The word "test" makes me gag!

Well, I am sure that I have let all of you blog readers down because it has been a whole ten days since I last posted. Let me just tell ya that it has been a busy ten days.
As most of you know who read this blog or know me in person, I have three part time jobs, not to mention the domestic engineer job that I have that keeps me busy 24 hours a day 7 days a week. In the midst of my careers I have been taking a Basic Dysrhythmia class. This is a class that is required for the "Dysrhythmia challenged". So in other words, this is for the people that have no idea what they are doing when it comes to reading a person's heart rhythm. Let me see a show of hands of those that know how to do that....................................yeah that's what I thought, not too many of ya, huh. This class was 2 weeks of pure torcher for me. First I am not any good at sitting in a classroom setting listening to someone lecture for 3 hours and then I had to do homework, which I loathe!!! Then it happened, the end of the class was upon me and that nasty word "test" was used. I personally think that word should be cut right out of the dictionary! My heart skips a few beats and my stomach kind of does this cramping thing when the word "test" is thrown into the conversation. So in order to pass this class you had to take a, yep you got it, a test!! Apparently the instructor didn't understand what kind of physical challenges I end up going thru when I have to take a test....I will give you one clue as to what happens when I am anxious, let me just say this, I need a bathroom near by. That is all I will say about that, I am sure you can put the pieces together and come up with your own conclusion. So the day came, December 17th, I had to go to class and take the final the test. Ohhhh, just saying that word makes me shiver.
The instructor hands out the tests and I begin to answer questions, but for some reason I couldn't remember the answers to the questions, I had a big huge brain fart!!! I was to name the parts of the heart and couldn't think of what they were, then I had to define each complex of the heart rhythms and I was drawing blank on those too. Then I come to part of the test where I had to interpret the heart rhythms....I got about half way thru and was ready to just get up and turn the test in, because I new I had blown it. It was over, there was no way on earth that I was capable of saving any lives.
Welllllllll, I did finally make it thru the end of the test......did anyone want to know the end result........................................................................................................................
are you all sitting on the edge of your chairs? Am I holding you all in suspense? Okay, okay I will tell ya, yep I passed, but only by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin. I am actually capable of saving lives.
So there you have it. That is my excuse for not blogging. I will try to keep you posted on whether or not I kill anyone while I am working. As long as they don't die on my shift, I'm good!

Blog Readers

I am so excited to see all the people that are reading my blog!! I have a tracker on my blog so that I can see what areas the readers are from. I found that someone from Singapore is reading my blog, and you know who you are. I just don't have too many comments left on my posts so I am not sure who all the people are that are reading my blog.



So I am giving my readers a challenge, you know me, I am always up for a challenge, whether it's doing as many push-ups that I can in a minute or if I could actually survive a week without chocolate. The challenge is that if you read my blog try to leave a comment. Yes, I know it is hard for some of you, having to actually use the muscles in your fingers that God gave you and having to generate activity in your brain to think of something to say. I would just say that if you have something negative to say than lets just keep that to yourself.



So now it's your turn blog readers, you can either comment about this post or previous ones.

Oh this is gonna be fun!!! Can I get a "whoot-whoot", put your hands in the air and wave like ya just don't care!

A New Love!

Well, I am so overjoyed with all the hits that I have recieved on my blog that I decided that I better blog today so that all of my readers don't get bored and never want to come back to visit. Now that my blog has become popular, this is a new love for me! I will try my best to keep you up to date on the latest happenings in my life. My life is so crazy right now, so I don't know how often I will post, but I won't let ya down!!

I really don't have much to say tonight. My day was extremely uneventful. I got up this morning and pushed my kids, I mean lovingly guided them to the school bus. Then I made myself an egg and a piece of toast, whole grain of course, and then I remembered that I had Peppermint Mocha creamer, so I decided to make some coffee and it was yummy. Then I sat down to watch my 2 favorite people, Regis and Kelly, yes they are like my other cup of coffee in the morning. After I got my fill of them, I decided to start some laundry and take a shower, so I did that, then I started cleaning out my closet. Well, that turned out to be a bigger project than expected....needless to say that job didn't get done, so you know what I will be doing tomorrow. Then I went to work at 3 and as always that was real exciting. I was secretary tonight and something always has to happen when I am working, I believe I am cursed. We had to call a Code Blue on a patient, for those of you who do not know what that is, basically the patient is turning blue and they are not breathing, hence the name Code Blue. So it was crazy for a while. Finally things calmed down and we got back to normal, if there is such a thing as normal. Then I took my dinner break at 6:30 and they had turkey and bacon club wraps in the cafeteria so I decided that sounded better than my Lean Cuisine, so I had one of those instead, and it came with chips and a pickle!!! It was quite a treat! Then I got off work at 11:30 tonight and here I am now, blogging.
I have a hard time going to bed right away after work, so I take some time to unwind, but the bad part is that I have a class at 8am tomorrow and it is almost 1am now. I will be getting up in less than 5 hours to get ready, that's depressing. You know, this isn't natural beauty that I have, thanks to Mary Kay and my hair stylist Gina, I am able to have that natural beauty look. If it wasn't for them I would just have to wear a bag over my head! It takes precious time to look as beautiful as me...can anyone say "humble"....apparently not me. Remember this is my blog and that allows me to talk about myself how ever I wish....so if I want to say that I am butt ugly than I can, but I better not hear anyone else say it!!

Well I think I have gabbered on enough for now. I think if I don't stop now, I will start sing songs, like So Long, Fair Well, or Bubye-baby Bubye and then I will start dancing.
Yeah it's official, I am tired, cause now I am acting a bit giddy.

So until next time my blog peeps..........

Officially White Trailor Trash

Well, I have come to the conclusion that my family is officially "white trailor trash". For those of you who have been to my house, know that I live in a neighborhood that is all manufactured houses....(that's a fancy word for trailor with basement)...now don't get me wrong, I love my house and I am very thankful for it! There are some things in it that do need to be replaced, like the carpet, the fake wood around the door ways, the appliances, the hole in the bathroom wall, the faucets in the tubs, and the screen door that has holes in it and are covered with scotch tape so the bugs don't come in. So yes there are a few minor repairs that need to be done here and there, but who's counting...could I see a raise of hands?.....

I have trouble with my boys keeping their room pick up and tiddy, this is an everyday battle for me. Let me just give you an example of how messy their room was the other night.....my oldest son, Daniel, was trying to walk out of his room and was having trouble making it to the doorway, because of the school bag and coat and boots and toys and clothes and shoes that he had piled up at the end of his bed. So in the process of him trying to climb over the mountain of, well how can I put this nicely, umm, the pile of crap he had at the end of his bed, he triped over it and ran his knee into the wall and put a hole in the wall in the process.

Then there is my youngest son who doesn't really care too much about anything. You could give this kid a box and he wouldn't care if he had to live in it. He is also underpants challenged, and what I mean by that, is he likes to fly commando....need I say more?....

Then I have Meghan and Katelyn, I believe they got the Black side of the geans, when I say Black that is my maiden name. They are the neat and tiddy kids. They have to wear just the right outfit and their hair has to be just so. Yep, the girls are mine and the boys belong to my hubbs.

So now I am getting to the point of the title of my post. I wanted to do a Christmas card with the kids picture on it this year, but in my busy schedule I happened to neglet the whole Christmas card thing. My other problem is that I do not own a camera. When I want to take pictures I either have to get a disposable camera or I have to borrow my mom's. Let me just tell ya, when I borrow my mom's she tells me to be very carefull with it and that I better give it back when I am done. Like I am 10 years old and am irresponsible. I think she forgets that I am no longer in pampers anymore and I don't suck my thumb anymore or at least I didn't last night....

I thought about sending out a Christmas card that the kids colored pictures of themselves on, but didn't do that either.

Then my hubbs was in a car accident last week, it's okay, I can just hear ya'll gasping when I said that, all he did was slide into someone's bumper and it cracked our bumper. So now he is driving a crashed car. No big deal, he is still alive....

Then it happened, the absolute "trailor trash" of all, I came home from work the other night to find Christmas lights on the pine tree in the front yard and on the bush in front of the house. Yes, a whole 2 strands of lights around the middle of our 10ft pine tree, and the top half of the bush with lights on it, not all the bush, just the top half. I would have taken a picture of it, but then again I have no camera, remember. It kind of makes me think about the family in Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, no not the Griswald's, but the cousin who comes to visit with his camper and they have the dog named Snots, yep that family.


So there you have it, we are pure "white trailor trash" and you know what, I wouldn't change any of it. Well, maybe the carpet and the fact that I have no camera. I am thankful for my redneck hillbilly family and for my pretend house.
Well, I was gonna put a picture of my house on here, but I don't even have a picture of that.

It's been a while...

Wow!!! I can't believe it has been since August since I last post. So that probably means that I have lost all 2 of my readers and me posting something now will be a waste of time. Oh, well I am posting anyways.

I guess I could update you on my life and what has been going. I mean since this is my blog and everything, I think I have the right to talk about myself since it is about ME!

The last time I posted I was in the process of saying goodbye to one of my dearest and closest buddies. That was pretty tough!! I felt numb for about a month after she had left, and I wrote her everyday and waited and waited for her to write back. I felt like someone had cut off my right arm, and that a piece of me was missing. I felt so alone and empty, I think that is the best way that I could describe how I was feeling. I cried almost everyday and hoped that she would just come back. Well, then I finally got my first letter from her after about a month of her being gone and I read it over and over. I was so overjoyed!!! Then I got a letter about another month later and this one was different. She was different, and I was so excited to hear all that she had to say and find out that accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior!!! It was the best news I could have heard from her!! She was healthy and happy! Then she got to come to visit at Thanksgiving and that was a blessing in itself.

Then on October 3, my hubbs lost his job. That totally turned our world upside down. The good news, was that I had been offered another position at work as a cardiac tech. This couldn't have come at a better time! So I started training full time as Cardiac tech and he went out job hunting. After a long 6 weeks, he was finally offered a job!!! He has been there for about 3 weeks now and it seems to be going well.

As for my job, it's been a rough road. I have had to adjust to a new shift and new responsibilities. I enjoy it, but it is very challenging and at times I get so discouraged.

Also, I joined a fitness bootcamp back in August and have started to develop some muscles that I didn't know I had. It's kind of fun to think you could arm wrestle someone and may actually beat them! Hahahaha

So that is my life from the last 3 1/2 months in a nut shell...let me emphasize the NUT part of my life.

Saying goodbye

I don't think I know anyone that likes to say goodbye. I know I sure don't like it. I have never delt well with change. I have moved 9 times in the last 13 years and have lived in 3 different states. I have had my share of change and saying goodbye.

Well tomorrow is the day that I have to say goodbye to my dear friend. I had talked about her in my last blog. She is having to leave her son, her family, and her friends, and she will be gone for possibly a year. She is doing this to get her heart right with the Lord, and to be a better mother and a better person. To me, I love her no what she has done.

She has challenged me to work on things in my own life while she is gone, so that we can grow in the Lord together and we can both be better in the end.

So I guess this is it, I have to say it...Goodbye my buddy, I will miss you. I love ya, Emijo!

A Challenge..

Wow! I can't believe that the last time I blogged was on July 5th. I was informed by a friend that I was slacking off from my blogging duties and needed to update my blog. My problem is that I never have anything of interest to blog about or at least anything interesting to write. But something has come to mind that I thought I would blog about...

I visited with a very good friend the other night and to protect them I will not reveal any names. This friend of mine is very special to me in the fact that I can be myself with her and she doesn't look at me cross eyed and point her finger at me when I do crazy things. She has accepted me for who I am and she overlooks the flawls. She knows when I am struggling and when I am hurting. She doesn't even have to ask, she just knows. Our friendship is being put to the test, by the fact that we will be separated in about a week and we will be apart for awhile. She has a challenge put before her that I know in the end she will be a better person for the task that she has to accomplish. This is a challenge for me also, because she won't be here to talk to and hang out with. I have needed a friend like her for so long and I am thankful for the Lord putting her in my life. She has showed me that you can overcome any obstacle that is put before you. She and I have grown close just of recently, but we have formed a bond that I know will last a lifetime.
One thing that we did together, was that she took me to a shooting range. I know that some of you are thinking that is crazy and insane, but it was so much fun. She showed me how to load a gun and hold a gun and to shoot it! Let me tell ya, that is a major adrenaline rush! It was a bit scary at first, but she guided me through it and made me feel comfortable.

There was something she challenged me with when we talked the other night, she asked if I had any goals for my life and I sat there and thought about it, and I couldn't think of anything. Can you believe it, I am 31 years old and have absolutely no goals in my life. I have had made goals about losing weight and getting my house cleaned by the end of the day, but nothing real concrete, nothing life changing. So I have been thinking about that all week, trying to come up with some goals.
This is the challenge that I am putting before all of my blog readers, all 2 of you, for you to come up with some goals for your life.
I am going to miss my friend and it will be tough, but by her leaving she is going to accomplish a very big goal that she has put before herself. I guess one goal that I have, is to survive while she is away, but I know I will only by the grace of God.
I love you, my friend! You will greatly be missed!

The 4th of July was like any other day..

Well, it is Saturday, and my husband is out mowing the lawn and my kids are at their grandparents and I am in bed with a soar throat. Yep, that's right, it's July and I have a soar throat, I mean who gets sick in the summer?!
I hope that ya'll had a great 4th of July, and were able to enjoy all the fireworks. As for me, I got to enjoy the fireworks by hearing them outside of the hospital and when I got off work, got to see what was left of the partiers that were still setting them off at midnight. So needless to say, my 4th of July was a bit on the dull side.
Only exciting thing that happened yesterday, was that I was put on a different floor to work last nite. I went from the heart floor to the post surgical floor. So, I went from fixing broken hearts to fixing broken bones. Let me tell ya, it wasn't that exciting.
So I guess that is it for now. I know nothing exciting, nothing to run out and tell your friends about, but don't worry something always seems to happen in my life that is worth blogging about.

Oh my Heart...

I thought I would just give all 3 of my readers an update on my health condition. I woke up last night to a horrible pain in my chest and in my back. My loving husband, thought maybe it was indigestion and I lovingly told him, no dear, it is not indigestion. So he called the Dr. at about 5am and she said it didn't sound life threatening, and I am thinking how could she know that by just talking over the phone. You know, I think I could be a Dr. and diagnose people over the phone, since I do work in a hospital I have learned alot about the heart, so maybe I should be a surgeon...oh well, I will save that for another day.
Okay, let me get back to the matter at hand, now what was I talking about...oh I remember, me, yes that's right I was talking about me...So after that very educated person talked to my wonderful loving husband, I tried to go back to sleep, but it was a bit of a challenge since I had a PAIN IN MY CHEST! HELLO!! I dosed off and on till about 8am and then I needed to get up because I had to go to the Dentist, but I ended up cancelling that appointment. So then I decided to call my Dr. and fill her in on what was going on with my list chest pain that I was having. Her advice was to go to the ER...well I didn't really like that option , but I had a few people that hog tied me and took me against my will. So now it is 5 hours and one big fat ER bill later, I was told by another very educated person, I really don't know what is causing your pain. So it was a waste of a day and money.
There is one good thing that has come out of this day, and that is the heart monitor that I wore for 2 1/2 weeks showed that I have a rapid heart beat and I am being put on medication for this problem and I will have to cut out caffeine. The whole caffeine thing just about gave me a heart attack! So I am hoping that this is the answer to my problems, well at least to my heart problems. I think I need a really big pill for all the other problems in my life.

Summertime...

I have to say that my favorite season of the year is summer and I love it because it is warm and usually sunny and the grass is green and there are beautiful flowers. I love the way the mulch smells first thing in the morning with the morning dew on it, it makes me think about Fort Wilderness at Disney World. I love that it stays light outside till almost 10pm, thanks to daylight savings time. I love to go to the beach and waterparks, being able to lay out and work on my very much needed tan.
Well, there are some other things that come with summer, and that is school break....yes, that's right the children are home and not just my own children, but every child in the neighborhood. So interesting how I was only given 4 children, but yet it seems like I have so many more, like maybe 10 or 15. The reason for that is because the neighbor kids think it is so much fun to hang out at our house, even though every other house has a pool and a trampoline, and all we have is a swing set with 4 swings and a slide. I had a friend come babysit the other day and she asked, "Am I going to be watching 4 kids or 10?" So I guess you can say that there is some negative things to having a summertime, so I am hoping that August 20 comes soon!
This week has been pretty good, because the kids have been going to a VBS at a local church and I have had 3 glorious hours to myself every morning this week, and next week I am sending half of my kids to camp, so that is something I am looking forward too. Don't get me wrong, I love my kids, but honestly absence makes the heart grow fonder, right?...

Long Time No Blog...

I can't believe it has been over a month since I blogged. So much has happened since I last blogged, i am not sure where to even begin.
I guess I will start with my new job. I am sure many of you have been wondering what is going on with my new job. Well, it was a very rocky start, by day 3 I was ready to turn in my resignation. This job is one of the most stressful things I have every done. I mean, giving birth without having an epideral was a piece of cake compared to the work that I am doing now!
Well, 6 weeks later and I still giving it my all, and actually as much as I don't want to admit it, I am actually enjoying my job. Wait a minute, did I just say I like my job...something must be wrong with me, I am enjoying my job, I think I am losing my mind!
The next thing that has happened in my life is a physical challenge. I believe I had blogged before about being diagnosed with Hypoglycemia, well, there is a possibility that I don't have a problem with my sugar. I have had a problem with fainting spells and not feeling quite up to speed. I tend to get worn out quickly and feel shakey alot of the time. So I decide to go see the Dr. about this little problem, and come to find out, my heart may be the answer to my physical problems.
I have been thru a few tests and still have yet to have any answers to my health mystery. I am currently wearing what is called an Event heart monitor. This little device it to record anything that my heart does abnormally. I am hoping that this little gadget will be the answer to all my questions.
Well, that is pretty much all that has been going on in my life, see how exciting my life is...
Don't worry, my kids just started their summer break today, so trust me I will have something more to blog about in time.

Saying Goodbye...

Well, tonite was a bittersweet nite for me. Tonite was my last nite working in the kitchen at the hospital. You are probably wondering why it was bittersweet. You are probably wondering why I would be upset if this what I have been wanting and working towards. Well, I am going to miss my coworkers. Yes they were a unique group of people, but I grew to love all of them and some I grew to just tolerate, but love. Now as far as the job goes, I am not sad at all! I hugged them all and cried a little, ok I cried alot! They wished me well at my new job and said they would come visit.

So now I start a new chapter of my exciting life. I start as a unit secretary on Monday afternoon. I am very excited and anxious of an unknown future. I struggle with change and new things, unless it is a new purse or clothing or shoes. I know there is a reason for all that is taking place in my life at this time and the Lord is watching out for me.

Answers to Your Questions

Okay, my sister has asked the question 'Where do I see myself in 10 years?' Well, honestly I am not sure. I know for sure I will be 10 years older and have much more grey hair then I do now. I will probably be getting ready for my second son to graduate from high school, hopefully we can get him thru the 2nd grade though. My two youngest kids will be getting their driver's license and as for my oldest daughter I am hoping she will be in college. So I guess in 10 years some major things will be taking place. It's weird to think I could even be a grandma in 10 years, because I was 20 yrs. old when I had my oldest daughter and that will be how old she will be in 10 years. Wow, that's weird!! Let's hope she doesn't realize how good looking boys can be till she is almost finished with college and has a career and maybe till I am retired.;) Okay, maybe until I am dead!!

The second question that was asked was 'What are some things I like about my sister?' My first thought is umm, who asked that question?, was it Liz or her anonymous husband?

Well, I thought I could be really mean and sarcastic with my answer, but I will be honest and sincere.

First, I like her laugh and sense of humor, she can be so funny sometimes and make me laugh! I like the times when we have laughed so hard we start crying and I almost wet my pants! That tends to happen alot when we get together with relatives.:)

She can be sensitive to others feelings and really cares when you are hurting and she is learning that hugging is a good thing!

I like how she can be so passionate in what she believes in.

So I guess those are a few things I like about my sister and if I said any more she might get a big head!

What do you want to know?

Okay, I know it has been a while since I last blogged, but I am coming up completely dry.
So I decided that I wanted to copy my sister's blog. She is having people ask her questions about herself, so I am going to do the same.
I know there are people that are reading this blog, but are for some reason staying anonymous. So it is time to reveal yourselves. I want you guys to do the talking. I want you to ask me anything you want. Something that you don't know about me and it can be anything, from what shoe size I am to what is my favorite candy.
So there you go, it is up to you, the reader, to help me with my blog.

My Final Decision

Well, anyone out in Bloggerville who read my blog yesterday, and you all know who you are, you are aware of the job offer that I got at the hospital.

Well, I was able to shadow someone who is already doing the job. I just sat in a chair and observed. Boy it was exhausting! This woman was unbelievable! As she is trying to enter info on patients into the computer, she is being asked to do something with another chart then she is asked to fax something and then the phone rings and then she has to call someone about whoever is on the phone. Then is hand a little slip telling her that another patient is being admitted from the ER and then not much longer she is given another slip and another. Yes, by the time I left, she had I think 5 more patients that she had to make charts for. She was amazing, to be able to do all that work and have all those distractions and then to look at me with a smile and say she loves her job! She must take some kind of meds to keep her going. Oh and by the way that was in 2 hours time that all that excitement took place.



So after all that is said, I have......(drum roll please............) accepted the job!!!

Yep, that's right, I am out of my mind for thinking I could actually do this, but I figured, I gave birth to 4 kids and have been married to the same guy for almost 13 years and I have lived in 3 different states and I have moved 9 times and I have lived with my in-laws and my own parents. I have gone thru financial turmoil, and homeschooled my kids for a year, and been a custodian, and have cleaned houses for rich people and have worked in a hospital kitchen for almost 10 months. I think I take on this challenge! It is one more coal to put in the fire. One more stamp in my book of "Things I should try before I die or lose my mind".



So there you have it, that is my answer to the question. I hope in this decision making process, that I have inspired at least one person to step out of their comfort zone and take on a new challenge, be adventurous.

A New Job!

If any of you have read my last blog I talked about my medical term class that I had taken. Some of you may be wondering, why on earth would I take such a class. Well, the whole reason behind it was to be able to further my career in the medical field. As much as I love feed the ill and fading and working in a kitchen and clean up dirty dishes, I am ready for another challenge! So in my adventure of searching and hunting for a new challenge, I had applied for a secretary assistant position on one of the floors in the hospital.
I received a phone call last Monday from the Human Resource department at the hospital wanting to set up an interview for the position that I applied for. So I went on Tuesday for my interview, now the requirement for this job was to take a medical term test, so I thought this would be no problem, I mean I did receive a perfect score on my test for class. I have got it made! Well, me and my too confident britches, didn't realize that the test was made up of mostly abbreviations! They don't teach that in the class I took!! So after I tried to guess at the terms I proceeded my way up to meet with the manager of the floor, and she seemed very nice. She then asked me some questions and then she started to explain what my responsiblities would be and she lost me after she said it is very "stressful" and she asked how well do I handle a high stress situation. Well, if any of you know me very well, I don't handle it so well, I tend to end up spending my time dealing with stress in the bathroom! I tend to cry alot too.
So the interview finally comes to an end and I leave the hospital in tears! I had felt like a failure, that I wasn't worth any more than a kitchen worker or a custodian. So then I came home and tried to think of something else that I could do, and I decide that maybe I should try to go to school and get my CNA (certified nursing assistant).
Well, then my spirits were being lifted and my mind was on a different track. A new light had been turned on! So as the week went on, I was making plans to get registered for the course for May. Then everything change, as of 3:30 on Friday afternoon. I remember it like it was yesterday, I was sitting at my computer filling out some paperwork to get a scholarship and the phone rings, it is Melissa Wheeler from Human Resources. She starts out the conversation with " We would like to offer you the position of secretary assistant." Then she said " What do you think?" This is my reaction " well, umm". I know real intelligent! Then she said that I could take the weekend to think about about and if I had any questions to call her on her cell phone. She is just the best, I love that Melissa Wheeler!! So what do you think I did? Yep, I called her on Saturday with some questions! I was really struggling with whether or not I should take this job, but she said I could come and observe someone while they were working, so I jumped on that opportunity! So I am going to be shadowing someone tonite during the shift to see if it is something I can do and then I will have to make my decision.
This is a very big step for me, and I want to make the right decision. So for all of you prayer warriors out there, please pray that I make the right decision and that I have a peace about either way I decide.
I want to add to the comment that I made about custodians and kitchen workers. I appreciate the work that people do to keep buildings clean and to feed people when they are hungry, and it is a very thankless job. I am just ready for something different, a change.

Smarter than I thought!

Something very EXCITING happened this week for me! No I did not find out that I was pregnant, and no I did not have a million dollars handed to me, and no, not all my debt was paid off...something even better than all of those things put together!

I am going to take you back to the beginning of this story...it all started back at the beginning of January. I signed up to take a class that had to do with learning a foreign language. Some of you may be thinking, "was it spanish or french or maybe even arabic?", well, if you guessed any of those I have to say that you are wrong. I entered the world of Medical Terminology. This was a 9 week course and by the end of the course I would have learned over 11,000 medical words. I actually had to learn 350, but they can be put together to make over 11,000 words. So each week I would go to class and I would have to memorize 50 terms each week and each word had an audionym that we had to learn with it. So it was a three step process...we had to learn the suffix then the audionym and then the meaning. Wow, this was tough at times. I am not much of a memorizer, so I had to stretch my brain cells. Each week we would take a quiz over the past weeks terms that we had learned, so it was alot of pressure, because I tend to be a perfectionist and I am a bad test taker.

Well, as the weeks go on, I am having to learn more and more words. By week 8, I have learned 350 medical terms, and the next week is the big finale. I had to take the FINAL! This test was over everything that we had learned. We had to know the suffix and the meaning. So, now it is the 9th week of class, wednesday, March 5, 2008, 5:30pm eastern standard time, and I walk into my class room feeling a bit numb. I go to the front of the classroom were the teacher is and she hands us our tests and she also had a bowl of candy for us to take from to help us calm our nerves. What a great teacher, to offer chocolate along with a test! If only my high school history teacher would have done that, I might have gotten a better grade.;) Anyways, I sit down and read the directions to the exam and I have my cup of water and my 3 #2 pencils and my 2 pieces of ghiradelli chocolate and mind full of medical terms just waiting to spill out onto the paper.

Now I begin the test and I am doing pretty good at remembering the answers and then a classmate of mine decides to come sit right next to me and I was feeling like my area was being invaided, my comfort zone was being disturbed. So I have to shuffle my stuff out of his way so he could have room at the table to sit. Then I go back to my test, and it happened, I had a brain freeze or what I like to call a "brain fart" some reason nothing looked familiar. This guy had messed with my mind!! My heart started to race and my hands began to sweat and I started to think "I wonder if anyone has ever had a heartattack while taking the medical terminology test?" I finally am able to bring my thoughts together and finish the exam. At this point, I have a cramp in my hand from holding the pencil so tight and a kink in my neck. I then get up and take my test to my teacher and then gather up my things, and if you are wondering about the pencils, yes I did use all 3 of them, then I proceed out of the room. As I am walking down the hall my body is feeling like rubber and I want to just calapse to the floor, but I am strong and I made my way out of the builing.

So now it has been three weeks and I went out to my mailbox on Wednesday and there it is, the big orange envelope! So I take it into the house and I call my husband to tell him it was here, but I was too nervous to open it! I then start to open it slowly, and I pull the paper out and it is upside down, I then close my eyes to turn it over and when I turn it over.....I see what it is that I worked so faithfully on to achieve. My hard work had finally paid off! The paper that I am now looking at, is my certificate of completion of the course, and it is GOLD! I received a perfect score!

I am just amazed that my brain could hold so much information! Thanks to this accomplishment, it has made me realize that I can do anything as long as I have enough determination.

I know you are probably asking what I am going to do with my life now that I have achieved such an honor, well, if all goes as planned, I am going to be taking a CNA course at a local college and pursue something in the medical field that doesn't involve delivering dinner.

Blogging...

I am so new at this blogging thing and have reconsidered whether I want to keep up with it. My sister was the one who really encouraged and pushed me to doing this. She thought my life was interesting enough that people that I don't even know would want to know about it, so here I am again posting about absolutely nothing.

I guess I could tell you about my week. The week usually starts on Sunday for most people, so I will start with Sunday. Sunday in our house is what we call "The Lord's Day" "The Day of Rest", well I spent my Sunday home with a sick kiddo, and I had the priviledge of doing 5 or 6 loads of laundry not to mention the 2 baskets of laundry that needed to be folded already. So the next day was Monday, and yet again I have a sick kiddo home with me, and I had the priviledge of doing house work since I wasn't going to be going anywhere, then I went to work that night and got to feed sick people. Tuesday, is next on the calendar, and I now have 2 sick kiddos home with me, but on this particular day I have an appointment, and a very important appointment, it was time for my monthly coloring and highlighting, so I loaded up a tote bag of fun and I took 2 feverish kids to the salon. Yes, I know you are probably saying, "What kind of mother are you, to take 2 sick kids to the salon!" Well, I am the kind of mother that was in desperate need of root touch-ups! Then I went to work in the afternoon to feed sick people. Next is Wednesday, and I have finally had one child break of the fever and on meds and sent her off to school, but yet I still have one left at home who is just miserable and with 102.1 fever, so I just did work around the house and then went to work in the afternoon to feed sick people...ummm, I am seeing a pattern here with sick people, is anyone else noticing that?...Okay, now it is 4am Thursday morning and I hear someone sniffling and coughing and I think to myself, "who is that coughing in my room at 4am!!!" Well, it was the child that has not been feeling well all week and still has a 102.7 fever and is just miserable, now I am feeling miserable because it is 4AM! So I get up and get some meds and water for him, put him back in bed and I make my way back to bed only to come back to a husband that is snoring directly in my ear! I finally go back to sleep at about 6am and then to wake up at 8am only to find that no one is up getting ready for school! UGH! So now it is crunch time and I rushing to get them out the door for the 8:30 school bus. They finally are all off to the bus and I am now on my way to the doctor to have my kiddo checked out. So after 2 1/2 hours at the doctor, we leave with a prescription for some meds and for some reason I am now going to be a seeing a specialist. Now remember, we went to the doctor for my son. Go figure!?

Now it is the afternoon and I have yet to get a shower and I have 2 hours before I leave to go take care of, yes, you guessed it, sick people.

Tomorrow should be an interesting day too, because all of my kiddos will be home from school because it is "Good Friday", and I know that the Lord would rather have children stay at home to drive their mother's crazy than to have them in school on this blessed day.;)

Life...

Well, I am not sure what to talk about today that would be of any interest to anyone, but I will just write until I run out of things to say....
It was about two months ago that I was diagnost with Hypoglycemia,(low blood sugar), and it has been a very big challenge for me. I am suppose to eat every 2-3 hrs. in order to keep my sugar leveled and balanced. Sure, I can do that, no problem, I love food, I love eating! The only thing is that I have to stay away from sweets and watch my carbs.BUMMER! I love sweets, I mean I didn't get these big thighs from eating carrots and broccoli!! The biggest challenged of eating that often, is my job. I work a 4 - 4 1/2 hour shift with no break and it is a very physical job. So I am constantly moving and exerting energy, this then causes my sugar level to drop. Well, Thursday nite it was a busy night at work and I was exerting lots of energy! I could feel that my sugar was dropping, but I knew that those patients needed their dinner and nothing was going to stop me from getting them their food!! I finally got all the trays off to where they needed to go and then it hit me....yep, my sugar was very low! I grabbed some OJ. and drank that and then my Supervisor asked if I needed to sit down and I replied with a nod of my head "yes". I then made my way to the office that is there in the kitchen, and I could tell that it was going to be the longest walk of my life....my legs were feeling kind of like rubber or mush, and I started to sweat and my heart was racing, and then it happened, my legs could go no further. I kind of sort of dropped to the floor, it's like when the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz has water thrown on her and she starts melting, that would be the best way to describe my downward play to the floor. At this point, someone has noticed my body sitting there on the dirty, cold tile floor where no one is suppose to sit and she then turns to yell for the supervisor, she then comes and swoops in for the save and at this point I am out cold! She then calls in "The ACT" to rescue me, remember I work in the hospital, so this is the best place to get sick on the job, anyways, they decide that poring a packet of sugar down my throat is the best solution to this problem and pouring orange juice down my throat also, so a few minutes have passed and my sugar finally started to make it's way back up. I was not completely aware of what was going on around me and when I was aware of what had happened, I look down I see that I am covered in sugar and it is all over my mouth! I was finally able to stand up after a while and then my supervisor went and got me something to eat. So it made for an interesting night. I guess the best thing was that I got out of an hour of work and I got a free meal!;)
Next on the list of excitement, was that my husband found out Friday that he is being layed off from his job! The only thing that thrills me about that is that now he can work on all of the projects that have needed to be done around the house! He said that he is ready to Mr. Mom for awhile and I said I was totally ok with that!
So, see, my like really is a roller coaster and there really isn't a dull moment around here!

Follow up...

For all of those people who have been reading my blog, I would just like to say kudos to you! My manager at work, Beth, says that all the time, and I like it, so I am using it to! Anyways, if you have been following my posts and have read about my job, you would probably remember me talking about "The Crapper", well it is time to bid farewell to this lovely contraption.

I thought I would share with you some pictures of " The Crapper" and some of the lovely people that I get to have the privilege to work with..

This is Jonathan, he is in denial that he is Asian!

This is our faithful Ed! We love you!

My Day Off!

Well, as some of you know, I work almost everyday. Yesterday, though, I had the entire day off from work. So since I had the day off, I thought I would make the most of the day. I got up and did the usual, showered, got dressed, put on my face and curled my hair, got the kids up and ready for school and fed them breakfast and pushed them out the door to the bus. That all took place before 8:30am. Now that they were gone, I had some breakfast and made a grocery list and headed off to the stores. I started out at Sam's Club, to only buy meat, then $35 later I left the store with more than meat. Next, I went to Aldi's, which I love and love that they opened a brand new store, and I went in for a few things, and came out with $35 of a few things. Then, I went across the street to Meijer, where I finished buying all the neccesities and came out spending way more than I had planned, but we now have enough food to last us till, maybe the weekend! You have to understand, when I go grocery shopping and then my kids come home from school, it's like they have never eaten in their entire lives! Packages of cookies are ripped into, bags of chips are flying everywhere and the big thing is the Trix Yogurt, I have never seen a kid get more excited over yogurt in my life!!! It's like they have just found a pot of gold and nothing could be better!
So, now that my grocery shopping is over, it is now 2pm and I have to start thinking of what to make for dinner. So with me being the Martha Stewart that I am, I decided to make a chicken dish for dinner and get all the preping out of the way, so that when I go to cook dinner it is ready to go.
It is now 3:55pm and I hear that loud beeping noise of the bus backing up, and yes it is that time, the blessings are home! Oh now my day is so much better and it is complete! WHATEVER! Now that they are home, you know exactly what is going to happen, yep, of course, you guessed it, it is the raid of the cupboard for that one precious snack, that one morsel of food that will just make their afternoon complete. So they get their snack, and I wisk them away to Target for some much needed shoe shopping and Easter clothing shopping. Well, an hour later, they all have 2 new pairs of shoes, and a package of new socks, outfits for Easter and a very broke mother! Thanks to "Uncle Sam" I was able purchase these much needed items so that my children didn't have walk around barefoot or naked. Thank you, Target and the United States Government!:)
Now, we are home from our blessed shopping trip at Target, and it is time to make dinner. So while I am fixing dinner the blessings are out running around and playing outside and for some reason, my boys figured that since it was sunny out and above 30 degrees that they didn't need to wear anything outside except a sweatshirt! So when they are called in for dinner, here come 2 boys that have these very bright red ears and cheeks that have no feeling in them! I asked them why they didn't have on coats or hats or gloves and they replied, "It's warm". Oh, duh, that's right it was actually 40 degrees today, I forgot we were having a heat wave! Stupid me! What was I thinking!
We then sit down to eat and we are having the usually dinner conversation, you know, what kid got in trouble at school today, of course not mine because they are perfect angels, or what new dance they learned from a kid at school, or who got in trouble on the bus, you know meaningful conversations that every family has. Then when we were almost finished, I asked the kiddos to help clean up and put food away after we were done eating. I then said when we were all finished I was going to be sitting down and watching my all time fav show, Biggest Loser, and I wasn't doing anymore work, and I quote " I am worn out from all the runnin around I did today", and my blessed son, Matthew,(if you remember he is the one that wants to drink alcohol when grows up) says, " Yeah I am tired too, because I have been doing nothing but learning all day!" Boy, it's too bad that the school is making the kids work so hard in.....KINDERGARTEN!
Well, I was able to sit and watch my show, and it wasn't done in vain, I did fold laundry while I watched it. So it wasn't a complete waste of time.;)
So that was my day. Now aren't you exhausted just from reading it?

Kids being kids!

Well, today was a good day. I didn't have to work and I got to pay bills and do laundry and make dinner and clean my house and have an argument with my hubbs. Okay, that doesn't sound like heaven to you, but it was nice not to have to leave my house and take a shower. Maybe that last bit of info you didn't need to know, but you want to know the real me, you know that what you see is what you get. I am an open book, not much of me is a mystery, maybe that is why I don't have many friends....

We were able to sit down as a family tonite and have dinner at the table. This is a rare event because any of you who have read my profile you would see that I work in the evenings, but this is my weekend off. Back to what I was talking about, we started talking about summer and how much we are looking forward to sun and warm temps and shorts. Then the topic of camp came up, and my oldest daughter was saying how she loved camp last summer and that she wanted to go back, and my son, who is 8, then said he wanted to go too. I honestly wish they could all go, but not all of them are old enough. (bummer;)) As the discussion continue, my other son, who is 6, out of the blue says, and I quote "When I grow up I am going to take my kids camping and drink alcohol." Now you have to understand, we don't drink and never have, so I am not sure where he came up with that idea.

My Blessings!

I thought I would post a picture of my blessings so that you could see why they are such a blessing to me...;)

Snow Day....

Well, I just realized that it has been an entire week since I last blogged, but according to all the comments I have received from my last 2 blogs, not many people are reading this. So I am sure that there are not too many people that are disappointed.


Part of the reason that I haven't blogged at all is because I really have nothing to blog about, as I wrote in my last blog, it is winter and it is Indiana and yes there is snow on the ground. So I guess this is a good segway into the reason that I have titled this blog as "Snow Day"....As I rose from my cozy, warm bed this morning I remembered that we were to get another wonderful dumping of snow last night. So, being the wise woman that I am, I turned on the TV to see if it was possible that my blessing's (children) school would be affected by this beautiful white stuff that covered the ground...well, of course it did....the school's name was there at the bottom of the screen and it was saying that there was a two hour delay, and I thought, " Okay, well then, no need to get the blessings up right now", so I took my time getting myself ready for the day. So then 2 hours had passed and as I was watching my favorite show, Regis and Kelly, there was the name of my blessing's school, all though this time it read, "CLOSED". I thought to myself, " Oh yeah, I get to spend the next 8 hours with my blessings, I couldn't have wished for anything better than that"...okay that wasn't what really went thru my head, but if I told you what I was really thinking you would think I am an unfit mother and shouldn't have even been alot to conceive human life!

Well, since this joyous event began, I have had my little blessings doing chores around the house. It's great, it is like having a maid for the day and I don't have to pay anyone money!
I also want to add that my oldest daughter who is 10, cried that she didn't have school and begged me to take her anyways.

Well, this glorious day has not come to an end yet, so I might have a few more things to write about tomorrow.

Not Sure What to Write About

Since I am so new at this blog thing, I am totally drawing a blank on what to write about. I could tell you about my grocery shopping trip today, but you would probably click on the X at the right hand corner of your screen before I was even finished with this post. I could tell you about how really freakishly cold it is today here in Indiana, but that is a total given since it is February and it is winter and it is Indiana, so I will not speak of that either. Hmmmm......Oh I know, maybe I could tell you a little bit about my daughter and her new hair cut and how I apparently have to use my flat iron on it every morning so that it looks just perfect, she is 10yrs. old, but there really isn't much more to say about that.

I finally figured it out, I could tell you about how I make an honest wage. I hope you have some time on your hands to sit and read this, because it is quite an interesting story that I am going to tell you and you may even think I should write a book about it. Well, here I go....

I work in Nutritional Services at a local hospital, that is a fancy name for kitchen worker. I work the pm shift, and my job is to either assemble trays or deliver trays to the patients. I work with mostly high school or college kids and they make my job very interesting. We start are shift at 4pm and we finish delivering trays between 6:30 and 7. Once that job is over, the real fun begins....it is now clean up time. Everyone has their own job that they have to do in the clean up process. Some may unload carts of dirty trays, and some are washing out pots and pans, and one person is going all over the floors retrieving all the dirty dishes, one is loading the dish machine and one is unloading, and there are a few other things going on, but this would make a very long post so I will spare you the details. After all those things are finished, there are two very lucky people that have the priviledge of cleaning out what is called "The Pulper", or in my words "The Crapper". There are two sides to this lovely contraption, one is a big pit and the other is a large shoot. This machine works like a garbage disposal, except all it does is grind up the food and trash that is dumped in these troph like things, so you have to stick your arm up into this machine and pull all of the ground up particals out of the shoot, and let me tell you the odor is just lovely and it really makes me want to run home a have some chicken and spagetti! MMMM Yummmy!! NOT!!!
Well, I guess that somes it up for a good full description of my job. I bet some of you didn't realize what takes place a hospital kitchen and all the fun that you are missing out on. So if you find yourself in Northern Indiana at any point and aren't feeling up to par, come and visit and maybe I will be the one serving you dinner!

I am a new blogger!

Well, I have to say this is officially my first time blogging. My sister has been on me trying to get me to set up a blog. Thanks to her, she got it all set up for me and now here I am in blogville!
I honestly am not sure what I am going to blog about...I read other bloggs and I don't think I could even compare.
I really live a crazy life, but I really don't think it will be of any interest to anyone out there in the blog world. I am just giving you fair warning.
For future blogs I advise you to keep all hands and arms inside the moving vehicle at all times! My life is literately a roller coaster!