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Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:52:04 GMT

Man, I haven't written something on here in a longgg time. I do visit xanga often and check in on my favorite blogs about once a week. Instead of writing though I guess I just have become a facebook whore and use that as a means to update and whatever.

So much has happened since March...

Um, well I've been working now for 6 months in my nursing job. I love my schedule now and feel better at my job everyday.

We got married! June 28th we had our wedding on a cliff over looing the beach in La Jolla, Ca with 30 close friends and family. It was an amazing day. I wish we could have a party like that once a month.

Lost my mailbox key.

Been cooking a lot this summer on our new BBQ.

Cut my hair short after the wedding. Woo!

I am still trying to find a balance of being nice and being too uptight. I get too hardcore sometimes and need to learn to treat my husband better when I get stressed. You know, cause he's like the perfect target for my fustrations haha.

Our cat is still being a cat.

Enjoying the summer sunshine while we have it.

... and that's probably about it for now. Peace!

WORK... a JOB

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:59:33 GMT

I have started working as a registered nurse this year! I work on a very very busy floor in a great hospital. It has been a whirl of information and learning. I really do love my job (it helps that the people I work with are normal and nice). My body also has gotten use to the brunt of 12 hour shifts, and waking up at 5am and returning home at 9pm if I'm lucky.

I've had many interesting experiences and met lots of different patients so far. Just fresh from yesterday was a patient who was pretty grouchy. He sorta complained instead of asked for things. He also gave me a lot of grief about his medications and our care for him. Then the last 5 minutes of the shift I went in his room to replace a skin dressing on a long cut he had suffered due to a fall trying to plug his scooter in. Before I could start he said, "I was sitting here thinking how lucky your fiance is to have you." I was s t u n n e d. Really? Really? After all day of making our nurse patient relationship difficult, you're now going to be nice? Haha. I told him how sweet it was of him to say that and thanked him. I cleaned up his dressing and told him I'd see him Friday if he was still there. Crazy huh.

I am sending out wedding invitations TODAY! YO! I will post a picture of the whole ordeal because I am very proud of them. I did them myself opposed to spending the $500 bucks to have someone else do it. WOoHoO!

DANNGG...sham WOW

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:43:46 GMT

danggg...

ShamWoW!

designed by the germans...

used by olympians...

don't trust the imposters!

uhhh... that commerical hits the spot. haha.

i have begun

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:20:33 GMT

FIRST OF ALL... HOORAY for me!! I am a registered nurse.

so lately things have been no joke around here. i seriously had a lot on my plate. there was an incredible about of stress when studying for my nursing license. i have had to juggle a lot of different roles and plan my days to the minute to accomplish anything. that sort of lifestyle can quickly run anyone down. it's no wonder that during this holiday break i have slept in till noon everyday.

now that i have that exam out of my hair i am focusing head strong on finding a j o b. there are tons of jobs out there for nurses, but as a new graduate i need a hospital setting to get my skills sharp. new graduate internship programs are competitive.

aside from all that unfun stuff... i can now focus on our wedding! it's not till june, but i have little actually planned. i have the reception location set and the ceremony site. we have a rough sketch of the guest list and have our photographers and DJ booked. sounds good, but i feel that the little details that make a wedding personal are still all untouched. we're having a small small wedding, so i don't think it will be too hard to make things intimate.

first on the list... try to relearn some photoshop skills and create our own wedding invitations.
and make a serious guest list and send out invitations this january.

2009 goals:

volunteer
save money!
get my face lasered -- (fraxel)
whiten my teeth with those strips
change my car tires
work out and get some muscle mass!
join a badminton team (HECK YES!)
organize the closet
buy a good fitting pair of jeans
italian honeymoon
have a job i love
have many long great conversations over dinner with the fiance
learn some more go to recipes

and uh... there's a lot more. will add as i think of them.

Merry Christmas!

all i need to do is paint the walls bright yellow

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:51:11 GMT

i'm in the mist of a lot of CHANGE. yes, this presidential campaign has been the motto of my life right now.

speaking of president... OBAMA baby! that was a relief.

in more mundane news...

the portland weather is being very portland like. my fiance is extremely weather dependent and feels himself change quickly whenever the weather turns dark. i will admit too that it does get to me eventually. the other day we ordered a SAD light from costco. conveniently it was on sale if we ordered online. we're going to give it a whirl and see how effective the light is for my fiance and i. we could use some uplifting in between the dark dreary weeks we have here.

anyone ever use one of these light boxes?

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11307404&search=light%20thearpy&Mo=2&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-US&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Sp=S&N=5000043&whse=BC&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ne=4000000&D=light%20thearpy&Ntt=light%20thearpy&No=2&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1

we are also taking vitamin D supplements. it's probably too soon to tell if we feel a difference. no luck in finding out the appropriate dosage for this. too many conflicting sources and amounts. anyone have experience with this?

in addition to these changes i opted out on purchasing a bluish navy bedspread and bought a vibrant red, orange, yellow bohemian inspired stripped bedspread to help brighten up the bedroom. i'm keeping all the blinds up and keeping clutter out in the house. i think we need some live plants around the house to help too. (something that isn't going to require too much sunlight).

i think that's all i can do for that. any more ideas?

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:15:52 GMT

i took some melatonin 20 minutes ago, and this stuff is stronggg. damn.

i'm writing quickly because i need advice.

i'm packing all of my life into my car. i've been sorting through everything like crazy because i don't have room for garbage in my 4 door car.

so the question is: or rather the scenerio is...

i have pictures (lots of them) from my old relationships. they are in a way memories of myself and the people at the time in my history (high school and college). however, i sorta know that i need to downsize the volume and select a few that are appropriate? (for a soon to be married gal like myself)

OR

am i totally inappropriate and i should chuck the whole batch of them?

i thought about what i'd want my fiance to do in a situation like this, and i'd want him to keep his memories. he could weed the lovish ones out or something, but whatever. right?

THEN... where do i keep such pictures? i have a photo album right now with them in, but does this really need to be in a photo album on the self of our new apartment together? weeeird.

gimmie your feed back. pronto style! thankssss.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:29:30 GMT

I am moving at the end of the week (that is the plan).

This is a big deal. You know how when you're away at college, and you come home and love it. Yet when you got back to school, you know it's a-ok because you always will be able to come back.

WELL...

This time when I leave, I will be going on a different type of journey. This one includes marriage, career, and owning all of my adult responsibilities as my OWN. When I come back my yearbooks will no longer be there, because I am taking them with me. When I come back my room will... not be my room.

I'm sorta freakin out.

I know my parents are always my parents, but I have officially come to the point where I cannot be a kid any more. everrrrr.

AcK!

Intense Blood Presure

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:48:29 GMT

Holy ... I need to relax.

I AM LISTENING TO SARAH MCLACHLAN. a-w-e-s-o-m-e.

All her songs remind me of my college dorm room. My good college friend at the time reminded me how great of an artist she is. It's the only music that I can stand to have on over and over and over again.

So i'm trying to relax and gather my thoughts when I'm updating my myspace and facebook twitter thingies. I write that I'm listening to Sarah Mclachlan and then I remember of Sarah Palin and it makes me want to vomittt. I said so in my updates.

Then I feel my blood pressure rise, and I read one of the particular religious nuts from my old high school day's updates and it says, " I know God is faithful, I hope he is up for a favor this week. " - he is whole heartedly honest saying this.

AHH! Blood pressure rising even more!

First - fk face, if God were faithful then that'd make no fing sense.
Second - he loves Sarah Palin, only because she likes to talk about God.
Third - he is educated, but because he's named after God (and believes this makes him special) he is an idiot for thinking so.
Fourth - Asking God for favors (I guarantee it's about a football game too, because he's an in denial gay but watches football to make up for it).

So... this is my rant. I sound super anti God here or something. My high school self would be terrified.

I'm just really outraged that our country could be so stupid. I hope I am wrong in that. BUT! -- how the hell is this Sarah Palin thing really working?? -- I mean, I could of nominated my DOG and had the same reaction. It's outrageous. I do not understand how people can forget about the issues and focus on their righteous ass selves. GOD would really want that -- it's just so dang right isn't it!? Please oppress your own lives and ruin your brains on your own time, but leave my life out of it (including our government). Go build your own country like the crazy ass pilgrims (who were FUCKED IN THE HEAD) and go insane some where else with your Sarah Palin.

YUCK!

yes, I cuss and fight. It's my blog, and I crap on you McCain supporters. I have my LCD screen making face with your nasty selves. You're really going to screw this country up even more, and it makes me so incredibly scared and sad that I cannot help myself.

Think about it. Even Sarah McLachlan can't fix this one for me.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:36:57 GMT

Good Gosh.

So... hello again after such an extended absence from my internet addiction. I thought I'd take a break from all my online insanity and hang out with my fiance. We had spent a good part of the summer together. It's been awesome. Soon, (like very very soon) we will be living back together under one roof. Not only have I been spending more time with my best friend, but I've been cooking and studying. I forgot that I use to make popovers all the time, and have rediscovered the love all over again. Since graduating I've been preparing for my RN license exam. I gotta pass this thing the first time so I can go make some monnnn-aye.

Right now I'm all about getting my shit together and tying lose ends. I've got about 20 errands to run tomorrow, but still plan on sleeping in till noon. Ambitious I am.

Some exciting news: Evan and I picked out our wedding bands today! It happened so fast. Like, without a hitch fast.

Suggestion: Check out www.pandora.com You'll thank me later.

almost!

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:22:43 GMT

I graduate nursing school next week!!

Today was my last day training at the hospital. -- are you kidding me!? is this really happening?! I am still in denial. Partly due to the fact that I have still so much to finish by next week. I have finals and TONS of studying. I am also flying up to see my man and help move our stuff to the new apartment.

After all of this insanity...

I am graduating.
I am partying at the Palms.
I am going to hang out with my fiance finally! My heart is leaping!! jumping!!
Cleaning my closet and going through every thing I own.
Going to dinner and making out.
Figure out how to move all my crap a 1000 miles.
Get a job and finally be a real adult.
Finish planning my wedding and honeymoon!

On a completely random note... what is up with all these high school musical teenagers? I'm totally out of the loop on this, but I cannot understand who is doing the dental work on these kids. These teenagers are walking around with some serious choppers! Have you noticed? Their white teeth are like blocks of chicklets in their mouths. So odd. They smile and they remind me of the dentures I help my patients with.