Busy Week

Wow. Thats all I can say about the last week and a half! Here is a shortened version of my last couple days!
1. Had an AWESOME clinical in Washington. The therapist let me do so much and she trusted me to take her patients and do their rehab by myself. It was just a confidence booster to be able to do this and know that I could! I learned a lot in the 40 + hours I spent at Puyallup Valley Physical Therapy!
2. I came back to Iowa and the same HOUR I arrived I had to switch apartments. The two apartments are in the same house.. but it was just a big mix up and a long story .. but I had to move. Nothing was really packed and I really did not want to move.. but there were people waiting on me to move out so I could move in. So Alex got some of his guy friends and the all helped move me... needless to say my apt. is really messy and unorganized still, but it is actually a nicer apt. I moved into and cheaper!
3. I have had no time to unpack because I started school on Monday. I could already tell this is going to be a hard semester, but I think I can make it through. I don't know if I will be able to get my 4.0 GPA but I will try ;)
4. I also work a bunch still too! It's the best feeling when the residents still remember me and ask me how my vacation was and tell me they missed me. A lot of them have memory problems so it is pretty special when they remember you so that made me feel good. It is sad though.. one of my little residents has gone down hill so much since have been gone. She used to walk, but now she can't even stand. However, I am determined to get her back walking so I worked with her today and did get her to propel her own wheelchair with her feet and ( to the other CNAs surprise) got her to stand up and hold her self up. Hopefully by spending extra time with her I can get her back to where she was !
5. Diane is moving to live with me in IOWA!! I have to help find her a car here, but Alex has been so amazing helping me find her a car. Alex knows EVERYONE in town so when we went to the car dealers today they promised to help us find a good car in the price range Diane is looking in. It is just helpful to have a guy like Alex who help and goes out of their way to help. He even offered to let me drive his big truck if Diane needed to use my car for a while.. but ya... I don't think I would do well driving that big honker!

Anyways.. that's the long and short of it... hope everyone is doing well!

Home sweet home

This week has been so busy so far! Home has been very good.... getting to see a lot of my nephews and family. On Thursday my dad, Diane, and I took off for a three day hike up to Rachel Lake. That morning I was not feeling to good .. however we we got about halfway up the mountain I was feeling miserable... and I started to throw up! So needless to say we all turned back and went home. Diane and my dad also ended up with the flu that night so it was not so much fun! The next morning I felt better so we decided to go to the beach with Sarah, Andrew, and the boys! It was so funny how the temperature went from 90* in Puyallup to 60* at the beach! It was pretty cold but it was a good time. I start full time clinicals tomorrow with a Physical therapy clinic in Puyallup. It should be a good time! Hope everyone is doing well!


Sam Sam and I
Sammy is the funniest kid I know. He was sicking his hands in his cup holders the whole walk around the lake!
Sammy giving little Ethan some love
Patrick and his bubble gun!
Family pictures are almost impossible with three little boys
Diane and Ethan having a grand old time!
Sammy really hated the cold water.. Sarah and I had to pull him out!
Patrick being really cute at Dairy Queen
Sammy was so sad when he would not get constant bites of ice cream !
Sarah and Sammy are cute
Brotherly love
Sammy is a cute boy!

HOME!!

I'm Home!! And I am really excited to spend time with my nephews and family!! Here are just a couple pics from my first day home!

yawwn

Happy Sunday everyone!

This morning I had to skip church in order to work ... so its 11 am and I have nothing to really do... SO you will get to hear about my somewhat interesting life....

This week has been busy... with work and other stuff... but it was good. This weekend was really fun ! Alex and I took his parents out to a really good steak house about 30 mins from Sioux Center. That was a good time. Then Sat. I went with some firemen and one of their wives to a firefighter water challenge about an hour away. It was fun to be in the sun and cheer Alex and the rest of the Sioux Center firefighters on. However, there was one instance in the final rounds that Alex won ( believe me.. i was right up there yelling to cheer him on ;) ) and they called it a tie and a re-do and the other team ended up winning... which made me really mad. I let it known that they made a bad call... but of course did not work :) But what amazed me was that Alex knew that he really won... but he did not make a big fuss out of it after it was called and done for. I asked him why he did not later and he said something that he would be seen for his good game than being a sore loser.... or something like that. it was really respectable that he did not make a big fuss out of something that really could not be changed.

Anyways.. my bed is calling.. hope everyone had a good weekend.. enjoy the sweet pictures!


Yea... that's Alex and I
Alex and the new firefighter he is training... he did really well for his first water fights!
This is a really neat picture :)
So this is how it works.... There are 3 people on a team.. ( you cant see the 3rd in the pic) but the first guy aims the hose at the barrel and the guy behind him helps carry the hose ( which I think is really heavy) and the 3rd guy in the back helps prevent the hose from kinking and helps make it easier to move forward.. or backward. Then the first team to the the barrel on the other side wins.
You just gotta think a guy in uniform is good looking ;)