"You don't know me, you don't even care"

Alright... I have not posted pictures in a LONG time so here are just a few to make up for the lack of pictures!!! :D ( they go from most recent to furthest time away!)



James on his bday!! We got him a cake and then some REALLY EXPENSIVE JEANS! He has freakishly long legs.. 36 length which only the Buckle ( expensive store in the mall!) But I thought it would be really funny if my nephew was born today, the 31st, aka reformation day, then it would be on Jim's birthday!My and my awesome friend Kari!!
Party at my house and dinner! It was soo good!
The guys like to act like they are not having fun.
Laughing about something!



My friend Justin that came to visit! I made terrible steaks for him . Then these girls came to visit!!! I was so excited!
Me and Jess having a great time!
I had to do a project on food for school and this is a GROSS EXAMPLE OF PUREED FOOD! I hope I never get that old that I have to eat this! Clockwise is meatballs, rice, bread, and carrots.


Now speaking the nursing home I have a REALLY good story!! My coworker had cat ears and a tail so I wore them all day while I was serving the residents at the nursing home. I also drew wiskers and a red nose on me so they could tell what I was. Then right when I walked into a room, this naturally really mean grumpy lady lit up and was ALL smiles!! She started meowing at me, so I meowed at her and they WHOLE day she just loved me and meowed at me! Then I asked her if she wanted to pet my ears and she said " NO YOU SCARE ME!" which really made me laugh. In all, it just made me so happy that I could make this lady happy just by dressing as a cat! I am thinking I should wear those ears more often ;)

Well, hope you are all doing well.. and to my sister Sarah, COME ON AND GET THAT LITTLE BABY OUT OF YOU!! I can't wait to see my new little nephew!!!

I was just looking at my old post and I have so many posts that I have not posted.. yet they are fully written ! won't you just like to know what they say? probably not.. huh?

I am having a good time with my mom. She took me and my friend Kari out to eat in Le Mars at a really good restaurant ( Four brothers) and then we just showed her around the place! After that we dropped her off at her hotel and went bowling in Hull and I did a pretty bad job! I figure I would be somewhat decent at bowling since I used to bowl every week and took bowling class at Dordt.. what is the matter with me?? lol But it is very fun despite that fact, I love my friends :)


Then I went to look at the stars = which is probably one of the most fun things to do in the world .


Today I took my mom to the church in Sanborn and went out to my friends house for dinner and that was a great time since my friend is a farmer and my mom loves to ask questions about the farm and farming!

She is having a great time here and we still have a lot to do before she leaves!

ALSO I THINK I AM GOING TO HAVE MY BABY NEPHEW THIS WEEK HOPEFULLY!!!! too bad i am not there to see him :( boo Sarah you better post lots and lots of pictures or else I will become depressed here in Iowa.

k ,.. now i really better study for my test tomorrow!!! :D

oh happy day!

yay! my mom is here! What a wonderful day:)
but sometimes do you do stupid things you wish you really did not do??

Hope everyone is doing well.. more updates later!

baBY??

Hey all,
I don't know if I am allowed to tell people but too late! My sister went into labor today ( 5 weeks early!) but the doctors decided to give her stuff to stop the labor. They want that baby to wait at least one more week, so pray for her ( and the baby of course!) as she is on bed rest ( which is hard with two other little ones! )

However this is so exciting that soon I will have ANOTHER baby to love!!

This post brought you to by my parents

Thanks for getting married 28 years ago!!

What came from the marriage was something so very very very special... AKA ME!


Aren't you all glad for my parents; because of them you can read this post!

Love you so much! And don't worry dad, I will come home someday soon!
:D

Happy Birthday Patty Wak!

Since I am not there to give Patrick his present and I am so excited about it.. I am just going to post a picture of it online!!





I will just send it when MY MOM COMES TO VISIT!! She is coming the end of the month just to see me and Diane and I am SO very excited!!!

Yesterday was another one of my friends birthdays so we made him some sweet cakes in tins they were the shape of stars! It was really cool and we had a good time making them! I wish I got pictures but as usual I forgot my camera!

Also three of my really good friends came to Sioux Center! Jessica, Joanna, and Shannon all came down here and I am so very excited to see all of them!!

Well, its my weekend to work .. booo. I have to work at the hospital on weekends and it gets so boring and lonely there!! I wish I could work at the nursing home instead because I just love the residents there. Someday I think I would want to work at a nursing home.. thanks to this job for helping me realize that I enjoy working with the elderly folks! The seriously make my day and I love them to bits!! ( even though they don't remember me they next day.. or the next minute ;) ) !

Hope everyone is doing well!!! :)

AHH

AT the nursing home they give the residents prunes so that they can go poo easier... that should have been my first clue to the magic of these awful fruits? So I was refilling the container of prunes and my co worker popped one in her mouth. I looked at her and told her that was disgusting because they look SO gross. She made me try one then and they were not bad.. so I ate two just to prove that I ate the first one.

Today I am paying the consequences. My stomach is unsettled and it is NOT FUN.

So the moral of the story.. DON'T EAT PRUNES!! ( Unless you are constipated !!)


Sorry for this post but I though I should warn everyone. I'll post more someday later :)
PS> HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BABY BOY PATRICK!!!!

Patty Wak!

My bABY BOY PATRICK TURNS 3 TOMORROW!!! AHH.. I miss him SO SO SO SO SO SO much! more exciting news to come LATER!!

So alone

Today started out a normal early work day... got up at 4:50 and out the door by 5:20.. got to work and chatted with my co-workers a bit and when out to my pod or section of the nursing home to set up tables for breakfast. As I entered the pod.. I saw the all so familiar stand with roses and a big " In memory of .... " sign. At first I was worried it was my most favorite grumpy resident .. but with a sigh of relief God did not decide to take her yet. However it was another lady I did not know really well.. but it was still really sad she died. Then I saw my coworker and asked her about when she died.. and I guess it was yesterday afternoon. But then she stopped and said.. " The worst thing is thats she died alone..." ( with a big emphasis on ALONE) MY heart SUNK. I was like what happened?? No family?? Then she said .. they called her son ( who lives in town) and told him she was dying .. however he just said .. " Call me when she is gone." I have no right to judge this man.. he may have had good reason not to see his mother die.. but dying alone... my heart hurt the rest of the day. I just could not imagine the feeling just knowing I am going to die and no one there.. except probably a nurse to confirm that she was dead and to take the time of death.

alright.. I am sorry about all this death talk.. it was just hard and shocking after I just posted that last post about dying alone.

Hope you all have a good day :)

The ins and outs

This weekend:

- I got to go farming again! I went about a year ago.. and I went back this weekend! I rode in the combine with my friends dad for about 2 hours! Me and him have a good time.! It was fun because he was combining a hilly corn field .. and it was kinda scary! It was a relaxing time riding in the John Deere!

- I got to do my most FAVORITE THING IN THE WHOLE WORLD! I went camping with a couple of my friends. We had a big bon fire and "slept" in the tent. Even though I did not get any sleep.. I think one hour.. . The stars where BEAUTIFUL .. you could see millions and millions and also the weather was SO nice that I did not even need blankets really! It was really fun and I was excited that I got to go camping!

-Then the next day.... I had to work ... 11-7 and I was SO tired and BORED! Saturdays are really slow.. so I ended up scrubbing all the cupboards, shelves, carts, and counters. Oh well at least it is clean for when state comes this month!


-I also worked today. I feel really bad working on Sunday.. because it is the Lord's day and it is the day of rest. Then I think... this is a job of necessity.. patients NEED to eat on Sundays... just like they need their doctors and nurses on Sunday. Or am I just trying to rationalize this and make it seem like it is alright when it really is not? I just hate it and it tears me up inside. I just can't wait until I get my real job and WON'T have to work on Sunday!!

- Also.. today I realized that I am going to be done with college when I am 24 years old... 24!!! That is so old... man. even though it is really not.. but think of all those years in school.. wow.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Happy birthday Jonny!! Hope your day goes well.. sorry I could not spend it with you :) Hope your party is lots of fun!
LOve you lots!!!!

SO cute!

I have the most adorable nephew in the world and I am the luckiest aunt alive!!
here is a movie .. that Sarah did not post because it was side ways.. but I love it!

However, I am not smart enough to know how to put the video on the actually blog so you will have to go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P31jKxnse9E to see it!!

Check out that cute little boy!

hrmm.. I dont know what to think

Today:
someone closed a door on my middle three fingers and smashed them very hard, then I scratched myself on a metal gate and made a big gash in my skin. ouch I am not doing very well today.

Then in class we were learning about ICU conditions in caring for patients. So with this we have to learn all the tubes and gadgets that are inserted into people to have a feel for what we are dealing with in that situation. I got so grossed out... like one of them went through the jugular vein and into the atrial in the heart of something and man.. BLAH!! If you don't know..I get so grossed out of veins.. can't look at them... really talk about them,, think about them?? I dunno what is wrong with me but I hope I get over this fast!!

Also at the nursing home one of the ladies died. I know this is a normal part of life.. but it is so sad because her room was right next to where i worked.. and I would always look in and wave at her. Then today her family came in to pick up some of her stuff and I was so sad to see them come in and just break down in tears. Then that got me to thinking.... how lonely would it be to die all alone. The said she died in her sleep but what happens if she was really awake and was really alone as she died. No one to hold her hand, no one to say good bye to , no one to share her last minutes on earth with? I dunno.. just a thought.. it just kinda made me sad today as I saw her family as they morned over her death.

What a different day..

why can't I sleep

it is almost 12
I have to get up at 4:50 to get to work
why can't I sleep???

HELP ME! There might be a grumpy Rachel tomorrow..

:D

yay...

Today is really pretty out side. It makes me feel happy.. Dordt has a football game and I am excited.. even though I can only go to half of it! Maybe they will win for once!