually leave milwaukee until 9:30. But the sweetheart he went and got my car for me it was freezing all day long and rainy. But then I was on my way....NOt really sure when i'll see him again...but i'll keep you posted ...or you could just call me! ( i like it when people call)

Driving though was the worst it was dark...and raining like crazy which sucked! And i got lost twice but thank goodness for daddy's who are map savy and computer savy and he finds me and then tells me if i'm going the right way!!!! I got to my Aunt Amy's house around 12 and went straight to bed. But was woken up by well just about the sweetest puppy ever....She is 12 weeks old and a yorkie poodle mix...she just snuggled right up with me! It was just too cute!!! I got up and had coffee with my aunt amy did a little catching up but not a ton cause she had to get going to church...I just lounged around a little bit then started getting ready and left the house by 10:30 I think it was...and was on my way to the Nati

But before I could leave I had to take some pictures with the just way toooo cute Dixie!!!!!!

I got to Cincy around 5 thats 5 cincy time so it was 4 by where most of you are from!!!! but i leisurly unpacked all my stuff...got it into the house didn't really un pack a little but not a lot...then I laid down for a little bit and my good friend Luke came over to see me.... we hung out at my place for a little bit then went for some Cincinnati Chilli at Skyline and ate it at his place while he had is Fantasy football draft and I watched Napolean Dynamite...then we chilled on his patio which is right next a little creek/pond thingy...very nice!!! then he brought me home and we hung out for a little bit longer then it was time for bed...

This am i slept till around 8 then was in and out for about 2 hours so 10 i finally decided i should at least think about getting up...I haven't been sleeping well so i don't feel guilty at all!!!! But i lounged for a little big watched a little Ellen...and cereal with no milk for breakfast!!!! and then started unpacking and getting all my stuff organized... was done with that by about 12 so i got ready and proceeded to go run errands I had to go to the post office and Gap to get hours again...I don't like that i have to be available so much scares me that i'll get to many hours so we'll see i'll just start asking off weekends if i have to!!!! That will stop that business!!!! Daddy said i only have to work 8-12 hours so that makes me happy!!!!!

After Gap I am no at panera using their interent and got myself a little lunch and am freezing my butt off!!! But after i finishe up here i'll got to Wal*mart and get stuff i need food and what have you then home to get ready for the first day of school!!!! (Thats tomorrow!)

Well hopefully I haven't bored you too horibbly but hopefully I will do a better job of keeping this updated...I am so far liking it again....especially with the automatic save every like 10 seconds it seems!!!!!

Shalom!!!!!

I Promised

But first things first lets just hope this whole thing doesn't go down the crapper after I have put long and laberous hours into it to make it just perfect for your viewing pleasure all though I'm almost positive that you have all been at least somewhat involved in my life in someway so you know a little of what is going on!!!!!

Is that sad that b/c I have not blogged in so long that I do not even know where to begin!?....random thought and excited moment coming your way....Blog now automatically saves my drafts so I will not loose everything i'm a liking this!!!!!! Okay so things that are significant in my life generally have pictures so lets start with those and that will point out the highlights of my summer!!!!

Okay so we sent my little sister to prom numbr one....I got to do her make up!!!!

Brianna and i had our wonderful first friend date of the summer in which i took her ona beautiful walk around silver lake and we played with the geese....it's sad to say that brianna had never actually walked all the way around the lake so she has no accomplished that task!

Danae and I had a caribou dat at 9:45 at night not pictured is Jaden!

Sent the little sister to prom number two i got to do her hair for this one!!!! This was the icing on the cake for my hair doing abilities i just about rocked the socks of this one folks!!!! The picture doesn't do it justice!!!!!And then she gradumated!!!! WE are all so very proud...also as you'll soon see this was the last week of me having long hair!!!!!I went to the cities and visited some awesome girls! cool picture that we took while chilling in the park!!!!!We roughed it at White water state park me and these two beautiful girls!! WE were not attacked we sent up the tent in the rain, with out a hammer for the stakes we forgot pillows and ketchup but hey we had a blast!I WEnt to church camp and was a counselor for year number 4 well three i guess if you count the year i missed but what a joy it has been to watch these girls grow in their faith and just grow up!!! I love them all dearly oh and the best part about camp this year....My little sister got to come!!!!! It was so much fun having her there!!!! I got her to myself well kind of for a whole entire week!!! It was sooooo much fun....maybe next year we'll even get to be in the same cabin ;)This cool guy was there too!!!! His name is Aaron Shust!! He has been the worship leader at camp for about 5 years now and he is just absolutly amazing!!!!!!Then I got go to the cities with my best friend, and we visited our best cousin and friend megan for dinner after we did some hardcore shopping!!! Brianna almost made it through the day!!!!! haha!! LOv eyou babe!!!! But it was just soo much fun we will have to do it another day and well Tom Tom he was a lovely assest to although he is not pictured he liked to tell us to " turn left and then turn left"This summer i found a new love that is named rockstar he is saved for special occasions such as long drives to the cities or when i will have to be energetic at camp but he is a wonderful little fruit juice with an extra jolt of energy and he's tasty too!!!!

A lovely lunch date with my best friend!!!!My sister got a new computer from Winona where she is going to school and well we never saw her again she took it every where she went even the bathroom yes she is siting in the bathroom with her computer!!!!Me and my little sister visiting my brother in the hospital after his jaw surgery!!! He did not want to be in the picture...

WEll folks besides all these exciting photos I have spent my summer working about 50 hours a week at Gap and I also did homecare for a wonderful young girl whom I love dearly and just a joy to take care of!!!! WEll hopefully my love for blogging will return and i will give you the run down of my last week of rochester soon it should be exciting hope you weren't to bored out of your mind!!!! Be sure to say good bye!!! I leave early this saturday morning b/c i have a friend I have to visit in Milwaulkee we'll blog about that later...gotta keep ya guessing ya know!!!