Death, death, all around

Hello All,
This past week has been full of death.... and bodies.


So on Sat. Alex and I decided to make a little road trip and so see the body exhibit in Watertown, SD. Alex knew that I have been wanting to see this for a VERY long time and it is ending on Friday. So we took his truck up 2 and a half hours to go it! It was SO very VERY awesome and I suggest everyone to go see it. They are actually real people, whose body parts have been through a process to make everything like plastic. It was fun to see all the muscles I had to memorize and quiz myself. Even Alex, who is not very into healthcare like I am, really liked it! What a good time both seeing that and spending time with my most awesome boyfriend :)

Then today I got to work and found out someone had died. I had no other choice but to be there and help put his body in the body bag. I had worked with this man quite a bit so it was so sad to see :( I don't know what it is.. but while someone is alive it is so easy to take care of them but it was so hard to see this man and his poor family.

I guess that is just part of life..... death is a natural process. The most important thing though is to be ready for it.. and realized it could happen at any time. We have to just trust in the Lord and live a Godly life.

Anyways... busy week at school and work.... picking up lots of hours so I can get some $$$ :)

Hope everyone is doing well!

Hello all my faithful readers :)

So.. I am not so good about updating on my life. Someday when I have a big chunk of open time, with no homework, nothing in my house to clean, and no other distractions ( which will probably never happen) I would write my life story. But as for now you get the sweet and simple.


This last week my mom came to visit! I greatly enjoyed her stay and it was a lot of fun having her here with me and Diane in our apartment. She did a bunch of cooking for us, met Alex, and spend quality time with her daughters! I was glad that she could me Alex because I have no idea when he will get the time to get out to Washington. He just bought a new business, The Yard Man, and along with that comes snow removal in the winter. I was really sad when she left, I love my mom :)

Also, my nephew Patrick turned 4 on the 18th!! I can't beleive how big he is getting!! A funny little note also... Alex's brother in laws bday is on the same day as Patricks! It is funny because important dates in the life of my family often overlap so this was just a funny connection!

Work has been going well. The residents at the nursing home and I have a great time. I wish I had time to type out half the funny things that happen there. It is such a rewarding job and I love my residents... they keep me smiling and excited to go to work. This job really makes me wonder if I should focus on Geriatrics someday.... but we'll see.

I get a three day break from school this week, so I am just going to work long hours to try to put some money in my bank. I just finished clinicals at a local PT clinic here in Sioux Center. It was a lot of fun, but I really can't wait to be done and start doing stuff on my own ..... Other than that school is challenging. Neurology is the most frustrating class because it is hard for me to visualize the nerves and the spinal cord and figure out how it works. Muscles are easy... you can see them work and know which muscle is which by moving, but nerves are a pain! Trust me.. its hard to tell if it is C5 C6 C7 that innervates the thumb by just moving the thumb...

Other than that.... everything is good. I still love living with Diane... we have a good time together... that is when we actually get to see each other.... we work opposite hours!
Alex is really good! We now have been dating 6 months! Half a year.... and seriously it has been an awesome time. Its weird.. its amazing how well we get along and how well things go when we are together. I dunno how to explain it except that I think Alex as perfect as it gets almost! I don't think I really take the time to really mention much about Alex but I am very thankful for him and of course his family.

One last sad note....
There is this one lady at my nursing home, she is 98 but in perfect health condition.. is independent and still can walk unassisted. However, her husband and two of her three kids have since passed aways.. and her 3rd daughter had terrible cancer and passed away Tuesday. I first feel bad for this lady.... being so old yet perfect condition.. with all her closest loved ones gone already. Then her daughter had a husband and a 10 year old daughter that she left behind... who I am familiar with them all because they visit her every sunday. I can't imagine what that little ten year old girl is going through .... just lost her mother and now it is just her and her father. Makes me so thankful for my parents and that they are alive and healthy. My life would have been so different without one of my parents growing up and I am so thankful that I still have them in my life. ( However next year they will be pretty much absent from my life with all the trips they will be on! ;) )

Anyways... it's late and bed is calling. Hope everyone is doing well... and if you can please pray for the lady at my nursing home and her family. It is so hard on them and it is hard to see crying all day wondering why she has been given all these years, yet all her children died before they were very old.

Have a good week!

whoops

So... as you can tell..I have been REALLY bad at posting lately!
Life has been busy.. so i will just give the brief overview!


1. School has been going well! Since I stopped working nights I have had a lot more energy to focus on school! My class just went to the major Physician therapy conference three hours away in Council Bluffs. It was really fun staying at a hotel with 5 of my other class mates ( 3 of my classmates could not come) and learning about physical therapy. I went to the 12 hour course on Early mobilty in the ICU. It was VERY interesting! I learned about how important it is to start early PT on patients, the different diseases that cause weakness, and the different tubes and machines used in the ICU. I learned that the ICU is VERY complicated and something I would not want to do, but it was very interesting!

2. Saturday was Alex's birthday! I got him a really cool Ipod docking station, some clothes, and a book by Donald Trump he wanted. It was a good time.. we went out to eat and to a movie. By the way... did I every tell you all how awesome of a boyfriend I have...seriously.. he is AWESOME.

3. Other than that, life has been good. My mom is coming to visit on Saturday and that should be fun! Tomorrow is my brothers birthday... so HAPPY BIRTHDAY JONNY!!

Hope everyone is doing well!

My class out to eat at a really cool resturant
Us being silly... looks like I lost my legs!!