getting things done..

yes today is my off day and tomorrow too. i finished both of my classes yesterday and got one b and one a. i also started a new class today. trying to get these last eight classes done. i woke up this morning at my moms house . me and lilly spent the night there cause we were exhausted after our midnight run to walmart.. it wasnt midnight but felt like it. lol see the picture above. so this morning aaron followed me over to the vw dealers so that my car could get worked on again. the engine light came on and something apparently was wrong with the turbo so its covered under warranty and going to be fixed by tonight thank goodness. the car was running fine but i took it in anyway since i didnt want it to be a big deal later. so now we are at breakfast and im typing on my phone and lilly just came back with a baby from the consignment store next door. she begged for a 25 dollar baby at walmart and i said no so mom found her that one for 3 dollars. lol happy as a lark right now with the cheaper baby.

wow 4 am is early and not getting any easier..

ive been waking up at 4 am to get to work and man does it come early. also at 4am the roads are clear but there is no one to talk to and its a little strangewhen the roads are clear because i live in phoenix and there are usually a ton of people on the roads. so it gets a little creepy in the still dark pre dawn hours. i use the time to think and clear my head and make mental notes of what i would like to accomplish in the day usually. not today.. its strange because i cant seem to get random thoughts out of my head. do you guys do this too or am i completely weird? let me explain. i think it starts with me saying goodbye and ksiing allan and lilly on their sweet foreheads. then when i am in the car and its all creepy ouy i think of something happy like kissing them bye in their warm beds and it ends up with me thinking about how much i care for them and thens i think about all the bad things that could happen to them or me.. i know it is a little morbid. sorry. im not sure why these thoughts creep into my head and dont get me wrong im not obsessed by them or anything. it just seems to happen from time to time and i think that this is probably normal. people think about their own mortality right? it stems from me just loving my little family so much and not being able to contemplate anything happening to them.. except i end up thinking about all the many nwhat ifn and random things that could happen that would be plain awful. is it because im a nurse and see to much sorrow in my line of work? or do i have a awful imagination? not really sure but i know one thing i sure do love my family and friends and would be devastated if anything happened to any of them. thoughts or comments are welcomed .. just be nice.

everyone is doing good here.. i finished one final and have one more to go this weekend. i also have to work overtime on sat. so i should be pretty busy. allan started a class. physics which i know zilch about and would like to keep it that way. i did get to go out with anna tonight and we went to bingo. we didnt really win but we had fun and we didnt lose we broke even so it was a fun night. we also got hushed by the old crabby lady sitting next to us but we hadnt seen each other in a long time so we had a lot of catching up to do. lol crabs! our puppy is doing great still. he learned alot from honey and he gets worn out playing with honey lmoms dog. im typing on my phone again can you tell? lol im exhausted already from getting up for work at 4 am. i thought i was done with that when i got out of the military.. nope. anyway you guys have a good night im off to bed.

opening pool day =freezing

It was 80 degrees here today so i dared allan to jump in the pool. he did but the pool water was only in the 50's.. pretty chilly. anyway he jumped and a few minutes later i turned around and lilly had stripped her clothes and decided that she wanted to be like dad and jump in to. lol.. she played on the steps and got in up to her belly quite a few times.

just a few pictures from last night..

busy as a bee as always

im sorry i havent been posting and im actually posting from my phone right now as i wait in gila bend for emma and her mom to meet me. yes we get emma this weekend and lilly is tons of excited.

my interview today didnt go so well. i interviewed for a job as a telemetry nurse. this is what i think i would like to be when i grow up someday.. haha. they said they would call me for a second interview but im really not holding my breath. they asked me one technical question about a "bubble test" and i told them i didnt know what a bubble test was... umm yeah apparently i was nervous because not only do i know what a bubble test is but ive seen one done and i can explain it in detail.. yeah ding dong.

so i took a break in the middle of this post and now im at home. lilly and emma got ice cream from baskin robbins. they ate a few bites and then decided to save it till tomorrow cause they want to go play. its bath time and bedtime here now so im signing off.

we got a puppy..

it's been a day or two..

a lot has happened in a day or two i suppose. Or maybe nothing has really happened. I did however go on a job interview. I have been trying not to write about it because i wanted to giv enotice at work and not wonder if they would find out any other way.
I will be a nurse at fountain hills, az now. Yes it is still an hour away but that is mainly cause we live on the outskirts of phoenix so everything is like an hour away. they offered me an awesome job. Would anyone like to guess how much money they offered me an hour? i'd love to know what people think nurses get paid. .. i'm jut curious. I had no idea really before i became a nurse. They offered me a dayshift job. mon tues and wed 12 hour shifts which the schedule alone is probably worth taking! however when i said i needed to know how much they paid well.. that did it! so i went from probably one of the lowest paid nurses in my graduating class to one of the top paid nurses in the class. ;-) I think that it is going to be more stressful but i'm hoping that i can keep up and learn alot and get some sort of routine down and get in a groove.
Allan is still doing really well. no problems with kidney stones now. Lilly is also doing really good. Did i tell the story of lilly and her polly pockets? I can't remeber. okay so lilly has a couple new polly pockets that she got for her birthday. one of them has a bathing suit covering up her " important parts" so lilly changes her clothes all the time and it's a two piece bathing suit painted on there. apparently they are worried about polly's indicency these days. Anyway i was laying around on the floor listening and playing with lilly. She was playing with polly and doing a fashion show of all the clothes that came with polly. Well as she was changing her she kept repeating " there's your bubbles and panties" and " bubbles and panties". it took me a second and then i realized that she was talking about " boobies". i suppose at some point i have said something about " boobies" to lilly. She picked up on that except thought i was saying " bubbles". lol. aren't kids funny. So it's been a running joke around her with anything dealing with the chest area and bubbles. It also made me think that her doll she named " bouncing bubbles" might need a name change now that we know what she thinks bubbles are. HAHA. sorry if you don't find this humorous. I know that my sense of humor is somewhat twisted at times but i laughed and laughed at my sweet little girl. Anyone else have any funny kid stories. I'd love to hear them.

well I work tomorrow. an 18 hour shift at my current job. Then my last day will be tuesday and I think that i'm starting oreintation for my new job on thursday and friday this coming week. I"m pretty nervous and excited all at the same time. They said they can't do anything till my drug test comes back. so i've been waiting to hear from them that they got it back. It's crazy what make syou nervous. I don't do any drugs of course. I can't even swallow pills which is another story entirely but i still get nervous thinking what if it came back bad.. how it would is beyond me. HAHA. but i think i'm just nervous cause i quit my job already. anyway i know it's silly. I'm just nervous that they will change their mind or say we made a mistake on the pay or something.. it all seems to good to be true so my human mind says there has to be something wrong. Guess i just need to celebrate that i have been given this great oppurtunity in today's tough job market. ;-)

Hello All..

So i worked again last night. I worked an 18 hour shift but it isn't so bad only doing it twice a week. I run my tail off from 2pm till midnight then it's downhill from there. I have been gettting really good at IV starts. ;-) I figure if I can get a heroin users veins then i can get just about anyones. Speaking of getting someone's veins.. allan went to the emergency room while i was at work last night. We think he has some kidney stones. HE had one in the past about 4 years ago so he had about the same symptoms but went in to make sure. They gave him an IV and well allan has huge veins the kind you could turn out the lights and throw the needle from across the room and still hit one. They hit it of course but it looks like they did a crap job at that. lol. Next time I'm gonna keep him at home and do it myself i think. ;-) He is at work tonight and not in pain just has a headache. I think he may be a little dehydrated. So he is downing water and trying to take it easy as can.
Lilly is doing great at the potty still. I don't think we have had an accident in quite a while. This morning we took off her pullup and she was dry all night. So I'm not sure what is up with that but we will see if she keeps that up. That would be awesome.
Tonight allan is working but i made hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill and we invited britt the babysitter over. Her and aaron have been hanging out quite a bit. SHe did get her leave date for the airforce and it's in may so they are keeping it friendly. It's too bad we just love little brit. Especially lilly. Speaking of other people that lilly just loves. PAPA WADE if your reading this you should feel the love coming your way. I tucked lilly into bed tonight and let her watch her movie. Well about 10 minutes later she came down the steps saying she needed something.. I said what do you need lilly.. she said " i need papa wade" . She said it about 3 times. I'm not really sure what triggered all that but she does talk about you from time to time. I assured her that you were coming to see her in a " few" more days. So she went back to bed and is fast asleep knowing that papa wade is coming to see her in a while.
Anyway It's back to the homework for me. I'm trying to get caught up. I have a 98 and a 95 in the classes. ! woot woot go me. lol.. but i'm feeling burned out and when i have a good average it makes me want to skip a few assignments cause i know it wont make me fail. lol. yikes. so i'm forcing myself to get back to it. night ya'll.

busy as a bee..

I'm working my first 18 hour shift today. I came in at 2pm and i work till 8 am. my first 10 hours are the tough ones then it's downhill. I got all my work done so now i'm jsut hanging out in the clinic by myself fighting off sleep. lol.. I'm blogging to keep my mind awake. I did some ridiculous amount of IV's tonight so i'm beat.. I was running running doing my own one man show till everyone went to bed around 11. Now it's quite and my paperwork is done and my filling is done and so here i am.
Allan is at home in bed. He hung up lilly's new swing after i left for work. I guess she really likes it. They also watched "the Town" with ben affleck. Everyone has said it's really good. I'm goign to try to watch it tomorrow maybe after i take a nap of course.
Emma is selling girlscout cookies for anyone interested that reads this. I'm putting in an order soon. mmmm.. can't wait.
I still have a dermatologist apt. I definetly have a cyst so I'm hoping that they will get rid of it on thursday. I can not wait. It's driving me nuts!!!!
I'm still ticking away at school work one assingment at a time. I have a 97 and a 93 in the classes which is really good.
Allans parents got their vacation time approved for march so we are getting excited to see them soon. It will be good to have some company. ;-)
anyway I guess i better get back to it. see you all.