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!