Hats off to some very important people today!

Today if a very important day!! Three very important bdays and the last day of my grandma Megyesi's life.

First, my grandma Megyesi was a model of someone who I aspire to be like. She was a wonderful woman who I miss greatly. I can't wait to see her in heaven again!



Second, it is my old college roommate, Laura's 23 birthday! I love Laura, she is one of the best listeners in the world and one of the best friends a girl could ever ask for! I love you Laura and hope you have a good bday!!



Third, it is my little sister Diane's 22 birthday! Diane is only 17 months younger than me so she has always been a good mate for me. We get along so well... well most of the time.. and I am so excited to see her when she gets back to Washington .. and possibly Iowa???
Then there is little Sammy who turns 2 today! I love this little boy and miss him so much! I can't wait to see him in August! :) Look at him in these pictures... he was such a little runt!! He is still so very cute and I love him!!

Now look at him, getting so big!

:)

Today I was feeling blah after work. It's super hot in my house, i am not feeling well, and it was a busy day at work. Then as I was slaving away over dishes, there was a knock on the door. It was Alex with something behind his back... 6 red roses! They are beautiful!!! He just brought them over for fun,, then had to run off to a meeting :) What an awesome guy

"Embrace them, Don't waste them, for these are the days of our lives."

This week I was able to go up to Minnesota and go on a mini vacation! The families that were there have been going up there for eight years already, so it was very nice that I was able to join in on their vacation! It was a lot of fun, it was in a resort on a lake and we spent a lot of time boating, swimming, playing games, go karting, and having a good time relaxing.

We spend so much time on Alex's boat and in the water, it was AWESOME!! However, I caught the cold while I was there which is not fun now. :S I would have pictures but they are all on another camera!

However, I got to get rest, my head feels like it is going to explode!

Here is just one pic I took of Lindsey and Derrick. Behind them is the resort and big trampoline!!

Changes, changes, changes

Wow, today was a crappy day at the nursing home! Literally! Everyone down my hall was under the weather and had diarrhea! I felt bad for them.. but it made for an interesting day... and i will leave it at that!


Today is the one year anniversary of my grandma's death and the 11th year anniversary of my grandpa's death. I can't believe how fast times flies by. It seemed like yesterday I was just at home and going to my good friend Jill's wedding. I was getting ready for a big move to Iowa.. and did not really know what was going to happen from there. God has really blessed me and shown himself through my life in the past year. If you asked me a year ago what my life would look like today.. it would not think it would look like how it is now! I am so thankful for all the good times I have been through as well as the struggles I have gone through. It has shaped me and molded me to be me :)

On another note....

I did another really Iowa thing.. I went to testicle festival... where they fry up cow balls and have a big town party over this. I came late so I did not get to see them or try it.. ( which I would have not anyways!) but it was really hickish-- right up there with the tractor pull!


Which I do have a couple pictures of...

Me, Judy, and Ashley taking in the tractors!

What a handsome stud ;)
A little taste of the tractor pull.. I wish I got a better pic. What they do is have the tractors pull this cart and as they get further up the track the cart makes the weight shift closer to the tractor making it harder to pull.. or something like that... !

YEH HA

Yesterday I went to my first really Iowan event! The TRACTOR PULL! It was a rather hot evening but the wind picked up and it ended up being pretty nice! Some tractors had cool engines, like helicopter and jet engines, so they burned pure alcohol and that was neat ( AND LOUD!) . Other ones had fire coming out of them when they finished and other ones made SO much smoke ! It was a lot of fun!

Yesterday Alex and I have been dating 3 months! :) I am such a lucky girl... Alex is such an awesome guy. He is now gone the next week on vacation 4 hours away :( I am gunna miss him a lot!!! However on Friday I might drive up there and join him for the day and night then go to Minneapolis for a day to see Shannon.


Anyways.. I got to sleep.. busy day working today!

Updated from below

My little guy is alright! I went to go check on him the next morning and he was bandaged up on his arms.. he had 7 stitches and just has to take it easy with his hands for the next little while. He was actually more worried about me and told me that he really wanted to call me and tell me he was alright , but he did not know my phone number or last name!! He is such a cute little fellow.. I'm so glad he is alright!

Terrible , terrible

Today I was taking one of my most favorite residents to group exercises.. which he was so excited for! ( I don't know if he actually likes them.. or just likes being with me because he has a little crush on me :S) I was walking by him, talking to him about dancing and such. He started showing me dance moves and just as I was telling him to wait to do the dance moves, he lost balance and fell backwards. I tried to catch him and help him down, but in the process he ended up getting a couple skin tears and bonking his head. His skin is like paper thin so they were pretty big and you can see his muscles and under his skin. He was alright, but I was mortified. I started bawling and I felt SO terrible. Technically there was nothing I really did wrong, but I felt SO bad. He had to go the emergency room to get stitches and checked out but he should be alright. I just get so sad when I think about it though :( I feel bad for the poor little guy.

"I like the sound of the gulf breeze blowing, Holding your hand, the sand on our feet"

This weekend was exciting! On the 3rd Alex had a big party in his newly re-done back yard. He invited a lot of people I did not know but I got to know them and we had a good time. I also then learned how to do flips on the trampoline ( both forward and backwards!!)... his niece taught me !

Then I worked the morning of the 4th. It's really encouraging because the other CNA's are getting told by the residents how much they like me!! It is just encouraging to know that I can make a difference in their lives.

Then that night I watched the fireworks with my lovely ex- roommate Lindsey and her new husband Matt. After that I went and slept outside on the trampoline with Alex's niece! It was a beautiful night and you could see the stars so clearly! I loved it!


Then on Sat. I went boating with Alex's whole family! It was a lot of fun.. lots of food and a lot of sun! We went tubing then I learned how to water ski. Granted it took me a couple times to get all the way up.. but Alex was in the water with me giving me some good coaching! One I got up I went for quite awhile until I got exhausted so I just let go!! It was SO relaxing .. and very fun :) His family is a lot of fun and I am getting more and more comfortable with them.

This is his youngest nephew, Bridger. He passed out right away when we got on the boat and he stayed asleep the whole wild ride!
His two nieces, Keana and Micheala.. They are a lot of fun to hang be with!
Alex's sister and her son Karter. They are fun people!
The whole gang on this run of the boat. Alex was teaching his nephew Devon how to drive the boat... it was a little scary but we made it out alive!
The two girls turned into arabs... :)

White paint

So.. I decided I am dating an awesome guy :) ( I knew it before.. but I am even more convinced !)

Alex has been doing some yard renovations and putting in a new fence and making his house look nice. So he has been busy pulling out bushes, powerwashing his house and deck, and doing a bunch of stuff. So I thought I would help him while he is really busy putting in his fence. He had me painting his window white and staining the wood around his deck.


So today his friend's wife, Beth, was helping me and I was so into talking to her I did not see where I was going and I backed into the paint can.. which HAD to be open and I knocked the whole thing over this brick porch! AH!!! Beth and I scooped up the paint with our hands and saved a lot.. but there was a HUGE white spot on his deck. I waited anxiously as the guys went to get him from the skid loader to see what his lovely girl had done. He just looked at it and laughed.... said there was no use getting mad at that..! He just is going to powerwash his deck again to get it off! He could have gotten mad at the situation.... but he is awesome :) .

It was pretty funny.. all the other guys there had a good laugh! Thank goodness Alex is such an easy going guy and does not get angry easy!!

So anyone want me to do some home painting for them???

Weekend fun !

Wow.. what a weekend!!!

On Friday Alex and I took his two nieces and one of his nephews out to eat and then to the circus in Sioux Center! It was fun.. the circus was a little weird.. but then afterwards me and his two nieces all rode the elephant together! :) IT was a good time and fun with the little nieces!

Then the next day we finally got to take out the boat! WE went with his good friend Damon and his wife Beth! It was a lot of fun.. really relaxing... caught some sun! I can't complain a bit :)

Hope you all had a good weekend!


After a nice steak dinner, taking a walk by the lake!


Damon and Beth lounging out :)
Us hanging out in the back
BEAUTIFUL day!
I got ten toes up and nothing to complain about
Crazy alex :)

My Life..

My life is CRAZY! However, I love it. Now that I am a "super CNA" ( Thats what the other workers call me at the nursing home because I passed the test without taking the CNA class) .. I realized how much work it is to take care of someone. The smells, the views, the other side of people that you lucky people don't have to see... often make me wonder what the heck I am doing. But then I think... some day this might be my parents or even me and I want someone giving me the same care that I give these people. It puts a whole new spin on care taking.... so I don't complain when someone is wet and I have to change them... or they puke all over the nice shirt I just struggled to put on them. They often apologize for needing to be changed and not being able to take care of themselves.. and I just look at them and tell them it is my pleasure to be able to work with them. So often I see people jerking people around to get them done fast.. and it makes me sad to see this. I want to work my hardest to show the residents in the nursing home the same love I hope people showed my grandma and my other loved ones who may have to be in a nursing home. Trust me... I am also no perfect... I do cringe sometimes when I finally get to sit down and someone HAS to pull their light ... but oh well its my job!

ANOTHER WEIRD THING!! I met someone who went to school with my GRANDPA!!! He knew all million kids that were in my gpa's family! Just made me laugh because I really never think that I do have roots in Iowa... but this is just proof again of my humble roots in the northwest Iowa area!


Other than that.... life has been good. Tonight I get to go to a Sioux Center Commerce banquet with Alex.. which should be fun. I guess they are going to serve really good food so I am excited about that! Its funny.. Alex told me about the Steak frys that the Sioux Center firemen put on for the fire fighters and their families... and now they decided to have one soon called the "meet Alex's girlfriend Steak fry!" That should be fun... kinda fun meeting a whole new group of people and having such a special occasion kinda dedicated to me :S

The weather has been really nice... we are not drowning here in Iowa like the news might portray.. and thankfully no tornadoes have hit! I do get a little scared without a TV to get the updated weather announcements if bad weather is on its way.. however all my friends promised to call me and tell me to get in the basement if need be!

Sioux Center Days

This weekend was the Sioux Center weekend .. or something. So on Friday night was cruise night so Alex and I got to go in front of the fire station and watch all the fancy cars cruise on Main Street. Then we were able to go ride on the fancy old fashioned fire truck, which was exciting. Now that I am dating a fireman, the other firemen make sure to give us grief.. but it is fun :)

Then Saturday I went with Alex's family to see the firemen water fights! Alex one first place in one event and 4th in another.. he is pretty amazing ;) Then we were in the parade and I helped hand out magnets for his business. Afterwards he took me out to the Blue Mountain in Orange City.. for an AMAZING meal outside :) It was fun to be able to spend the day with his family and his little nieces and nephews.

Busy busy busy week!

Hello All :)
Hope everyone is doing well! This week has been a REALLY busy week for me... I quit one job, started another, had several friends fly to town early for a wedding and stay with me, moved from one house to another, passed the CNA exam and became a CNA, and went to one of my friend's wedding! It was terribly busy and my house is a MESS, however I am thankful for all the help I received from my friends and Alex in this move! While I was at work Pam would work hard organizing the down stairs of my house so I would have a little bit of a normal place to live. Thank goodness for Alex's big truck which was able to outdo little Lucy's carrying abilities!

My new job is AWESOME!!!! I get to start the restorative program for the residents so I was able to go with their care plans and visit everyone and evaluate them and the current exercise program they are on and if it is being carried out correctly. I did not make it through all the 60 some residents of the nursing home, but I greatly enjoy taking the time and talking to them. I tell them about my self and the importance of exercise for the elderly and tell them how much fun we are going to have with our one on one exercise sessions. Then I learn about them, what they like to do, who they are, and just random things! Seriously, I don't think I should be paid for this because it is so much fun and I love it!

Well tonight is my first 11 pm- 7am CNA shift. I am a little bit nervous that I am going to be dead tired.. but I plan on drinking lots of coffee and taking a nap before I go out. It won't be too bad I hope!! I also passed the CNA exam without taking the 75 hour course... and just studying for 3 hours!!!!!! I was SO excited!!

Things with Mr. Alex are good :) He makes me smile so much. Yesterday we finally got to see each other without a huge crowd of people and when he went home my cheeks hurt from smiling too much :) I don't know if I mentioned that I met his family last Sunday~ they are very nice people! I realized that one of his cousins are realized to my Aunt Emma Gerber! When we started making these connections I was a little worried I would find out that we where related, and thankfully we are not!!!!! It was good to meet them, family is an important part of a relationship and I think that I can get along with them quite well :)

My friend Lynae got married this weekend. It was a pretty wedding, got to see some old friends and it was good. We all stayed at this camping resort and stayed in a 11 person hotel room. It was fun... good bonding time with the girls :)
We all went put put golfing on Memorial day , while we were waiting for Laura to come in . It was a lot of fun.. we all are bad golfers so it made everything in good fun :) Waiting for Laura... Alex is special so he gets the wheelchair... :)

First meal in the new house... note.. no chairs!!!! AHHHH
My girls :)
All my friends doing the signature "Rachel dance" :)

Helllllllllo

Hey everyone!
This was a really fun weekend :) I had my class... well minus 4 people .... so 6 people in my class over to smoke some hookah and chill out for the night! It was really fun.. I really love my class! Alex and Judy also came to join in on the fun!

Also, my phone kinda got waterlogged, not my own fault, so now I am phoneless until the insurance company gets me my new phone! It is funny how much I depend on my phone... I think I am going to go crazy without it!!!

Busy week!!

This week has been crazY! I finished school, had Irish night, and mowed a lawn for the first time ever!

1. School was good... got good grades then on Tuesday my whole class went out to eat. It was fun to hang out with everyone.. and tonight they are all driving to my house to hang out and smoke the hookah!

2. Irish night was so much fun! WE had corned beef, green beans, mashed potatoes, rolls, and green sherbet!

3. Alright, mom you should be glad that you love to mow the lawn. I tried to mow mine.. and it has mow hawks all over the yard..... whoops... i will learn someday!

Here are some pictures of the week.. enjoy!

Happy Mother's daY!

I just wanted to take some time to tell everyone that I have an awesome Mom :) She is such an awesome role model of what a Christian mother should be. Thank you for always being there for me and I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! There are not enough words to express how much I love you!


Other than thinking of my awesome mom today, I had a pretty low key weekend :)

Friday I went to Sioux falls to bum around with my friend until we had to pick someone up from the airport. It was a crazy fun time. I am started to find things to decorate my new apt. with! Sadly my roommate ditched me.. which is kinda nice to have the place to myself.. but it will stink paying for rent. However, my landlord is pretty awesome so I have no complaints.

Then Sat. I got up unusually early for a Sat. and got some studying done. We were going to pull the boat out if it was a nicer day... ( not to do water skiing or anything.. just to cruise around) but it rained all day. So Alex and I went on a double date with his best friend and his wife. It was awesome because unknown to me the guy's wife was in my graduating class at Dordt. We knew a lot of the same people and we got along really well! So we went out to eat at Blue Mountain restaurant in Orange City and then came back to Alex's house and played some games. It was really fun to hang out with the other couple.. and of course Alex! :)

However... it's kinda scary starting a relationship with Alex... just because he is so settled in his life here... has his house, his businesses, and a lot of other things going for him here... that if things become more serious there is chance that I might become a Sioux Center lifer. Granted that is REALLY looking ahead in the future.. but it is still something to consider. I just trust God that if this is what is supposed to happen it will.... just like he has been faithful with everything else in my life. It is just so hard to trust that God has a plan that will work out perfectly when the future looks so blurry and confusing! I will just keep praying that God's will will be done in my life ~

Other than that my last final is on Tuesday... on all the muscles in the body. It should be hard but I am not too worried because I know it pretty well. I just have to hit the books tomorrow so that I can refresh my memory!


Mom, I hope you had a great mother's day despite my lack of presence.. but I did think of you and missed you a extra lot today! I hope everyone else is doing well and hope you all have a good week!

I was TAGGED!

My sister Sarah tagged me, so here it goes… again!

7 random facts about me:

1.) I hate sitting around and doing nothing... So I have no idea what I am going to do on my days off when school is done. I might be a little bored.

2.) The only food I have at my house is cereal, milk, and a frozen corned beef that if for Irish night with my friends

3.) I never broke a bone, had a surgery, or been hurt enough to be hospitalized. Kinda weird judging from how clumsy I am!

4.) I had a 4.o last semester and I think I just ruined my 4.0 this semester with a test I took yesterday :(

5.) I grind my teeth so bad that if I don't wear my night guard my teeth will be hardly there when I turn 30 .. or so says that dentists

6.) I cant stand veins. They gross me out and I don't even know why.

7.) This last year at this house, I think I have turned the TV on twice to watch it... Not my thing to watch TV I guess... I have better things to do with my time.

The rules say that I get to tag 7 more people, so:

I will just break the rules! No one is tagged cuz I am a cheater!

Meh

Three very painful days of not being able to look at bright light or go outside + one visit to the eye doctor+ one TINY bottle of eyedrops - $75 for the TINY BOTTLE= one cornea ulcer and one sad and POOR Rachel

"You and me and all of the the people "

Hello all,
Its been quite a while it seems like since I actually updated this blog.


It will be short and simple because I got to go to bed soon!

1. This weekend we smoked the hookah .... 5 different flavors in a row!!! The neighbors also were having a party and heard we where smoking the hookah and they whole PARTY came over too! It was fun.. two people smoked it for the first time.. Alex and Kathy! It was quite the experience :) I was going to take pictures but my camera battery was DEAD!!!!

2. I went on a date with Alex this weekend to the pizza ranch in Sheldon that he own part of. It was pretty neat .. one the nicest pizza ranches I have seen. :) Then again.. I may be a little bias ;)

3. I got to go on a RIDE IN THE FIRETRUCK!! Alex took me around Sioux Center in the newest fire engine and I got to sit in the fire captain's seat and honk the horn. It was really fun and I know I am a dork!

4. SCHOOL IS OVER FOR THE SUMMER IN ONE WEEK!!! I AM PUMPED!!

5. I can't wait to start my NEW JOB! My teachers were SO excited for me and said it is the BEST job I can do for practice in my field. It will be SO FUN!!!!!!

6. I move in a WEEK.. well technically I will be renting two apartments so I will slowly move out to the new place. It should be pretty nice.. I am going to actually try to decorate it nicely so that it will be more homey!

7. I am tired... worked all week and stayed up late a lot of nights.... So I better get some ZZZZZZs for the big week ahead :)

Hope you are all doing well!

Iowa first time

This is the picture of my first tornado! It was really funny because I thought it was just a fire then my friend called me freaking out that there was all these tornado warnings. So then I realized it was a tornado and started getting ready with my roommate to move in the basement! Afterwards I realized ... the things that meant the most for me to save was : my phone, my computer, and my backpack full of school books. What a nerd.. who brings their backpack??????

However, it hit north of us so we are all ok here in Sioux Center!